The Turkish army used chemical and tactical nuclear weapons in the region of Metina in Medya Defense Areas. Footage of the attacks, in which HPG sources reported that 4 guerrillas fell as martyrs, was published.
A new one has been added to the war crimes committed by the Turkish army in the guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq). Images of the attacks by the Turkey army with chemical and tactical nuclear weapons against guerrillas in Metina, and described by the HPG in two separate press releases on 18 and 20 December, were published.
The footage shows guerrilla positions being bombed with tactical nuclear and chemical weapons. The video also documents the destruction caused by the bombardment in the tunnels.
The HPG said that 4 guerrillas fell as martyrs in the attack, which it called a crime against humanity.
The HPG Press Contact Center said about the attacks on 18 and 20 December 2023: “On 14, 15 and 16 December our posts in the Girê Ortê Resistance Area in Metina were bombed 41 times with banned explosives and chemical gases, and once with a tactical nuclear bomb.
On 18 December, our posts in the Girê Ortê Resistance Area in the region of Metina were bombed twice with banned explosives and chemical gases."
