HPG

Kurdistan People's Defence Forces

Press Release

The Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla continues its historical resistance against the invasion operation of the invading and war criminal Turkish state under the most difficult conditions.

As a result of the actions of our mobile teams 12 invaders were punished, 1 helicopter was hit, 1 drone was damaged and 4 kg of explosives were seized by our forces.

The invading Turkish army bombed the battle positions in the Resistance Areas 16 times with tactical nuclear bombs, chemical weapons and explosives, 5 times with warplanes, 8 times with attack helicopters and hundreds of times with tanks, mortars, howitzers and heavy weapons.

The details of the actions are as follows;

1. Within the scope of the Bazên Zagrosê Revolutionary Campaign in the Avaşîn region;

– On July 27, at 23:00, the Skorsky helicopter that wanted to pass over the Mervanos area to the Zap region was hit and hit by our forces.

2. Within the scope of the Bazên Zagrosê Revolutionary Campaign in the Zap region;

– On July 28, at 10:30, the invaders who wanted to advance towards the battle positions in the Çemço Resistance Area were hit with individual weapons and hand grenades. After the intervention of our forces, the invaders retreated one stage.

– On July 28, at 08:00 and 12:00, the invaders who wanted to advance towards the Şehîd Adil battle positions in the Çemço Resistance Area were struck by our forces.

– On July 28, at 13:00, the invaders who wanted to advance towards the Şehîd Adil battle positions in the Çemço Resistance Area were targeted and hit by our forces with heavy weapons and assassination tactics, and 3 invaders were punished. On the same day, at 17:00, the invaders were targeted and hit by our YJA Star forces with the assassination tactic, and 1 more invader was punished.

3. Within the scope of the Cenga Xabûrê Şehîd Savaş Maraş Revolutionary Campaign;

– On 1 June, the invaders in Girê Koxkê Melle Yahya in the Keşan area of ​​Heftanîn were targeted with heavy weapons by our forces. 7 invaders were punished in this action.

– On July 27, at 05:30, the invaders in the Girê Cûdî Resistance Area were hit with heavy weapons by our mobile guerrilla units. On the same day, at 21:00, 1 drone belonging to the invaders was downed by our forces.

– On July 27, at 21:30, the invaders in the Girê Cûdî Resistance Area were targeted and hit with the assassination tactic, and 1 invader was punished.

– On July 28, at 19:30, the invaders who wanted to bombard the war tunnels in the Girê Cûdî Resistance Area were shot by our forces. The invaders who were hit fled, leaving 4 kg of explosives they had brought with them. This explosive has been confiscated by our forces.

4. The attacks carried out by the invading Turkish army with chemical weapons and explosives;

– On 27 and 28 July, the Girê Hakkarî, Girê Cûdî, Girê FM, Karker and Girê Amediyê Resistance Areas and Şehîd Umît battle positions were bombed 16 times with chemical weapons and explosives.

It has been determined that the invading Turkish army carried out the explosions in the war tunnels in the Girê FM and Girê Cûdî Resistance Zones with tactical nuclear bombs, and these bombs are spread grey, white and black smoke, smelled like detergent, produced a bitter taste in the mouth and caused respiratory distress.

5. Attacks by the invading Turkish army with heavy weapons, mortars, howitzers, helicopters and warplanes;

– On July 28, drone activity was observed in Çemço, Girê Cûdî, Girê FM and Girê Amediyê Resistance Areas.

– On July 28, the Girê Hakkarî, Girê Amediyê, Sîda and Saca Resistance Areas were bombed 5 times with warplanes.

– On July 28, Girê FM, Sîda, Saca, Werxelê and Çemço Resistance Areas were bombed 8 times with attack helicopters.

– On July 28, Girê FM and Çemo Resistance Areas were bombed dozens of times with howitzers, mortars and heavy weapons.

– On July 29, the Girê Şekîf, Girê Şehîd Axîn, Girê Martyr Kamûran areas of Xakurkê were bombed with howitzers and mortars fired from the border outposts.

As a result of the attacks of the invading Turkish army, the fires broke out in the Çemço area continue.

July 29, 2022

HPG Press Centre