Press Release
1. On March 11, at 10.15, our YJA Star forces carried out an action against the invading Turkish soldiers positioned on the Sivri Hill in the Bêzelê (Aktütün) area of Hakkari's Şemzînan (Şemdinli) district.
The sentry box and soldiers around it were effectively hit, and four soldiers were killed in this action, while one other was injured. Following the action, the invading army indiscriminately shelled the area with howitzer and mortar shells. Armoured vehicles carried away dead and wounded soldiers from the hill at around 20.00 hours the same day.
2. The invading Turkish army's warplanes have carried out air attacks against the Medya Defence Zones. Within this scope;
On March 11, between 06.30-09.00, warplanes bombed the Sida area in the Zap region and the surroundings of Kani Sarkê Village in the Gare region.
On March 12 (today) warplanes once again bombed the Kunişka area and Martyr Şahin Hill in the Zap region.
Our forces have had no losses in the bombardments of the invading Turkish army.
March 12, 2019
HPG Press Centre