HPG

Kurdistan People's Defence Forces

Press Release

The details of the attacks carried out by the invading Turkish army are as follows;

1. In the Zap region;

– On April 8, at 06:00 and 11:00 hours, our resistance positions in Sîda were attacked by the invading Turkish army, our forces responded to the attack in self-defence which resulted in 2 confrontations.

2. Attacks by the invading Turkish army with prohibited weapons;

– On April 8, our resistance positions in Sîda were bombed once with prohibited weapons.

3. The attacks carried out by the invading Turkish army;

– On April 7, the Girê Cûdî Resistance Area was bombed twice by warplanes.

– On 7 and 8 April, our resistance positions in Metîna’s Girê Şehîd Piling, Tirvaniş village, Martyr Viyan area, Girê FM Resistance Area, Saca, Çemço and Sîda were bombed 83 times with attack helicopters, howitzers, tanks and heavy weapons.

April 9, 2023

HPG Press Centre