25 Turkish soldiers killed in operations of YJA Star and HPG

Twenty-five Turkish soldiers were killed in operations carried out by the People’s Defense Forces (HPG) and the Free Women Units - Star (YJA Star) in the Bazid district of Agir state in Bakur (northern Kurdistan).

25 Turkish soldiers killed in operations of YJA Star and HPG
22 March, 2020   11:13
NEWS DESK

The People’s Defense Forces issued a written statement regarding the operations.

"Our forces carried out an operation against the Turkish occupation army in the context of the ongoing revolutionary victory campaign in Ayala Sarhad," the statement said.

On the 21st of March, at 09:45 am, our forces targeted a cripy armored vehicle carrying a patrol along the way of a Kozilian police station in the Bazid area of ​​Ayala Agri. The targeting completely blew armored vehicle up and destroyed it, and the two bombings were carried out against two units of the occupation soldiers, who came to support.

24 enemy soldiers were killed by these operations and a large number of them were wounded. Our unit that carried out the operation returned to its points.

On the 17th of March, our forces carried out a sniper attack against the enemy soldiers on the "Security" hill in the Wadad Ozkaya police station in the Bazid area, and a soldier was killed as a result of that operation.

Turkish occupation army aircraft launched raids on the lawful defense areas. On March 20, warplanes carried out raids on the Solomon and Kartal hills in Avashin region and the Cochin area of ​​Khakurkh and the vicinity of the Zee River in the Zap region. The raids did not cause any casualties among our forces. "