Press Release

1. Within the scope of the Battle of Heftanin Revolutionary Campaign, our YJA Star forces carried out actions against the invading Turkish army on July 17. In this context;

At 09.40, 12.30 and 17.05, our forces carried out assassination actions against the invaders positioned on Martyr Cudi hill in the Şeşdara area. In these actions, 3 enemy soldiers were punished.

At noon, our forces targeted the invaders on the Tunel hill on the Şeşdara area. As a result of this action, 1 soldier was punished.

At 13:00, our forces carried out another action against the invaders on the Martyr Berivan hill and 1 soldier was punished.

2. The warplanes of the invading Turkish army bombed the Martyr Diren area in the Avasin region and the Karker and Martyr Şahin areas in the Zap region at around 13.30 on July 17. While we did not experience any loss in these bombardments, there was a fire in the forest areas.

July 18, 2020

HPG Press Centre