Press Release
1. Against the occupying Turkish army’s invasion attempts on the territory of Southern Kurdistan, our forces have initiated the Martyr Agirî and Martyr Piroz Revolutionary Campaign in the arena. The details of the actions targeting the invading forces, foremost on Lêlîkan hill, is as following;
On April 27, at 12.00, our forces carried out an extensive action against invading forces positioned on the Lêlîkan hill. The enemy positions which were put under intense fire on eight arms were simultaneously raided by our forces on two other arms. Our forces which entered the hill destroyed many positions of the enemy as a result of effective hits. Our forces have conducted effective strikes in close range, and seven positions on the hill were destroyed while 34 enemy soldiers were killed here. Following the action, the occupying Turkish army bombed the area with warplanes, howitzers and mortar shells.
On the same day, around 06.30, our forces carried out an action directed against the enemy soldiers on the Xeregol hill in Hakkari’s Çelê (Çukurca) district. Two positions were destroyed in this action where the positions and tents on the enemy hill were put under intense fire, and the number of dead and wounded enemies could here not be determined.
Once again on the same day, at 09.20, our forces carried out an action against the occupying Turkish army positioned on the Elişêr hill in Hakkari’s Gever (Yüksekova) district. Two enemy positions were destroyed in this action where the positions on the hill were effectively struck, one of which was an A4 heavy weapon position, and three soldiers have been identified killed.
2. On April 26, at 11.45, our YJA Star forces carried out an action against the positions of the occupying Turkish army on the Lêlikan hill within the territory of Southern Kurdistan.
One enemy soldier has been identified killed in this action where the enemy’s positions were effectively hit, and three other soldiers were wounded.
Following the action, the invading Turkish army bombed with howitzer and mortar shells the surroundings of the Xakurkê area and the Ermuş area.
3. On April 26, at 13.00, our forces carried out an action against a unit of the occupying Turkish army positioned in the Tepê Sor zone of the Deştanê battalion in Hakkari’s Çelê (Çukurca) district. The number of dead and wounded soldiers in this action where the enemy units were put under intense fire could not be determined.
4. Within the scope of the Martyr Delal and Besta Martyrs Revolutionary Campaign, on April 27, at 21.40, our forces carried out an assassination action against the occupying Turkish army’s unit positioned in the Girê Cizirê territory in Şırnak’s Cizre district. One enemy soldier was killed in this action.
April 28, 2018
HPG Press Centre