HPG

Kurdistan People's Defence Forces

Press Release

1. At noon hours on April 23rd, our forces carried out assassination actions against soldiers positioned at the top of Givara hill in Şırnak's Besta area. Three soldiers were killed in these actions.

- On April 28 at 17:00, our forces carried out an action against soldiers located on the ridges of Martyr Dilşêr hill in the area of ​​Besta. In this action, the number of dead and wounded soldiers could not be clarified. After the action, the soldiers retreated from the hill. While the operation launched by the Turkish army at Besta is generally withdrawn, unmanned aerial vehicles are carrying out exploratory flights on the area.

2. On April 29, at 09:00, our forces carried out a series of assassination actions against soldiers on the move on the Martyr Rahime hill in the Oremar area of ​​Hakkari's Gever (Yüksekova) district. Three soldiers were killed in these actions. Simultaneously, our forces have struck heavy weapon positions of the Turkish army with medium automatic weapons. Here, the number of dead and wounded soldiers could not be clarified.

3. At 08:00 hours on April 30th, our forces carried out an assassination action against the soldiers in the Tepê Ortê outpost in Hakkari's Çelê (Çukurca) district and one soldier was killed here. After the action, the Turkish army bombed Latê Kewa and Tepê Sor fields with howitzers and mortars.

May 1, 2017

HPG Press Centre