On 23 August, the occupying Turkish state carried out an airstrike in Seyîdsadiq district of Sulaymaniyah, targeting the vehicle of free press workers. As a result of the attack, 2 Kurdish women journalists, Gulistan Tara and Hêro Bahadîn, were martyred, while 6 journalists were wounded.

As reactions against the deadly attack continue, the Communist Party of Kurdistan issued the following statement: ‘The Turkish state does not distinguish civilians and targets everyone, whether guerrilla, Peshmerga, worker, farmer, journalist or peasant. This is a hostile policy against our people. We express our condolences to the families of those who lost their lives and wish a speedy recovery to the wounded. This is a violation of the sovereignty of the Kurdistan Region and Iraq. For this reason, the attacks must not be met with silence and all means must be used to stop the attacks.”