Press Release
1. Within the scope of the Martyr Pîroz and Martyr Agirî Revolutionary Campaign, our forces carried out a series of actions against the occupying Turkish army. The details of the actions carried out within this scope are as following;
On June 11, at 06.10, our forces carried out a sabotage action against a group of soldiers trying to put under their surveillance the Xopinê valley in Hakkari’s Gever (Yüksekova) district. Four enemy soldiers were identified killed in this action, and one soldier was wounded.
On the same day, at 22.00, a convoy of the occupying Turkish army, consisting of many armoured vehicles, was hit in the Erziknê territory while moving between Hakkari and Gever. Two Hedgehog-type armoured vehicles were completely destroyed in the enemy convoy which was hit effectively in close range. 10 enemy soldiers were identified killed in this action. Following the action, the invading forces carried away dead and wounded soldiers from the area with armoured vehicles.
On June 14, at 04.00, our forces conducted an assassination action against the invaders positioned on the Bayrak hill in the Barzan region of Southern Kurdistan, and one enemy soldier was killed here. On the same day, at 08.15, the enemy soldiers on Bayrak hill was targeted for the second time. Two positions were destroyed in this action where the positions on the enemy hill were effectively hit, and four soldiers were killed.
2. On June 9, at 18.30, our forces carried out a comprehensive action against a hill trying to provide the security of the two new outposts being constructed near the Manisor village in Amed’s Lice district. Eight enemy soldiers were identified killed in this action where the positions, shelters and soldiers on the hill were put under intense fire on three arms, while two soldiers were wounded.
Two of our comrades who heroically went over the enemy positions and fought heroically in this action has reached martyrdom. The enemy’s disguised units which later arrived at the action area for intervention has also been targeted by our forces. Four enemy soldiers were identified killed in the enemy units which were effectively hit. The ID information of our two comrades who fought heroically in this action and reached martyrdom will be shared with the public later on.
3. Within the scope of the Martyr Delal Amed and Besta Martyrs Revolutionary Campaign, on June 12, at 22.00, our forces carried out an action against the soldiers trying to provide road security between Şırnak and Cizre district. One enemy soldier has been killed in this action where the soldiers at the enemy checkpoint were effectively hit.
4. On June 12, between 13.30 and 16.00, the warplanes of the invading Turkish army bombed the Derarê, Stuna, Bedehê, Koordinê and Şelazê areas in the Metina region of the Medya Defense Zones.
June 13, 2018
HPG Press Centre