In the north-eastern Syrian canton of Qamishlo, a vehicle was bombed by a Turkish killer drone on Wednesday. According to unconfirmed reports, one person was killed as a result of the attack. There are no clues as to the identity of the person.

The drone strike occurred early on Wednesday afternoon on the road connecting Qamishlo and the city of Tirbespiyê further east, near the village of Biwêra. Near the site of the attack is the Nimetli checkpoint operated by Asayish, the security forces of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES).

For years, Turkey has been using drones for the extralegal killing of "enemies" in the autonomous region of northern and eastern Syria. The attacks are targeted against representatives of the AANES structures, members of combat units and the civilian population. Since the beginning of the year, the Turkish state has carried out at least a dozen such drone attacks in violation of international law - even in the midst of the earthquake disaster.

Only last Thursday, a 70-year-old civilian was killed in a Turkish drone strike in Tel Rifat. The man lived in Aleppo and had survived the earthquake, while a 50-year-old man was injured. A few days earlier, a member of the diplomacy committee of the Movement for a Democratic Society (TEV-DEM) had been killed in Kobanê as a result of a Turkish drone strike. In January, a 12-year-old was killed in an air strike by Turkey near Qamishlo, along with other civilians.

Targets for drone attacks by NATO member Turkey in violation of international law are also structures for the fight against ISIS. On 19 January, a base in Rimêlan used for military coordination with the international coalition against ISIS was bombed. The drone strike killed a SDF fighter who was responsible for coordination with the anti-ISIS coalition. Another member of the multi-ethnic military unit was wounded.