Press Release

1. Martyr Delal Air Defense Forces; On June 11, at 09:00, it carried out an airstrike against the invaders in the Kilise area of Avaşîn region.

In the action, targets have been successfully hit.

2. Within the scope of the Egîdên Botanê Victory Campaign launched by our forces in the Botan area;

– The invaders who positioned for a while on the hill between Osyan and Aqîr villages in the Besta area of the Siirt’S Perwarî district put under surveillance. On June 9, at 22:30, a comprehensive guerrilla action was carried out against the invaders from two sides. The first action side hit the position where 3 invaders are located and a watchtower where 1 invader is located. 4 invaders were punished. The second action side targeted the position where 3 invaders were, 2 invaders were punished here. At the same time, a base station on the hill was targeted and destroyed.

In the action, in which 6 invaders were punished and 1 base station was destroyed, a military area held by the Turkish army was targeted. Village guards were not targeted by our forces. There was also no information that there were guards there. We express our condolences to the family of village guard Mehmet Babat, who lost his life in this incident. He was not consciously targeted by our forces. The Turkish state is consciously trying to put the guards on the front line; village guards should pay attention to this reality. They should not be tricked and should not be in such places.

3. In the Avaşîn region within the scope of the Bazên Zagrosê Revolutionary Campaign;

– On 10 June, two infiltration actions were carried out against the invaders who tried to advance towards war tunnels in the Werxelê area. The invaders had to flee and left many military supplies behind. Our forces confiscated 250 kilograms of explosives, 1 military bag, 1 mine detector, and 1 binoculars belonging to the invaders between 06:00 and 07:00 on 12 June.

– On June 12, at 08:00, an action was carried out against the invaders who wanted to enter the battle positions in the Werxelê area. The invaders, who were hit, retreated one step. Later, an action was carried out against the invaders who attacked the war tunnels with gas bombs. The invaders, who had to leave, wanted to get closer to the battle positions with drones at 15:30. However, these drones were destroyed by our forces.

– On June 12, between 21:00 and 22:50, the invaders replaced their forces in the areas of Werxelê, Mervanos, Mamreşo, and Şûkê with helicopters.

– On June 13, between 06:00 and 06:20, the Werxelê area was bombed with howitzers and mortars fired from the border outposts. At the same time, the Werxelê area was bombed 8 times with warplanes between 06:00 and 07:30.

4. In the Zap region;

– On 12 June, the Kunishka area was bombarded with howitzers and from the border outposts, and as a result of these bombardments, a fire broke out in the field. The fire in the field still continues.

– On June 12, between 12:00 and 13:00, the Sîda area was bombed 3 times with warplanes.

– On June 12, at 13:30, 14:30, and 16:50, the Çemço area was bombed with warplanes.

– On June 12, at 16:20, the letter T area was bombed with helicopters.

– On June 12, at 21:30, the Kuniška area was bombed with attack helicopters. After the intervention of our forces, the helicopters had to leave the area.

– On June 12, between 22:20 – 00:10, there was helicopter activity in the Küçük Cilo and T Harfi areas. At the same time, the same area was bombarded with helicopters.

5. Our YJA Star forces carried out an action with heavy weapons against the invaders on Martyr Axîn Hill in Xakurke region at 06:00 on 12 June. In this action, 2 invaders were punished.

6. At 08:00 on 13 June, the village of Hirore in the Metina region was bombed with howitzers and mortars.

7. In Metina, KDP forces continue to work intensively to build positions and roads. In the morning hours of 12 June, a military maneuver was carried out in the area by our forces. After the KDP forces determined the coordinate where our forces were located during the maneuver, it was understood that this was shared with the Turkish state. On this basis, at 12:25 and 12:30 hours, Turkish warplanes bombarded the area where our friends were. However, our forces did not suffer any casualties as they took the necessary precautions.

13 June 2021

HPG Press Centre