Dozens of civilian infrastructure in North-East Syria out of service after Turkish attacks

In the new wave of attacks by the Turkish state against North and East Syria since 23 October, many civilians lost their lives, dozens of civilian infrastructure went out of service, hundreds of villages were left without electricity.

The occupying Turkish state continues to commit grave war crimes in a new wave of attacks targeting North and East Syria since the evening of 23 October 2024.

Civilians and civilian infrastructure were directly targeted in the attacks.  Warplanes, drones and artillery attacks targeted health and education centres, bakeries, flour and grain stores, wheat silos, power stations, companies and factories, telephone networks, water, gas and petrol stations.


According to the authorities, more than 30 centres have been out of service so far in Cizre and the Euphrates Canton alone, which are as follows:

Dêrik: Siwêdiyê Electricity and Gas Stations, Girzîro Petrol Station, Zozan Yoghurt-Cheese Factory, Bag Factory in Mêrga Mîra village, Industries and repair shops in the city

Rimêlan: Vehicle industry and construction centre, Oil Plant, Oxygen Filling Centre

Tirbespiyê: Seîda petrol station, Babasî Petrol Station in Kel Hesnak village, Girê BePirê petrol refinery, power station

Qamishlo: Health centres in Xelîc and Meyselûn neighbourhoods, construction centre on Hizam highway, textile factory and wheat warehouse, Agriculture Development Company and construction centre in Heremê Şêxo village

Amûdê: Power station and bakery

Til Temir: Istîqmê Cement Factory and Agricultural Centre

Ain Issa: Wheat storage

Kobanê: Power station, bakery and wheat silo in Rovî village

366 villages left without electricity in Kobanê

Ayşe Nasir, Co-Chair of the Euphrates Canton Energy Board, said that the Turkish state targeted the power plant in Kobanê, leaving the city centre and 366 villages without electricity. Nasir stated that strategic places in Kobanê city as well as water wells went out of service.

Referring to the damage to the power plant, Ayşe Nasir stated that the teams could not carry out damage assessment since the attacks on the region continued.

Billions of dollars of damage

Speaking to ANHA, Ziyad Rustem, Co-Chair of the Energy Board of the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria Region, stated that 120 thousand citizens were left without water and electricity due to the bombing of power stations in Amûdê, Tirbespiyê and Kobanê.

Ziyad Rustem stated that the damage incurred so far, especially in strategic service centres, has reached 5 million dollars and added that they have not yet determined all the damage due to the attacks.