HPG

Kurdistan People's Defence Forces

Press Release

1. Our guerrillas carried out a sabotage action against a vehicle of the Turkish army in the vicinity of the Çağlayan town in Erzincan countryside on May 13. While the vehicle was damaged, the number of casualties couldn’t be clarified.

Following the action, Turkish forces retrieved the dead and wounded soldiers from the scene with ambulances and armored vehicles, while the guerrilla unit returned to their base unharmed.

2.  Warplanes of the İnvading Turkish army shelled the Sida area in Zap region in the Medya Defense Zones at 17:00 on May 20.

Our forces did not suffer any casualties.

May 21, 2020

HPG Press Centre