HPG

Kurdistan People's Defence Forces

Press Release

In the face of the invasion operation of the colonial Turkish state targeting the Zap and Avaşîn regions, our forces are inflicting heavy blows on the invaders with mobile guerrilla units.

The actions carried out by our forces by using the tactics of the new era have become the embodiment of the victory line of the Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla.

 As a result of the effective actions of our forces, 13 invaders were punished, 4 invaders were injured, 1 Skorsky helicopter was hit, 1 position and 1 listening device were destroyed.

The details of the actions are as follows;

1. In Avaşîn region;

– On April 26, a group of invaders around the Werxelê Resistance Area were hit effectively with heavy weapons at 18:40 after our YJA Star forces. As a result of effective hits, 8 invaders were punished and 2 invaders were injured. After the invading Turkish army heavily bombed the area in the evening hours, they were able to remove their casualties from the area with the support of attack helicopters.

– On April 27, the invaders positioned around the battle positions in the Werxelê Resistance Area were followed by our YJA Star forces. The invaders, who were put under control, were by targeting them from two sides with a coordinated guerrilla action at 17:30. First action arm; targeted the position in which the invaders were located, and hit it at close range. The position targeted by our forces was destroyed and 1 invader was punished. Second arm of action; went on the invaders and punished the 3 invaders and destroyed 1 listening device belonging to the invaders.

As a result of this action carried out by our YJA Star mobile guerrilla units, 4 invaders around the battle positions were punished, 1 position and 1 listening device were destroyed.

– On April 27, at 19:15, the invaders around the Werxelê Resistance Area were targeted and hit with heavy weapons by our forces. As a result of this action, the targets determined were hit effectively.

– On April 27, at 22:45, the invading Turkish army, after bombarding the surroundings of the Werxelê Resistance Area with attack helicopters, attempted to airdropping with Sikorsky type helicopters. As a result of the effective intervention of our forces, 1 Skorsky helicopter that wanted to land was hit and had to leave the area without landing.

2. In the Zap region;

– On April 26, between 23:00 and 00:00, attack helicopters that attepted to bombard the Kurojahro Resistance Area were targeted by our forces and hit with heavy weapons. As a result of the intervention of our forces, attack helicopters had to leave the area.

– On April 27, at 17:40, the invaders around the Kevirêkun battle positions in the Kurojahro Resistance Area were targeted by our forces and hit with an assassination tactic. As a result of these actions carried out by our forces, 1 invader was punished and 1 invader was injured.

– At noon on April 27, the invaders around the Şehîd Harun battle positions in the Kurojahro Resistance Area were targeted by our forces and 1 invader was wounded.

– Attack helicopters that attempted to bombard the Werxelê Resistance Area on April 27 at 18:30 were targeted by our forces. As a result of the effective intervention of our forces, attack helicopters belonging to the invaders had to leave the area.

– Our forces intervened in helicopters tried to landing on Girê Rûbar at night on April 27. As a result of the effective strikes, the helicopters had to move away from the area, and then they bombed the Girê Şehîd Kendal area. At the same time, it was bombed 27 times with howitzers and warplanes fired from outposts on the Girê Cûdî border line.

3. In the Xakurke Region;

– On April 27, at 11:30, the invaders in Girê Şehîd Şahan and Girê Şehîd Axîn were targeted and shot simultaneously by our YJA Star forces. The targets set in these two actions carried out by our YJA Star forces were hit with effectively.

4. On April 27, at 19:30, the slopes of Girê Zengil in the Garê region were bombed with warplanes.

– It was bombed with howitzers fired from the outposts on the Girê Hakkarî border line in the Metîna region between 18:00 and 19:00 on April 27.

– On April 27, howitzers and attack helicopters were bombed 23 times with warplanes in Girê Amediyê, Çemço, Şehîd Şemdîn, Kurojahro, Saca, Şikefta Birîndara, Girê Şehîd Cûdî, Girê Ortê and Karker areas in the Zap region.

April 28, 2022

HPG Press Centre