Press Release
1. On June 1, the occupying Turkish army launched an operation with the participation of special secret units in the Çemçê area of the Kağızman district of Kars province.
A secret unit that hid in the field and wanted to ambush our forces was closely followed by our forces and an action was carried out against this unit on the same day. Two soldiers were identified to have been killed in the action where enemy positions were effectively hit.
2. While the occupying Turkish army's operation which was launched in the Apê Musa, Martyr Ferhat, Martyr Navdar, Martyr Rojhat and Martyr Kawa areas of Amed (Diyarbakır) province enters its 8th day, the actions of our forces against the forces of the operation continues.
On May 31, our forces carried out an action against a unit of the occupying Turkish army which was put under surveillance between the Hewrê and Şaklat villages of Amed's Karaz (Kocaköy) district. While three soldiers were killed as a result of the effective hits in close range, three others were wounded. After the action, a sikorsy-type helicopter which came to the area with the support of two cobra-type attack helicopters carried away the dead and wounded soldiers from the action area. The enemy which removed its dead and wounded from the area has bombed the action area with cobra-type helicopters and expanded the operation in the area.
3. On June 2, at 11.00 hours, our forces carried out an action against a contra unit positioned between the Maymun (Beyaz Hill) and Martyr Kendal (Karaçalı) hills in the Qileban (Uludere) district of Şırnak province. After the action where one contra was killed and another wounded, the outposts in the area have indiscriminately bombed the action area and its surroundings.
4. On May 2, at 11.40 hours, our forces carried out an action against the positions of the occupying Turkish army located on the Koordine hill in Hakkari's Çelê (Çukurca) district. After the action where the number of dead and wounded soldiers could not be clarified, the occupying Turkish army has indiscriminately bombed for one hour the surroundings of the hill with howitzer and mortar shells.
3 June, 2017
HPG Press Centre