Press Release

1. On April 13, around 5:30, our forces carried out a sabotage action against occupying Turkish army soldiers deployed on Lêlîkan hill, in Southern Kurdistan. According to the information obtained in the action, 3 enemy soldiers were killed and 5 other enemy soldiers were wounded.

2. On April 11, at 18:00, our forces organized an action targeting positions of the occupying Turkish army on Petrut hill of Hakkari's Çelê (Çukurca) district. The number of dead and wounded soldiers in the action could not be clarified.

3. On March 8, the occupying Turkish army launched an operation with the support of contras in the Martyr Mizgin area in Bitlis. Our forces carried out a sabotage action targeting a contra unit participating in the operation. One contra, by the name of Sedat Aktas, was killed in this action. The operation was withdrawn on the evening of the same day. Due to the war conditions, the details of this operation have just recently been clarified.

April 13, 2018

HPG Press Centre