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• Turkish army cuts down trees in Cudi and Besta 

  After a new military operation in Şırnak province, the Turkish army has started to cut down trees in Cudi and Besta.
• ISIS kills six members of a family in Germiyan 

  ISIS killed six members of a family and an Iraqi soldier in the Germiyan region. Eight more people were injured in the attack.
• New song for Zap resistance 

  Music group Şehîd Hozan Serhat from South Kurdistan has released the music video "Dar Berû" in solidarity with Zap resistance.
• YJA Star guerrilas: Turkey attacks so heavily because it knows it has reached the end 

  YJA Star guerrillas in the southern Kurdish resistance region of Biradost see the current invasion as a decisive battle with the AKP/MHP regime. The regime attacked so heavily because it knows it has reached the end.
• Islamic State kills six villagers in Xurmatû, South Kurdistan 

  The Islamic State in Xurmatû, in South Kurdistan, attacked villagers while they were working in the fields and murdered six of them. This was followed by fighting between ISIS and Hashd-al-Shaabi.
• HPG reports continued war crimes in South Kurdistan 

  HPG reports continued war crimes, mainly affecting the region og Zap, as the Turkish army continues to use chemical warfare agents against the guerrillas' defenses in Southern Kurdistan.
• Body of Mehmet Zeki Çelebi sent to Van 

  The body of restaurant owner Mehmet Zeki Çelebi, who was killed last week by suspected MIT assassins in the southern Kurdish city of Sulaymaniyah, has been sent off to his hometown of Van.
• Shengal People's Assembly: Our people will win against the attacks 

  The Shengal People's Assembly condemned the Turkish invasion attacks and the KDP’s cooperation with the Turkish army, saying, “Our people will win against the attacks.”
• Mehmet Zeki Çelebi will be laid to rest in North Kurdistan 

  Mehmet Zeki Çelebi, who was murdered in an armed attack in South Kurdistan, will be laid to rest in North Kurdistan. He will be sent off to Van after a ceremony.
• HPG: 15 Turkish soldiers were killed in Zap 

  The guerrillas continue their resistance against the Turkish invasion of southern Kurdistan. While fifteen soldiers of the Turkish army were killed in recent actions, Turkey continues to rely on chemical weapons to achieve results.
• Maxmur resident killed in Turkish attack laid to rest 

  The occupying Turkish state continues its genocidal attacks against the Kurdish people in various parts of the Kurdistan territory, claiming more and more lives every passing day.
• HPG and YJA Star guerrillas: We will defeat the enemy! 

  HPG guerrilla German Azad Şevger and YJA Star guerrilla Evîndar Kurdistan stated that the Turkish state is carrying out all kinds of attacks, even chemical weapons, and that they will defeat the enemy no matter what.
• Young man wounded in attack by Turkish state in Maxmur dies 

  The young man, who was injured in the attack carried out by the Turkish state with a drone on the Maxmur refugee camp on Saturday, died.
• PUK Politburo condemns Turkish state's attacks on Maxmur and Çemçemal 

  The PUK Politburo issued a statement regarding the Turkish state's attacks on Maxmur and Çemçemal, and demanded that the attacks be stopped as soon as possible.
• KCK: Political forces in South Kurdistan must take a stance against killing of Mehmet Zeki Çelebi 

  The KCK Foreign Relations Committee said after the murder of Mehmet Zeki Çelebi in Sulaymaniyah that if the political forces in South Kurdistan do not take a stance against these murders, the right of retaliation can be exercised.
• Guerrillas: “We will crown battle with victory” 

  Guerrillas remain determined to successfully confront Turkish invasion in Kurdistan and call on the people to take sides with the guerrilla forces waging this struggle.
• Eight guerrillas killed by Turkish chemical weapons in Zap, South Kurdistan 

  Having fought ISIS and survived, guerrilla fighters Rohat, Şevîn, Şerda, Xemgîn, Zilan, Deniz, Sema and Demhat were killed by Turkish chemical weapons in the Zap region of the guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq).
• Turkish UCAV hits a car in Maxmur 

  The occupying Turkish state continues its genocidal attacks against the Kurdish people in various parts of the Kurdistan territory.
• Five killed in air strike on village in southern Kurdistan 

  Five people were killed in an air strike on a car near Sulaymaniyah in southern Kurdistan, including the head of the village of Tuleqel. According to security sources, the attack was carried out by the Turkish army.
• 10 more Arab youth join the guerrilla ranks: We will liberate our land 

  Young people from Rojava and North-East Syria continue joining the ranks of the guerrilla struggle in response to the increasingly ongoing attacks of the invading Turkish state and collaborator KDP against the guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones.
• Armed drone hits Çemçemal in Sulaymaniyah province 

  An armed unmanned aerial vehicle struck the town of Akçeler in Çemçemal district of Sulaymaniyah 3 times.
• HPG: Ten Turkish soldiers were killed in guerrilla actions in Zap 

  Ten members of the Turkish army were killed in guerrilla resistance operations in Zap, southern Kurdistan.
• Former peshmerga fighter: Neither the KDP nor the enemy will succeed 

  Former KDP peshmerga Îsmaîl Elî Îsmaîl pointed out that South Kurdistan (kr: Bashur) has been occupied through Turkish military bases and called on the regional government and the ruling KDP to allow the people to remove the invaders from South Kurdistan.
• ‘Murderers of Çelebi fled to Hewler’ 

  The assailants who murdered Mehmet Zeki Çelebi from North Kurdistan in Sulaymaniyah fled to KRG capital Hewler (Erbil), according to reports.
• HPJ guerrilla: There is no other way than resistance 

  HPJ fighter Arjin Nishtîman said that the guerrillas have been putting up relentless resistance against the Turkish attacks on the Medya Defense Zones, adding that the betrayal of the KDP which cooperates with Turkey is unacceptable.