JINHA

NEWS CENTER - Several Kurdish villages have been bombed as Turkish jets resumed airstrikes in the Kandil region of Kurdistan.

On August 1, a Turkish bombing killed eight civilians in the village of Zergelê. Zergelê is located in the Kandil region of Southern Kurdistan (in Iraq). The airstrikes targeted the guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones, according to the Turkish Armed Forces.

The details of Thursday's overnight airstrikes on the Kandil region have now emerged. Jets have again bombed civilian villages in the area. Jets bombed the area around Zergelê village. Airstrikes also targeted the villages of Hobyan and Komta and the Kalukata area. Drones first conducted reconnaissance flights, then delivered bombing coordinates to the jets.

A forest fire started in the wake of the bombing. As of yesterday, the fire was still not under control.

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