HPG

Kurdistan People's Defence Forces

Press Release

1. On April 3, at 10:15 am, our forces carried out an action against 49 outpost in the Hakkari's  Çelê (Çukurca) district. In this action, our forces hit the work machines working in the outpost with heavy weapons, and a bulldozer  was damaged. In addition, our forces have noticed the enemy unit that was ambushing in the field and there was a brief conflict. Here, the number of dead and wounded soldiers could not be clarified. After the action, the outposts bombarded the action area with howitzers and mortars.

- On April 2, between 12.00 and 12.30 hours, our forces hit with heavy weapons two containers on the Koordine hill on the border of Çelê district of Hakkari. Separately, positions located on the Koordine hill were shot with mortars between the hours of 12.00 - 13.00. In this action, the number of dead and wounded soldiers could not be clarified.

2. At 19:30 on March 25, the Turkish army attacked Kırê Inegê and Kulê areas of Ağrı's Bazid (Dogubeyazit) district with Cobra type helicopters. Again on March 26, Cobra helicopters started operations by shooting the same areas. The operation was withdrawn without any results on March 27.

April 4, 2017

HPG Press Centre