HPG

Kurdistan People's Defence Forces

Press Release

1. On March 12, at 10.00 am, between 15.00 and 15.30 hours, our forces effectively shot with mortars the positions and container where Turkish soldiers were stationed on Koordine hill at the border of Çukurca district in Hakkari province. In this action, the number of dead and wounded soldiers could not be clarified.

After the action, the Turkish army indiscriminately bombed the Ciloyê Piçuk zone with howitzers and mortars.

2. On March 11, at 10:00 am, our forces with heavy weapons shot the construction machines operating on the Martyr Colemerg Hill on the border of Çukurca in Hakkari. After the action, the soldiers left the construction machines and fled from the scene.

March 13, 2017

HPG Press Centre