SULAIMANI (ESTA) — One person was killed in drone attacks on a military base hosting Turkish troops in Bashiqa region late on Saturday, a local official said.
Six drones attacked Zilkan military base which houses Turkish troops in Bashiqa, according to Esta Media Network.
Mayor of Sheikhan district Sardar Yahia told Esta Media Network that a civilian who was a chef at the base was killed in the attack.
Separately, Ahrar Sinjar group claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was in retaliation for today’s drone strikes in the country.
Earlier, drone strikes on a vehicle in Tutaqal village in Aghjalar sub-district in northwest of Sulaimani killed five people including two villagers.
A source told Esta Media Network that there were three members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) among the dead.
In Makhmour in southwest of Erbil, another drone strike which targeted a vehicle inside Rostam Judi refugee camp wounded seven people, Esta Media Network has learned.
The camp was established in the 1990s when thousands of Kurds from Turkey crossed the border in a movement Ankara says was deliberately provoked by the PKK.
