Two drones belonging to the Turkish occupation forces were shot down by HPG (People's Defense Forces) and YJA Star (Associations of Free Women) in the region of Zap in South Kurdistan.

The HPG Press Center said on Tuesday in an overview of the war events of the last three days that the shooting down of the two small drones took place on Saturday and Sunday in the Girê Cûdî and Girê Bahar areas, which lie on the western front of the Zap.

Guerrilla units carried out four further operations in the same area on both days. As a result of those operations, a soldier was injured, and helicopter activities were countered twice by guerrilla artillery. In addition, female fighters fired heavy weapons at a group of soldiers.

In Metîna, the guerrillas targeted a construction machine on Sunday. The badly damaged machine is said to have been used to expand a military road that is supposed to lead to the Serê Metîna resistance area. "Construction work was stopped during the operation," said the HPG statement.

Almost 50 air strikes by the Turkish army

As for the latest attacks by the Turkish army in South Kurdistan, the HPG said that their tunnels beneath the Girê FM were bombed at least eleven times with prohibited explosives over the weekend. Another attack by the Turkish army with banned bombs targeted Girê Amêdî.

The HPG also recorded at least 46 air strikes by Turkish fighter jets in the same period. The towns of Kolît, Qele, Lolan, Şehîd Şerîf, Sinînê and Berbizinê, and thus parts of Xakurke, were bombed 14 times. A further 18 air strikes were directed against Zêvkê, Deşta Kafya, Girê Kun, Zengil, Girê Sîser, Kanî Sarkê and Dola Mêranê in Gare.

In Metîna, bombs fell on Dergelê, Şêlazê, Beşîlî and Serê Metîna ten times, and on the western front of the Zap region, Girê Bahar was bombed four times.

The HPG recorded further attacks in Serê Metîna on Sunday.