The Press Office of the People’s Defense Forces (HPG) announced the balance sheet of war in Kurdistan territory for the month of January.

The balance sheet released on Saturday includes the following:

“The colonialist genocidal Turkish state and the fascist AKP government continued their attacks on Bakurê (Northern) Kurdistan and Medya Defense Zones (guerrilla-held areas in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq) in January 2025.

In the month of January, hundreds of military operations were conducted in Northern Kurdistan, from Dersim to Serhed, from Garzan to Amed, from Mardin to Botan, Hakkari and Van. However, all of these operations remained inconclusive. In addition to the invasion operations in the Medya Defense Zones, air strikes were carried out against our people in Bashûrê (Southern) Kurdistan, killing our civilian citizens. The fascist AKP regime, which insists on the politics of war and genocide, committed war crimes in front of the eyes of the whole world, both by massacring civilians and using chemical and banned weapons against the guerrillas.

In January, the occupying Turkish state attacked our war tunnels in the Medya Defense Zones 5 times with chemical weapons, 9 times with explosive-laden drones and 113 times with banned explosives. At the same time, the resistance areas were shelled 235 times by warplanes and 59 times by attack helicopters.

In response to these attacks, the Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla continued their struggle uninterrupted in Northern Kurdistan and Medya Defense Zones. Confronting these attacks with great courage and performance, our forces carried out 63 separate guerrilla actions, employing various tactics in winter conditions. In these actions, 6 invaders were killed and 1 other was wounded. In addition, many military vehicles, equipment and weapons belonging to the invaders were destroyed or damaged.

The Kurdistan Freedom Guerrillas will resist all the attacks directed against the existence and freedom of the Kurdish people in Apoist sacrificial spirit and will give the necessary response as they have done so far.”

The detailed balance sheet of war for January is as follows:

TURKISH ARMY ATTACKS

Warplane Attacks: 235

Helicopter Attacks: 59

Chemical Weapon Attacks: 5

Explosive-Laden Drone Attacks: 9

Prohibited Explosive Attacks: 113

GUERRILLA ACTIONS

Actions by air: 13

Actions by land: 50

Total Guerrilla Actions: 63

ENEMY CASUALTIES

Number of Invaders Killed: 6

Number of Invaders Injured: 1

DESTROYED EQUIPMENT

Radar Systems: 2

Containers: 5

Drones: 6

Surveillance Cameras: 2

DShK Artillery Machine: 1

Emplacements: 2

Tents: 4

40 kg of explosives

Camera Trap: 1

DAMAGED EQUIPMENT

Tank: 1

Armored Military Vehicles: 2

DShK Artillery Machine: 1

Emplacement: 1