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• Thousands gather for Öcalan’s freedom in Amed 

  Thousands of people flock to the rally held in Amed with the demand for Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan’s freedom.
• Operation and bombardment in Şırnak countryside 

  The operation launched by the Turkish army in Şırnak’s Besta region with the participation of large numbers of soldiers and village guards continues for one week amid aerial bombardments.
• Iranian regime detains six Kurds in Makû and Çaldiran 

  Kurdistan Human Rights Association announced that Iranian regime forces have detained 6 Kurds in Makû and Çaldiran.
• Turkish troops blockade villages of Mardin with tanks 

  Amid preparations for an operation in the countryside of Mardin province, Turkish army has blockaded villages in Nusaybin and Ömeryan regions with tanks.
• Bodies of three HPG members not given to their families 

  The bodies of three guerrillas who lost their lives in the clashes in Kulp have not been given to their families, who say the bodies might be tortured.
• Barbarity in Yüksekova: Cemetery attacked for the fifth time 

  Special operations police have attacked the cemetery in Yüksekova, Hakkari for the fifth time since 2016's curfew and military onslaught period.
• Iraqi parliament cuts Kurdistan share in 2018 federal budget 

  Iraq’s parliament approved the 2018 federal budget which slashes the Kurdish share of the country’s revenue.
• Iranian regime sentences two Kurdish political prisoners to death 

  Kurdish political prisoners Diyako Resulzade and Sabîr Şêx Ebdullah have been sentenced to death by the Iranian regime.
• Goran leader holds Barzani responsible for the situation in South 

  Omar Sayyid Eli, the leader of the Goran Movement in Southern Kurdistan held KDP’s leader Masoud Barzani responsible for the recent losses of Kurds in Iraq.
• Iranian police confiscate mobile phones over Kurdish symbols 

  Iranian police started to confiscate mobile phones over Kurdish symbols spotted on them during searches at checkpoints, locals say.
• Four people jailed in Çukurca 

  Out of the 11 people who had been detained in house raids in Çukurca, 4 have been jailed.
• Footage from the historic action against Çeman outpost released 

  Gerîla TV has released footage from the action against Çeman outpost in Hakkari’s Şemdinli district.
• State ammunition becomes “toys”, killing 18 Kurdish children 

  The ammunition state forces leave out in the open after their genocidal attacks in Kurdistan are causing children’s deaths.
• Turkish courts arrest Kurdish politicians, release ISIS members 

  Turkish courts continue to imprison Kurdish politicians and release ISIS members.
• KDP media continues making Shengal a target for Turkey 

  Revealing its animosity and hatred against the Êzidîs at every possible opportunity, the KDP media continues pointing Shengal as a target for the Turkish state.
• KDP parliamentarian resigns from the party group 

  KDP parliamentarian Arî Hersîn announced resigning from his party group and founding a new group.
• Iranian border guards torture a 13-year-old to death 

  Iranian regime forces tortured a 13 years old child to death at the border between Rojhilat (Eastern) and Bakurê (Northern) Kurdistan.
• Southern Kurdistan’s daily oil revenue loss at 40 million dollars 

  Southern Kurdistan’s daily losses have exceeded 40 million dollars, and monthly losses are over 1 billion 200 million dollars.
• Gorran: KDP, PUK have caused calamities, government should resign 

  The Gorran Movement demands the Hewler government led by Nechirvan Barzani to resign. Gorran wants a “National Rescue Government” to be founded to negotiate with Baghdad.
• 5-year-old child hit by the soldiers in Batman loses his life 

  Burak Ilhan (5) was hit by a soldier in Batman and has since lost his life.
• Barzani admits: “We handed Kirkuk over” 

  KDP Leader Barzani stated that they “peacefully” handed over the areas invaded by the Hashd al-Shaabi and he personally worked to ensure the peshmerga don’t fight.
• Iran scouts in Asos, Turkey bombs, PUK silent 

  Reports say Iranian aircrafts carried out scouting missions on Asos Mountain near Sulaymaniyah , Turkish jets bombed the area while the PUK has remained silent.
• 60 peshmergas killed in clashes in disputed areas 

  60 peshmergas were killed and 150 others were wounded in clashes with the Iraqi army and affiliated Hashd al-Shaabi militia in disputed areas, according to Southern Kurdistan Ministry of Peshmerga.
• UPDATE: Twin bombings kill ten militias in Kirkuk 

  Ten militias were killed and ten wounded in two separate bombing attacks in Kirkuk. 
• Massacre in Deir ez-Zor: Death toll rises to 200 

  The death toll of the yesterday’s attack by ISIS gangs rose to 200, local sources say.