Press Release

Our guerrilla forces continue to inflict heavy blows on the invaders by turning every part of Avaşîn and Zap regions into resistance areas. Actions have been carried out in which the style of mobile guerrilla warfare has been effectively used and various tactics have been skillfully intertwined.

The initiative and control in the resistance areas lie with our forces. The occupiers are suffering one attack after another.

29 invaders were punished, 10 invaders were injured, 2 attack helicopters were hit, 1 Sikorsky type helicopter was hit and 1 drone was downed in these actions, in which we did not suffer any casualties and were carried out with a high attack spirit.

The details of the actions taken are as follows;

1. In Avaşîn region;

– On April 22, the invaders attepted to advance towards the Werxelê Resistance Area were put under control by our mobile guerrilla teams. At 10:00 on the same day, the invaders were targeted from four sides and hit with a coordinated guerrilla action. First action arm; hit the invaders by targeting them with hand grenades. Here, 2 invaders were punished and 1 invader was injured. Second arm of action; shot a group of invaders by targeting them with heavy weapons. As a result of the hits, some invaders were injured, while others panicked and dispersed to the field. Third arm of action; hit the by targeting them with the assassination tactic and punished the 4 invaders. The fourth action arm is; targeted the defence arm of the invaders and punished 1 invader who used the BKC weapon. At the same time, 1 drone flying over the area was downed.

As a result of this effective action carried out by our mobile guerrilla teams, 7 invaders were punished, 1 invader was injured and the drone was destroyed. The bodies of the occupiers punished in this area remained under the control of our forces until 12:30. At 13:30, after the invaders heavily bombarded this area with warplanes and attack helicopters, they were able to carried away their casualties from the area with Sikorsky helicopters.

– The invaders attacked the war positions in the Werxelê Resistance Area with explosives and poisonous gases from 09:00 to 16:00 on April 22. At 16:30, the Werxelê Resistance Area was randomly bombed with warplanes.

2. In the Zap region;

– On April 22, at 07:10, the invaders attempted to advance towards Girê Şehîd Cûdî in the Karker Resistance Area were targeted and shot by our forces, and 1 invader was punished. On the same day at 10:40 the invaders who then moved in to evacuate were hit. As a result of this action, 1 invader was punished and another 1 was injured. The bodies of the punished invaders are under the control of our forces, and the clashes between our forces and the invaders continue.

– On April 22, at 10:30, the invaders in the Kurojahro Resistance Area were targeted with heavy weapons and hit effectively. In this action, 1 invader was punished.

– On April 22, the invaders in the Girê Ortê area were targeted with heavy weapons. In the action, the number of punished invaders could not be clarified.

– In the morning hours of April 22, the invaders who were trying to approach the Şehîd Berxwedan war positions in the Şehîd Şahin Resistance Area were targeted and shot with individual and automatic weapons. 4 of the invaders who were hit effectively were punished. In the meantime, the invaders who tried to take positions by landing were also targeted and shot, and 2 invaders were punished. At 09:30, the invaders who tried to approach the Şehîd Hewrê war positions were targeted and shot with individual weapons. As a result of these strikes, while 3 invaders were punished. The invaders, who took action again in the following hours, were shot again with individual weapons. While it was clarified that 3 invaders were punished here, 6 invaders were injured. Following the actions in the Şêhîd Şahin Resistance Area, where 12 invaders were punished and 6 injured, the invaders retreated one stage.

– At 10:10 on April 22, the invaders carried away the punished and injured soldiers from the Martyr Şahin Resistance Area with helicopters. At 14:00, the invaders who tried to take positions in the area were targeted and shot with the assassination tactic, and 1 invader was punished. At 14:10, a group of invaders were targeted and shot with sabotage tactics and 3 invaders were punished. Simultaneously with this action, our forces targeted another group of invaders and 2 invaders were punished. At 15:30, helicopters trying to landing on the Şehîd Berxwedan battle positions in the Şehîd Şahin Resistance Area were targeted and hit. As a result of these hits, 1 Skorsky helicopter was hit and had to leave without being able to landing. The invader group, which came together in the Şehîd Şahin Resistance Area, was targeted and hit, and 2 invaders were injured here.

– At 15:30, Sikorsky helicopters, which wanted to carried awat the punished and injured soldiers in the area with the support of attack helicopters, were targeted by our forces. The helicopters had to be withdrawn. From 16:30 to 17:00, the invaders again attempted to remove their punished and injured soldiers with helicopters. However, again, our forces intervened and did not allow it. The invaders were able to remove their punished and injured soldiers by landing behind Girê Şehîd Şahin.

– On April 22, at 17:45, the invaders attepted to take up positions in Girê Rûbar were targeted with heavy weapons and hit effectively. At the same time, 1 invader who was shot with an assassination tactic was punished.

– On April 22, from 12:00 to 12:40, the Girê Cûdî area was bombed 3 times with warplanes. Attack helicopters that bombarded Girê Rûbar, Sirtê Kovî, Çiyareş and Girê Hell areas at night were intercepted by our forces. The attack helicopters that bombed Girê Şêhîd Kendal in the Girê Cûdî Resistance Area were also targeted by our forces. As a result of these strikes, 2 attack helicopters were heavily hit.

At 22:40, the Girê Cûdî Resistance Area was bombed with warplanes.

– On April 22, from 09:00 to 10:30, the Girê Hakkarî area in the Metîna region was bombed with howitzers fired from outposts and bombed twice by warplanes at 23:30 and twice at 05:30 on 23 April.

– On April 23, from 05:30 to 05:40, Girê FM was bombed with howitzers.

3. On April 22, at 17:55, the Sêdarê area in the Garê region was bombed twice by warplanes.

– On April 22, at 23:20, the Martyr Sharif area of ​​the Xakurke region was bombed twice with warplanes.

April 23, 2022

HPG Press Centre