Press Release

1. Within the scope of the Martyr Pîroz and Martyr Agirî Revolutionary Campaign, our guerrilla forces carried out an action against the invading Turkish army soldiers positioned on the Bayrak hill of Barzan in Southern Kurdistan at 06.30 on September 23.

In the action, where enemy positions and shelters were put under intense fire from three sides, many enemy positions were destroyed and six soldiers were killed. Following the action, the invading forces bombed the surrounding areas with howitzer and mortars. A fire broke out in the vineyards and gardens of the locals as a result of the bombardment.

 2. On September 22, at 23.30, our forces carried out an action against the invading Turkish army soldiers positioned on Elemun hill in Şırnak’s Qileban (Uludere) district. In this action, where the enemy positions and shelters were struck effectively, one position, one tent and one container were completely destroyed, and four soldiers were killed.

3. On September 22, at 19.00 the invading Turkish army launched an operation in the vicinity of Zengasor village of Amed’s Lice district with the support of unmanned aerial vehicles. On September 23, at about 10:00, warplanes and attack helicopters of the invading forces bombed the operation area intensively. Following the bombardments, heavy conflicts took place between our forces and the invading soldiers which landed in the area with the support of Sikorsky helicopters. The number of dead and wounded soldiers in these conflicts where many enemies were killed and wounded could not be determined. Two of our comrades, who fought against the enemy heroically until their very last bullets, detonated their bombs on themselves in order to not be captured by the enemy. The ID information of our martyr comrades will be shared with the public later on. This invasion operation was withdrawn from the area at 03.00 hours on the same day.

September 24, 2018

HPG Press Centre