Turkish artillery shell hits village in Duhok province

ERBIL (Kurdistan24) – A Kurdistan24 reporter said that Turkish artillery shelled the village of Sargale in Duhok’s Amedi district at 3:45 pm on Saturday.

According to the reporter, the shelling has ceased and only the sound of warplanes can be heard in the sky.

No casualties were reported in the shelling.

On Friday Turkish warplanes killed two people and another injured in Duhok’s Shiladze district.

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Also, on Friday a Turkish drone targeted a group of Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) fighters in Sinjar district, killing a top official and wounding his bodyguard.

Bolstered by its advanced drone industry, Turkey has ramped up its drone strikes in recent years, particularly in the urban centers of Iraq and the Kurdistan Region, to target suspected PKK positions.

Kurdistan Region officials regularly call on Baghdad, officially in charge of border security affairs, to prevent insurgents and foreign militaries from engaging in hostilities within its territory. Officials have voiced concerns about the increasing presence of foreign militia forces in the area.

Much of the conflict has been fought in the border areas of the Kurdistan Region, which has endangered civilian populations.