The General Coordination of Civil Defense Units (Yekîneyên Parastina Sivîl, YPS) has released a statement reporting about the ongoing all-out war of the AKP government against the areas of self-rule in North Kurdistan.

YPS General Coordination said civil defense units mounted historic resistance against the attacks, and provided the following details regarding the ongoing fighting in Amed's central Sur district;

One soldier was killed upon YPS units' intervention on a group of Turkish forces that attempted to infiltrate around Cumhuriyet School on 27 January. One other soldier was killed in clashes that erupted in this area, while the driver of a tank on move was also shot dead.

At 16:00 the same day, YPG units hit a group of soldiers that similarly attempted to enter into Hasırlı neighborhood, which left 3 of them dead and many others wounded.

Clashes also broke out near Foor-Footed Minaret where 2 members of Turkish forces were killed.

In another action, YPS hit another Turkish unit near Yoğurt Pazarı at 13:00 yesterday, as a result of which 1 lieutenant and 3 soldiers were killed.

Two more Turkish security members were killed on Ahmet Arif Street, while another action by YPS left 3 others dead and many wounded near Kurşunlu Mosque.

YPS noted that a total of 17 members of Turkish forces were killed in yesterday's actions in Sur district, while Civil Defense Units suffered no casualties. According to the statement, Turkish forces have been rendered ineffective across 5 neighborhoods in the district.

Stressing that the occupant and dictatorial regime's hegemony in North Kurdistan has been broken as the will for self-rule, which began under the leadership of YDG-H and endures with a stronger organisation today, has now spread across the Kurdish region on the basis of self-defense against acts of occupation.

YPS General Coordination vowed to confront every attack by the fascist regime and other occupant forces in every inch of Kurdistan, and called upon the Kurdish people and all revolutionary and democrat circles to step up the struggle for the attainment of freedom and a free country.