The People's Defense Forces (HPG) and the Free Women's Troops (YJA Star) have dedicated their recent retaliatory actions against the Turkish army to the civilian deaths in Zakho. "The Freedom Guerrilla of Kurdistan has become the hope of all oppressed peoples and continues its legendary struggle uninterruptedly. In the name of brotherhood, our guerrilla forces have carried out a series of actions to avenge the nine innocent people murdered in Zakho by the Turkish state. At least four occupants were punished and one injured in the actions of our mobile units. Two positions, a drone and a surveillance camera were destroyed and an armoured vehicle was damaged," the HPG Press Centre said in a statement it released on Sunday.

Guerrilla positions attacked with chemical weapons

According to the HPG statement, the Turkish army used chemical weapons and explosives five times against guerrilla positions in the contested Girê Amêdî area on Saturday. The guerrilla areas were bombed a total of eleven times by fighter jets and 33 times by attack helicopters, and dozens of attacks were carried out with heavy weapons, howitzers and mortars. "The Turkish army uses all kinds of war technology and attacks our comrades in their positions and tunnels with banned chemical weapons. Because it does not achieve any results with this, it has meanwhile started to attack the resistance positions with armoured vehicles and excavators. However, the Turkish occupation forces cannot break the Apoist will and the spirit of sacrifice, no matter what technique they use," said the HPG.

Guerrilla actions in Zap

In the Zap region, guerrillas hit a Turkish unit trying to advance in the Çemço area at 5.30 and 6am today. One soldier was killed and another injured.

On Saturday, guerrillas carried out actions in the resistance area of Şikefta Birîndara. An armed drone was shot down by the guerrillas in an attack flight, and a surveillance camera was destroyed by YJA Star fighters. An advancing armoured car was damaged in a sabotage action at 6 am. At noon, Turkish troops tried to destroy a guerrilla position with a shovel, facing intervention from guerrillas with heavy weapons. In the evening, a Turkish military position was destroyed by guerrillas with heavy weapons.

Airdrop operation at Girê Amêdî foiled

On Friday evening, the guerrillas successfully intervened against a helicopter attack and an airdrop operation at Girê Amêdî. On Saturday, guerrillas carried out two actions of sabotage against advancing Turkish units.

YJA Star fighters hit Turkish military base

YJA Star snipers shot dead a soldier at Girê FM on Saturday. Shortly before midnight, mobile female fighters struck the Turkish base Kanî Masî in Metîna, destroying a military position and killing two soldiers.