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• Soldiers cause fire in Kulp 

  As a result of shots fired from the military police station a fire erupted in a village in the surrounding of Kulp, province of Amed. Extinguishing the fire was not allowed.
• Contra-guerilla activities reported in Şırnak region 

  Death squads disguised as HPG guerrillas have been sighted in Şırnak region. Thousands of people became victims of such parastatal units in the Kurdish region in the 1990s.
• Turkish jets bomb another village in South Kurdistan 

  The Turkish state continues its genocidal attacks against the Kurdish people and their lands.
• Guerrillas hit two attack helicopters of the Turkish army 

  Guerrillas targeted two Turkish helicopters and damaged one of them.
• Tevgera Azadi member jailed in Hewlêr on hunger strike 

  Tevgera Azadi member, Idris Selim Mihemed, was imprisoned by the KDP public security forces 118 days ago. Mihemed has been on hunger strike for 32 days against this unlawful arrest.
• Mothers of Maxmur in sit-in against KDP Public Security Forces 

  Martyr Rüstem Cudi (Maxmur) Peace Mothers who wanted to discuss the ongoing embargo on the Refugee Camp with the KDP Public Security Forces were prevented by the same forces and subjected to attacks and insults.
• Turkish police who desecrated martyrs’ graves were hit in Amed 

  Anti-terror police forces who attacked the graves of martyrs were hit in Amed.
• HPG: 4 Turkish soldiers killed in Çukurca 

  Guerrilla forces continue inflicting blows on the Turkish invasion army in Kurdistan territory.
• Footage from two guerrilla actions which killed 12 soldiers 

  12 soldiers of the Turkish army were killed in two separate actions of the guerrillas in Hakkari countryside.
• HPG: Two Turkish soldiers killed, two others wounded in Çukurca 

  HPG reported continued actions by guerrillas and attacks by the Turkish army.
• HPG: Turkish occupiers will be given the most resolute response 

  “Our forces, who are inflicting major blows against the enemy on daily basis, will respond to these invasion operations in the most effective way and make the Turkish invasion state suffer the heavies blow in its history.”
• Turkish air raid leaves a civilian wounded in Amadiya 

  The Turkish state continues its genocidal attacks against the Kurdish people and their lands.
• Gorran Movement deputies visit Maxmur Camp still under embargo 

  Deputies from Gorran Movement in the Kurdistan Region Parliament, have visited Martyr Rüstem Cudi (Maxmur) Refugee Camp.
• Turkish jets bomb Heftanin and Şemzinan 

  HPG reported continued air raids by the Turkish army in southern Kurdistan, northern Iraq.
• Kakai villages in Kirkuk and controversial regions targeted again 

  The Kakais living in villages of Kirkuk and Daquq district are targeted by ISIS and similar groups.
• 70,000 people returned to Shengal 

  However, according to the information received from the officials of the People's Assembly of Shengal, some 70,000 Yazidi families have returned to their lands so far.
• HPG: Turkish operation coordinator killed in Haftanin 

  HPG announced that the operation coordinator was killed in the action on Partizan hill in Haftanin where over 20 Turkish soldiers died.
• “Turkey used to bomb the mountains, now they bomb villages” 

  Haci Ramazan Mahmut from South Kurdistan said they hear bombings every day, adding: “Turkey has been saying that they ended PKK for the last 30 years. They attack us because they can't end the PKK. They used to bomb the mountains, now they bomb villages."
• Warplanes spotted flying over Maxmur Camp 

  Warplanes were spotted over Martyr Rüstem Cudi (Maxmur) Refugee Camp in the morning.
• HPG: At least 20 Turkish soldiers killed in Heftanin 

  HPG stated that the Turkish army suffered a “historic blow” in their invasion operation in Heftanin region of southern Kurdistan, northern Iraq.
• German HPG guerrilla Panser martyred in Turkish airstrike 

  "We remember all our international martyrs in the person of Comrade Bager Nujiyan. We promise to uphold the values created by our martyrs and achieve victory," said HPG.
• Turkish jets bomb South Kurdistan 

  Yet another Turkish air raid in southern Kurdistan, northern Iraq.
• People of Shengal condemn the embargo imposed on Maxmur Camp 

  The embargo against Martyr Rüstem Cudi (Maxmur) Refugee Camp has been going on for 40 days. 
• HPG reports continued Turkish attacks against South Kurdistan 

  The Turkish state continues its genocidal attacks against the Kurdish people and their lands.
• Fire started by the Turkish army in Mardin countryside grows 

  Soldiers are not allowing an intervention to extinguish the fire.