Turkish UCAV bombed a vehicle carrying free press workers in Seyidsadiq district of Sulaymaniyah today. According to reports, the vehicle belongs to Chatr Production, a media company operating in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq).

The free press workers in the vehicle were targeted while they were working for a television programme.

According to the latest information, Gülistan Tara and Hêro Bahadîn lost their lives as a result of the bombing. Rêbîn Bekir (30), a resident of Sulaymaniyah and responsible for Chatr Production, was wounded in the attack. Rêbîn Bekir is reported to be receiving treatment in a hospital in Sulaymaniyah.

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.