According to the Press Centre of the People's Defence Forces (HPG), the guerrillas have not suffered any losses in the recent air and ground attacks by the Turkish army. "The Turkish occupation army has been hit hard by the guerrillas and is trying to completely conceal its heavy defeat and heavy losses. Now it claims to have weakened the guerrillas with aerial and ground bombardments. The occupation forces are making no headway against the guerrillas' determination, war performance and tactical intelligence and are showing their own helplessness by constantly bombing the Medya Defence Zones. Our patriotic people and the public should know that we have not suffered a single loss in the latest air and ground attacks. The Kurdistan Freedom Guerrillas are constantly finding ways to overcome the war technology of the occupation army and carry out successful strikes. At the same time, they have developed methods to protect themselves from all enemy attacks and make them fail. Therefore, no one should believe the lies of the occupation army and its special war media," said the HPG in a written statement on Saturday.

HPG provided the following details of the latest actions by the guerrillas and attacks by the Turkish army in the guerrilla-held Medya Defence Zones in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq):

Guerrilla actions in the western Zap region and in Metîna

In the Girê Cûdî resistance area, guerrillas from the HPG and YJA Star (Free Women's Troops) struck the occupying forces eight times with heavy weapons on 18 November and stopped attempted advances. Three Turkish positions were damaged in the process. On 22 November, two more positions were hit by the guerrillas with heavy weapon fire. On 23 November, a soldier was killed by a sniper.

In the Girê Amêdîyê resistance area, a surveillance camera was destroyed on 18 November and an enemy position was damaged by the guerrillas with heavy weapon fire on 23 November.

In Metîna, the guerrillas intervened on 24 November with hand grenades and light weapons against soldiers of the Turkish army who had taken action to use chemical weapons against a guerrilla position at Girê Ortê.

Attacks by the Turkish army

Guerrilla positions at Girê Çarçel in Metîna and at Girê Cûdî in Western Zap were attacked a total of nine times with explosive drones on 22 and 23 November. Four attacks with unconventional explosives were directed against Girê Cûdî on 18 November. At Girê Ortê, the Turkish army carried out six attacks with chemical gases and unconventional explosives on 23 November. Unconventional explosives were used three times in the past two days against positions at Girê Amêdî and in Sîda.

Between Tuesday and Friday, the Medya Defence Zones were bombed 16 times by fighter jets. The attacks targeted Girê Bahar and Girê Amêdî in western Zap, Sinînê, Ava Lolanê and Şehîd Şerîf in Xakurke, Siyanê, Girê Zengil and Deşta Kafya in Gare as well as Girê Şehîd Rustem and Şehîd Harun in Qendîl. Further artillery attacks were carried out in the Zap, Metîna and Xakurke regions.