On the evening of Wednesday, January 22, 2025, two civilians, including a man, were reportedly killed, and more than 22 civilians were injured with varying degrees of injuries, following an alleged Turkish airstrike and/or drone strike which hit a gathering of civilians near the Tishreen Dam located in the vicinity of Manbij, east of Aleppo, Syria.

The civilians were reportedly protesting against the ongoing Turkish attacks in the region. According to Basnews, civilians were invited by the Democratic Union Party (PYD) administration.

The Facebook accounts of ANHA News and Kobani al-Hadath, as well as Hawar News, identified one of the deceased as 65-year-old Muhammad Shafiq Ismail (Abu Ramo) from the village of Mustafawiyya, affiliated with the city of Kirkuk (Karki Laki), where he was a member of the Health Committee. ANHA news informed that he was killed while participating in the protest.

The sources shared an image of the late Muhammad, who was a middle-aged man with grey hair and a grey mustache, wearing a white striped shirt, jeans and white sneakers, standing outdoors in nature.

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) initially reported a number of injuries. However, according to the report by Rohani TV and Hawar News, the incident resulted in more than 22 injuries. Among the injured was the head of the Ahl al-Bayt Association in Tabqa Canton, Adnan Aliwi, who had arrived at the dam an hour before it was hit, accompanied by residents of Raqqa, Tabqa and Deir Ezzor cantons, according to Hawar News agency correspondent. Hawar News also posted the image of Adnan, who was an elderly man with a thick white beard, wearing a white hat.

Where sources identified the belligerent, all sources attributed the strike to the Turkish military. The sources conflicted on the nature of the strike, with some reporting an airstrike while others reported a drone strike.

Ronahi TV reported that the incident happened in the evening.