On 22 December 2023, Kurdistan Freedom Guerrillas carried out the Martyr Ahmed Rûbar Revolutionary Operation against Turkish invasion troops in the Xakurkê region of the guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq).

During the operation, 27 Turkish soldiers were killed, many weapons and military equipment were seized, and the rest were destroyed.

Gerîla TV published the images of the captured weapons.

In a statement on 23 December, the Press Office of the People’s Defense Forces (HPG) announced the details of the operation as follows:

“During the operation carried out in Xakurke at 15:05 on 22 December, which was dedicated to the memory of guerrilla commander Ahmed Rûbar, who had fallen in 2022, the guerrillas captured a previously occupied hill. 27 occupiers were killed at Girê Şehîd Kamuran and the bodies of 17 soldiers were searched by the guerrillas. The guerrillas seized weapons and military equipment, much of which was destroyed.

According to the HPG, the operation was launched by the targeted shelling of Turkish army units with heavy weapons in the areas of Girê Şehîd Kamuran and Girê Şehîd Heqî. One position was destroyed. A good hour later, guerrillas infiltrated the positions occupied by soldiers at Girê Şehîd Kamuran from three flanks. Five positions and two tents were captured by the guerrillas. The guerrillas confiscated weapons and used them against the occupying forces. The Turkish unit on the Girê Şehîd Kamuran hill was completely eliminated. The area remained under guerrilla control for half an hour. HPG guerrilla Memyan, who led the action with great courage, was martyred during the operation.

The occupying Turkish army, which was dealt a crushing blow, again concealed most of its casualties from the public, revealing only the names of the ranking lieutenant Ramazan Günay, specialist sergeant Mehmet Serinkan, specialist corporal İsmail Yazıcı and military contractors Emre Taşkın, Yasin Karaca and Çağatay Erenoğlu. However, it has been clarified that at least 27 invaders were punished in the Şehîd Ahmed Rûbar Revolutionary Operation. It was also learned that infantry major Yavuz Tunç, non-commissioned officer Samet Emir Sapan, specialist sergeant İbrahim Parıldar, specialist sergeant Emrullah Yıldırım, specialist sergeant Mehmet Ali Bozkurt and military contractor Hasan Hüseyin Keskin were seriously wounded.

In the Şehîd Ahmed Rûbar Revolutionary Operation, 2 MPT-55 weapons, 2 weapon scopes, 1 BKC weapon, its chain and 150 BKC bullets were confiscated from the invaders. In addition, 3 surveillance cameras, 1 thermal binoculars, 1 large camera, 1 communication system and network, 1 communication center, 1 radar, 1 A4 weapon, 2 BKC weapons and 1 large grenade launcher weapon were destroyed.”