: A statement by the Kurdistan Regional Government called the airstrikes in Sinjar "painful and unacceptable".
: The Foreign and Expatriates Ministry of Syria stated: ″Syria denounces in the strongest of terms the blatant aggression carried out by Erdogan's regime on Syrian territory on Tuesday April 25th, 2017, when Turkish warplanes shelled positions in northeast Syria, claiming the lives of scores of innocent Syrian civilians.″[REF]