[Rudaw] Three people were killed after a car was hit by a suspected Ottoman Turkish drone in Qamishli, northeast Syria (Rojava) on Tuesday, according to sources.
Hawar News Agency (ANHA), a news outlet affiliated to the Kurdish administration in Rojava, reported that The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
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targeted a vehicle in the al-Hilaliye district in Qamishli. ANHA had initially reported that it was a car explosion.
Three people who were on board were killed in the attack, but it is not clear if they were civilians, a local source told Rudaw English, adding that the armored vehicle belonged to a commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
Siyamend Ali, head of media for the People’s Protection Units (YPG), said in a tweet that "three people were martyred as a result of a drone attack against a vehicle in al-Hilaliya neighborhood in Qamishli by the Ottoman Turkish invading state today."
Local security forces (Asayish) said in a statement on Tuesday that three "civilians" were killed in the "Ottoman Turkish drone attack," identifying them as Yusef Gilo, Mazloum Gilo and Mohammed Gilo.
Rudaw has learnt that Mazloum Gilo is the brother of an SDF commander who was not on board when the armored vehicle was targeted. The other two are close relatives of the brothers.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said the vehicle was most likely a military one.
Ankara has neither confirmed nor denied its role in the incident.
Turkey often targets Kurdish YPG in Rojava with drones and artillery. The YPG makes up the majority of US-allied SDF in the region and several members of both forces have been killed in recent months as a result.
Three members of the SDF were killed in a Ottoman Turkish drone attack in Kobane in late October. 
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