HPG

Kurdistan People's Defence Forces

Press Release

1. Within the scope of the Martyr Bedran Gundikremo and Martyr Nalin Muş revolutionary campaign, our forces have organized an action against the security hill of Bezelê (Aktütün) outpost in the Şemzînan district of Hakkari province on 2 August at 15:00.

Six enemy soldiers were identified killed in this action, in which the enemy positions on the hill were taken under fire on 4 arms. After the action, the occupying Turkish army bombed the area with howitzer and mortar shells, and at 19.30 hours, sikorsy-type helicopters removed dead and wounded soldiers from the area.

2. On 2 August, at 12:00 am, our forces, who put under surveillance a contra unit near the Güzeldere area near Van, carried out an action targeting this unit at 15.00 on the same day. One contra was identified to have been killed, and two others were wounded in the enemy unit which was shot at close range.

3. At 5:30 am on August 1, the occupying Turkish army launched an operation around the village of Xosor, which is in Amed's Lice district. The invading forces entering Xosor village have raided the houses and practised pressure and torture on the villagers.

On August 1, at about 09.40 am, our forces organized an action targeting the operation coordination on the slopes of the military formation hill. In this action, 1 majors and 2 soldiers, were are coordinating the operation, were killed. The occupying Turkish army whicj suffered heavy blows in the operation, withdrew the same day at 15:30 without results.

4. Within the scope of the Martyr Azad and Martyr Jinda Özgür revolutionary campaign, our forces carried out an action targeting the invading Turkish army's Şargê outpost in Bingöl province on August 1 at 23:00. The number of dead and wounded soldiers in this action, where the outpost building and its positions were targeted, could not be determined. After the action, on 2 August, the occupying Turkish army launched an operation in the areas of Şargê, Karavelyan and Sanjak. On the same day, after the operation was withdrawn, the invading forces bombarded the Şargê hill with howitzers and mortars. As a result of the bombardment, the fire which broke out in the field continues.

 

August 3, 2017

 

HPG Press Centre