Turkish court sentences Syrian woman Alham Albashir to life for 2022 Istanbul bombing, killing 6 and injuring 99.
A Turkish court sentences a Syrian woman, Alham Albashir, to life in prison for a deadly bombing in Istanbul in 2022. The blast on Istiklal Avenue killed six people, including two children, and injured 99 others. Albashir, along with a man named Bilal el-Hacmaus, were intelligence operatives of the YPG, a Syrian Kurdish militia group, and its political branch, the PYD. They were given special training by the YPG and PYD and sent to Turkey to carry out the attack.
April 26, 2024
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