Press Release

1. On January 22, at 13.00 hours, our forces carried out an action against the Şikêr outpost in the Çelê (Çukurca) district of Hakkari. The number of dead and wounded enemy soldiers in this action where the enemy positions and shelters in the outpost were targeted could not be determined.

2. On December 14, 2017, the occupying Turkish army had launched an invasion operation from Hakkari's Şemzînan (Şemdinli) district, directed against the territory of South Kurdistan. On January 22, at 14.00, our forces carried out an action against occupying forces positioned in the Kanireş area. The number of dead and wounded enemy soldiers in this action where the enemy's positions were hit effectively could not be determined. On the same day, around 20.00, occupying forces carried away their dead and wounded soldiers from the area with Sikorsy-type helicopters.

3. On January 22, warplanes of the occupying Turkish army bombed the Karker zone in the Zap region of the Medya Defence Zones.

January 23, 2018

HPG Press Centre