An unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) attack was carried out by the occupying Turkish state against a vehicle on the move between Xelekan and Kaniwatman regions in Dukan district of Sulaymaniyah.

According to the statement made by Dukan District Governor Sirwan Serhat, the victims were Muzaffer Hussein Xidir Ewla and his two sons, one of whom was identified as Muhammad Muzaffer.

The victims reportedly came from the Hajiawa neighbourhood in Ranya district of Sulaymaniyah.

On 23 August, an UCAV of the occupying Turkish state targeted a vehicle belonging to the media company Chatr Production carrying Kurdish journalists in the Seyidsadık district of Sulaymaniyah. Journalist Hêro Bahadîn and Gulistan Tara were martyred in the attack, while Chatr Production Supervisor Rêbîn Bekir (30) was wounded.

Turkey has been using drones for the extralegal killing of ‘enemies’ in southern Kurdistan and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) for years. The targets of the attacks are people who are in any way associated with the PKK by the Turkish state. From this perspective, this also includes the entire autonomous region of North and East Syria. More than 110 drone attacks have already been recorded there this year alone, many of them with fatal consequences. Hardly a day has gone by in the KRI in recent weeks and months without an attack or mobility by Turkish drones. The international community is ignoring this air war by the Turkish state against the people of Kurdistan.