Turkish bombardment displaces villagers: Residents of Kurdistan’s Dohuk
DUHOK, Iraq (North Press) – On Monday, residents of the Amadiya district of Dohuk governorate in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq expressed their anger at the repeated Turkish bombardment of their villages, adding that many villages are now empty.
On Sunday at midnight, Turkish warplanes launched six airstrikes on villages in the vicinity of the mountains of Gare and Metin in Dohuk in the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG).
”I cannot live with my family in that area, as we expect Turkish shelling at any moment,” Sadiq Taha Abdulaziz, a university professor from the village of Radin, told North Press.
”There is no construction or services in our village and a number of nearby villages due to the shelling,” he added.
Local media outlets reported sources in Amadiya district which stated that four Turkish warplanes violated Iraqi airspace and flew over the region from 1:00 to 2:30 after midnight on Sunday.
The Turkish warplanes bombed the villages of Korku and Banafi located on the Metin Mountain in the District, in addition to Kafiya village and other sites in Gare Mountain.
Nizar Yassin, a Dutch national, said, ”the bombing means Turkey is indifferent to international laws.”
”The region is subjected to brutal bombardment which causes causalities and material damage in a war in which we are not to be blamed,” he added.
”Those who survived the bombardment, do not survive its effects,” Dr. Sorour Rezeki, a mental health specialist, said.
” Our Kurdish people have been subjected to many grievances and Anfal [genocide]; all those memories come back again with such bombings,” he added.
”Those people suffer from constant stress and anxiety due to the bombing,” he referred.
No information was reported about whether the recent bombing resulted in casualties, but it caused panic to the residents of the area.