Press Release
1. Within the scope of the second phase of the Martyr Bedran Gundikremo and Martyr Nalin Muş revolutionary campaign, our forces carried out actions against the occupying Turkish army in Hakkari province on October 29 and October 30.
Within this scope, on October 30 (today) at 08.40 our YJA Star forces carried out an action targeting the enemy positions on the Koordine hill of Çelê (Çukurca) district. The number of dead and wounded enemy soldiers in this action where the enemy's positions where effectively hit could not be determined.
At 09.00 hours today our forces targeted a group of soldiers providing the security of the road leading to the Elişêr hill in Gever (Yüksekova) district. Three soldiers have been identified killed in this enemy unit hit effectively while one other has been wounded. The occupying forces which carried away their dead and wounded soldiers from the area with armoured vehicles then bombed the area with howitzer and mortar shells.
On October 29, at 13.30, our forces carried out an action against a scorpion-type vehicle located at the Deştanê outpost. The armoured vehicle hit effectively in the action has been destroyed. According to the information obtained, five soldiers were wounded in this action, two of which are heavily wounded. On the same day, at 14.30, our YJA Star forces carried out an action against the Girê outpost in Çelê. A fire has broken out in the outpost building as a result of the action where the outpost and enemy booths were effectively struck.
2. On October 29, between 13.00 and 14.00, our forces carried out an action against the Tepê Yekmal outpost in Şırnak's Qileban (Uludere) district with heavy weapons. The number of dead and wounded enemy soldiers in the action could not be determined.
3. On October 29, the occupying Turkish army launched an operation in the area of the Avkamasiya village of Şırnak. Within the scope of the Martyr Serdem and Martyr Nudem revolutionary campaign, at 17.10 the same day our forces targeted a unit of the operation on the Ziyaret hill. The number of dead and wounded enemies in this action where the unit was under intense fire could not be determined. The operation was withdrawn inconclusively on the evening hours of the same day.
October, 30, 2017
HPG Press Centre