The occupying Turkish state carried out a drone attack on a vehicle travelling on the Xelekan-Kaniwatman road on the border of Dukan in Sulaymaniyah city of Southern Kurdistan (Northern Iraq) yesterday. As a result of the attack, Muzaffer Hussein Xidir and his 2 sons, Muhammad Muzaffer (15) and Mubin Muzaffer (12), lost their lives. Xidir and his two sons were buried in Makok Cemetery in Hajiawa town in Ranya district of Raperin Governorate today.

Imam Omer Şaristênî, a prominent figure in the region, said: “The sovereignty of our country is not protected, warplanes bomb citizens every day. The authorities must hold those responsible to account, no matter who they are. How long will the occupiers, bloodsuckers and their collaborators be allowed to make plans over us? How come the authorities hand us over to the murderers, turn a blind eye to massacres and not be held to account for all this?”

“What is important is not the number of seats won in parliament, but the protection of the country's sovereignty and the nation's security,” Omer Şaristênî said, adding: “We demand that the blood of our children is not spilled, that the borders of our country are not violated and that our children are not targeted by drones. The local conflicts are very dangerous.”