The Defence Forces of Eastern Kurdistan (YRK) released a statement providing information about a latest Turkish drone attack on Iraqi territory on the border with Iran.

"The Turkish state is attacking the region on a daily basis to cover up its own defeat. On the evening of 9 December, when citizens were returning home from work, the Turkish occupying state bombed houses in the village of Sipiyar twice," the YRK said on Sunday.

The Turkish and Iranian regimes are acting together against the Kurdish people, said the YRK and continued: "Drones are constantly flying over the areas of Asos and Pêncwên. At every opportunity, our people and our guerrillas are attacked. These attacks have caused great damage to civilians' homes and gardens. The attacks show the helplessness of the Iranian state towards the 'Jin Jiyan Azadî' [Woman, Life, Freedom] revolution and of the Turkish state towards the resistance of the people and the guerrillas. Of course, we will not give up our struggle because of these attacks. We will continue to struggle until a free and democratic life is possible."

On 2 December, a civilian was killed in a Turkish air strike on the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), and at least two other people were injured, some seriously. The attack occurred in Şarbajêr north of the metropolis of Sulaymaniyah, and the village of Gelale was hit. While the Asos Mountains are repeatedly attacked by the Turkish army, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard have also carried out heavy attacks recently. Often, the attacks by both states took place in parallel. The Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan (PJAK) and its guerrilla organisation YRK are present in the region. At the end of October, three fighters were killed in a Turkish drone attack in Asos. In the course of the wave of attacks launched by the Turkish state on 19 November against the KRI and North-East Syria (AANES), the massif was also bombed several times.