The HPG Press Center published details about the ongoing war in South Kurdistan:

“Our mobile teams in the Resistance Areas apply many tactics with high skill and strike the invaders incessantly. In the actions carried out by our mobile teams, 12 invading soldiers were killed, 3 others were injured, 1 post was destroyed and 1 attack helicopter was hit. The invaders tried to hit the tunnels by lighting a fire that produced toxic smoke in front of the war tunnels and bombed them with explosives twice. In addition, the Resistance Zones were bombed 7 times by airplanes and 22 times by helicopters.

The details of the actions taken and the attacks made are as follows;

Zap

On June 18, at 4 pm, the invaders who wanted to bombard the war tunnels in the Karker Resistance Area with explosives were hit with sabotage tactics. While 1 soldier was killed, 2 others were injured.

Metina

On June 18, at 7.30 am, the invaders who wanted to position Girê Martyr Çekdar in the Girê Cûdî Resistance Area were shot by snipers and 1 invader was killed. At 1 and 1.30 pm, the invaders were shot snipers one after the other and 3 were killed. The invaders, who were hit, retreated. Simultaneously, at 1.30 pm, the invaders in Girê Martyr Şîlan were shot snipers, and 1 invader was killed. Later, the post where the invaders were located was hit and completely destroyed. 4 invaders were killed.

On 18 June at 7.40 pm, the invaders in the Girê FM Resistance Area were shot and 1 was killed.

On 18 June at 10.20 pm, our forces shot the helicopters that landed soldiers in the Girê FM Resistance Area. While one soldier was killed, one other was injured. The attack helicopter that wanted to attack our mobile teams that carried out the action was targeted and shot at by a different mobile team and had to leave the area.

Attacks continue

The attacks carried out by the invading Turkish army with chemical weapons and explosives continue.

From 6.12 to 7.15 on 18 June, the Turkish soldiers tried to hit the war tunnels in the Werxelê Resistance Area by lighting a fire that produced poisonous smoke.

At noon on 18 June, the war tunnels in the Şikefta Birîndara Resistance Area were bombed twice with explosives.

The attacks carried out by the invading Turkish army with howitzers, attack helicopters and warplanes were as follows:

On 18 June, drone activity was observed over the Karker and Kurojahro Resistance Areas.

On 18 and 19 June, the Girê Ortê land in the Metîna region was bombed with mortars and howitzers fired from the Turkish base of Kanî Masî in Bashur Kurdistan.

On 19 June, Werxelê, Çemço, Rênçbiraxa, Karker and Koordîne, Deşta Êdinê, Gunde Seraro areas in the Metîna region were bombed with mortars and howitzers fired from the border police stations.

On 18 June, the Karker and Saca areas were bombed 7 times by warplanes.

On 18 June, the areas of Werxelê, Kurojahro, Girê FM, Girê Cûdî and Girê Hakkarî Resistance Areas were bombed 22 times by helicopters."