The guerrillas continue to put up massive resistance against the Turkish invading forces in the Medya Defence Zones in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq). According to the Press Office of the HPG (People's Defence Forces), seven soldiers of the Turkish army were killed in guerrilla actions in the Girê Cûdî resistance area on 4 August.

The fighters of the HPG and YJA Star (Free Women's Troops) used snipers as well as semi-automatic and heavy weapons and stopped several advance attempts of the invading troops, who have been trying to take the mountain massif on the western Zap front of Şehîd Delîl for more than two weeks. The guerrillas operate in small mobile units in the field. The YJA Star guerrillas carried out a coordinated action against a Turkish unit from two flanks.

In the resistance area of Sîda in the Zap region, a shovel excavator was attacked by the guerrillas at 8.30 am today. The Turkish army is trying to penetrate the guerrillas' tunnels with demolition machines. The action by guerrillas of the YJA Star stopped the work of the damaged shovel excavator.

In the Heftanîn region, a position of the occupying forces at Girê Koordîne in Bektorya was shelled with heavy weapons and damaged on 3 August.

Regarding the latest attacks by the Turkish army, HPG Press Office reported that Gundê Bazê in Metîna as well as Girê Cûdî and Girê Amêdî in the west of Zap were bombed by fighter jets a total of five times on Friday. In addition, the Turkish army carried out artillery attacks on the Zap and Metîna regions.