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• Bodies removed from Garzan still not delivered to families 

  No developments have come after the Bitlis Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office announced that the bodies removed from the Garzan Cemetery would be delivered to the families.
• Kurdish mayor sentenced to ten years in prison 

  The co-mayor of Edremit, Sevil Rojbin Çetin, and two other Kurdish politicians have been sentenced to ten years in prison each in Van.
• Two soldiers killed in Şemdinli 

  HPG guerrillas hit Turkish soldiers in the countryside of Hakkari. Two soldiers were killed and two others were wounded.
• The only Chaldean in Silopi: “We will not abandon our village” 

  The only Chaldean in Silopi Petrus Karatay who was arrested for 11 days: They burned our village and our cemetery down several times. We won’t abandon our village to anybody. Whatever the circumstances, we will continue with our rightful struggle.”
• “The Afrin resistance will bring the end of Erdoğan” 

  Cizire Canton Foreign Relations Officer Co-chair Ebdulkerim Ömer protested the Turkish state’s invasion attacks against Afrin and said, “The Afrin resistance and the success will bring the end of Erdoğan and his rule.”
• Kurds consider Turkey's Afrin attacks as “against them” 

  SAMER ran a poll in Diyarbakır asking people about the operation launched by the TAF and the groups under their control. 83.2% of Diyarbakır residents think the operations are “targeting Kurds and their gains”.
• DTK Co-chair jailed after 9 days in custody 

  DTK Co-chair Leyla Güven has been imprisoned after 9 days in custody for protesting against the Turkish state’s operation against Afrin and her political works.
• One soldier killed, another wounded in clash in Ağrı 

  One Turkish soldier was killed and another wounded in a clash in the countryside of Ağrı province.
• Thousands march for Afrin in Halabja 

  Thousands of Halabja residents have taken to the streets in support of the resistance in Afrin.
• People of Binare Qandil protest Turkish attacks on Afrin 

  People of Binare Qandil protested the Turkish state’s attacks on Afrin and saluted the resistance mounted against invasion.
• Youth march from Sulaymaniyah to Semelka for Afrin 

  Southern Kurdistan Patriotic Youth’s Movement and Revolutionary Women’s Movement are staging a march from from Sulaymaniyah to Semelka in solidarity with the resistance against Turkish invasion in Afrin.
• Gorran leaves parliamentary session in protest for Afrin 

  Gorran Movement has left a session in the parliament because of the failure to give the necessary support for Afrin.
• Youth from Eastern and Southern Kurdistan join Afrin resistance 

  Eastern and Southern Kurdistani youth have mobilized in the face of the Turkish state and gangs attacking to invade Afrin, and issued a statement announcing that they will be joining the resistance front.
• DTK Co-chair Güven in custody for 8 days 

  Detention period has been extended for DTK Co-chair Leyla Güven who is held in custody for 8 days.
• PUK’s Mele Bextiyar condemns Turkish attacks on Afrin 

  PUK Politbureau Member Mele Bextiyar condemned the Turkish state’s invasion attacks against Afrin and said, “The Turkish state has been attacking the Kurdish people for days, these attacks have no rightful cause.”
• Thousands protest in Sulaymaniyah against attacks on Afrin 

  Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in several cities in southern Kurdistan to protest against the Turkish invasion attacks on Afrin.
• Tens of thousands march in Sulaymaniyah for Afrin 

  By the call of the “Afrin Front”, founded recently by intellectuals, writers, NGO representatives and a group of MPs, a march was held today in Suleymaniye with tens of thousands of people for Afrin.
• Turkish warplanes bomb Asos region in Southern Kurdistan 

  Turkish warplanes bombed the Sharbajêr area close to Zelan district’s Asos region in Sulaymaniyah last night at 03.30.
• Kurdish teachers go on strike in Southern Kurdistan 

  Kurdish teachers in Sulaymaniyah go on strike against delayed payments and austerity measures by the Kurdistan Region Government.
• KNK announces final resolution for Southern Kurdistan workshop 

  The final resolution for the national unity workshop held by the KNK in Sulaymaniyah for Southern Kurdistan has been announced.
• National unity workshop continues on second day 

  The Southern Kurdistan national unity workshop held by the KNK in Suleymaniye continues on its second day.
• Mass grave found in Kirkuk 

  Iraqi forces found a mass grave containing remains of dozens of civilians and soldiers ISIS gangs in Kirkuk.
• National unity workshop starts in South Kurdistan 

  Kurdistan National Congress’ workshop on national unity started in Sulaymaniyah in Southern Kurdistan.
• KCK salutes the Afrin resistance 

  KCK underlined that; ““The resistance of Afrin will prevail, the AKP-MHP fascism will be defeated, and the peoples of Syria and the Middle East will attain a free and democratic life.”
• Kalkan: “The Afrin resistance will spread throughout Kurdistan” 

  PKK Executive Committee Member Duran Kalkan spoke in the graduation ceremony of guerrilla candidates who joined the ranks of HPG and YJA-Star, and said: “We will mobilize to defend Afrin.”