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• HPG: 16 Turkish occupiers killed in reprisal actions by guerrillas 

  16 soldiers of the Turkish army have been killed as Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla carried out actions to avenge those murdered in Kifri, Shengal and Maxmur.
• YRK fighter calls on young people to join the guerrilla ranks 

  "The people of Ilam and Kurdistan in general need to raise a historical, cultural and social awareness and preserve their values. The Kurdish, Balochi, Azeri, Persian peoples and other peoples should stand against the occupation," said a YRK guerrilla.
• Gerîla TV broadcasts footage of action against Turkish military base in Bamernê 

  Gerîla TV broadcast footage of the action carried out by guerrillas against the Turkish army's base in Bamernê region in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq).
• KDP forces attack Yazidi youth protesting Turkish state's attacks on Shengal 

  KDP forces attacked Yazidi youth who wanted to protest the Turkish state's attacks on Shengal. Some youths were injured.
• Fire started by the Turkish army in Hakkari continues to rage 

  Turkish authorities are not going into action to put out the fire started by the military forces in the countryside of the Hakkari province.
• Yazidi Youth Union: Turkish attacks will not go unanswered 

  The Yazidi Youth Union condemned the Turkish drone attack in Shengal on August 29, vowing that Turkey’s attacks would not go unanswered.
• KCK calls for organization of self-defence against attacks everywhere 

  Calling for widespread self-defence in the face of increasing Turkish attacks, KCK said, “The Turkish state attacks everywhere, therefore, self-defence must also be omnipresent. Our people should defend themselves everywhere to thwart attacks and plans."
• YBŞ: Turkish drone attack injured two of our fighters 

  The Shengal Resistance Units announced that two of their fighters were injured in a Turkish airstrike on August 29.
• Activist opposing Turkish occupation held in KDP custody for 40 days 

  KDP forces detained an activist against the Turkish invasion in Hewlêr 40 days ago. The activist is denied release despite a court decision.
• Turkish army tries to destroy guerrilla positions with excavators 

  The Turkish army is trying to destroy guerrilla positions in Werxelê with the help of excavators. However, the construction machines are repeatedly targeted by the mobile fighting units.
• Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla kills 11 Turkish soldiers 

  Eleven Turkish soldiers were killed in the actions carried out by the Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla.
• Turkish air strike on Shengal 

  After the deadly drone attack on Maxmur Camp, the Turkish air force has bombed the main Yazidi settlement area of Shengal. The target of the attack was a vehicle in the town of Xanesor, and there are reports of casualties.
• PYD urges KDP to 'stop collaborating with the enemy' 

  PYD reacted to the KDP's construction of a road for the Turkish army which has suffered heavy losses in the face of the guerrilla resistance, saying that “This is a dirty business and is against all the national values of the Kurdish people.”
• Maxmur people protest the deadly Turkish attack on the camp 

  Following a Turkish drone attack, the people of Maxmur gathered in front of the People's Assembly and marched to the scene of the attack that claimed a life earlier today.
• Bones of Sur martyr handed over in bag 

  Hakan Arslan died during the siege of Sur in 2016. His friends buried him next to a church where his bones were found in 2021. Despite DNA matching, it took almost another year before the state handed over the body.
• Trees cut down and road paved with asphalt for military construction in Şırnak 

  The Turkish state cut down trees to construct a military tower in the village of Hesena in the Silopi district of Şırnak. The road was paved with asphalt afterwards.
• This battle will never be forgotten 

  For thousands of years, invaders flipped out in the face of the majesty of these mountains and the brave fighters every time they attempted to attack. The same is happening today. This battle will never be forgotten.
• Turkish drone strikes Maxmur Camp - UPDATE 

  The Turkish state continues its genocidal attacks against the Kurdish people in various parts of the Kurdistan territory.
• Author, historian and Tevgera Azadî member Suheyl Xurşîd Ezîz buried in Kifrî cemetery 

  The author and historian Suheyl Xurşîd Ezîz, who was shot dead in front of his house on Sunday, has been buried in Kifrî. The Tevgera Azadî movement, in whose general assembly the 62-year-old sat, thinks that the Turkish state contracted a hitman.
• Gerîla TV broadcast footage of action in Heftanîn 

  Gerîla TV broadcast the footage of the action in which a digger used in the road construction for occupation purposes was destroyed in the Heftanîn area on 6 August.
• Shengal Autonomous Assembly warns of new attacks against the Yazidi land 

  The Democratic Autonomous Assembly of Shengal warns of new attacks by the Turkish army and calls on Baghdad and the UN Security Council to take concrete measures to end the violence in the Yazidi settlement area.
• Representative of Tevgera Azadî shot dead in front of his house 

  Author and historian Suheyl Xurşîd Ezîz, a member of the general assembly of the Tevgera Azadî movement, was shot dead in front of his house in the southern Kurdish town of Kifrî.
• HPG: Six Turkish soldiers killed in guerrilla actions 

  Five soldiers of the Turkish occupation forces were killed in an action by female guerrillas in Xakurke, and another soldier was shot dead at Girê Cûdî.
• HSM urges KDP to stop building a road for the occupying Turkish army 

  The People’s Defense Center Headquarters Command released a statement calling on the KDP to stop building a road for the occupying Turkish army in guerrilla areas.
• KDP builds road through guerrilla area for the Turkish army 

  Iraqi Kurdistan’s ruling party KDP, dominated by the Barzani clan, is building a road for the Turkish military between the guerrilla areas of Girê Hekarî and Girê Amêdî in the west of the Zap region.