Press Release

 1. Our forces in the Çelê (Çukurca) district of Hakkari province carried out a series of actions against the occupying Turkish army's invasion operations in Kurdistan, foremost on Afrin. Within this scope;

 On February 1, at 10.30 hours, our forces carried out an action against the occupying Turkish army positioned on the Koordine hill in Hakkari's Çelê district. One container has been destroyed in the action where the containers and positions on the hill were effectively hit. 10 of the enemy soldiers in the destroyed container was killed, while five others were wounded. The occupying Turkish army which bombed the action area with howitzer and mortar shells, carried away their dead and wounded soldiers from the area with Sikorsy-type helicopters.

 On January 31, at 12.00, our forces carried out an assassination action against the enemy soldiers in the Şerêsêvê outpost of Çelê district. One soldier has been killed in the action.

 2. On February 1, between 18.00 and 21.00, warplanes belonging to the occupying Turkish army bombed the Martyr Rüstem area in the Zap region of the Medya Defense Zones.

February 2, 2018

HPG Press Centre