Footage of guerrilla action in Avashin

Guerrillas continue inflicting blows on the Turkish army that has been conducting an invasion operation in the guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq) since April 17.

The online portal Gerîla TV has published footage from the ongoing resistance of the guerrilla forces against the Turkish invasion of the Medya Defense Zones in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq).

According to the People's Defense Forces (HPG) Press Center statement detailing the action, guerrillas from the Free Women’s Troops (YJA Star) struck the Turkish occupying forces that went into action to get stationed in the vicinity of the Werxele Resistance Area in Avashin region at 16:20 on May 10.

Strikes with heavy weaponry left two soldiers dead and two others wounded.

“Following a bombardment of the scene of the action by fighter jets, the invaders retrieved the casualties from the area by helicopters in the evening hours,” the HPG statement said.