The HPG (People's Defense Forces) published the balance sheet of war for the month of August.

“The Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla, following in the footsteps of Comrade Fermandar Egîd (Mahsum Korkmaz), has completed 40 years of its epic struggle and entered the 41st year of struggle. 40 years of uninterrupted legitimate defence of the Kurdish people, waging their armed freedom struggle, surviving all attacks, liquidation concepts and genocide plans and keeping the hope of victory of our oppressed people alive is an achievement in itself. Having learned lessons from all the resistances of the Kurdish people, the Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla adapted itself to the changing conditions of the age, deepened in the Apoist ideology and paradigm, became competent in tactics and mastered the guerrilla struggle, and has now become a source of inspiration not only for the Kurdish people but for all oppressed peoples,” said the HPG statement released on Tuesday.

The HPG statement continued: “The Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla has gloriously welcomed the 15th of August Resurrection Day and the 41st year of the historic guerrilla move. Entering the 41st year of struggle with Apoist sacrificial spirit and full determination, our guerrilla forces continued their resistance uninterruptedly in Northern Kurdistan and Medya Defence Zones. The epic resistance of our immortal sacrificial commander Berwar Dêrsîm - Seyran Çomak in Çiyayê Agirî has shown to our enemies that the Egîdised, Bêrîtanised and Zîlanised truth of the free Kurdish woman is invincible. The unconquerable resistance of our comrades Eylem Stêrk - Meryem Önür, Sozdar Evîn - Betül Aydın and Armanc Devrim - Hacer Tekin in Elkê and Kato Marînos has been the expression of the same truth in other areas.

These comrades, who were martyred in the month of August, demonstrated in the simplest and most concrete way the leadership, guidance and heroism of free Kurdish women in the person of YJA Star, and the goddess stance that instils the spirit of freedom in all women and our people. Alan Milazgîr, Orhan Cihat Bingöl, Rosîda Mêrdîn, Sara Tolhildan, Sema Cuya Çewlîk, Tîjda Jiyan and our other comrades, who were martyred on different dates but whose martyrdom was announced in August, have written their names in our history of struggle as distinguished examples of Egîdised guerrilla command. We commemorate with respect and gratitude our fallen comrades by walking on the path of Commander Egîd and fighting heroically, and we promise once again that we will follow the martyrs and will definitely achieve their goals.”

Regarding the Turkish state’s continued attacks and the guerrilla actions in the guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq), HPG stated the following:

"In addition to numerous operations and bombardments in Northern Kurdistan, the occupying Turkish army committed war crimes by bombing the Medya Defense Zones 90 times with banned explosives. Our forces responded to the attacks of the occupying Turkish army based on technique and raising the Apoist sacrificial spirit, deepening in guerrilla tactics, action and movement style and carried out many actions.

In August, the Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla displayed a very important war performance and carried out effective actions from the air and land, dealing heavy blows to the occupying army. In August, a total of 152 actions were carried out by our forces, including 19 aerial attacks by our Martyr Dogan Zinar and Martyr Axîn Mûş Units and 133 ground attacks in which many guerrilla tactics were applied together.

The occupying Turkish army and the special war media have concealed the losses suffered as a result of these actions, which have been proven by our forces with documents and images. In the actions carried out by our forces from the air and land, a total of 56 invaders, including 3 high-ranking officials, were punished and 43 invaders were injured.”

Details of the balance sheet of war

"The detailed war balance sheet for August is as follows:

Fighter Jet Attack: 350

Helicopter Attack: 33

Prohibited Explosive Attack: 90

MARTYRED COMRADES

Our comrades who fell as martyrs: 4

GUERRILLA ACTIONS

Guerrilla actions carried out from the air: 19

Guerrilla actions carried out from the land: 133

Total guerrilla actions carried out: 152

ENEMY LOSSES

Number of invaders punished: 53

Number of ranked invaders punished: 3

Number of invaders injured: 43

MILITARY EQUIPMENT DESTROYED

Military vehicle: 1

Ammunition store: 1

Drone: 4

Surveillance camera: 19

Emplacement: 5

Tent: 8

Projector: 5

Photo trap: 1

MILITARY EQUIPMENT HIT

Armored military vehicle: 3

Digger: 4

Korkut (Air Defence System): 1

Container: 1

Tent: 4

Surveillance camera: 1

Detector: 1

Emplacement: 18

MILITARY EQUIPMENT SEIZED

Explosive: 1

Drone Loaded with Explosives: 1