Attacks intensify in Silopi, many houses on fire

In Silopi district of Şırnak where a state of siege has left 12 days behind, attacks by state forces have intensified as of evening hours.

In Silopi district of Şırnak where a state of siege has left 12 days behind, attacks by state forces have intensified as of evening hours.

While power has been cut off in all the neighborhoods, excluding only military lodges and hospital area, Cudi, Nuh, Barbaros and Yenişehir neighborhoods are being targeted by intense artillery attacks, which has left many houses on fire.

On the other hand, Şirin Altay, mother of three disabled children, got heavily wounded after a cannon shell hit her house in Başak neighborhood earlier today. The woman is reportedly in critical condition and has been sent to Batman Medical Park Hospital.