The attack of a Turkish killer drone on Kobanê on Monday was directed against the headquarters of the Executive Council of the Autonomous Administration of the Euphrates Region. This is the second time that NATO member Turkey has targeted an institution of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) in order to eliminate its core personalities, the Council stated.

"The latest attack on Kobanê is just another act of Turkey's state-terror practice," stressed the Executive Council for the Euphrates Region, saying, “The Turkish state wants to use brutal means to achieve its goal of destroying AANES and the attempt at democratic self-government from below. Ankara is prepared to use any means to achieve this. The Turkish state is threatening the security of our regions and spreading terror. The aim is to subject northern and eastern Syria to a reign of terror.”

The drone strike on Kobanê occurred at 7:15 am local time on Monday morning. The target was an executive council building in the centre of the city. No people were injured, as the facility was still closed at the time of the airstrike. However, the bombing caused significant property damage.

Drone attacks on Rojava have become a daily routine

Largely unnoticed by the international public, Turkish killer drones repeatedly carry out attacks on the self-governed areas in northern and eastern Syria and terrorise the population and the fighting units of the AANES through the permanent threat to their lives. Only on 16 September, five members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) were killed in a drone strike by the Turkish NATO army in Ain Issa, among them two commanders of the People's Defence Units (YPG), who had fought for years against the jihadist militia "Islamic State" (ISIS). In August, 27 people were killed in Turkish drone attacks in the autonomous region of northern and eastern Syria, including eight minors. Dozens more people were injured.