The Press Office of People’s Defense Forces (HPG-BIM) released a statement detailing an action carried out by guerrillas against the Turkish army in Xakurke region of guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in southern Kurdistan, northern Iraq.

According to the statement, the action was carried out at 14:00 on February 26 as part of the Martyr Bager and Martyr Ronya Revolutionary Campaign.

HPG-BIM stated that guerrillas hit the Turkish units stationed on Hill Kevortê. A position of the Turkish forces was destroyed, two soldiers killed and one other injured as a result of effective strikes.

Following the action, Turkish army shelled the village of Dayla with heavy weapons, injuring a 12-year-old kid named Şervan Salih and killing many animals of the local people.

The statement said that the Turkish army removed the casualties from the scene in Sikorsky helicopters, while the involved guerrilla unit returned to their base safely.