According to the press centre of the People's Defence Forces (HPG), the Turkish army carried out 90 attacks on guerrilla positions in Southern Kurdistan on Friday.

"The Turkish occupying army continues its attacks on our forces, which maintain their existing position, with all technical means and the intensive use of phosphorus and banned bombs. The Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla responded to the attacks on the basis of its right of self-defence. The areas where our forces are located were bombed twice by fighter planes, six times by attack helicopters and in 65 cases by tanks, howitzers and heavy weapons. In addition, guerrilla resistance areas were attacked 17 times with shells containing phosphorus and prohibited bombs," said the HPG Press Centre statement on Saturday.

According to HPG, the guerrillas responded to Turkish attacks in the Çemço and Sîda areas in Zap. In one case, sabotage tactics were used in self-defence, and in two other actions, the guerrillas used heavy weapons. Today, a Turkish soldier was shot dead by a guerrilla sniper in Çemço at seven in the morning.

The HPG reported continued use of phosphorus shells and unconventional bombs by the Turkish invading forces against guerrilla positions near the village of Sîda. The Deşta Kafya area in Gare was bombed twice by fighter jets, and helicopter attacks were directed against the resistance area of Kurojahro and Çemço. In addition to Çemço and Sîda, the Girê FM resistance area was also affected by the artillery attacks.