HPG

Kurdistan People's Defence Forces

Press Release

1. Within the scope of the Bazên Zagrosê Revolutionary Campaign;

– The invaders in Werxelê in Avaşîn region at 19:25 on 27 August and in Tabura Ereba on 30 August at 19:25 were targeted with heavy weapons by our forces.

The targets t in both actions were successfully hit.

2. In the Werxelê Resistance Area in the Avaşîn region; 

– On 30 August, between 10:00 and 22:00, the Werxelê Resistance Area was bombed twice with explosives and 7 times with poison gases. Again, starting from 09:00 on 31 August, the Resistance Area is bombarded with poisonous gases.

Intensive drone and reconnaissance aircraft activity continue over the Resistance Zones.

3. On 30 August between 01:00 and 01:30 and on 31 August between 09:00 and 09:30, the Çemço area of ​​the Zap region was bombed with howitzers fired from the outposts on the borderline.

– On 30 August, from 13:00 until midnight, the surrounding areas of Êdinê, Bênavê, Kêste, Hirore villages in the Kanî Masî sub-district of Amediye district and the Girê Martyr Çiya and Kela Qûmriyê areas were bombed with howitzers fired from the police stations on the borderline. The fires that broke out after the bombardments carried out by the invading Turkish army continue.

 August 31, 2021

HPG Press Centre