The Press Middle of the Individuals’s Protection Forces (HPG) reported continued actions by guerrillas and assaults by the Turkish military within the guerrilla-held Medya Protection Zones in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq).
In accordance with the HPG assertion on Saturday, a camp of the Turkish occupation forces was overrun by guerrillas from YJA Star (Free Ladies’s Troops) in Avashin area. The spectacular motion happened on Thursday within the resistance space of Mamreşo. In a coordinated operation, the guerrillas stormed the small camp arrange on Girê Şehîd Munzur. One entrance focused on lower-lying positions of the Turkish forces, shelling two shelters and a pavilion with heavy weapons. The second wing went in opposition to a grenade launcher place on the summit. Two troopers had been killed within the motion, whereas the place, together with the weapons and ammunition inside, was utterly destroyed.
Within the area of Zap, a high-ranking navy officer of the Turkish occupation forces was killed in an ambush by guerrillas. In accordance with the HPG assertion, the officer was a part of a navy unit that attempted to enter the “Şehîd Bahoz” guerrilla positions in Çemço on Friday. A second soldier was additionally killed within the shelling. Three different occupiers in Zap had been fatally shot in sniper actions, additionally in Çemço in addition to in Sîda. In Xakurke, a Turkish soldier was killed in a guerrilla sabotage motion. The motion was directed in opposition to items of the occupation forces within the surrounding space of the village of Sapanê.
Concerning the assaults by the Turkish military, the HPG reported that chemical weapons had been used in opposition to guerrilla positions a complete of eight instances on Friday. Many of the actions had been directed in opposition to the Girê Amêdî and Girê Cûdî resistance massifs in Metîna. In the identical interval, the HPG recorded 65 assaults by assault helicopters and dozens of bombardments by tanks and howitzers.
