Turkey shells residential areas and a base of the International Coalition in Rojava - UPDATE

The attacks of the occupying Turkish state against civilian infrastructures and service institutions in Rojava continue. The base of the international coalition in Kobanê was among the targets of the latest aggression.

The occupying Turkish state has resumed direct bombardment of civilian areas in northern and eastern Syria, following its large-scale genocidal offensive against the region in December.

Civilian infrastructures and service institutions were targeted in the attacks, which are considered war crimes.


International Coalition base bombed in Kobanê

The invading army bombed the coalition base in Çelebiyê district of Kobanê. No information was immediately available on the outcome of the bombardment.

Drone attack on power station in Kobanê

A Turkish Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UCAV) bombed a power station in Kobanê twice. Kobanê Canton Energy Office announced that the main power station that supplies electricity to the city and 300 villages went out of service as a result of the attacks.

The Lafarge company, which was closed down after the ISIS attacks on Kobanê in 2014 and then used by the forces in the fight against ISIS, was bombed three times in a row.


Power station targeted in Ain Issa

In Ain Isa, a power station and an Asayish (Internal Security Forces) post in the south of the town were targeted. No detailed information could be obtained about the damage caused in the attack on the station that supplies electricity to the district.

Grain silos bombed in Dirbêsiyê

Grain silos in Dirbêsiyê district of Hesekê and a house in Girbetli village were targeted by the attacks of the Turkish state. There is no clear information about the consequences of the bombing yet.

Attack on Damascus forces

The occupying Turkish army bombed a point belonging to the Damascus government forces in the village of Shewarxa in the Shera district of the Afrin Canton 3 times in a row.

Reaction from Girê Spî Council

Girê Spî Council made a statement after the bombing of the electricity station in the Ain Isa district of Euphrates Canton and the Internal Security Forces (Asayish) post close to the Russian base in the south of the city.

The statement was read by Sabrî Temo, Co-Chair of the Democratic Union Party (PYD) Office in Girê Spî, accompanied by the members of the council and committee employees.

"Our determination to fight against the attacks of the Turkish state is increasing and our commitment to our land is getting stronger," the statement said.