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• Kurdish politicians and intellectuals launch petition 

  Kurdistan intellectuals and politicians living in various countries of the world drafted a petition in order to deescalate tensions following the military deployment to the Gare region and to establish civil peace among the Kurds.
• KDP further escalates tensions 

  KDP escalates the tension by deploying its forces to the Ranya Rewandûz countryside.
• People in South Kurdistan call for unity 

  People protested the invading plans and attempts of the Turkish army in South Kurdistan and said: "Kurds should unite and prevent our enemy from winning."
• TIKKO guerrilla buried under police blockade 

  Erol Volkan Ildem, Nubar, member of the TKP / ML-Central Committee, and Fadime Çakıl, Rosa, TKP / ML TIKKO Unit Commander, fell martyr as a result of air strikes carried out by the Turkish army in Dersim in September 2020.
• Speaker of South Kurdistan Parliament calls for dialogue 

  Rewaz Fayeq, speaker of the South Kurdistan parliament, calls for dialogue in view of the military escalation between the PKK and the KDP.
• Kurdistan Parliamentarians' Union forms initiative against war 

  Kurdistan Parliamentarians' Union, which took the initiative against Turkey’s attempts to instigate a civil war between the Kurds through the KDP, said they would try to resolve the existing problems and disputes through dialogue on behalf of the Kurds.
• HPG: KDP forces tried to enter the guerrilla camp in Gare 

  KDP units tried to enter a guerrilla camp in Gare region and were intervened by the guerrilla. HPG vowed to make use of their right to self-defense in case of further attempts of attack.
• KCK: The KDP puts its war decision into practice 

  KCK said that KDP President’s statements aim to legitimize their war policy.
• South Kurdistan People: Turkey shattered our peace 

  South Kurdistan people have been troubled  by the presence of Turkey which has been exploiting and invading  the South for decades.
• HPG pays tribute to 4 guerrillas who fell martyrs in Kağızman 

  HPG BIM commemorated HPG guerrillas Erdal Agir (Adnan Avşar), Munzur Gimgim (Mehmet Yalçın), Derweş Xabur (Zakir Ölmez) and Comrade Sipan (Hamit Ecer), who fell as martyrs in Kağızman in May.
• KDP sends "Mekteba Serok" forces to Duhok villages 

  The KDP sent the "Mekteba Serok" forces to Duhok villages.
• Hozat: KDP endangers the autonomous status of Southern Kurdistan 

  Besê Hozat of the KCK points out that the Barzani family sends its own armed units into guerrilla areas and that the joint war plans with Turkey endanger the autonomous status of Southern Kurdistan.
• Masoud Barzani issues dangerous statement 

  In a statement made about a week after PKK Executive Committee Member Karayılan called for common sense and dialogue, KDP President Masoud Barzani opted for accusing the PKK without using a single word about the occupation of the Turkish state.
• HPG: Six soldiers killed in Heftanin 

  In the Heftanin region of Southern Kurdistan, six Turkish military personnel died in a guerrilla action.
• "Nobody should come to Mount Gabar for spying activity" 

  In a written statement, HPG Gabar Provincial Command called on the patriotic people of the region to be sensitive to such immoral and insidious policies of the enemy.
• KDP arrests 20 residents of the Maxmur Camp in Hewler 

  Twenty residents of Maxmur Camp in Hewler have been in custody for three weeks and families demand their immediate release. In Southern Kurdistan, similar conditions prevail as in Turkey.
• PUK: Everyone should endorse Karayılan's remarks 

  PUK Political Bureau Member Seedi Ehmed Pîre called on everyone to endorse the remarks of PKK Executive Committee member Murat Karayılan to avoid civil war.
• 63-year-old murdered by Turkish soldiers in Hakkari 

  Soldiers of the Turkish army have murdered a civilian in a village of Hakkari.
• War jets fly over Shengal 

  War jets are flying over Shengal.
• Footage from guerrilla action in Southern Kurdistan 

  Guerrillas continue inflicting blows on the Turkish military in Kurdistan territory.
• Rojava people: KDP serves the enemy 

  Kurds respond to KDP's military deployment to the guerrilla areas, asserting that the KDP serves the enemy.
• Drones flying over Shengal 

  The invading Turkish state has carried out several airstrikes by fighter jets and armed drones in Shengal region recently.
• YBŞ: We don't need any other force in Shengal 

  The Shengal Resistance Units (YBŞ), which defeated ISIS in Shengal and protected the Yazidi land highlights the fact that Shengal does not need any other force.
• HPG guerrillas target Botaş Oil Pipeline 

  HPG-BIM announced that guerrillas carried out a sabotage action on Botaş Oil Pipeline, which passes through Mardin's Bagok region, on October 28.
• 'I am shy with my friends, not with the enemy' 

  Guerrilla Çekdar Amed knew the enemy and because he knew it, he decided to go to the mountains and fight against it. That shy guerrilla became a person full of determination and a stern eye.