The guerrilla armies YJA Star (Free Women’s Troops) and HPG (People’s Defense Forces) continue their resistance against the Turkish invasion in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq). According to the press centre of the HPG, ten military personnel and one counter-guerrilla were killed in 13 different actions of the guerrillas, while an army vehicle and a surveillance camera system were destroyed. In its daily statement, the HPG remembers Kemal Pir, who died forty years ago in a hunger strike in the notorious prison of Amed (tr. Diyarbakir): "We remember with respect and gratitude the leading internationalist Kemal Pir, who was one of the first companions of Rêber Apo [Abdullah Öcalan], was one of the co-founders of the Apoist movement, is considered one of the first commanders of our guerrilla army and determined the nature of the PKK's resistance. His statement of loving life so much that he was ready to die for it showed us as his followers that one can only win through resistance. As the Freedom Guerrilla of Kurdistan, we are proud to have followed the path taken by our leading comrades uninterruptedly for forty years and to realise Kemal Pir's dream of establishing a guerrilla army."

The HPG gave the following information on the latest guerrilla actions carried out and the attacks by the Turkish army:

Zap

On 6 September, two Turkish army snipers were shot dead by a mobile guerrilla unit in Saca, and a surveillance camera was destroyed. In Çemço, an advance of the occupation forces was stopped by a guerrilla action, which left one soldier dead. In the same area, the guerrillas carried out three actions of sabotage against the Turkish army. In Karker, a soldier was shot dead by a YJA Star sniper.

On Wednesday morning, the guerrillas intervened three times against a Turkish squad trying to enter the Şehîd Bahoz position in Sîda. In a sabotage action, a soldier named Ömer was killed.

Xakurke

In Xakurke, on 4 September, the guerrillas carried out an action of sabotage against a military vehicle moving between Geliyê Reş and Gerdiya. The vehicle was destroyed and three military personnel, including one with rank, and a counter-guerrilla were killed.

Metîna

At Girê Amêdî, a guerrilla group infiltrated a Turkish unit on Tuesday morning. One soldier was shot at close range and another was wounded.

At Girê Cûdî, a Turkish army advance was repulsed by the guerrillas, and another soldier was shot dead by a sniper late on Tuesday evening.

Attacks by the Turkish army

The Turkish army carried out three operations with prohibited chemical weapons against guerrilla positions in the Girê Amêdî and Girê FM areas on 6 September. The Saca area was bombed twice by fighter jets on 5 September. In Werxelê, Turkish troops again attempted to demolish guerrilla positions and tunnels with construction machinery on Tuesday. Çemço was attacked dozens of times with heavy weapons. On 6 and 7 September, forty attacks with attack helicopters targeted the areas of Şehîd Adil, Saca, Girê Amêdî, Girê FM and Girê Cûdî.