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• Halabja massacre: Thousands died in ten minutes 

  "Everything happened so fast. Thousands of people drew their last breath in ten minutes. Dead bodies were lying everywhere one looked. The rest left the city and took the migratory path. Those left to poverty and sickness were as many as the dead."
• Fierce clashes between the Turkish army and guerrillas in Xakurkê 

  Violent clashes are taking place between HPG, YJA Star guerrillas and Turkish soldiers that are attacking Southern Kurdistan.
• PYD visits PUK for Afrin 

  PYD Co-chair Şahoz Hesen has visited PUK with a delegation.
• HPG statement about Turkish attacks on Southern Kurdistan 

  HPG Press Office released a statement about the Turkish military attacks on Bradost region of Southern Kurdistan.
• Turkish state expands its invasion attacks in Southern Kurdistan 

  The invading Turkish state has launched attacks to expand its invasion in Bradost region in Southern Kurdistan that it taken under control in autumn.
• Turkish army shells Sidekan in Southern Kurdistan 

  Turkish army started shelling villages of Sidekan in Southern Kurdistan on Thursday.
• Refugees in Van are sent to Afrin 

  Hundreds of refugees aged between 15 and 25 that have been settled in Van are secretly sent to Afrin at night hours.
• Pro-Afrin demonstrations in Rojhilat and Iran 

  People took to the streets across Eastern Kurdistan (Rojhilat) and in Iranian capital city Tehran to protest against the Turkish state’s attacks on Afrin.
• Demonstration in solidarity with Afrin in Shengal 

  People of Shengal protested against Turkey's attacks on Afrin.
• Turkish warplanes bomb Medya Defense Zones 

  HPG Press Center reported attacks by the Turkish army in Northern and Southern Kurdistan territories.
• 4 soldiers killed as YJA-STAR hits operation forces in Gabar 

  YJA-STAR guerrillas hit the Turkish military units that launched an operation in Mount Gabar.
• 24 people jailed in Van 

  Turkish regime's political genocide operations against the Kurdish people continue increasingly.
• Iranian army ambushes kolbers: 1 killed, 4 wounded 

  Iranian army ambushed a group of kolbers (porters) on the Iran-Iraq border near Piranshar. One kolber was killed and four others were wounded.
• Flight ban on Kurdish airports to be lifted off soon 

  International flight ban imposed after the independence referendum in Southern Kurdistan will be lifted soon, an aide close to Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi said.
• HPG hits a military vehicle in Igdır: 8 soldiers dead 

  HPG Press Office stated that guerrillas carried out an action against a military vehicle in Igdır, killing 8 soldiers.
• IHD report: Turkish army executed four in Erzurum 

  Turkish soldiers executed four people instead of capturing them alive in Erzurum, a report by Human Rights Association said.
• 30 people detained in several villages of Van 

  As many as 30 people have been taken into custody during house raids in several villages of Van province, Northern Kurdistan.
• Six people detained amid curfew and military operation in Mardin 

  Six people were taken into custody in a village of Mardin following the declaration of curfew in the region Monday morning.
• In the footsteps of their son, who fell in Afrin 

  Başûr Soran fell in the resistance of Afrin. His parents made their way from Southern Kurdistan to Afrin to support the resistance.
• Two kolbers step on mines, two others freeze to death in Rojhilat 

  Two kolbers in Eastern Kurdistan were heavily wounded when they stepped on landmines and two others froze to death.
• Curfew declared in Mardin's Nusaybin district 

  A curfew was declared in Nusaybin’s Duruca village with the excuse of a military operation in Mardin.
• 4 killed, 8 detained during raid in a village of Erzurum 

  Turkish military forces killed 4 people and detained 8 others in a village of Erzurum.
• Turkish state forces set a house on fire during a raid 

  Turkish state forces set a house on fire during a raid in Karayazı district of Erzurum.
• Former HPD MP for Ağrı jailed 

  Former HPD MP for Ağrı, Mehmet Emin İlhan, who was taken into custody three days ago, has been jailed.
• KCK calls for a boycott of Turkish goods and tourism 

  The umbrella organization of the Kurdish freedom movement called for a boycott of Turkish goods and tourism in Turkey to deal a blow against the economy of Turkey, which is the engine of the war against the Kurds.