Reports: Turkey kills two Kurdish leaders in northern Syria

Yusra Derwêş (Photo: ANHA)

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Turkey has killed co-leaders of two cantons of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, according to reports.

In a midday airstrike conducted with UAVs, Yusra Derwêş, co-leader of Kamishlo Canton, her deputy Lîman Şiwêş, and driver Firat Tûma lost their lives, according to the Rojava-based news agency ANHA. The other co-leader of Qamishlo Canton, Gabî Şemûn, sustained injuries in the attack.

Earlier in the day, Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency (AA) reported that the National Intelligence Organization (MİT) had killed Karker Tolhildan (known as Rıdvan Ulugana on his Turkish ID), the co-leader of Shahba Canton.

Turkey views the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria as an extension of the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and frequently targets its elements with artillery fire and UAV attacks. (NT/VK)