Drone strikes target Chamchamal village, casualties feared

ERBIL (Kurdistan24) – An unidentified drone on early Wednesday hit targets at Tutaqal village in the Kurdistan Region’s Chamchamal district and casualties are feared, according to a Kurdistan24 reporter.

The drone targeted Tootaqal village at 7:00 AM (local time) in the Agh Jalar subdistrict in Chamchamal, where the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants are suspected to have a presence.

The Region’s counter-terrorism directorate, which usually updates the public on such attacks, has yet not commented on the incident.

A Turkish drone last year targeted a vehicle in the same area, resulting in causalities.

Turkey in recent years has ramped up its drone strikes against the PKK, which it enlists as a terrorist group.

At least 12 Turkish soldiers have recently been announced dead in a fight with the Kurdish militants in Duhok province, whose borders have seen repeated clashes between the arch-foes.

Kurdistan Region officials have repeatedly called on the warring sides to take their fights away from the populated areas, where hundreds of villages have been evacuated.