HPG

Kurdistan People's Defence Forces

TO THE PRESS AND PUBLIC

1- On 21 March at around 07:00 hour, the enemy forces belongs to the Bilican Regiment of the occupier Turkish state army wanted to keep an Hill belongs to the regiment with three different wings. Our guerrillas took control of the enemy forces and carried out actions on the three different wings of the enemy at around 09:00 hour on the same day. As a result of these action and clashes, which continued until 17:00 hour, 8 of enemy soldiers killed and many more wounded by our guerrillas.

On the day in between 12:00-14:00 hours, the cobra type helicopters and war-planes belongs to the occupier Turkish state army carried out air-bombardments of the area of actions. Again, in between 14:00-17:00 hours, the war-planes flew over the Zap area/the Medya Defence Areas, and the war-planes had to leave the area as a result of effective air defence system of the Guerrilla Forces with no bombardment.

Aftermath of the actions carried out by our guerrillas, the occupier forces of the Turkish state army carried out obus and mortar attacks on the Hills of Sehit Colemerg, Sehid Baran, the Villages of Sifreza and Hilale, the areas of Kani Cennete and Ertus/Zap/the Medya Defence Areas, until the afternoon hours of 22 March.

2- On 21 March in between 22:00-24:00 hours, the war-planes belongs to the occupier forces of the Turkish state army carried out air-bombardments on the Hill of Xantur and the Village of Seranis/Haftanin/the Medya Defence Areas.

HPG Media and Communication Center

22.03.2012