HPG

Kurdistan People's Defence Forces

Press Release

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

– On August 2, at 09:45, our forces carried out a coordinated revolutionary operation from 4 sides after putting the invaders under surveillance in the Martyr Canşêr Strait in the Werxelê area.

The first action arm; targeted and hit the position in which there were 5 invaders. While the targeted position was destroyed, 3 invaders were punished and 2 invaders were injured. The second arm of action; targeted and hit the position in which there were 3 invaders. In these hits, the position was destroyed and 3 invaders were punished. The position targeted by the same action arm and in which the 2 invaders were located, was also hit and 2 invaders in it were punished and the position was destroyed. The third and fourth action arms are; hit invaders who were hiding in the forest area and when they wanted to intervene in the action, they targeted and hit at close range. The number of casualties couldn’t be clarified in this action.

After the action, the invaders removed their casualties from the area with helicopters between 00:00 and 00:40.

In the revolutionary operation carried out by our guerrilla in the spirit of Fermandar Mahsum Korkmaz; 8 invaders were punished, 2 invaders were injured and 3 positions were destroyed. This successful revolutionary operation, in which the Kurdistan Victory Guerrilla inflicted heavy blows on the invading Turkish state, was carried out to greet the 15 August Initiative, the National Resurrection Day of our people.

2. On August 2, between 22:30 and 23:00, helicopter activity took place on the Qaşura line of the Metîna region. The surroundings of the villages of Kêste and Hirore in the Kanî Masî sub-district of the Amadiya district were bombed with attack helicopters.

– On 3 August, between 06:00 and 06:45, the Çemço area of ​​the Zap region and Rênçbiraxa village were bombed with howitzers fired from the outposts located on the borderline. On August 3, between 10:00 and 10:30, Çemço, Sîda and Werxelê areas were bombed with warplanes.

We did not suffer any loss in these attacks.

August 3, 2021

HPG Press Centre