HPG (People's Defense Forces) Media Center announced that guerrilla forces blocked the Amed-Bingöl road and targeted the soldiers constructing a road in Heftanin.

According to the HPG statement, guerrillas blocked the road between Amed and Bingöl between 09:00 and 11:00 on March 13. Guerrillas seized 4 vehicles belonging to people working for the AKP government and confiscated the materials inside before burning the vehicles.

The Turkish army tried to build a road in Martyr Kendal area of Medya Defense Zones’ Heftanin region at 15:00 on March 17. HPG guerrillas hit soldiers and the construction vehicles here with heavy weaponry, and the numbers of dead and injured soldiers have not yet been clarified.

Turkish soldiers shelled the Çiyayê Reş area of Zap region from the Şkêr military post in Hakkari’s Çukurca district between 15:00 - 17:00 on March 17 and from the Hill Ortê post between 22:00 – 23:00.

Soldiers from Bilican military post also shelled the area near the post between 21:00 – 22:30.

Turkish soldiers positioned around Martyr Zerdeş hill attacked surrounding areas with heavy weaponry between 22:00 and 23:00 on March 17.

Lastly, drones carried out reconnaissance flights over;

- Heftanin region between 17:30 on March 17 and 08:00 on March 18,

- Zap area between 21:00 on March 17 and 06:30 on March 18,

- Garê region between 06:00 and 10:30 on March 18.