Turkey continues its attacks on the autonomous region of northern and eastern Syria. On Saturday morning, the village of Um Kêf in the west of Til Temir was attacked with heavy weapons. According to ANHA, the electricity plant was hit in the bombardment, and the power supply in the region has been interrupted. At the same time, artillery attacks by the Turkish occupation forces and their jihadist proxies are targeting the villages of Um Qura and Hesaçik in Shehba Canton.

On Friday, the village of Kefîr Garês and the town of Til Rifat in Shehba, as well as the village of Aqiba and the surroundings of Veger camp in Afrin’s Sherawa district were bombarded with artillery shells. Information on the consequences of the attacks is not yet available.

In parallel to the permanent artillery attacks, Turkey has intensified its drone attacks. According to the Rojava Information Centre, six drone attacks have taken place within five days, for a total of 56 this year, 18 of them on cars. Most recently, a vehicle was bombed by a Turkish killer drone in Qamishlo. The drone strike occurred late on Friday afternoon on the road connecting Qamishlo and the town of Tirbespiyê (al-Qahtaniyya) further east. The Nimetli checkpoint, operated by security forces of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, is located near the site of the attack. On Wednesday, two fighters of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) were killed in such an attack in Kobanê, and on Thursday, a car was attacked from the air in Amûdê.

For years, the NATO state Turkey has been using drones for the extralegal killing of "enemies" in northern and eastern Syria, but also in the Kurdistan region of Iraq and in the Yazidi town of Shengal. The attacks are aimed specifically at representatives of the self-governing structures, members of combat units and the civilian population. The international community ignores Turkey's anti-Kurdish war.