Turkish airstrikes on Sinjar (2021)

[2] On Monday 16 August 2021 at 12:10 Turkish reconnaissance aircraft attacked a vehicle on the road to the old market in centre of Shengal city.

As a result of the attack attack Sinjar Resistance Units (YBŞ) commander Seîd Hesen and his nephew and a YBŞ fighter Îsa Xwedêda were assassinated and also three civilians Qasim Simo, Şamir Abbas Berces and Mirza Ali were injured.

[5] On Tuesday 17 August 2021 at 14:30 till 15:00 Turkish fighter jets bombed a hospital in the Sikeniye village in the Yazidi district of Shengal (Sinjar).

[6] Upon the announcement of Shengal Democratic Autonomous Assembly the hospital has been bombed four times, and civilians such sick people, doctors, nursing staff were the main targets of this attack and the YBŞ fighters who were killed in this airstrike were responsible for the security of the hospital.

Turkish aircraft also target the people who have rushed to hospital for the evacuation of those inside.