The Press Center of the People’s Defense Forces (HPG) has issued a statement on the guerrilla resistance to the Turkish invasion of South Kurdistan and the recent attacks by the Turkish army on the Medya Defense Areas.

According to the information, nine Turkish soldiers were killed in guerrilla actions on the western front of the Zap region.

The HPG provided the following details:

“Intervention against the occupiers’ infrastructure in Metîna

In Golka in the Metîna region, guerrillas carried out an action against the expansion of the infrastructure for the occupation forces. A construction vehicle was shot at several times with semi-automatic and heavy weapons on 8 and 9 August, and was damaged. After the fifth attack on Friday afternoon, the occupiers began a partial retreat.

Guerrilla resistance in the western Zap region

In the western Zap region, three Turkish soldiers were killed by guerrilla snipers, one on 10 August in Girê Amêdî, two more on 7 August in Girê Bahar. In Girê Cûdî, an attempted advance to a tunnel system was foiled on Saturday morning. Guerrillas attacked with semi-automatic weapons and forced the soldiers to retreat. Four further attacks by the YJA Star and HPG on the occupation troops in the past two days were carried out with heavy weapons. On Saturday night, guerrillas intervened against helicopters in the airspace over Girê Bahar.

Series of actions in Girê Bahar: Six dead

In Girê Bahar, the guerrillas struck another blow against the occupation troops on Saturday. At 3:20 am, snipers targeted a Turkish unit and killed three soldiers. Later in the morning, soldiers searched the scene of the incident with a detector and were attacked again by guerrillas. By the evening, a total of six occupiers had been killed by guerrillas. Another soldier was wounded and the detector was damaged. The HPG is dedicating the series of actions to the memory of the start of the armed liberation struggle on 15 August 1984.

Attacks by the Turkish army

The Turkish army used prohibited explosives against guerrilla tunnels in the Girê FM and Girê Cûdî areas a total of five times on Saturday. The Medya Defense Areas were bombed a total of 28 times by fighter jets on 8 and 10 August, and the Xakurke, Gare, Zap and Metîna regions were hit. Further air strikes were carried out with combat helicopters.