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Early on April 25, the Turkish Air Force bombed the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) General Command HQ in the Mount Karachok near the town of Al-Malikiyah, according to a statement released by the YPG General Command.
Airstrikes also hit “a media center, a local radio station [Voice of Rojava FM], communication headquarters and some military institutions.”
The YPG Central Command also confirmed casualities among YPG members and civilians.
According to the pro-Kurdish media outelt “Kom News” some 18 persons were killed in the airstrikes.
Other sources provide a lower number of the casualties.
According to Rudaw, 5 KDP Peshmergas were killed whilst 9 others were injured in the Turkish warplanes’ strikes against Mount #Sinjar. pic.twitter.com/OFgdDfMljI
— Aylina Kılıç (@AylinaKilic) April 25, 2017