HPG

Kurdistan People's Defence Forces

Press Release

1. Our YJA-Star guerrillas hit the Turkish soldiers stationed on Hill Hakan in Çukurca district of Hakkari province at 5 pm on August 5. While the positions and shelters of the Turkish forces were struck effectively, the number of soldiers killed or wounded here couldn’t be clarified.

2. On July 2, intense clashes took place between your forces and the invaders in the Yasak area of Dersim's Ovacık district. In these conflicts, our comrades Sefkan and Alişer were martyred. The ID information of our comrades will be shared with the public later.

3. On August 6, warplanes of the invading Turkish army bombed the Geliyê Basya area of ​​the Avashin region in the Medya Defence Zoness at 09:00 and the Werxelê area at 10.30.

We did not experience any losses in these bombardments.

7 August 2020

HPG Press Centre