The Turkish army has begun to cut down trees in Bênavya and Nevava regions following a military operation launched after the entrance to the villages on the slopes of Mountain Cudi in Şırnak was ‘banned’ on May 10. As village guards from the Sêgirkê and Hilal towns of Uludere district are tasked with cutting down trees in the Besta Region and Cudi, tons of trees are taken out of the city by trucks and sold.

Entrances to the Avgamasiya, Serêdehlê and Şilerît villages in Şırnak were banned on May 10 following the Turkish army's defeat and the death of its 8 soldiers in an armed clash on April 30 in the vicinity of Mount Cudi.