Press Release

1. Within the scope of the Martyr Piroz and Martyr Agirî Revolutionary Campaign, our guerrilla forces carried out a series of actions on May 15. The details of the actions within the scope of the campaign are as follows:

At 16.10 hours, our YJA Star forces carried out an action targeting the occupying Turkish army troops stationed on the Lelikan hill in the Bradost region within the territory of South Kurdistan. One enemy soldier was killed in this action. Following the action, the occupying forces opened indiscriminate fire at their surroundings with A-4 weapons.

At 18.30, our forces carrion out an action targeting enemy soldiers positioned on the Eli Dirêj Strait in the Bradost region. In this action, the number of dead and wounded soldiers couldn’t be clarified. After the action, the occupying Turkish army bombarded the area with howitzers and mortars.

 At 20.00, YJA Star guerrillas carried out an action against the occupying Turkish army soldiers positioned on Bayrak hill in the Barzan region of Southern Kurdistan. In the action, one enemy soldier was killed. After the action, the occupying forces indiscriminately bombarded the area and their surroundings with howitzers and mortars.

2. Within the scope of the Martyr Delal Amed and Besta Martyrs Revolutionary Campaign, our forces carried out an action against the occupying Turkish army soldiers positioned on the Martyr Sidar hill in Hakkari’s (Colemêrg) area at 15:00 on May 15 and one enemy soldier was killed here. Following the action, the occupying forces indiscriminately bombarded the area with mortars.

May 16, 2018

HPG Press Centre