HPG

Kurdistan People's Defence Forces

To the Press and Public!
1-    On 7 November, in between 11:00 – 16:00 hours, the YJA-Star guerrillas carried out an assassination action against the gangs during a attempting operation by the ISIS gangs in the area of Bare/Sengal. As a result, one gang killed. Aftermath of this action, the gangs pulled back and gathered in an area, where our guerrillas carried an action against them with heavy weaponry. As a result, 2 vehicles have been damaged. Yet, the number of killed and wounded gangs couldn’t be able to clarify.
 
2-    On 7 November, in between 08:00 – 16:30 hours, the drones belong to the Turkish state army carried out intense search-flights on the area of Sumbul, in the District of Gever/Hakkari. And, these search-flights have been increasingly continuing in the Media Defence Areas (guerrilla areas). Therefore;
 
-          The drones belong to the occupier Turkish state army carried out search-flights on our Region of Xakurke on 6 November, in between 09:00 – 00:00 hours; on 7 November from 21:00 hour to 8 November till 02:30 hour, on the area of Goste/Xakurke. On 7 November in between 09:30 – 15:00 hours on our Region of Zap and from the same day at 15:30 hour till morning hours of 8 November on the same Region the search-flights also continued.
 
3-    The occupier Turkish state army launching ambushes with the armoured military vehicles in the District of Kerboran/Mardin, for the last one week.
 
4-    In the morning hours of 6 November, the occupier Turkish state army launched a military operation in between the areas of the Village of Erse and Nevala Ne/Eruh/Siirt. The Village-Guards also participated to the operation. This military operation also included the Villagers who carry out border trade as well. The operation pulled back at afternoon hours with no result.
 
The HPG Press Liaison Centre
8 November 2014