KURDISTAN

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• PUK announces acceptance of the election results 

  Saadi Ahmed Pira, spokesman for the Political Bureau of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, announced the acceptance of the Patriotic Union Kurdistan Parliament election’s results.
• Election results in Southern Kurdistan announced 

  Three weeks after the parliamentary elections in Southern Kurdistan, the results have been announced.
• Turkish army starts an operation in Şırnak countryside 

  The Turkish army continues with its operations across the Kurdish region.
• At least 15 Turkish soldiers killed in Mardin and Hakkari 

  HPG announced that at least 15 soldiers of the Turkish army have been killed in Mardin and Hakkari.
• Turkish military operation in Mardin 

  The Turkish army launched an operation in Mardin countryside.
• High prison sentence for Mayor of Van, Bekir Kaya 

  Bekir Kaya, imprisoned co-mayor of the Northern Kurdistan city of Van, has been sentenced to eight years and three months' imprisonment.
• Turkish airstrikes target civilian settlements in Qandil 

  The invading Turkish army continues its attacks against southern Kurdistan, northern Iraq.
• “Kolbarism is a result of discrimination against Rojhilat” 

  Lawyer to kolbars Huseyin Ahmediniyaz sent an open letter to the Iranian Interior Ministry Deputy Officer for Security who targeted the kolbars and said, “Kolbarism is a result of your discriminatory policies against Rojhilat for 40 years.”
• Turkish jets strike Zap 

  The occupant Turkish army continues its attacks against southern Kurdistan, northern Iraq.
• Turkish jets bomb villages in southern Kurdistan 

  Turkish air raids on northern Iraq continued.
• 4.9 earthquake in Kermanshah 

  An earthquake of 4.9 magnitude rocked the Qesra Shirin province in Kermanshah, Eastern Kurdistan.
• Control of Shengal's Tilezer village handed over to Yazidis 

  Control over the village of Tilezer in southern Kurdistan has been handed over to the Shengal Autonomous Assembly and the Yazidi security forces.
• AKP’s election campaign with military threats 

  The AKP has started the election campaign for the local elections in Turkey next year. In Başkale, Van people feel this mainly through threats from the state apparatus.
• HPG: One “agent” punished in Semdinli 

  HPG announced that they have punished one person who has had a role in many guerrilla deaths in the last two years in Hakkari’s Semdinli district.
• Explosion in Khanaqin: 1 dead, 4 wounded 

  There was a bomb attack against Hashdi Shaabi militia in the Kurdish province of Khanaqin, which was taken over by the Iraqi central government last year. One militiaman died in the attack while 4 others were wounded.
• Kermanshah residents to spend one more winter in tents 

  It has been 11 months since the devastating earthquake hit Kurdistan’s Kermanshah region in November 2017, but hundreds of survivors still live in tents.
• 32 fighters join the YBŞ in Shengal 

  With the completion of their basic training at the Şehîd Berxwedan Academy in the Shengal Mountains, 32 fighters joined the resistance units YBŞ.
• International conspiracy against Öcalan protested in Shengal 

  Protests against the international conspiracy against Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan, continue.
• Footage from Turkish vehicle destroyed by guerrillas 

  Guerrillas destroyed a Turkish construction equipment in Hakkari countryside.
• Wave of strikes in Iran and Rojhilat 

  Teachers, truckers, shopkeepers and prisoners have launched a strike in protest of the economic, political and social issues in Iran.
• Curfew in Bitlis 

  A new curfew was announced in Bitlis.
• HPG operation and action in Agri 

  HPG guerrillas released details on Martyr Pîroz and the Martyr Agirî Revolutionary Campaign.
• Eylem Kasim: Turkey is a prison 

  PAJK Prisons Committee Member Eylem Kasim spoke to the ANF.
• HPG hit Turkish invaders in North and South Kurdistan 

  HPG guerrillas carried out a number of successful strikes against the invading Turkish army both in North and South Kurdistan.
• Footage from guerrilla action in Çukurca 

  Gerîla TV has published footage from an action in which guerrillas hit Turkish soldiers in Çukurca district of Hakkari at 09:30 on October 9.