The invading Turkish state, which has been carrying out attacks against the Avashin, Zap and Metina regions of the guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in South Kurdistan since 17 April 2022, has also intensified its military activity in the border region.

Reports are coming through of intensified military activity in the province of Hakkari in recent days.

Local sources report daily military deployment to the border area from the districts of Yüksekova, Şemdinli and Derecik.

According to reports, a large number of troops are being transported to the border of Çukurca from the military posts in the Van province. These soldiers are stationed in the military bases built in the border villages of Serê Sevê, Ertuş and Bilêcan.

On the other hand, reports are coming through of military equipment transport by trucks to the border region.

The so-called village guards in the region were reportedly sent an instruction for a military operation as part of preparations for an imminent occupation attack by the Turkish army.

Village guards are paramilitary units used in Kurdistan against guerrillas and unwelcome opposition members. They consist to a considerable extent of tribal leaders, large landowners, families, and individuals who have often worked with the state for decades in an attempt to advocate for the state's interests in Kurdistan. Some of the village guards join this system voluntarily, while others are threatened with murder, arrest, and expulsion and become village guards under pressure. The Hamidiye regiments in the Ottoman Empire are considered the historical model of the Village Guards. Today's village guard system emerged in 1985, a year after the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) launched its armed struggle. At that time, the Turkish government under Turgut Özal began recruiting and arming Kurdish tribes and clans in the war against the PKK. Thousands of Kurdish villages that rejected the village guard system were burned and razed to the ground by the state in the 1990s.