According to the HPG, the Turkish army has carried out 261 artillery attacks and 10 air strikes on guerrilla positions in southern Kurdistan in the past two days and a tactical nuclear bomb was used again in Sîda.
The press centre of the People's Defence Forces (HPG) issued a statement on the guerrilla actions and the attacks by the Turkish army in the guerrilla-held Medya Defence Zones in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq).
According to the statement, the guerrillas shot down a Turkish drone at Girê Cûdî in the western Zap region on 14 July. The Turkish occupation forces at Girê FM were struck seven times with heavy weapons within two days. In Xakurke, mobile units of YJA Star (Free Women’s Troops) hit a Turkish unit at Girê Şehîd Şahan with heavy weapons.
Regarding the latest attacks by the Turkish army, HPG reported that the resistance areas of Sîda and Girê FM in Zap in particular remain in focus. According to the statement, the Turkish army used a tactical nuclear bomb against a guerrilla position in Sîda at 8 am on 15 July. In both areas, Turkish forces’ attempts to demolish guerrilla positions with construction machinery continue.
On 14 and 15 July, HPG registered a total of 261 artillery attacks on their positions in Sîda, the western Zap region, Gundê Dergelê, Gundê Şêlazê, Girê Hekarî in Metîna, and Girê Şehîd Heqî, Girê Şehîd Kamuran and Ava Lolanê in Xakurke. The areas of Golka and Girê Hekarî in the Metîna region were bombed ten times by fighter jets on Friday.
