The resistance of the HPG (People's Defence Forces) and YJA Star (Free Women's Troops) against the Turkish invasion in the guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq) continues unabated.

According to the HPG Press Office, which publishes daily reports on the war in Kurdistan, five soldiers of the Turkish army were killed in guerrilla actions on Wednesday. Several positions established by the invading forces in the region were damaged by heavy weapons fire.

According to the HPG statement on Thursday, a soldier was shot dead in the resistance area of Sîda on 16 August. In the Girê Cûdî resistance area in the western Zap region, Turkish troops were struck fifteen times with heavy and semi-automatic weapons from five o'clock on Wednesday morning until 3.30 last night. On 16 August at 5 pm, an advance by a Turkish unit was stopped by the YJA Star guerrillas. An hour later, the guerrillas struck soldiers who were scouting the area. At night, the guerrillas intervened six times with heavy weapons against helicopters flying over the region.

HPG also reported eight airstrikes by Turkish fighter jets on Wednesday, which bombed Girê Bahar in the western Zap region and the areas of Gundê Şêlazê and Golka in Metîna. The Zap and Metîna regions were also shelled by the Turkish army with artillery.