The Press Office of Manbij Military Council (MMC) released a statement providing information about a latest attack by the invading Turkish state.

According to the MMC statement on Sunday, a Turkish drone struck a car in the Manbij region at around 11:30 local time today.

The attack in the village of Hesen to the south of Manbij left a civilian injured.

The civilian, named Ehmed Casim, was taken to hospital and discharged after treatment.

Since 2020, Turkey has systematically used armed drones to assassinate those who play an important role in the women's movement and the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria. The beginning of this drone war was June 23, 2020, with the deaths of Zehra Berkel, Hebûn Mele Xelîl and Amina Waysî, members of Kongra Star Coordination. They were killed in a targeted drone attack on a private house in the village of Helinç near Kobanê.

Since then, Turkey has been systematically and deliberately launching drone attacks against the population of North and East Syria. It frequently targets civilians and infrastructure to weaken the social movement in North and East Syria. Since the beginning of the year alone, the Turkish state has carried out 31 drone strikes in North and East Syria. In the process, 48 people have been killed, including 13 civilians, and 38 people, including 12 civilians, have been injured.

In recent weeks in particular, Turkey has launched a new phase of its operations against the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, escalating with airstrikes. Since June 12, Turkey has expanded its shelling and drone strikes into northern Syria, hitting 35 locations with more than 50 projectiles, killing dozens of people.

On the morning of the 20th of June, the Turkish state carried out a drone strike in the village of Til Şeir, northwest of the Tirbespiyê district in Qamishlo Canton. The Turkish drone targeted a vehicle carrying officials of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) on a busy and crowded road, killing three people and seriously injuring one.

The attack came while the vehicle was on its way to visit civil facilities of the AANES. The co-chair of the Qamishlo Region Council, Yusra Darwish, the deputy co-chair, Leyman Shouish, and their driver, Farat Toma, were killed. Co-chair Gabi Shamoun was grievously injured.

The attack was a double-tap air strike. Co-chairman of Qamishlo Region Council Gabi Shamoun, who was seriously injured in the attack, said that the driver died immediately after the first strike. He was able to get out of the car and tried to open the door to pull his colleagues out of the car before it burst into flames, but then the second strike hit.