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• Shengal: Êzidxan stands with Afrin, we are ready to do our part 

  Shengal Executive Council protested the threats and attacks against Afrin by the Turkish state and said, “Everybody should know that the Êzîdxan stands with Afrin. We are prepared to do our part for Afrin.”
• Iranian regime detains two engineers in Rojhilat 

  As the wave of arrests continues in Iran following the popular uprising against the regime, two engineers have been detained in Eastern Kurdistan most recently.
• Baghdad and Hewlêr agree on 6 points regarding airports 

  Baghdad and Hewler have reached an agreement on 6 points regarding the airports in Southern Kurdistan.
• 18 detained in house raids in Amed 

  18 people have been taken into custody during house raids in Amed.
• Footage shows Kurdish guerrillas targeting a Sikorsky helicopter 

  GerillaTV released footage of an action that shows HPG guerrillas targeting a Sikorsky helicopter.
• Eleven Turkish soldiers killed in Hakkari 

  People’s Defence Forces (HPG) guerrillas killed at least eleven Turkish soldiers in rural Cukurca, a district of Hakkari province.
• Bodies of 282 martyred Kurdish fighters not given to families 

  The Turkish state’s enmity towards the dead bodies of Kurds continues. 282 bodies of Kurdish fighters who were martyred during clashes were not given to their families and were buried in cemeteries of the nameless instead.
• Iranian regime tortures and murders another young Kurd 

  The Iranian regime has tortured and murdered another young Kurd who had been detained for participating in the protests in the country. The young man named Kiyanûş Zendî who was held in the Sinê Prison was tortured and murdered.
• The Guerrilla resists with spirit of sacrifice 

  The guerrillas in the front line in Xakurkê say the Guerilla resists with the spirit of sacrifice and that the invasion attacks of the Turkish state won’t achieve results.
• Turkish army withdraws from Siro Hill in Southern Kurdistan 

  The Turkish army has had to withdraw from Tepê Siro (Siro Hill) as a result of effective actions by HPG and YJA-Star guerillas.
• Turkish soldiers destroy a cemetery in Mus 

  Following the Garzan Cemetery in Bitlis, the Ismail Ronahi Cemetery in the Kolan village in Varto, Muş has been demolished by soldiers with construction equipment. There is no information as to whether the bodies are still buried or not.
• Military dispatch by the Iraqi army to Kurdish neighborhoods 

  The Iraqi army has dispatched new military equipment to Kurdish neighborhoods in Tuz Khurmatu.
• HDP’s Zeydan sentenced to eight years in prison 

  A Turkish court sentenced Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) MP Abdullah Zeydan to eight years in prison.
• Two Turkish soldiers killed in Sirnak 

  HPG guerrillas killed two Turkish in Gabar mountains in Sirnak.
• Three arrested by Turkish police in Diyarbakir 

  Turkish police arrested three people in Dicle, a district of Diyarbakir province.
• Turkish soldiers attack Fidan Doğan commemoration 

  Turkish soldiers attacked the commemoration held by Fidan Doğan’s grave.
• Besê Hozat: The Paris Massacre will be called to account 

  KCK Executive Council Co-chair Besê Hozat stressed that the Paris Massacre had been ordered directly by Erdogan and that it will be heavily called to account.
• KNK visits PUK for national unity workshop 

  As a part of preparations to organize a national unity workshop in Southern Kurdistan, a delegation from KNK visited the PUK.
• Two Kurds killed in Kirkuk 

  Two Kurds have been murdered in a shooting in Kirkuk.
• Turkish war planes hit civilians again 

  The invading Turkish army bombed civilian residential areas in Diyana yesterday. Villagers in Başurê Kurdistan condemn the silence of KDP and Barzani in the face of attacks.
• Barzani protects Turkish state 

  Kurdistan Regional Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani protected Turkey despite their invasion attacks and said, “Turkey is an important country for the Kurdistan Region.”
• Turkish warplanes bomb a village in Southern Kurdistan 

  Turkish warplanes bombed Pirbula village near Zakho Monday afternoon.
• KCK: France should put perpetrators of Paris killings on trial 

  KCK called upon the French administration to put Turkish president Erdogan and MIT officials on trial for their role in the killing of three Kurdish woman revolutionaries in Paris.
• Turkish army prepares for major military operations in Kurdistan 

  Turkey declared many areas in Bitlis and Sirnak as “forbidden zones”. Locals report that Turkish army prepares for a military operation in Kurdish cities.
• 51 wounded in the earthquake in Kermanshah 

  Saturday night’s 5.1 magnitude earthquake in Rojhilat has wounded 51 people, three of them seriously.