YPS: At least 20 members of state forces killed in Nusaybin

At least 20 members of state forces were killed and one tank was damaged as a result of YPS and YPS-JIN actions in Nusaybin.

YPS General Coordination issued a written statement on the actions its forces carried out in Nusaybin.

In its statement, YPS said that 1 special operations officer was killed, while 2 earth diggers and one tank was damaged in Martyr Gelhat neighborhood on May 4. On the other hand, 2 special operations members were killed in the same neighborhood during a YPS-JIN action on May 6.

YPS announced that its forces carried out 2 sabotage actions against state forces entering 2 houses near Weysika Kordon on May 7. Accordingly, 3 members of state forces died and 2 got injured during the first action, and the numbers of dead and injured soldiers in the second house has not yet been clarified.

According to the statement, YPS-JIN members carried out a sabotage action against a Special Operations Gendarme Scout Unit of 15 soldiers near Koçera neighborhood’s Kordon Street on May 8. A total of 10 special operations members died, and one of these casualties was reportedly a colonel. 4 soldiers that came to the street as reinforcement forces were also killed.

YPS said that one of its fighters fell as martyr in Martyr Gelhat neighborhood on May 5. Below is the ID information of this fallen YPS fighter:

Nom de Guerre: Botan Kato

Name: Abdulselam Dursun

Parents' Names: Piroz-Hasan

Place of Birth: Beytüşşebap

Date and Place of Martyrdom: May 5 / Nusaybin.