According to information provided by local sources, the Turkish army has deployed some 150 armored vehicles and a large number of soldiers at Derecik (Rubarok) and Museka military outposts at around 23:30 Thursday night. Sources state that the Turkish army wants to expand the scope of its operation against southern Kurdistan, northern Iraq.

On the other hand, Turkish warplanes carried out a bombardment on the area of Ermuş in guerrilla-held Xakurkê (Hakurk) region in southern Kurdistan territory at 18:00 Thursday evening. The bombardment started a fire in the area which continued expanding on Friday morning.