HPG

Kurdistan People's Defence Forces

Press Release

The actions of our forces against the Turkish state's comprehensive occupation operation in the Avaşîn and Zap regions continue unabated.

The guerrillas combined and effectively used various combat tactics such as heavy weapons, sabotage, sniper, infiltration, raid and coordinated actions during the four days of intense war. In particular, the fact that our forces are distributed throughout the terrain as mobile guerrilla units and have prevented the Turkish army from dropping occupiers from helicopters on various occasions shows the level of new-age guerrilla warfare.

A total of 37 invaders were punished and 4 were wounded in the actions carried out by our guerrilla forces with their high combat performance on the basis of the Bazên Zagrosê Revolutionary Campaign.

The details of these actions are as follows:

1. In the Zap region;

– On April 20, at 12:20, the invaders attempted to advance towards Girê Rûbar in the Çiyareş Resistance Area were hit with a coordinated guerrilla action in which infiltration and raid tactics were used together. Our professional mobile guerrilla teams defeated the invaders in a short time. As a result of this action, 13 invaders were shot at close range were punished and 2 invaders were injured. Our forces successfully completed their actions without any casualties.

– The invaders, tried to landing on the Çiyareş Resistance Area with helicopters at 13:00 on April 17, were effectively hit by our forces. As a result of the intervention of our forces, at least 2 invaders were punished.

– Our forces intervened the invaders attempted to landing on Girê Cehennem area with helicopters at night on April 17. As a result of the effective intervention of our forces, the invaders had to retreat.

– On April 18, at 07:00, the position in the Çiyareş Resistance Area was hit by our forces at close range with an attack and assassination tactic. As a result of this effective action carried out by our forces, 5 invaders were punished, 1 position and 1 BKC weapon were destroyed. On the same day, 3 more invaders were punished as a result of the uninterrupted actions of our forces.

– On April 19, the invaders in the Şikefta Birîndara Resistance Area were targeted and shot by our forces with heavy weapons. As a result of the action, 2 invaders were punished. At 21:40 and at 04:20 on 20 April, the invaders who were in the area were targeted twice with the assassination tactic and 2 invaders were punished.

– On April 19, at 13:00 and 14:30, the invaders in the Çiyareş Resistance Area were targeted and hit twice with sabotage tactics. As a result of these actions, 3 invaders were punished and 1 invader was injured.

– On April 18, at 14:40 and 17:45, the invaders who wanted to advance towards the Çiyareş Resistance Area were hit twice by our forces with sabotage tactics. As a result of these actions, 6 invaders were punished. In the evening of the same day, the invaders were targeted again and shot with individual weapons. As a result of this action, 1 invader was punished and 1 invader was injured.

– On April 19, at 14:30, the invaders attempted to take positions in the Werxelê Resistance Area were shot nby our forces with heavy weapons from two sides. After the action, the invaders retreated one stage.

2. On April 19, Şehîd Şahin, Şikefta Birîndara, Çiyareş, Girê Rûbar, Şehîd Dunya, Girê Cehennem and Girê Rûbar Resistance Areas in the Zap region were bombed tens of times with howitzers fired from the outposts on the border line, and 26 times with warplanes.

– On 19 and 20 April, Girê Bihar, Girê FM, Sergelê village in the Zap region were bombed 17 times with warplanes.

– Between 19 April and 20 April, the Serê Metîna, Girê Hakkari and Golka areas of the Metîna region were bombed 13 times with howitzers and warplanes fired from the outposts on the border line.

April 21, 2022

HPG Press Centre