According to the HPG, the guerrillas attacked the Turkish invasion forces in South Kurdistan using drones, heavy weapons, snipers and sabotage tactics. Turkey is increasingly using prohibited explosives against the guerrillas' tunnel systems.
The Press Center of the People's Defense Forces (HPG) has issued a statement about the Turkish army's occupation attacks and the guerrillas' resistance in the Medya Defense Areas. According to the report, fighters from the HPG and the YJA Star (Free Women’s Units) carried out various actions with different combat tactics against the occupation forces in the Zap, Metîna and Xakurke regions.
The HPG made the following statements about the guerrilla actions and the attacks by the Turkish army between 10 and 13 December:
“Western Zap region
The guerrilla unit Şehîd Axîn Mûş attacked a Turkish army container in the Girê Bahar area with a drone on Tuesday. The container and the material stored in it caught fire and was destroyed. On Friday, the occupying forces in the area were fired upon with heavy weapons.
In the Girê Cûdî area, the guerrillas used sabotage tactics and heavy weapons against the occupiers on Tuesday. A shovel excavator used by the Turkish army for military road construction was damaged.
Metîna
A surveillance camera installed by the Turkish army in the Serê Metîna area was destroyed on Wednesday by a YJA Star sniper. On Friday, the guerrillas intervened with semi-automatic weapons against soldiers who wanted to secure their positions in the area with barbed wire.
Xakurke
In Xakurke, the guerrillas repelled an attempted advance by the Turkish army to a tunnel in the Lolan area on Tuesday. In addition, the occupying forces in the Girê Şehîd Hêmin area were attacked with heavy weapons on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Turkey is increasingly using prohibited explosives against tunnels
The Turkish army is increasingly attacking guerrilla tunnels with prohibited explosives. According to the HPG report, a total of 46 prohibited explosives were used against tunnels in the Girê FM, Girê Amêdî, Girê Cûdî, Lolan and Şêlazê regions in the past four days.
Air strikes by Turkish fighter jets
The Medya Defense Areas have been bombed 29 times by Turkish fighter jets since Tuesday. The targets of the attack were the areas of Lolan, Girê Şehîd Şerîf, Berbizinê, Sinînê, Qele and Girê Şehîd Hawar in Xakurke, Deşta Kafya, Yekmal, Şikeftiyan and Mijê in Gare, Girê Cûdî and Girê Bahar in the Zap and Dergelê, Şêlazê and Bêşîlî in Metina.
