Turkish jets shelled the Qandil area of guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones twice last night. The airstrikes also hit the hillsides of the Zergelê village, where eight civilians had been killed by Turkish strikes on August 1st, as well as the villages of Hobyan and Komta, and Kalatuka area.

The Turkish airstrikes which started at 21:30 yesterday evening and lasted an hour, fortunately caused no casualties but damage to the civilian areas as some houses were also hit in the attack.

The second strike was conducted at 01:30 and lasted half an hour. Both aerial attacks were accompanied by reconnaissance flights by UAVs that provided coordinates for the warplanes hitting the area.

ANF obtained images from the area, the residents of which reacted to the Turkish state for the ongoing attacks and the Regional Government for supporting it and doing nothing to stop the strikes against civilian settlements.