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• People in Kurdistan Region stormed a Turkish base 

  Kurdish people in Sheladize town in Derelok district of Kurdistan Region marched to a Turkish base in protest of Turkish bombardment in the area. Protesters occupied the Turkish base and set fire to the installations.
• Sheladize people raid and set on fire Turkish military base 

  The people of Sheladize have raided the Turkish military base in protest at the Turkish state attacks. They demand the Turkish military to leave Southern Kurdistan.
• Turkish state killed 20 civilians in Derelok and Zap in 8 months 

  With the Turkish state attacking the Reshawa region in Derelok and the vicinity of the Etute village in Zap, killing 6 civilians, the tally has gotten more severe. The Turkish state has killed 20 civilians within the span of one year.
• "A 'safe zone' under Turkish control a great threat to Kurds" 

  Kurdish political analyst Falah Salah said that the formation of a ‘safe zone’ in the north of Syria is unrealistic in practice, it runs counter to the interests of many countries, and the Kurdish people must take care before making progress.
• Turkish attack kills two young civilians in Zap, South Kurdistan 

  The Turkish state has killed two young civilians in Zap. 
• Two Kurdish kolbars injured in Rojhilat 

  Two Kurdish kolbars have been injured by the shooting of Iranian guards.
• HPG: The Turkish state deliberately targeted civilians 

  HPG Press Center issued a statement and said the Turkish state deliberately targeted civilians in the airstrike against Southern Kurdistan and that 4 civilians have lost their lives in the attacks.
• Two civilians dead, two others missing after Turkish air strike 

  The four civilians, all from the Rekane tribe, were reportedly targeted by Turkish jets while fishing in the region.
• Yagiz in critical condition, yet determined to continue 

  The hunger strike campaign to protest the aggravated isolation of the Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Ocalan, launched by the co-chair of the DTK, Leyla Guven, continues in the prisons of Turkey and North Kurdistan, Hewler, Wales, Strasburg, Toronto the
• Municipality workers in Rojhilat’s Mariwan continue to protest 

  The personnel of the municipality of Mariwan city in Rojhilat gathered for the second consecutive day in protest of their delayed salaries in front of the municipality building.
• Turkish helicopters bombed Bradost region in South Kurdistan 

  Last night the Turkish state helicopters bombed the Kewert, Bêsnok and Çiyadêl valleys of the Bradost region in South Kurdistan.
• From Kurdistan: To the democratic, revolutionary youth worldwide 

  we believe that without the liberation of Kurdistan, without the liberation of the soil in Kurdistan and without the up-building of the communal system of Democratic Confederalism at other places, the strong resistance of social movements is not possible.
• Yagiz resolute as his health deteriorates on day 63 

  Hunger strikes demanding the end of isolation regime on Abdullah Öcalan continue in Bashur, South Kurdistan.
• Maxmur and Shengal on hunger strike until isolation is broken 

  Hunger strikes against the isolation continue in Maxmur and Shengal.
• ISIS attacks Jalawla, flees when villagers resist 

  ISIS carried out another attack against Jalawla’s villages that have been in their crosshairs for a while. The attack was pushed back when villagers launched an armed resistance against the gangs.
• People flee ISIS terror in Khanaqin and Jalawla 

  The attacks of the terrorist militia Islamic State in Khanaqin, Jalawla and Tuz Khurmatu in northern Iraq continue. Because of the jihadist attacks at least 20 villages had to be abandoned.
• Turkish jets strike Sidekan in South Kurdistan 

  The Turkish state has increased its aerial attacks against southern Kurdistan, northern Iraq.
• Hunger strikes in Bashur continue: Yagiz reached critical stage 

  HDP member Nasir Yagiz has been on hunger strike in South Kurdistan for 61 days.
• KCK calls for further struggle against the occupation of Afrin 

  KCK reaffirmed its readiness to do their part to free Afrin and called for increased resistance to the occupation.
• HPG reports Turkish air strikes on Qandil, Xakurke and Zap 

  Turkish state continues its genocidal attacks in various parts of Kurdistan.
• Turkish jets bomb a village in Qandil 

  The Turkish state continues its genocidal attacks in various parts of Kurdistan.
• Yagiz: All Kurdish people should rise up 

  HDP Member Nasir Yagiz has been on a hunger strike for 60 days and his situation is critical. Yagiz said, “The people should rise up, and embrace the hunger strikers with the spirit of the Rojava Revolution and Leyla Guven’s resistance.”
• Turkish army operation in Cudi 

  The Turkish state continues its military operations across the Kurdish region.
• Hunger strikes in South Kurdistan continue 

  In Hewlêr, HDP Member Nasir Yagiz has been on hunger strike for 59 days and has reached a critical threshold.
• Life of Kurdish activists arrested in Rojhilat in great danger 

  The Democratic Platform of Iran's Movements and Peoples: The new intelligence and security files against Kurdish environmental activists by the regime’s intelligence are general conspiracies.