NEWS CENTER – Turkey attacked energy institutions and power stations in Northern and Eastern Syria, leaving 660 villages without electricity.
Turkey's attacks on Northern and Eastern Syria continue.
Turkey's armed unmanned aerial vehicles (UCAVs) attacked wheat warehouses in Kobanê. Simultaneously with the attack on wheat warehouses, the forest area in the south of the city was bombed.
An attack was carried out on the electricity station in Amûdê district of Cizîr and the village of Kotih in the west of the district. Turkish UCAVs attacked the "Dirbas" mill on the road to Hesekê city and Amûdê district. 2 workers working in the mill were injured.
ATTACK ON ELECTRICITY AND OIL STATION
Turkish UCAV attacked the electricity station in the Hîzama Bakur region of Qamishlo. The station was damaged as a result of the bombardment. Nêrgiz Company in the Heremê Şêxo village in the west of the city was attacked. A warehouse in the city was also bombed.
An air attack was carried out against a petrol station in Girê Berî village of Tirbespiyê district of Qamishlo and a checkpoint belonging to the Internal Security Forces in the south of the said district. During the attack, a fire broke out at the petrol station. At the same time, another checkpoint belonging to the Internal Security Forces, located on the international M4 highway south of Tirbespiye, was also targeted.
5 DAMASCUS SOLDIERS WERE KILLED
Turkish UCAVs attacked a point belonging to the Damascus Government in the village of Debanê, southeast of Qamishlo. According to the news in Hawar News Agency (ANHA), 5 Damascus soldiers lost their lives in the attack.
660 VILLAGES LEFT WITHOUT ELECTRICITY
Euphrates Canton Energy Office made a written statement regarding Turkey's attacks on Kobanê and Eyn İsa. In the statement published on the Office's official website, it was noted that Turkey's attacks targeting infrastructure, service institutions as well as civilian settlements continue. In the statement, it was stated that as a result of the attack carried out by Turkey against the electricity stations in the city of Kobanê and the district of Eyn îsa, both stations were out of service, and that Kobanê, Ein Îsa and 660 villages were left without electricity.
10 ATTACKS ON GAS STATION
Turkey attacked the Tifla oil processing center in the Koçerat region of Dêrik. As a result of the attack, vehicles in the center were damaged. The gas station in Siwêdiyê village between Girkê Legê and Dêrik districts was also attacked 10 times.
STATEMENT FROM QSD
Democratic Syrian Forces (QSD) General Command made a written statement regarding the attacks. In the statement: “The Ministry of Defense of the occupying Turkish state, within the scope of their unfounded claims, claimed that some of our fighters were martyred in their continuous attacks against our regions in Northern and Eastern Syria. We state that these claims are unfounded. These claims are the permanent tools of the invaders. The invaders are trying to hide their crimes by bombing infrastructure, service centers, residential areas and livelihoods with these vehicles. Video documents prove that these crimes are bigger and clearer than all the repeated claims of the occupying Turkish state. These documents directly criminalize the Turkish state”
‘THERE WAS A GREAT DESTRUCTION'
In the statement, it was stated that Turkey has been attacking energy institutions, electricity stations, wheat warehouses, fire brigades, civilian houses and their gardens, livelihoods, main roads and cities with warplanes and UCAVs for the last two days: “There was great destruction due to these bombardments. As a result, the provision of services, including energy, electricity and water, to hundreds of thousands of people stopped. Direct targeting of civilians and their hostile approach show the hostility of the occupying Turkish state towards all lifestyles and peoples in the region. These attacks are clearly war crimes aimed at causing great harm to the lives of the people of the region and intimidating them. At the same time, it shows the true face and crimes of the invaders."
At the end of the statement, the following statements were made: “We emphasize that we have a legitimate right to respond to attacks. We will protect our people and our lands stronger than ever. Our warriors will not leave the attacks of the invading Turkish state unanswered; we repeat this promise for our resisting people."