Press Release
1. On April 18, sabotage actions were carried out against the Turkish army soldiers trying to position themselves on a hill in the Bırnê Reş area of the Bazid district of Agrı.
A large number of soldiers were killed in the sabotage actions carried out against an armoured vehicle attempting to enter the hill and against two separate troop units. The Turkish army had to retreat as a result of heavy blows.
After the action, a large number of ambulances and Sikorsy type helicopters removed the dead and wounded soldiers from the field. This action was made in commemoration to our comrades who fell as martyrs in Bazid and Erciş and in response to the recent attacks of the Turkish army against our martyrdom cemeteries.
2. On April 20, at 12:00 pm, our forces carried out actions with mortars directed at soldiers located at the top of Elişêr hill in the area of Oremar in Hakkari's district of Yüksekova. In this action, the number of dead and wounded soldiers could not be clarified.
3. On April 18, between 5:00 am and 6:00 pm, our forces carried out a sabotage action against a group of moving soldiers on the Cigerxwin hill of Çiyayê Res on the border of Hakkari's Çelê (Çukurca) county. One soldier was killed in this action.
4. On April 20, between 13:00 and 15:00, the Turkish army's warplanes bombed the Mervanos and Şukê territories in the Avashin area of our Medya Defense Zones.
April 21, 2017
HPG Press Centre