The invading Turkish state heavily bombed the Zirgan town in the Hesekê Canton in northern Syria. The Turkish attacks hit the central areas of the district.

Turkish forces started to bomb the village of Esediye in the north of Zirgan at 20.50 on October 5 before shelling the village of El Bobî, the district centre of Zirgan and the villages of Xirbet Şeîr, Bince and Til Werd.

Commanders on the war fronts in Zirgan reported that the region had been targeted by more than 100 howitzers and mortar shells, while 65 artillery fires hit the district centre.

Residential areas were also damaged by the Turkish bombings. Zirgan People's Municipality headquarters and the Sefarine mill were also targeted by the attacks.

On October 6, at around 12:00 local time, the Zirgan district centre and its northern and southern rural areas were once again bombed by the Turkish forces.

Late on Tuesday afternoon, a woman was injured by artillery fire in the town of Zirgan and there was significant property damage to homes in six villages. The injured woman was identified as 23-year-old Ayşar Hisên El Kemorî from the village of Metmora.

Zirgan (ar. Abu Rasen) is located about thirty kilometres east of the already fully occupied town of Serêkaniyê (Ras al-Ain) and lies on the edge of a connecting road between the strategic roads 712 and M4. It is barely 25 kilometres to the town of Til Temir, which Turkey also wants to incorporate into its illegal occupation zone after Zirgan. The constant incursions by Turkey and its mercenaries into the region are violations of the ceasefire and de-escalation agreements agreed between the guarantor powers Russia and the US with Turkey in October 2019. Both Moscow and Washington give Turkey a free hand.