Press Release
1. Our guerrillas targeted the Turkish military units stationed in the Deştanê Valley in Çukurca at 09:30 on May 24. Effective strikes left two military positions and 2 A4 heavy weapons destroyed and three soldiers dead. The guerrilla unit returned to their base unharmed.
2. On May 24, guerrillas hit the Turkish soldiers stationed on Hill Lelikan in Xakurke region of Medya Defense Zones in southern Kurdistan, northern Iraq. While the positions and shelters of the Turkish forces were struck effectively, the number of casualties couldn’t be clarified.
3. The invading Turkish army launched an operation in the region of Masiro in Şırnak’s Beytüşşebap district in the morning of May 22. The operation was withdrawn without achieving any results in the afternoon.
4. The warplanes of the invading Turkish army shelled the Chemcho area in Zap region in the Medya Defense Zones at 19:30 on May 24. Our guerrilla forces suffered no losses in these bombardments.
May 25, 2020
HPG Press Centre