YPJ Public Office
On the 20th of November at approximately midnight, the Turkish state carried out an airstrike on a vehicle in the village of Teqil Beqil near Dêrik. Two civilians were killed in the attack, one of them a guard working at the local power plant. After this first attack, nearby civilians mobilised at the scene to look for wounded.
On the site of the attack, the civilians delivered a short press statement which was recorded by the ANHA News Agency. In this statement the people are expressing their anger and drawing attention to the American base that is situated in close proximity to the place of the attack. They go on to condemn the silence of the coalition forces to the attacks of the Turkish state that are targeting and killing civilians. The press statement is documented at the beginning of this video:
