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Kurdistan People's Defence Forces

Press Release

Our forces continue their resistance and actions with mobile units and in the battle positions. The Turkish state is not achieving any results in the face of this resistance and is again using chemical weapons on a massive scale.

This mainly affects the resistance areas of Werxelê and Kuro Jahro. Against this, our forces have carried out actions in which 7 occupiers were punished and 1 occupier was injured.

The details of the actions taken are as follows;

1. In Avaşîn region;

– On May 4, at 08:30, the invaders in the Werxelê Resistance Area were targeted and shot by our YJA Star forces with the assassination tactic, and 1 invader was punished.

– On May 4, the invaders attempted to attack the battle positions in the Werxelê Resistance Area with explosives were targeted and hit with sabotage tactics at 13:00 by our forces. As a result of this action, 2 invaders were punished.

– On May 4, at 15:00 and 15:20, the invaders in the Werxelê Resistance Area were targeted by our forces. As a result of the actions, 1 invader punished.

– On May 4, between 13:00 and 21:25, the Werxelê Resistance Area was bombed by the invading Turkish army with attack helicopters, explosives and chemical weapons.

2. In the Zap region;

– On May 4, at 17:10, the invaders around the Girê Şehîd Harûn battle positions in the Kurojahro Resistance Area were targeted and shot by our YJA Star forces with an assassination tactic, and 1 invader was punished.

– On May 4, at 11:10, the invaders who wanted to advance from Girê Şehîd Sorxwîn in the Çiyareş Resistance Area to Girê Şehîd Kurtay were targeted and shot by our forces with a simultaneous assassination tactic from 3 sides. As a result of the action, 2 invaders were punished and 1 invader was injured.

– On May 3 and 4, our battle positions in Kurojahro and Şehîd Şahin Resistance Areas were heavily bombed by the invading Turkish army with chemical weapons and explosives.

3. Medya Defence Zones are bombarded continuously by the invading Turkish army. The details of the bombardments carried out are as follows:

– On May 4, the Karker Resistance Area in the Zap region was bombed twice by warplanes. On the same day, the Çemço area was bombed with howitzers fired from the outposts on the border line.

– On May 4, at 01:00, the Girê Zengil area in the Garê region was bombed with warplanes.

– On May 4, between 21:00 and 03:00, the Girê Cûdî and Girê FM areas in the Zap region were bombed 6 times with warplanes. On the same day, between 19:00 and 19:30, it was bombed with howitzers fired from the outposts on the Girê Hakkari border line in the Metîna region.

– On May 4, between 18:30 and 19:10, Koma Sor in Xakurkê region and Girê Şehîdan in Lolan area were bombed 3 times with warplanes.

May 5, 2022

HPG Press Centre