HPG Media Center issued a written statement on recent guerilla actions, and announced that 2 Turkish soldiers were killed in Hakkari and Şırnak.

HAKKARİ

HPG guerillas carried out an action with heavy weaponry against the soldiers at Elişêr hill in Hakkari’s Yüksekova district between 16:00 and 16:30 on November 10. The numbers of dead and injured soldiers have not yet been clarified.

Guerillas also shelled the soldiers positioned at Koordine hill in Hakkari’s Çukurca district at 13:00 on November 10 from 2 different directions. The first guerilla unit destroyed 3 army positions, and 2 soldiers were killed during the clashes here. The second guerilla unit destroyed 4 army positions, and numbers of dead and injured soldiers have not yet been clarified.

HPG stated that the Turkish army has been carrying out an operation in the Faraşin and Çiyayê Reşkê regions of Hakkari over the past 2 days, and bombarding the Şukê region of Yüksekova between 18:00 and 19:00 and the Küçük Cilo region of Çukurca around 18:40 on November 7 in Hakkari.

ŞIRNAK

HPG Media Center noted that the Turkish army operation near Osyan village, Besta Meryemê, Çiyayê Fıla, Herbiş, Akira and Bişireş in Şırnak’s Besta region continues, and Turkish soldiers have been carrying out another operation in the Kato Elki, Gırê Kerkol and Deriyê Zêr areas of Beytüşşebap over the past 3 days. Village guards from the Jirki tribe in Çeman, Gelejer, Çemhezkê and Kıtêrê are also participating in this operation.

Guerillas had carried out an action against the soldiers at an army roadblock between Guzekurkê hill and Besta outpost on the Şırnak-Uludere road at 14:00 on November 7. HPG announced that 1 guerilla, whose ID information is shared below, fell as martyr during this action:

Code Name: Ronya Botan
First and Last Name: Edibe Karakan
Place of Birth: Şırnak
Mother’s and Father’s Names: Hatice - Enver
Date and Place of Martyrdom: 7 November 2016 / Şırnak