Village guards cutting trees in the region of Komate in Beytüşşebap (Elkê) in Şirnak(Şirnex) are destroying forest areas under the supervision of soldiers. Thousands of trees cut down in the mountainous area were collected by tractors on the slopes of the military towers on the sides of the road. The trees are loaded onto trucks and trucks on the Beytüşşebap-Uludere (Elkê-Qileban) road and taken to different cities.

It was stated that the soldiers had previously instructed the villagers in the Komate region to "cut down the trees", but the villagers refused, so the village guards cut them down themselves.