Press Release

The Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla, fighting selflessly with the spirit of July 14 Resistance, continues to inflict heavy blows on the invading Turkish army. As a result of the effective actions of our forces with mobile guerrilla units; 32 invaders were punished, 2 invaders were injured, 2 helicopters and 1 drone were damaged.

The war criminal Turkish army bombed the Resistance Areas 34 times with chemical weapons and explosives, 6 times with warplanes, and dozens of times with attack helicopters and howitzers.

The details of the actions are as follows;

1. Within the scope of the Bazên Zagrosê Revolutionary Campaign in the Zap region;

– On July 7, at 10:35 and 11:10 hours, the invaders around the Şehîd Umîd battle positions were hit twice by our mobile YJA Star units with the assassination tactic, and 2 invaders were punished.

– The invaders who tired to enter the war tunnels in the Kokerê Resistance Area between 12.30 and 17.00 on 7 July were effectively hit by our forces with hand grenades and individual weapons. The invaders were forced to retreat.

– On July 7, at 17:00, 1 drone over the Çemço Resistance Area was hit by our forces.

– On July 8, at 05:50, the invaders in the Karker Resistance Area were hit by a coordinated guerrilla action by our mobile guerrilla units. In this action, which was carried out with heavy and individual weapons, 2 invaders were punished and 2 invaders were injured.

2. Within the scope of the Cenga Xabûre Şehîd Savaş Maraş Revolutionary Campaign;

– On the 5th and 6th of July, the invaders in Sedarê in the Girê Amediyê Resistance Area were hit 12 times with sabotage tactics, and at least 12 invaders were punished.

– On July 7, at 03:15 and 19:30, the invaders in the Girê Amediyê Resistance Area were shot twice by our YJA Star forces with assassination tactics and 2 invaders were punished.

– At noon on July 7, the invaders who attempted to advance towards the battle positions of Girê Şehîd Pîrdoxan in the Girê Amediyê Resistance Area were hit three times by our forces with sabotage tactics and 7 invaders were punished. The invaders were able to remove their casualties from the area with helicopters in the evening hours.

– On 7 July, after the invaders in Girê Amediyê Resistance Area were put under control by our forces, they were hit three times with sabotage tactics at 10:20 and 6 invaders were punished. After the action, the invading Turkish army wanted to completely destroy the bodies by bombing thearea, where the bodies of soldiers were, with attack helicopters, howitzers and 10 warplanes.

– On July 7, at 16:50, our YJA Star forces hit the invaders in the Girê Cûdî Resistance areas with an assassination tactic and 1 invader was punished.

– Skorsky helicopters that wanted to airdropping on the Girê FM and Girê Amediyê Resistance Areas on July 7 were put under heavy fire by our forces with heavy weapons. The 2 helicopters that were hit and damaged had to leave the area without being able to airdropping.

3. The attacks carried out by the invading Turkish army with chemical weapons and explosives;

– On 7 and 8 July, Werxelê, Karker, Kokerê, Şehîd Şahin and Girê Cûdî Resistance Areas were bombed 34 times with chemical weapons and explosives.

4. Attacks by the invading Turkish army with howitzers, attack helicopters and warplanes;

– On July 7, there was intense drone activity took place over Girê Cûdî, Girê Amediyê and Girê FM Resistance Areas.

– July 7 Dola Mehranê in Garê and Sîda, Saca and Çemço areas in Zap were bombed 6 times with warplanes.

– Girê Hakkarî, Girê Şehîd Piling, Girê Şehîd Pîrdoxan, Girê Amediyê, Qada Navin, Girê Cûdî areas on 7 and 8 July; The Kurojahro, Saca, Girê Mamreş, Şehîd Dîdar, Martyr Harûn, Şehîd Tolhildan areas of Zap and the Werxelê area of ​​Avaşîn were bombed dozens of times with attack helicopters and howitzers.

July 8, 2022

HPG Press Centre