The role of the YJA Star in the Avashin resistance

The Turkish state is using jihadists as ground troops in its invasion of southern Kurdistan. Their greatest fear is being killed by a woman. The YJA Star fighters in Avashin say, "They have to live with this fear every day now."

Fighters of the Free Women’s Troops (YJA Star) in Avashin are in a constant combat position and play a decisive role in the resistance against the Turkish occupation. They fight with heavy weapons, have trained snipers, carry out coordinated attacks with several small groups and penetrate into enemy positions. Many of them keep diaries in which they describe their war experiences.

In one of these diaries, a female fighter writes: "The female comrades, with their energy and motivated participation, have taken every risk since the beginning of the operation and led the fight with great sacrifice." Another diary states, "The decisive role of the fallen female comrades in the resistance shows us all the way."

One fighter describes in her diary the motivated attitude of Sarya Diyar and Rûken Zagros, who died in a Turkish army poison gas attack in early May: "Their full participation until the end was one of the factors that made Mamreşo what it is."

The same diary states: "How comrades like Amara and Diyana in Aris Faris put their sacrifice into practice, the courage of Ekin and the others who fought the Cobra helicopters in Mervanos, the energy and morale of Heval Viyan, who has been the backbone of our heavy weapons actions since the beginning of the operation, the strong-willed attitude of female friends like Ronahî, Nesrin, Marya and Berfîn, who made their bodies a shield against the enemy from the first shot, and the warm comradery of Tolvin and others, which did not diminish for a second even in the most intense moments of the war - how could all this be forgotten? With these women, the resistance is making history. The Bazên Zagrosê offensive is based on the conviction and will of these women."

Another diary refers to the attitude of the female guerrilla fighters, which is determinant for the resistance against the occupation: "The female comrades have shouldered the responsibility and shown high sacrifice since the beginning of this war. This attitude is so significant that it can determine the course of the operation."

The author of the diary asks, "Hasn't it been like this in all wars anyway?" She continues, "What distinguishes this battle from other wars in history is that this time women are not the secret heroines, but the force that flies the flag of victory at the very front. They are not the secret behind the success, but the success itself. They are the most beautiful color of life in this cruel war and within the pain experienced. Even if an inferno breaks out, they go against the enemy full of enthusiasm knowing that even one minute of hopelessness will make us lose. The sniper actions of Heval Delila that forced the enemy to retreat from the tailor shop, the mortar attacks that Heval Diren and Dorşîn carried out every day under reconnaissance aircraft, the successful actions of Heval Ekin and Amara, and the enemy's positions destroyed by Heval Adife with her B7 gave us all great strength and have dealt heavy blows to the enemy. The comrades say that the enemy has filled Avashin with Islamists and their biggest fear is to be killed by a woman. They now have to live with this fear every day."