The Turkish military escalates air assaults on southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq) and continues to make use of chemical weapons in opposition to the guerrillas with the intention to break the resistance in opposition to the invasion, reported the media and communication centre of the Individuals’s Defence Forces (HPG) in an summary of the battle occasions in southern Kurdistan. Based on the HPG assertion on Monday, not less than 63 airstrikes have been carried out all through yesterday, in parallel to 6 assaults with chemical warfare brokers. The shelling was accompanied by heavy artillery hearth from outposts on the border.
A lot of the air strikes have been carried out by fight helicopters, and eleven air strikes by warplanes. These have been directed in opposition to the village of Gundê Gorkê in Gare and the guerrilla areas of Çarçel and Girê Hekarî in addition to the village of Gundê Şêlazê in Metîna. The chemical weapons assaults focused the guerrillas’ defence positions on Girê FM, in Sîda and in Çemço.
Alternatively, HGP mentioned, the guerrillas proceed to withstand the Turkish occupation forces with inventive techniques. Within the Zap area, Turkish army items within the neighborhood of the “Şehîd Agir” defence facility in Sîda have been struck by guerrillas with heavy weapons, and in Çemço, an try and advance on the guerrilla place Şehîd Serxwebûn was met with a sabotage operation. Cell items of the Free Girls’s Troops (YJA Star) additionally struck the invading forces right here. One occupier was killed within the motion with heavy weapons. One other soldier was shot useless in a sniper motion on the Girê Amêdî in Metîna.
With a second guerrilla sabotage in Zap, HPG and YJA Star guerrillas additionally focused a Turkish squad that was transferring within the neighborhood of the Şehîd Felat tunnel facility for the aim of putting in a tool to inject poisonous fumes. The gadget was fully destroyed within the focused motion, and chemical compounds belonging to the occupying forces have been destroyed. In Saca, the guerrillas fired on a transport helicopter. Based on HPG data, the plane approached the world on Sunday night with the intention to drop off airborne troops, and the try was prevented by guerrillas. A second troop transport was foiled in Çemço by heavy artillery hearth from HPG and YJA Star. In Karker, an assault helicopter was struck by the guerrillas in the midst of an assault flight and compelled to retreat.
