The press centre of the People’s Defence Forces (HPG) released a statement providing information about the resistance of the guerrillas against Turkish invasion and the attacks of the Turkish army on the guerrilla-held Medya Defence Zones in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq).
Guerrilla actions in Zap and Xakurke
According to the HPG statement, on 17 and 18 November, guerrillas from the Free Women’s Troops (YJA Star) shot down three drones of the Turkish invasion troops in the resistance area of Girê Bahar on the western front of the Zap region. In Girê Cûdî in Zap, guerrillas intervened on Sunday with semi-automatic weapons against soldiers who were trying to fence the area with barbed wire, forcing the army to stop the work. On Sunday, YJA Star guerrillas destroyed three explosive devices and a surveillance camera in the area. In Girê Amêdî, a camera installed by the Turkish army was destroyed on 18 November. On the same day, guerrillas struck the occupying troops in Girê Mesken in the Xakurke region with heavy weapons.
Attacks by the Turkish army
According to the HPG, the Turkish army used banned explosives against a guerrilla tunnel in the Girê FM area twice, on 17 and 18 November. The tunnel system in the west of the Zap region has been attacked daily with banned weapons for the past six months.
The guerrilla areas were bombed a total of 25 times by fighter jets between 17 and 20 November. The targets were the areas of Girê Qele, Berbizinê, Lolan, Girê Şehîd Hawar, Kendekola and Sinînê in Xakurke, the areas of Girê Kun, Deşta Kafya, Girê Sîser, Zêvkê, Dêreşê, Deşta Nehlê and Ergenê in Gare, as well as Girê Cûdî and Girê Bahar in Zap. In addition, combat helicopters carried out a total of 19 attacks on Sinînê and Girê Bahar on 17 and 19 November.