Press Release

The resistance put up by our forces with great courage and certainty of victory continues unabated. The Turkish army is not achieving any results and is continuously trying to overcome its tactical stagnation in the war zone by expanding the occupation operation and massively using banned chemical weapons against our forces.

For this purpose, it extended the operation west of Zap towards Girê Amêdî on the evening of 4 July and at the same time used chemical weapons against our fighting positions and tunnels in a very intensive way. The Turkish occupation forces used six different types of chemical weapons in the resistance areas and bombed the battle positions 22 times with chemical weapons and explosives.

In addition, the resistance areas were bombed 28 times with warplanes, 36 times with attack helicopters and dozens of times with howitzers. As a result of the effective actions developed by our mobile teams from Botan to Zagros, from Metîna to Zap; 32 invaders were punished, 3 invaders were injured, 1 transit type military vehicle, 1 drone was destroyed, 1 drone and 2 helicopters were damaged.

The details of the actions are as follows;

1. Within the scope of the Egîdên Botanê Şehîd Diljîn – Şehîd Şervan Êrkendî Campaign;

– On 27 June, the invaders who wanted to go to Girê Tenûre in the Besta area of ​​Botan by a transit type vehicle were put under control by our YJA Star teams and hit with sabotage tactics at 07:30. The vehicle targeted in this action was completely destroyed and the 6 invaders in it were punished. After the action, the invaders removed their casualties from the area with helicopters.

2. In the Avaşîn region within the framework of the Bazên Zagrosê Revolutionary Campaign;

– On July 4, the invaders in the Werxelê Resistance Area were followed by our forces. Our forces, which hit the invaders with sabotage tactics twice at 09:15, then attacked the invaders with hand grenades and personal weapons. Until 13:00, our forces shot the invaders 5 times and a total of 7 invaders were punished while 1 was wounded.

– From the night of July 4 until the morning hours of July 5, intense clashes took place between our forces and the invaders around the Şehîd Têkoşer battle positions.

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

– At 08:00 and 08:10 on July 4, the invaders who tried to advance towards the Şehîd Umîd battle positions were hit twice by our YJA Star forces with sabotage tactics and 2 invaders were injured. The invaders, who took action again between 08:30 and 10:00, were hit again with sabotage tactics. After the interventions of our forces, the invaders had to retreat one stage.

– At 04:00 on July 4, two drones over the Çemço Resistance Area were targeted by our forces. As a result of this action, 1 drone was shot down and 1 drone was damaged.

– On July 4, the invaders who wanted to advance with armored vehicles in the Çemço Resistance Area were hit by our forces.

– On July 4, at 15:00, the invaders who wanted to advance towards the battle positions in the Kokerê area were hit with individual weapons.

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

– At 06:15 on July 4, the invaders in the Girê Cûdî Resistance Area were targeted with the assassination tactic by our mobile teams and 1 invader was punished.

– On July 4, at 12:30, the invaders in the Girê Cûdî Resistance Area were hit with heavy weapons.

– On July 4, at 23:30, the invaders in the Girê Cûdî Resistance Area were shot with an assassination tactic and 1 more invader was punished.

– On July 4, at 09:45, the invaders who wanted to cut down the trees in the Girê FM Resistance Area were shot with an assassination tactic and 1 invader was punished.

– On July 4, at 17:00, the invading Turkish army bombed the Girê Amediyê Resistance Area with howitzers and mortars. At 18:10, the area was bombed 17 times by warplanes. At 21:30, four attack helicopters approaching over Duhok's Amediyê sub-district were bombing the area, while helicopters airdropped 31 times on the Girê Amediyê Resistance Area. During airdropping, our forces intervened the helicopters and 2 Sikorskys were hit. The invaders, at 00:30, were shot by our mobile teams with a infiltration tactic. In the guerrilla action, a total of 10 invaders were punished as a result of the at close range hits of the first and second action arms. The punished invaders were taken from the area by 2 helicopters. Also, during the airdropping, the invaders were targeted five times with the sabotage tactic and 5 more invaders were punished.

– On July 5, at 05:30, the invaders in the Girê Amediye Resistance Area were shot with an assassination tactic and 1 invader was punished.

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

– On July 4, the battle positions of Girê Hakkarî, Girê Cûdî, Şikefta Birîndara, Şehîd Umîd and Kokerê were bombed 22 times with chemical weapons and explosives. It has been determined that the invading Turkish army used six different chemical warfare agents: The first spreads a burnt smell, the second spreads intensely and slowly, the third smells of chlorine and pungent detergent, the fourth causes irritation to the skin of the face and eyes and resembles pepper gas, the fifth is grey and leaves a sweet taste in the mouth, and the sixth smells of fruit.

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

– Intense drone activity took place over the Resistance Zones continues.

– On July 4, Girê Hakkarî, Girê Cûdî, Girê FM, Dola Şehîd Tekoşer, Şikefta Birîndara, Kurojahro, Kokerê, Çemço and Werxelê Resistance Areas were bombed dozens of times with howitzers, mortars and heavy weapons fired from the border outposts.

– On 3 July, Girê Hakkarî, Girê Amediyê, Werxelê, Şikefta Birîndara and Kurojahro Resistance Areas were bombed 36 times with attack helicopters.

– On July 3, the Girê Amediye, Şikefta Birîndara and Kurojahro Resistance Areas were bombed 28 times with warplanes.

July 5, 2022

HPG Press Centre