Press Release

Successful actions of our professional guerrilla teams continue uninterruptedly. The occupying Turkish army has once again resorted to vicious methods and used toxic chemical gases during the battle as it fails to advance against our forces inflicting heavy blows on them.

Despite all the dirty war methods employed by the occupying Turkish army, which has committed war crimes using chemical weapons, the historic resistance of our forces and the effective actions of our mobile teams continue

As a result of the actions of our forces, 19 invaders were punished, 2 invaders were injured, 6 helicopters were hit and 1 drone was downed.

The details of the actions taken are as follows;

1. In Avaşîn region;

– On April 21, the invaders seeking bomb the battle positions in the Werxelê Resistance Area were targeted by our forces with the assassination tactic, and 1 invader was punished. At noon on the same day, 1 invader who tried to place a surveillance camera around the resistance area was shot and punished by our forces.

– On April 23, between 01:30 and 17:00, the invading Turkish army bombed the battle positions in the Werxelê Resistance Area with explosives. At the same time, the invaders who attempted to advance in the area were shot by our forces with individual weapons and the invaders had to retreat one stage.

– On April 23, at night, the invading Turkish army attempted airdrop with helicopters after bombing the Werxelê Resistance Area. As a result of the effective intervention of our forces, 1 attack helicopter and 1 Sikorsky helicopter were hit. The helicopters that were hit had to move away from the area.

– At 01:30 on April 23, enemy helicopters that attempted to bombard and landing the Girê Rûbar, Girê Cûdî, Şehîd Kendal, Şehîd Yunus and Şehîd Zagros areas were intervened by our forces and intense clashes took place. As a result of the coordinated and effective strikes of our forces, 4 Skorsky type helicopters were hit and had to leave the area.

2. In the Zap region;

– On April 22, at 15:00, the invaders on the move around Girê Armanc in the Çiyareş area were shot by our YJA Star forces with individual weapons at close range. As a result of this action, 2 invaders were punished and 1 drone on the area was downed.

 – On April 23, at 10:50 and 11:50, the occupiers on the move in the Girê Şehîd Cûdî Resistance Area were hit twice by our forces with sabotage tactics. As a result of these actions, at least 3 invaders were punished.

– On the morning of April 23, the invading Turkish army attempted to enter the battle positions in the Şikefta Birîndara Resistance Area by land. With the intervention of our forces, intense clashes took place in the area and as a result of effective strikes, 10 invaders were punished and 2 invaders were injured.

– On April 23, at 18:30, the invaders who attepted to take up positions in Girê Rûbar were targeted by our forces with an assassination tactic and 1 invader was punished.

– Our forces interfered with helicopters that wanted to land on Girê Rûbar and Girê Şehîd Kendal at night on April 23. As a result of the intervention of our forces, the helicopters had to leave the area.

– On April 23, at 10:00, the invaders on the move around Girê Şehîd Şahin were shot by our forces with individual weapons and 1 invader was punished.

– On April 23, at 08:30 and 12:00, the invaders around the Girê Ortê battle positions in the Girê Karker area were hit with heavy weapons. The targets as a result of the actions were hit effectively.

– In the morning hours of 23 April, the invading Turkish army bombed the war positions of Girê Şehîd Cûdî and Kurojahro Resistance Area of ​​Karker Resistance Area with explosives and chemical weapons.

3. On April 22, at 23:00, the Zap Suyu area and Kurojahro Resistance Area were bombed with warplanes.

– Helicopter movements took place in the Girê Cûdî, Şikefta Birîndara, Girê Rûbar, Kurojahro, Girê Hell and Çiyayereş Resistance Areas in the Zap region at night on April 23. On the same day, the Şehîd Şahin area was bombed with attack helicopters.

– On 23 and 24 April, the Girê Cûdî area of ​​the Zap region was bombed with howitzers fired from the outposts on the border line.

– On April 23, between 12:00 and 23:40, the Girê Cûdî, Şehîd Zagros, Girê Bihar and Girê FM areas in the Zap region were bombed 9 times with warplanes.

– On April 23, between 16:30 and 16:50, the Çemço area of ​​the Zap region was bombed with howitzers fired from the outposts on the border line.

April 25, 2022

HPG Press Centre