The HPG Press Liaison Center said that guerrillas carried out an action in Ağrı on 9 January. The HPG organized an action against the Vedat Özkaya police station in Bazid (Doğubeyazıt) district of Ağrı within the framework of the ongoing Revolutionary Victory Initiative. The number of dead and wounded within the enemy ranks could not be determined."

The HPG stated that fighter planes bombed Gare and added: "On 7 January, between 1 and 2pm, fighter planes belonging to the Turkish army bombed around the village of Kani Mazi in the Medya Defense Areas. We did not experience any loss in these bombings."