People's Defense Centre (HSM) Headquarters Command has sent a congratulatory address to the guerrillas who took part in the Bazên Zagrosê and Martyr Savaş Maraş Revolutionary campaigns. The HSM Headquarters Command praised “all the commanders and fighters who fight in an Apoist spirit of self-sacrifice and increase the struggle.”

The HSM message includes the following:

“The invasion attacks carried out by the colonial and genocidal Turkish army against our Medya Defense Zones have failed in the face of the historic resistance of our guerrilla forces mounted in a noble self-sacrificing spirit. The invading Turkish army has reached a stalemate in the face of the creative and multifold guerrilla warfare of our fighters. Despite using intense chemical weapons and all the advanced war technology in the battle tunnels, the Turkish army forces cannot protect themselves from the revolutionary revenge attacks of our mobile guerrilla units and receive heavy blows from our guerrillas who resist heroically. The superior tactical power of our guerrilla forces in the battle tunnels does not allow the invading Turkish army to move further.

On 26 May, the invading Turkish army forces that attempted to enter the battle tunnels in the Werxelê Resistance Area in our Avaşîn province were struck successfully by guerrillas employing sabotage tactics as part of the Bazên Zagrosê Revolutionary Campaign and one MPT-55 weapon belonging to the Turkish army was seized. Furthermore, on 28 May, the soldiers of the fascist Turkish army, who were trying to penetrate into the Martyr Berxwedan battle tunnels in the Martyr Şahîn Resistance Area of ​​our Zap province, were first successfully struck by the Martyr Viyan Botan Revenge Team with a sabotage tactic. 2 MPT weapons, 1 pistol and many military equipment were seized from the enemy forces at lightning speed. After this action, which was carried out by our outstanding YJA Star (Free Women’s Troops) forces, further actions were carried out in a coordinated manner and with multiple tactics against the enemy forces that sought to retrieve their fallen soldiers on the ground. The Turkish army suffered heavy losses following these successful actions.

A series of actions were also carried out against the invading Turkish army in the Girê FM and Girê Cûdî Resistance Areas as part of the Martyr Savaş Maraş Revolutionary campaign. On May 27, a Turkish Sikorsky helicopter on a mission to airdrop troops on the Martyr Leşker hill in the Girê Cûdî Resistance Area was targeted and effectively shot down by the Martyr Aryana Baran Revenge Team. The helicopter which received a heavy blow was destroyed together with the soldiers in it before it could reach a Turkish military outpost in Girê. This action clearly demonstrated the tactical superiority of our YJA Star forces.

We congratulate all the commanders and fighters who contributed to these actions in the Werxelê Resistance Area of ​​Avaşîn as part of the Bazên Zagrosê Revolutionary Campaign, in the Martyr Şahîn Resistance Area of ​​Zap, and in the Girê FM and the Girê Cûdî Resistance Areas as part of the Martyr Savaş Maraş Revolutionary Campaign for their outstanding performance and success. We praise all the commanders and fighters who fight in an Apoist spirit of self-sacrifice as part of both revolutionary campaigns and increase the struggle. We believe that they will achieve greater success and wish them success.”