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On July 30, a Turkish combat drone carried out a strike on the southern countryside of the town of Kobane, held by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), in northeastern Syria.
The combat drone targeted two vehicles on Kobane-Aleppo road as they were passing near the village of Qumagi. The two vehicles were badly damaged as a result of the strike. Nevertheless, no casualties were reported.
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The Rojava Media Center shared photos from the strike scene showing the remains of what appears to be a MAM-L laser-guided small-diameter munition made by Turkey’s defense giant ROKETSAN.
Precision-guided munitions of this type are the main armament of all Turkish combat drones, including the Bayrakdar TB2 and the TAI Anka.
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The Turkish drone strike may have been an attempt to assassinate a commander or an official of the SDF. The Kurdish-led group is yet to comment on the incident.
Turkish combat drones are targeting Kobane and its countryside on a regular basis. January 22, a strike hit a house on the Mumet road south of Kobane. On April 16, another strike targeted a house west of Kobane where Abdullah Öcalan, the leader and founder of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, once lived.
