Press Release

1. Within the scope of the Martyr Piroz and the Martyr Agirî Revolutionary Campaign, our guerrilla forces carried out actions against the invading Turkish army. The details of the actions carried out by our forces are as following;

 On July 18, at 10.30, our forces carried out a series of sabotage actions against the invading forces positioned on Xwedê hill of the Barzan region in the territory of Southern Kurdistan. Five enemy soldiers were killed in the actions.

 On July 17, the invading Turkish army launched an operation with the support of UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) in the Kani Orê area of Hakkari's Çelê (Çukurca) district. On the same day, at 18.30, our YJA Star forces carried out an action targeting a unit of the operation. Nine soldiers were killed and three soldiers were wounded in the action where the enemy's positions were put under intense fire. Following the action, the occupying Turkish army carried away dead and wounded soldiers from the area with ambulances and armoured vehicles.

2. On July 17, at 18.00, the invading Turkish army launched an operation in the Harçik valley, Dokuzkaya ridges and Mozik area of Dersim with the support of the cobra-type attack helicopters. In the ongoing operation, the occupying Turkish army bombed the operation areas with cobra type helicopters.

July 19, 2018

HPG Press Centre