As reported by the Press Center of the People’s Defense Forces (HPG), guerrillas shot down two small drones belonging to the Turkish army in South Kurdistan on Thursday. The drones were flying over the Şêlazê resistance area in Metîna. One of the drones was destroyed by shooting, the other was seized by the guerrillas along with its explosives.

YJA Star stops military road construction in Zap

In addition, according to the HPG statement, guerrillas from the Free Women’s Units (YJA Star) on Thursday used heavy weapons to stop the construction of military roads in the Girê Bahar area on the western front of the Zap region by firing twice at an excavator. In Girê Amêdî, female guerrilla fighters intervened with semi-automatic weapons against the Turkish army’s attempt to install military technology in the area. In addition, the occupying troops in Girê Amêdî and Girê Cûdî in the Zap and in Girê Şehîd Hêmin in the Xakurke region were fired upon four times with heavy weapons in the past two days.

Attacks by the Turkish army

According to HPG, the Turkish army used prohibited explosives against guerrilla tunnels in the Girê FM, Girê Amêdî and Girê Cûdî areas a total of seven times on 24, 25 and 26 September. Since Tuesday, HPG has identified forty air strikes on the Medya Defense Zones, 26 of which were carried out by fighter jets and 14 by attack helicopters. The areas bombed by fighter jets were Girê Şehîd Hawar, Lolan, Girê Qele, Sinînê, Berbizinê, Girê Mesken and Kendekola in Xakurke, Sêdarê, Şiyê, Girê, Mam Nêçîr, Dêreşê, Avtehlê and Kanî Sarkê in Gare as well as Girê Cûdî, Girê Bahar and Girê Amêdî in the western Zap region. Helicopter attacks were carried out on areas in the Xakurke, Metîna and Zap regions.