Resistance continues unabated to the Turkish invasion of the guerrilla-held Medya Defence Zones in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq). According to the statement released by the Press Office of the People's Defence Forces (HPG) on Saturday, three soldiers of the Turkish army were killed and seven positions destroyed during actions by the HPG and YJA Star (Free Women’s Troops) guerrillas.

The guerrillas suffered no casualties in the massive air attacks by Turkish fighter jets in the Qandil region during the night from Thursday to Friday. The HPG press office's statement also includes a clarification of false information spread by the Turkish media about the fallen guerrilla fighter Rêzan Botan.

Metîna

In the Girê Ortê Resistance Area in Metîna, guerrillas stopped a Turkish army advance with semi-automatic weapons on 1 September morning. In the afternoon, guerrillas carried out another action against the occupation forces with heavy weapons.

Gire Cudi Resistance Area in Şehîd Delîl, in western Zap region

In Girê Cûdî Resistance Area in Şehîd Delîl in the western Zap region, the guerrillas carried out twelve actions against the Turkish invading forces from 7 am on 31 August until 3.30 am on 2 September. Heavy and semi-automatic weapons were used in the actions, which also involved snipers. Three soldiers were killed and seven positions of the occupation forces were damaged as a result of the actions.

Attacks by the Turkish army

The areas of Qalatuka, Sîrê, Kortek, Girê Roj, Şehîd Harun and Sûredê in the Qandil region were bombed 17 times by Turkish fighter jets on 31 August. Another air strike on the same day targeted the Zap region. The guerrillas suffered no casualties in these attacks.

In addition, HPG reported artillery attacks on the Zap, Metîna and Xakurke regions.

False reports in Turkish media

The HPG statement said: "The Turkish army, which is in a serious tactical deadlock in the face of guerrilla resistance, unable to achieve results and whose plans have been thwarted, frequently and ruthlessly resorts to special war lies. Although the Turkish special war media can no longer be taken seriously, we would like to share some facts in order to inform our patriotic people and the public of the facts. As the Turkish media cannot report success stories, they distort information published by us about our martyrs and add lies. Most recently, lies were spread about our companion Rêzan Botan (Rêzan Güngen), whose death as a martyr we had reported. The statements of these special war media are completely fabricated. As we have already explained, our comrade Rêzan and his family had to leave their homeland due to the attacks of the fascist Turkish state. Comrade Rêzan joined the ranks of the guerrillas as a reaction to the fascist state and its practices. The fact that a young comrade who has just joined the guerrillas and has not even been trained is exalted like this clearly shows what the Turkish state has become and how low it has sunk."