Civilian Defense Units (YPS) Press Office released a statement announcing the martyrdom of three of their fighters as result of strikes by Turkish aircraft.

The statement said the following;

“At 19:00 on September 5, warplanes of the fascist Turkish army, coordinated by two reconnaissance aircrafts, carried out an intensified bombardment on Heftborya area in Şırnak’s Besta region. Our comrades Arjin Amed, Mervan Amed and Şilan Zeryan fell martyrs in this bombardment.

The same day, two combat helicopters conducted another bombardment on the same area at 19:30 in the evening, after which AKP’s special war forces launched a wide scale operation in between Besta Hıncê, Mıntıka Çala and Mıntıka Gırêdem areas. This operation was retreated in the evening of September 6.”