The guerrillas in South Kurdistan say they suffered no losses in the Turkish army’s latest wave of air raids.
The press center of the People’s Defense Forces (HPG) said in a statement: “As far as our forces could determine, the Medya Defense Areas have been bombed 40 times by fighter jets, 22 times by combat helicopters and four times with prohibited explosives within the last four days. We have not suffered any losses as a result of these bombings. The Turkish army lied about our losses. There has been none.”
The HPG made the following statements about the guerrilla resistance to the Turkish invasion of South Kurdistan and the Turkish army’s attacks on the Medya Defense Areas:
“Xakurke and Metîna: Intervention against helicopters and drones
In the Xakurke and Metîna regions, guerrillas intervened against Turkish military helicopters on 1 and 3 September. The helicopters were forced to retreat. In the Şêlazê area of Metîna, a small drone was shot down by an HPG sniper last Tuesday.
Western front in Zap
On 29 August, a sniper from the Free Women’s Units (YJA Star) destroyed a surveillance camera installed by the Turkish army in the Girê Amêdî area. The occupying forces in the area were attacked three times with heavy weapons on 1 and 2 September, with the YJA Star destroying a radar system and damaging a Turkish position.
In the Girê Cûdî area, a radar system and a position were destroyed by shelling with semi-automatic weapons on 31 August. On 1 September, guerrillas intervened with light weapons against an attempted advance by the Turkish army to a tunnel. In the last three days, the occupation forces in the area have been attacked five times with heavy weapons.
A Turkish position in the Girê FM area was attacked and damaged with semi-automatic weapons at 5:30 a.m. today.
Attacks by the Turkish army
The Turkish army used prohibited explosives against guerrilla tunnels in the Girê Amêdî, Girê Cûdî and Girê FM areas a total of four times, on 31 August and 1 September. The tunnel complex in Girê FM was also bombed by a drone loaded with explosives on Sunday.
The total of forty air strikes with fighter jets between 31 August and 3 September were directed against the areas of Şehîd Şerîf, Kendekola, Qele, Berbizinê, Girê Mesken and Lolan in Xakurke, Mêranê, Yekmalê, Dêrîk, Dêreşê, Rebînê, Girê Kun, Mam çîr and Zêvkê in Gare, Serê Metîna and Şêlazê in Metîna, Girê Bahar in Zap and Şêx Nasir, Sûredê, Soregulê, Bêpalan and Zergelê in Qendîl.
Areas in Metîna and Xakurke were bombed by war helicopters.”