MERIWAN, Eastern Kurdistan, — Turkish and Iranian Army do both keep setting fires on the Kurdish forests. Once again the Iranian army set fires on the forest of Meriwan, a city in the Eastern Kurdistan.
While the Turkish army started dozens of forest fires both in Northern and Southern Kurdistan now the Iranian army is targeting Kurdish forests. As the Iranian army increased its military operations against the Kurdish guerrillas on 29 September it also started a forest fire in Serdosh and Asnewe region around Meriwan city. It is reported that so far 22 thousand meter square forest has burned.
According to ANF report Between July and September Turkish army has started at least 86 forest fires in Northern and Southern Kurdistan. The fires were 13 in September, 40 in August and 33 in July.