Turkey carried out 42 drone strikes in Kurdish-controlled north and east Syria between 23 June 2020 and 29 July 2022, hitting civilians, schools, hospitals, local councils, dwellings and vehicles as well as military bases, councils and security centres.
The strikes occurred in areas controlled by Russia and the US-led Global Coalition against ISIS, daily Özgür Politika reported.
Russia has controlled the border region between Tell Abyad (Girê Spî) and Manbij since 2019, and the Global Coalition controls Syria’s Jazira region. Both these major players in the war-torn country have agreed to respect the airspace and territory the other controls, leaving no room for Turkish aircraft to fly over north and east Syria without the knowledge of either Russia or the United States.
Turkish forces have carried out at least 38 attacks since the beginning of 2022, killing at least 27 people, including two children and nine women, according to the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR).
The list of unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) or drone attacks is as follows:
* 19 August 2021: A Turkish drone bombed the Tall Tamr Military Assembly Centre. Four people were killed.
* 19 August 2021: A drone targeted a car on the road to Amuda and Qamishli. One People’s Defence Units (YPG) commander was killed.
* 22 August 2021: A drone bombed a recovery house in Qamishli for those wounded in the war. One person was injured.
* 20 October 2021: A drone targeted a vehicle in the centre of Kobani.
* 23 October 2021: A drone targeted a car in Kobani. Three people were killed.
* 9 November 2021: A drone killed three civilians in an attack targeting a vehicle in Qamishli.
* 25 November 2021: Six civilians were killed in a drone attack targeting the Revolutionary Youth Centre.
* 12 January 2022: A drone targeted a house in Fatisa village in Ain Issa, causing property damage.
* 02 February 2022: Kasra Musa village in Ain Issa was bombed in a drone attack causing material damage.
* 05 February 2022: A drone targeted a house in Um Edes village in Manbij causing property damage.
* 05 February 2022: A house was bombed in a drone attack in the village of Bêlûniyê in Shehba Canton, causing property damage.
* 09 February 2022: A drone bombarded the village of Ereb Hesen in Manbij; causing property damage.
* 09 February 2022: A drone targeted a car in Behira village of Amuda district; one child was killed, and three including a child were injured.
* 27 February 2022: A drone targeted the Tall Rifat district of Shehba Canton causing material damage.
* 15 March 2022: A drone targeted the Tall Rifat district of Shehba, causing material damage.
* 16 March 2022: A car was bombed by a drone in the village of Hoshan in the district of Ain Issa causing material damage to the vehicle.
* 01 April 2022: A drone targeted a vehicle belonging to the Self-Defence Forces on the al-Qahtaniyah (Tirbesbiyê) – Qamishli road; in the attack, one fighter was killed, and two civilians were wounded.
* 03 April 2022: Targeted a vehicle on the Tall Tamr – Hasakah road; two people were injured.
* 04 April 2022: The Internal Security Forces Centre in Zirgan district was targeted by a drone; three members of the security forces were injured in the attack.
* 08 April 2022: A drone bombed a house in a village in Zirgan district; Three citizens were injured, including a woman.
* 09 April 09 2022: The village of Tall Kepis in al-Darbasiyah district was bombed; property damage to the house.
* 16 April 2022: Tall Tawil village in Tall Tamr district was bombed by a drone wounding a NATO official.
* 20 April 2022: A drone targeted a vehicle on the road to Êdiq and Toxit villages of Kobani; three Women’s Protection Units (YPJ) fighters died.
* 21 April 2022: A drone attacked the village of Tall Jamshid in Tall Tamr district, injuring three people.
* 22 April 2022: A drone targeted a car in Um Baramil village in Ain Issa causing property damage.
* 24 April 2022: A drone targeted the Damascus government forces checkpoint in Zor Mixar village in Kobani, causing material damage.
* 24 April 2022: A drone targeted Mihsenli village in Manbij causing property damage.
* 27 April 2022: A drone caused material damage by bombing on the war front south of Manbij.
* 11 May 2022: A civilian was killed in a drone attack attack on the Aleppo road.
* 11 May 2022: A drone bombed the centre of Kobani city, causing material damage.
* 30 May 2022: A drone attacked a vehicle in Qamishli. Two people, one a civilian, lost their lives and two were seriously injured.
* 01 June 2022: A drone targeted a clinic in Tall Rifat region; material damage occurred.
* 09 June 2022: The are around Martyr Delîl Saroxan Cemetery in Qamishli was bombarded in a drone attack; five citizens were injured.
* 27 June 2022: A drone attack was carried out targeting the Şêxler region of Kobani, causing material damage.
* 28 June 2022: Two vehicles were targeted by a drone in Xane Serê village in al-Malikiyah (Dêrik).
* 28 June 2022: A drone targeted a citizen’s house in Tall Rifat district causing property damage.
* 02 July 2022: A drone targeted a car in Tall Samin village in Raqqa; A YPJ Commander died.
* 18 July 2022: A drone bombed the Tall Rifat district of Shehba.
* July 19, 2022: Tall Rifat district was attacked by a drone, wounding two Damascus government soldiers.
* 21 July 2022: A drone bombed the city of Kobani twice, killing two people.
* 22 July 2022: A car was bombed by a drone on the Qamishli – al-Qahtaniyah (Tirbespiyê) road; three people died in the attack.
* 28 July 2022: A drone targeted an Internal Security Forces vehicle in Ain Issa; five people were killed in the attack.
