14 occupation soldiers killed as part of "Revolutionary Zagros Hawks"

The Media Center of the People's Defense Forces (HPG) announced, in a statement today that 14 soldiers of the Turkish occupation army were killed during the "Revolutionary Zagros Hawks" campaign which was launched by the Guerrilla fighters in dealing with the Turkish attack on the legitimate defense zones.

14 occupation soldiers killed as part of "Revolutionary Zagros Hawks"
28 April, 2021   14:45
NEWS DESK

The Guerrilla fighters continue their qualitative operations against the Turkish occupation army within the framework of the Zagros Hawks campaign, which came as a continuation of the campaign "It Is Time for Freedom," as they managed to deal painful strikes on the enemy's army, which incurred heavy losses of life and equipment.

Air Defense Forces (Martyr Dalal) inflicted the enemy army heavy losses

Our Air Defense Forces (Martyr Dalal Forces) carried out on April 28th at 08:45 am a qualitative operation against the Turkish military units in the countryside of Amediyya district in Southern Kurdistan, where unmanned aircrafts belonging to the Air Defense Forces bombed points belonging to the Turkish occupation army in that region and inflicted heavy losses on it.

Toll of operations in the framework of the "Zagros Hawks" campaign

On April 25th, at 14:20, our fighters launched a surprise attack on Turkish military units that were trying to advance towards the "Martyr Sardar hill" in "Mervanus" district in Avashin region. In this attack, 6 Turkish soldiers were killed and another wounded, and the others fled.

On April 25th, between 09:00 and 10:00, our fighters responded to the enemy's attempt to advance towards the Guerrilla tunnels in the vicinity of "Mam Resho" hill in Afashin using (enemy soldiers) poisonous gases, and violent clashes broke out that resulted in the withdrawal of the occupation soldiers, who resumed the attempt at 12:30, but our fighters managed to confront them again and clashed with them in violent confrontations in which 3 soldiers were killed and others wounded.

On April 25th, at 10:40 and 11:50 am, the Turkish occupation army tried to advance towards the Guerrilla tunnels in the vicinity of the "Martyr Sardar" hill; however, the Guerrilla fighters thwarted the attempt after violent clashes, and the number of killed or wounded remained anonymous.

On April 26th, at 07:40, Turkish military units repeated their attempts to advance in the vicinity of the area and control the Guerrilla tunnels, but they were met with violent resistance by our fighters who managed to thwart the attempt, killing 3 Turkish soldiers and wounding others.

On April 26th, at 09:30, our fighters monitored the movements of the occupation soldiers, while they were trying to enter the vicinity of the "Bramit hill" in the Avashin region, and surprised them with a quick attack in which the enemy soldiers were inflicted heavy losses, as the fighters seized military equipment and killed 4 Turkish soldiers, at the very least.

On April 26th, our fighters monitored the movements of a group of Turkish soldiers who were stationed in the vicinity of the "Martyr Sorkhoyen hill" in the Zap region, and at 07:00 they launched a surprise attack on them, during which they killed 8 soldiers, targeted two reconnaissance aircrafts that were hovering over the area and managed to hit them before withdrawing from the area.

On April 27th, at 07:30, the Turkish occupation soldiers advanced towards the "Martyr Sardar" hill and tried to cut down trees in the area in order to facilitate their movements, but the Guerrilla fighters surprised them with a swift attack that killed 2 Turkish soldiers.

On April 27th, at 10:30, our fighters again targeted a group of enemy soldiers in the vicinity of the "Martyr Sardar" hill with Katyusha rockets, and the attack resulted in confirmed casualties in the ranks of the Turkish soldiers, while we were not able to know the number of killed or wounded.

Air strikes by Turkish warplanes on legitimate defense zones:

During the past day, Turkish warplanes launched air strikes on several points in the legitimate defense zones (Medya), which came as follows:

On April 27th, at 07:20, "Warkhal" field in the Avashin region was subjected to an intense aerial bombardment.

On April 27th, at 07:30, Turkish warplanes bombed the vicinity of the "Martyr Shahed" hill in the Zap region.

On April 27th, at 16:30, the fields of "Ares Fares" and "Mam Resho" in the Avashin region were subjected to violent air strikes, and between 21:00 and 00:00, Turkish warplanes renewed their bombardment of the same area in conjunction with helicopter and missile strikes.

On April 27th, at 21:30, "Soka" square in the Avashin region witnessed an aerial bombardment by Turkish warplanes.

The airstrikes mentioned above did not result in any casualties among the Guerrilla fighters."

D.H