Helicopters fire towards a village amid intense clashes in Lice

Reports are coming through that heavy clashes are taking place in the countryside of Lice and Turkish helicopters are firing towards civilian areas.

Fierce clashes are taking place in Reşan hamlet in Kutlu (Bamitnê) village of Amed's Lice district where the Turkish army is conducting an operation for over a month now.

According to Dihaber, intense clashes continue since last night in the village, located between Lice and Hazro districts of Amed, which was placed under curfew several times due to the operations of the Turkish army.

Local people reported that Turkish army helicopters conducted an intense bombardment on the countryside of the village late last night, and started to fire towards the village as of early this morning. Villagers stated that they cannot go out of their houses and have no security of life.

Communication is interrupted with the village around which clashes and bombardments continue.