Turkish drone targets vehicle in Yazidi village in the Sinjar region of northern Iraq

In the latest in a long list of recent Turkish drone strikes in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, a vehicle was hit in the village of Behreva, in Sinjar’s Khanesor district of northern Iraq, Roj News reported.

There were reports of people in the vehicle wounded. Information on the identity of the wounded could not be obtained.

Turkey regularly carries out airstrikes with war planes and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in northern Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan, where Turkish forces including commando units have conducted a long campaign against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and the People’s Defence Units (HPG).

But Turkey’s attacks in northern Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan have frequently also targeted civilians.

The latest deadly attack took place on Monday in Iraq’s Makhmour (Maxmûr) district, where one person was killed.

In July, a tourist resort in Zakho (Zaxo) district in Duhok province was targeted by Turkish shelling, where nine civilians were killed with 25 wounded.