Press Release
1. The fighters of the Women's United Revolutionary Movement (KBDH) which joined the Martyr Bedran Gundikremo and Martyr Nalin Muş revolutionary campaign carried out an extensive action against the occupying Turkish army.
A convoy of armoured vehicles heading from Hakkari's Gever (Yüksekova) district towards the Wargenima outpost was targeted by KBDH fighters near the village of Dêrav. In the sabotage action which took place on August 28, at 03.00, a kirpi-type armoured vehicle was completely destroyed. 15 enemy soldiers inside the vehicle have been identified killed.
At 05.00 in the morning, the occupying Turkish army intervened in the action area with two cobra and three sikorsy-type helicopters, with cobra-type helicopters intensively bombing the Dêrav village and its surroundings. After the bombardments, the invasion army closed the road to traffic for a long time and after this five sikorsy helicopters, five ambulances which arrived on the scene carried away dead and wounded soldiers to Gever. The operation launched in the Hirmê, Dêrav and Aryawa villages along with its surroundings after the action continues. The KBDH fighters which carried out this action has securely withdrawn to their base areas.
2. Our forces have prevented the road construction planned since a long period to take place between the occupying Turkish army's Çeta and Vacib base areas in the district borders of the Qileban (Uludere) district of Şırnak. The segments taking place in the road construction have been warned. Due to the disregard of our warnings, our forces have carried out an action against a military unit providing the security of the road construction at 08.30 on August 28. In this action where the enemy's positions were effectively hit, three enemy soldiers including one predicted to be the outpost commander has been killed. Our forces which carried out the action have reached their base areas securely.
3. Within the scope of the Martyr Serdem and Martyr Nudem revolutionary campaign, our forces carried out an action in the Esendere town in Hakkari's Gever district on August 28. In the action carried out against the commando hill located within Esendere borders at 18.00 one enemy soldier has been killed and another has been wounded. After the action, occupying forces bombed the general area with howitzer and mortar shells. Our forces which carried out this action have withdrawn to their base areas securely.
4. Conflict has taken place between our forces and the occupying Turkish army out on operation in the countryside of Hatay's Iskenderun district at 18.30. After this conflict where the number of dead and wounded soldiers could not be clarified, our forces have reached their base areas securely.
August 29, 2017
HPG Press Centre