HPG

Kurdistan People's Defence Forces

 Press Release

1. Within the scope of the Martyr Pîroz and Martyr Agirî Revolutionary Campaign, on July 11, around 15.30, our forces carried out an action targeting the invading Turkish army positioned at the Ali Dirêj valley in the Bradost region of Southern Kurdistan’s Sidakan.

Multiple positions and shelters were destroyed in this action where the enemy’s positions and shelters were put under intense fire on two arms, and 10 enemy soldiers were identified killed while one enemy soldier was wounded. Following the action, the invading Turkish army carried away its dead and wounded soldiers from the area with Sikorsy helicopters amid the support of unmanned aerial vehicles and Cobra-type attack helicopters.

2. Within the scope of the Martyr Delal Amed and Besta Martyrs Revolutionary Campaign, on July 10, at 18.30, our forces carried out a series of assassination actions against the invading soldiers in the Zıvıngê battalion in Şırnak. One enemy soldier was killed in these actions, and one enemy soldier was wounded.

 

July 12, 2018

HPG Press Centre