Press Release
In the operations carried out by the Turkish army in the area of Besta, the special war media think that they will be able to conceal the consequences of the war with distorted and false news. The Turkish army has suffered heavy losses as well as the loss of our guerrillas in the intensive war. The details of these results are as follows;
1. On 19 April, the Turkish army launched an operation in the area of Şırnak's Besta. In our previous statement, we shared partial information on the operation with the public. Within the scope of the operation;
On the evening of April 20th, our forces carried out actions against the operation units in Xırbıkê Besta area in two separate arms. In this action, 5 soldiers were killed on the first arm and 3 soldiers were killed on the other arm. On the afternoon of April 21st, the Turkish army's warplanes bombarded the territory of Nala Gova. On the same day, our forces carried out an action against soldiers positioned on the top of Martyr Armanc hill and 4 soldiers were killed here. On the evening of April 22, the Turkish army soldiers withdrew from the hill.
On April 23rd, our forces carried out a ambush action in the areas of Gırê Hêliz and Gırê Sevo. At 06.45 in the morning, soldiers trying to enter the Gırê Sêvo area were effectively shot by our forces and four soldiers were killed. Sikorsy type helicopters came to the area at 09.00 hours and carried away the dead and wounded soldiers. Again, while the Sikorsky helicopters flying over the area were shot by our forces, the Sikorsy helicopters have had to leave the area.
On April 24th, at 11:00 am, our forces shot enemy units at the Martyr Dilşêr strait between Besta Meyremê and Besta Bıluzerê. Two soldiers were killed here. After the action, the Turkish army bombed the area with howitzers and mortars. On the same day, the Turkish army soldiers came from Osyan and positioned on Gırê Sor hill.
On April 26, our forces shot soldiers positioned on Gırê Sor. The number of dead and injured soldiers has not been clarified here. On the night of the same day, the soldiers left Gırê Sor.
Again, on April 26 at 14:00, our forces carried out an infiltration action against the enemy units positioned at the top of Martyr Dilşêr hill. In this action, 2 positions were effectively destroyed by shooting from RPG-7 weapons. A total of 6 soldiers were killed in these positions. After the action, Sikorsy helicopters, with the support of Cobra helicopters, lifted their dead and wounded. At the same time, the Cobra helicopters hitting the area were hit by medium automatic weapons and were made to leave the area.
During the operation, while a total of 13 of our guerrillas were martyred, at least 24 soldiers were killed during the clashes and attacks. As the activity of the Turkish army continues on the Şehriban line, the information about the operation will be shared with the public as details are obtained.
The ID information of our guerrillas who fell as martyrs will be announced later.
2. At 8:20 am on April 28th, the Turkish army's warplanes bombed Cehennem hill in the area of Çiyayê Reş, Zap region.
April 29, 2017
HPG Press Centre