The press office of the People's Defense Forces (HPG) has released a statement informing about the current war situation in the Medya Defense Zones attacked by Turkey. Since the night of April 23-24, the Turkish army, with the involvement of jihadist mercenaries from Syria, has been carrying out an invasion operation in the Zap, Avashin and Metina regions. The Kurdish guerrilla organizations HPG and YJA-Star are countering the onslaught with various offensives.

According to the statement, two actions were carried out by the Şehîd Delal Amed Air Defense Units on May 13. The action in Zap targeted occupation troops on the Şehîd Serxwebûn hill, while in Avashin soldiers on the Şehîd Serdar hill were hit. "In both actions, the intended targets were successfully hit," it said.

Cenga Xabûr Revolutionary Offensive

On Friday, the HPG announced that the Turkish army had launched an air operation from the Zendura hill in Metina. The target of the operation, carried out with attack helicopters, is the village of Kêste and neighboring Assyrian settlement areas. Shortly after the operation began, guerrillas carried out several assaults against participating military units.

In the first action, a soldier was shot dead. Guerrillas later advanced in a coordinated manner from three fronts, and a battle ensued that lasted about 45 minutes. The death of two more soldiers was recorded here, while another was injured. Before the occupation forces withdrew back to the Zendura, the battle area was bombarded with howitzers. Air strikes by fighter jets followed later in the day before the dead and injured soldiers were evacuated.

"The Turkish state announced that only one soldier was killed in these actions, as well as two fighters from our forces. These statements are not true. The death of three occupiers has been established for sure on our part, and one was wounded. There have been no casualties in our own ranks," explained the HPG.

In Avashin, guerrillas targeted Turkish troops in the Qela Mamreşo area last night. The action was carried out with heavy weapons, and it is unclear how many soldiers were killed or wounded here.

Attacks by the Turkish Air Force

A list of the latest Turkish airstrikes in the Medya Defense Zones is as follows:

May 14, from 23:00 to 00:00: Koordine region bombarded by helicopters and fighter jets.

May 15, 2:00 a.m.: The area of Çemço in the Zap region was shelled by fighter jets.

May 15, from 9:20 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.: Helicopters flew over the areas of Mamreşo, Aris Faris and Mervanos in Avashin.

May 16, 6:20 a.m.: The Dola Konferansê area in Avashin was bombed by fighter jets.