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• HPG: Two guerrillas were martyred in Turkish bombardment in Botan 

  HPG guerrillas Xebat Leheng and Şoreş Gilîdax were martyred in an attack by the Turkish army in the Botan region of northern Kurdistan in August.
• HPG: At least two Turkish soldiers were killed in Avaşin 

  HPG reported that at least two Turkish soldiers were killed in a sabotage action by the guerrillas in Avaşin.
• Gerîla TV releases footage of action in Metina 

  At least three Turkish soldiers were killed as guerrillas hit a Turkish military unit in Metina region of guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq).
• Remembering guerrilla Aryena Botan 

  Aryena Botan, who joined the guerrillas in 2014 and became a commander in the mountains where the Kurds lived for thousands of years, left a long and bright path to women and youth.
• People of Maxmur call for action against Turkey’s use of chemical weapons 

  Residents of the Maxmur refugee camp have called on the Iraqi government to act against the use of chemical weapons in the Turkish invasion of southern Kurdistan.
• Guerrillas strike Turkish troops in Zap and Avaşin 

  HPG/YJA Star guerrillas carried out actions against Turkish military forces in the Zap and Avaşin areas. One Turkish soldier was killed, and a military position was destroyed.
• HPG releases identity of guerrilla martyred in chemical attack by the Turkish state 

  HPG announced the identity of the guerrilla who fell as a martyr as a result of the attacks with chemical gas carried out by the Turkish state in the Avaşîn area on 7 July.
• KCK: Turkish state must be put on trial for use of chemical weapons 

  KCK calls on the Kurdish people, the peoples of Turkey, Europe, the USA, all democratic forces worldwide and all moral democrats in the UN to protest everywhere against the use of chemical weapons against the guerrillas and to bring Turkey to justice.
• Musa Anter remembered at his grave in Nusaybin 

  29 years ago, the Kurdish intellectual and writer Musa Anter was murdered by Turkish counter-guerrilla forces. He has been commemorated at his grave in his native town of Nusaybin.
• Turkish attacks continue in Avaşin 

  Turkish military attacks on the Werxelê area in the Avaşin region continue.
• Turkish fighter jets bomb kolbars: 2 killed, 2 injured, 8 detained 

  Turkish fighter jets have reportedly struck load carriers in the border area between Turkey and Iran, killing at least 2 of them.
• Musa Anter commemorated at the scene of his murder 29 years ago 

  Kurdish intellectual Musa Anter has been commemorated on the street where he was murdered 29 years ago.
• Condition of Behdinan prisoners on hunger strike getting worse 

  The lawyer of the Behdinan prisoners, Herem Rifat, said that the condition of the prisoners was getting worse and one of them was hospitalized.
• Refugees in Maxmur Camp call off hunger strike 

  The hunger strike that has been going on for 176 days in Maxmur Camp demanding the end of the isolation and reclaiming freedom for Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan was called off with a march.
• Court in Duhok sentences PUK and HDP members to 7 years in prison 

  A court in Duhok sentenced PUK member Zakho Mela Nezir and HDP member Nimet Güneş to 7 years in prison on the grounds that they had relations with the PKK.
• KCK: Murder of comrade Serhat is part of Turkey’s genocidal policy 

  “Through the spirit of Kurdish national unity, a stance must be developed against the fascist AKP-MHP government that makes it impossible for the intelligence and military forces of AKP-MHP fascism to be in South Kurdistan or any other part of Kurdistan.”
• HPG commemorates three guerrillas martyred in Heftanîn 

  The HPG published the names of three guerrilla fighters martyred in Heftanîn in 2015.
• Guerrillas halt attempted advance by the Turkish army in Werxelê 

  The guerrillas repelled an advance attempt by Turkish occupation forces on the resistance area of Werxelê with a sabotage operation. In Heftanîn, female guerrillas targeted Turkish forces with heavy weapons.
• Two kolbars killed in Eastern Kurdistan 

  Two people were killed in attacks by Iranian security forces on load carriers in the Kurdish border area in Serdeşt and Hewraman.
• 'They told me about the party and I came' 

  Avaşîn was a place for Çiya Amed to seek vengeance from the enemy and pay a price. He had his name written in the blues of Avaşîn after fighting non-stop.
• Commemoration for Musa Anter banned in Mardin 

  A memorial event for the writer Musa Anter, who was murdered by JITEM 29 years ago, has been banned in Nusaybin district of Mardin.
• High rush at the mourning tent for Yasin Bulut in Sulaymaniyah 

  A mourning tent in Çarçira, where condolences are being offered for Yasin Bulut, is crowded. Lahur Şêx Cengî Talabani is among the guests paying their last respects to the PKK revolutionary who was shot dead in Sulaymaniyah on Friday.
• HPG: Two Turkish soldiers were killed, one helicopter damaged 

  YJA Star guerrillas hit Turkish army combat helicopters in Metîna, preventing air strikes on the villages of Hiror and Kestê. In Avaşîn, a sabotage action by guerrillas left two Turkish soldiers dead.
• ‘South Kurdistan people should expose the KDP’s policies’ 

  Kurdish politicians in Rojava condemned the collaboration of the KDP with the Turkish state and called on South Kurdistan people to expose the KDP policies.
• Mêrdîn: We will liberate Öcalan by expanding resistance 

  KJK Coordination member, Rewşen Mêrdîn, said that "a great history of resistance is being manifested despite the betrayals" and added that they would liberate Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan by expanding the resistance.