HPG

Kurdistan People's Defence Forces

Press Release

Our forces are inflicting serious blows on the invading Turkish army in a series of effective actions with mobile guerrilla teams. Unable to advance in the face of our forces putting up outstanding resistance in the battle positions, the invading Turkish army is continuing to commit war crimes by using chemical weapons intensively.

Despite all the dirty war methods of the colonial Turkish state, the Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla repels the attacks of the invaders through substantial guerrilla tactics.

As a result of the effective actions of our forces, 14 invaders were punished, 1 invader was injured and 1 position was destroyed. At the same time, 1 attack helicopter and 1 drone were hit and damaged.

The details of the actions taken are as follows;

1. In Avaşîn region;

– On April 23, the invaders around the Werxelê Resistance Area were targeted and shot by our forces with the assassination tactic. As a result of this action, 3 invaders were punished and 1 invader was injured.

– On April 24, at 13:30 and 14:20 hours, the Werxelê Resistance Area was bombed with explosives by the invading Turkish army. On the same day, at 15:20, the invaders, who attempted to attack again with explosives, were shot at close range by our forces, and 2 invaders were punished. The invaders, who were hit as a result of the effective action of our forces, bombarded the Resistance Area with warplanes in the evening.

2. In the Zap region;

– On April 24, at 16:00, the invaders around the Girê Ortê battle positions in the Girê Karker area were shot down by our forces. As a result of this action, 1 invader was punished.

– On April 24, at 17:10 and 17:30, the invaders located around the Şikefta Birîndara Resistance Area were targeted with heavy weapons by our forces. As a result of these two actions, the targets set were successfully achieved.

– The invaders who wanted to attack the Girê Cûdî Resistance Posts with explosives on April 24 were targeted by our forces with an assassination tactic and 1 invader was punished.

– On April 24, at 10:30, the invaders around the Şehîd Berxwedan Resistance Area were targeted and shot by our forces. As a result of this action, 2 invaders were punished and 1 position was destroyed.

– In the morning hours of April 24, the invaders around the Kurojahro Resistance Area were shot by our forces with heavy weapons, and as a result of this action, at least 2 invaders were punished.

– On April 24, the invaders who attempted to take up positions around the Werxelê Resistance Area were targeted and shot by our forces and 1 invader was punished.

– On April 24, at 18:00, 1 drone on the Şehîd Şahin Resistance Area was struck by our forces.

– On April 24, the invaders who attepted to take positions around the Girê Mamreş battle positions in the Kurojahro Resistance Area were shot by our forces with individual weapons and 2 invaders were punished.

– At 20:40 on April 24, attack helicopters that wattepted to bombard Girê Rûbar area were targeted by our forces and 1 attack helicopter was hit and damaged as a result of effective strikes.

– On April 24, the war positions of Girê Ortê, Girê Şehîd Cûdî, Girê Şehîd Berxwedan, and Şehîd Hewrê were bombed 19 times with explosives and chemical weapons.

3. On 24 April, Şikefta Birîndara and Şehîd Şahin, Çiyareş, Şehîd Berxwedan Resistance Areas were bombed 11 times with warplanes, attack helicopters and howitzers fired from the outposts on the border line. On the same day, the Çemço area was bombed with warplanes.

– On April 24 and 25, Girê Cûdî and Girê FM areas in the Zap region were bombed 7 times with warplanes and mortars and howitzers fired from outposts on the border line. On the same dates, the Golka area and Girê Hakkarî in the Metîna region were bombed 3 times by warplanes.

April 26, 2022

HPG Press Centre