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Kurdistan People's Defence Forces

Press Release

1. Within the scope of the Martyr Bager and Martyr Ronya Revolutionary Campaign, our forces carried out a sabotage action against the invading Turkish army on a road between Bezelê outpost and the village of Bezeno in Hakkari's Şemzînan (Şemdinli) district on August 1, 08.20. The number of soldiers punished and injured in this action, in which the enemy vehicle was hit, could not be clarified.

2. The invading Turkish army has launched an operation and carried out a series of bombardments in the region of Mount Cudi in the countryside of Şırnak province. The invading forces shelled the areas of Gire Çolya, Hesena and Navsera Cudi from the 25th to the 30th of July when an operation was launched after soldiers were airdropped in the area of Navsera Cudi. The operation was withdrawn from the area without any result on 1 August.

3. On 28 July, the invading Turkish army carried out an air attack on the Kato Qewala area of ​​Beytüşşebap district of Şırnak. We did not experience any loss in the bombardment.

August 2, 2020

HPG Press Centre