HPG: Guerrillas continue to resist Turkish attacks in Southern Kurdistan

The Press Center of the People’s Defense Forces (HPG) stated in a statement on the war in Southern Kurdistan that the guerrilla resistance against the Turkish invasion of the Medya Defense Zones continues, as do the attacks by the Turkish army.

Guerrilla actions in Zap and Metina

According to the information, on May 20, the guerrillas attacked and destroyed a Turkish army container with heavy weapons in the Kurojahro resistance area in the Zap region. It was not possible to determine how many soldiers were in the container and how many were killed or injured. On Wednesday, soldiers in the Golka area in Metina were attacked with a heavy weapon. On the western front in the Zap region, the guerrillas attacked yesterday with semi-automatic weapons against soldiers who were searching the area in the Girê Cûdî resistance area with a detector. The troops then withdrew.

Attacks by the Turkish army

Regarding the attacks by the Turkish army on May 22, the HPG reported that poison gas was used three times and banned explosives once against a tunnel in the Girê FM resistance area. The gas used in combination with tear gas was orange in color. The guerrilla tunnel on the western front of the Zap has been attacked with chemical weapons since May 10. Improvised explosive devices were made in a tunnel in the Girê Amêdî area, and two attacks were carried out by drones loaded with explosives, also on a tunnel in the Girê Cûdî area.

In addition, the HPG reports seven air strikes by fighter jets. The areas bombed on Wednesday were Sinînê, Lolan and Girê Şehîd Şerîf in Xakurke, Dergelê in Metîna and Girê Amêdî in the west of the Zap region.

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