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• Gerîla TV releases footage from an action in Çukurca 

  Gerîla TV has released footage from an action in which 7 soldiers of the Turkish army were killed in Hakkari countryside.
• Trustee’s men attack the people in Van 

  The trustee appointed to the Van’s Ipekyolu District Municipality Cemil Öztürk ordered the municipal police to attack the street peddlers, shopkeepers and the people. In the scuffle, 5 municipal police officers were wounded.
• KRG’s response to Iraq: We will not cancel the referendum 

  The Southern Kurdistan Administration has rejected Iraq’s call to cancel the independence referendum.
• Flags in Sulaymaniyah at half mast for Mam Jalal 

  Flags of Iraq and Southern Kurdistan are flown at half mast in Sulaymaniyah due to the passing of prominent Kurdish politician Jalal Talabani.
• Charges pressed on Cizre massacre dismissed 

  Charges had been pressed for each one of the 34 people massacred in the basements of resistance during the Cizre self-government resistances. The charges have been dismissed for “the incident has justification compliant with the law.”
• PKK: Mam Celal will be remembered in the struggle for Kurdistan 

  PKK stated that Kurdish politician Mam Jalal who has passed away on Tuesday will always be remembered in the freedom struggle of the people of Kurdistan.
• Kurdish politician Jalal Talabani passes away 

  Kurdish politician and Iraqi former President Jalal Talabani has passed away.
• Kirkuk Kurds refute Erdoğan 

  The citizens of Kirkuk protested Tayyip Erdoğan’s recent comments denying the Kurdish existence, “You are not there in Kirkuk”.They said: “The İmam Kasım neighborhood was where Kirkuk was founded, and it has been Kurdish since the day it was built.”
• HPG: 69 Turkish soldiers killed in Ağrı 

  HPG Press Office reported that 69 soldiers of the Turkish army were killed in operations carried out by guerrillas in the countryside of Ağrı’s Doğubayazıt district.
• Demolition of buildings completed in Sur’s Alipaşa neighbourhood 

  The Turkish state completed forced demolition of buildings and started base constructions in  Alipaşa neighbourhood of Amed’s historic Sur district.
• KRG: We are deeply disappointed in the US statement on referendum 

  Responding to the statement by Secretary Tillerson who had announced that “The U.S. does not recognize the independence referendum”, Spokesperson of the Southern Kurdistan Region Presidency said: “We deeply disappointed in the statement.”
• 'Kurds’ most powerful weapon against threats is national unity' 

  “National unity is the Kurdish people’s most powerful weapon against the threats by neighbouring countries” Hewre Penam, a prominent Kurdish intellectual in South Kurdistan said.
• Binarê Qendîl people: We can achieve independence through unity 

  Residents of the Qendîl region called on all political parties in South Kurdistan for unity.
• HPG: Several Turkish soldiers killed in Agri 

  People’s Defence Forces (HPG) released a statement about the ongoing clashes in Agri and said that several Turkish soldiers were killed.
• Van governate declares slain taxi driver as “PKK member” 

  The Van governate released a statement and claimed that the slain taxi driver Zafer Ceylan is a member of the PKK.
• Barzani and Ebadi to meet in Paris on October 4 

  Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi and KDP leader Massoud Barzani will meet in Paris on October 4.  It will be the first contact between the two leaders after the independence referendum in South Kurdistan.
• KCK’s Varto: There is no solution but national unity for Kurds 

  There is no solution other than national unity for Kurds, a member of KCK’s Foreign Affairs Committee, Serhad Varto said in a meeting with Kurdish intellectuals in Sulaymaniyah.
• Graves of PKK members attacked in Iğdır 

  Racist attacks on the cemeteries of Kurdish freedom fighters continue across Turkey.
• Secretary of Southern Kurdistan Parliament resigns 

  The secretary of Southern Kurdistan Parliament, Fakhradin Qadir, resigned from his post to protest two years-long closure of parliament by Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and Southern Kurdistan presidency.
• Yuksekova explosion kills child, wounds another 

  An explosion killed one child and wounded another on Saturday in Yuksekova, a district of Hakkari province.
• Turkish army suffers losses in Ağrı countryside 

  Turkish troops that started an operation in Ağrı countryside have suffered losses in clashes with guerrillas. According to the Turkish media, 2 soldiers and 2 village guards were killed and 8 soldiers were wounded.
• Teachers in Southern Kurdistan to take to the streets again 

  Teachers in Southern Kurdistan will hold demonstrations to protest the delay of salary payment due to the economic crisis.
• Two detained by Turkish police at slain taxi driver’s funeral 

  Two relatives of slain taxi driver were arrested by Turkish police at the funeral ceremony in Van.
• Free Women’s Movement (TJA) member Bağrıyanık detained 

  Turkish police detained a prominent member of Free Women's Movement (TJA) in Van yesterday (Sep. 29).
• Turkish aerial activity in Qandil 

  Reports are coming through of Turkish aerial activity over Qandil region of Medya Defense Zones as the Turkish army continues its military activities and attacks against Southern Kurdistan territory.