Yazidi Women's Freedom Movement protests Turkish bombing in northern Iraq’s Sinjar
Shafaq News/ On Friday, the YazidiWomen's Freedom Movement organized a protest to condemn the Turkish bombingthat resulted in five casualties in the Sinjar district of Nineveh province, northernIraq.
Shafaq News correspondent reported, “TheMovement protested in the center of Sinjar to denounce the Turkish bombardmentthat targeted various areas in Mount Sinjar.”
Earlier today, a security sourceconfirmed that Turkish warplanes intensified their raids, specificallytargeting Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) tunnel networks, headquarters, andmilitary outposts, as well as locations held by the Sinjar Resistance Units(YBS) allied with the PKK.
The strikes spanned areas includingMount Sinjar, the Bara region, and Mount Mera in Iraq’s Nineveh province, andextended to positions along the Syrian border. Turkiye also hit the denselypopulated Nasr district in the city center.
These attacks are part of a seriesof operations that Turkiye is conducting in response to the PKK assault onWednesday, which targeted a sprawling industrial facility in Ankara, killingfive and injuring 22. The operations are targeting PKK positions in northernIraq and Syria, regions where the PKK, deemed a terrorist organization byAnkara, has a significant presence.
