Press Release

1. On April 25, at 10:40, our forces carried out an action against the occupying Turkish army soldiers deployed on the Girê Xwedê hill in the Barzan region within the territory of Southern Kurdistan.

Three enemy positions and one A4 weapon were destroyed and five soldiers were killed in the action where the enemy positions on the hill were put under intense fire.

2. On April 25, at 09.40, our forces carried out an action against the enemy soldiers on the Martyr Rahime hill in Hakkari's Gever (Yüksekova) district. Two enemy soldiers were killed in this action.

3. On April 25, at 08.30, our forces carried out an action targeting the Kıryareş outpost in the Silopi district of Şırnak. In the action vehicles and containers in the outpost were targeted. Two military shipment vehicles and one container were struck here. According to the information obtained, one enemy soldier was killed in the action. After the action, the occupying forces bombarded the area with howitzers and mortars.

4. On April 25, the occupying Turkish army’s warplanes carried out bombardment on the Medya Defence Zones. In this context,

Between 12.00 and 13.00, Zergelê, Bedirxan areas and the surroundings of the Bêpalan village in the Kandil region was bombed, and around 12:30, the Adilbeg area in the Avashin region, and at 13.00 hours the Kaniqirêj area in the Xakurke region was bombed.

April 26, 2018

HPG Press Centre