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• Four Turkish soldiers killed in Hakkari 

  HPG guerrillas killed four Turkish soldiers in Hakkari on Saturday.
• Sur families furious with grave looters 

  Families of young people who lost their lives during the resistance in Sur and were buried in the Yeniköy Cemetery are furious that the gravestones have been broken by the police.
• Gerîla TV releases footage from another action in Şemdinli 

  Gerîla TV has released footage from the action at Deştanê outpost in Çukurca, Northern Kurdistan.
• Turkish jets shell Mount Asos in Southern Kurdistan 

  Turkish warplanes conducted strikes on Mount Asos and surroundings within the boundaries of Southern Kurdistan.
• Police fired without clashes during the raid in Amed 

  Murat Çelik was murdered in his home in Kayapınar, while his wife and three children were there, and reports say he was executed when there were no clashes.
• Dêrin peshmergas: “Southern parties sacrificed the peshmergas” 

  Dêrin peshmergas: “The peshmerga didn't rupture in Kirkuk and other regions. What did rupture was the politicians who transformed the peshmerga from a force for the country, the land and the nation into peshmergas for parties, organizations, individuals."
• Turkish jets shell villages in Qandil 

  Turkish warplanes carried out bombardments on villages in Qandil, Southern Kurdistan.
• Gerîla TV releases footage from an action in Şemdinli 

  Gerîla TV has released footage from an action in which the Çeman outpost in Hakkari’s Şemdinli district was heavily hit by guerrillas yesterday morning.
• Turkey conducts airstrike on Zap 

  Turkish warplanes are bombing Zap region of Medya Defense Zones in Southern Kurdistan territory.
• Reports of casualties during police raid in Amed 

  The police raided a home in Amed. Gunfire was heard during the raid.
• Four people jailed in Urfa due to social media posts 

  4 out of the 11 people who had been detained in Urfa 14 days ago, have been jailed after appearing at court.
• The economic aspect of the invasion in Southern Kurdistan 

  With Southern Kurdistan losing control of the oil fields, the largest source of income, widespread economic crises may emerge soon.
• Details of the agreement between KRG and Baghdad 

  It came out that a six-point agreement was signed between the Kurdistan Regional Government and the Iraqi government following the talks held on October 29.
• At least 8 soldiers killed in Şemdinli 

  Many soldiers have been killed as result of an action by guerrillas in Şemdinli this morning.
• "Soldiers removed guerrilla bodies from graves, took them away" 

  Turkish soldiers have reportedly removed HPG guerrillas’ bodies from their graves and took them away.
• Teachers on a 12-day general strike in Southern Kurdistan 

  Southern Kurdistani teachers have taken to the streets for a 12-day general strike with the demand to have the issues of their salaries resolved.
• Iranian regime dispatches soldiers to Bashur and Bakur borders 

  The Iranian regime is dispatching soldiers to the Southern (Bashur) and Northern (Bakur) Kurdistan borders.
• Turkish jets strike civilian areas in Southern Kurdistan 

  Turkish fighter jets are shelling the village of Mixare and surroundings in Southern Kurdistan.
• 11-month prison sentence for HDP MP Ziya Pir 

  HDP Amed MP Ziya Pir has been sentenced to 11 months and 20 days in prison for criticizing the prosecutor that instructed the police raid against the Kurdish press and institutions in 2015.
• Surrendered places in Southern Kurdistan 

  The process centered around Kirkuk launched by the Iraqi army and the Hashd al-Shaabi on October 16 after the referendum held on September 25 continues at a great price to Kurds.
• New governor can’t be elected in Kirkuk 

  The City Council is unable to convene to elect a new governor in the place of the Kirkuk Governor Najmattin Karim who was removed from office.
• YBŞ-YJŞ fighters: We have foiled the invasion plan 

  YBŞ and YJŞ fighters say invasion and treason will no longer achieve results in Shengal and the Êzidî people have taken the necessary lessons from the past.
• Youth of Kurdistan starts “Rise Up!” campaign 

  Kurdish youth organizations Komalen Ciwan and Komalen Jinen Ciwan started “Rise Up!” campaign and called on all youth to take to the streets and resist against oppression.
• Landmine explodes on Sardasht border: One kolbar wounded 

  A kolbar (load carriers on the border for a fee) has been wounded in a landmine explosion on the border between Rojhilat (Eastern Kurdistan) and Bashûr (Southern Kurdistan).
• Pre-attack selfie in Hewlêr 

  One of the attackers who shot up the Kurdistan Regional Parliament, threatened to kill the MPs and battered journalists last night has posted a selfie of himself with Barzani’s advisor Hemîn Hewrami on social media.