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• Maxmur residents condemn the KDP attack on guerrillas, calling for an end to betrayal 

  In Şehîd Rûstem Cûdî Camp, residents protested the KDP's attack on the guerrilla together with the occupying Turkish state and called on the Kurdish people to take a stance for national unity against betrayal.
• ‘The freedom fighters who resisted in Kobanê also took revenge for Shengal’ 

  Making a statement on the 9th anniversary of the liberation of Kobanê, the Democratic Autonomous Administration of Shengal said, "The guerrillas and freedom fighters who resisted in Kobanê also took revenge for Shengal."
• Production in Kormor gas field stopped 

  It has been reported that production in the Kormor gas field, which was the target of a missile attack in Sulaymaniyah, in South Kurdistan, has stopped.
• 25 young people join the Êzîdxan Asayish 

  25 people who graduated after the training at the Martyr Shengal Academy joined the Êzîdxan Asayish. Addressing the Yazidi youth, Ebdo Elî, from the Academy, said: “The Yazidi nation is entrusted to our youth. It is up to us to defend them."
• Turkey bombs village in Amediye 

  The Turkish Air Force bombed a village in Amediye, South Kurdistan. The bombs fell in the immediate vicinity of an estate located in the same town where a guerrilla group was ambushed by the KDP on Wednesday.
• Iranian Supreme Court upholds Kurdish political prisoner’s death sentence 

  38-year-old Kurdish political prisoner Yousef Ahmadi, from Baneh in Kurdistan Province, faces imminent execution following the court’s confirmation.
• HPG: Two guerrillas were injured in KDP ambush 

  HPG reported that two guerrillas were injured in an ambush by a KDP force in the Sergelê district in southern Kurdistan. The scene of the confrontation was then bombed by the Turkish army.
• Mass grave used as garbage dump 

  A mass grave was discovered in Xîzan, in North Kurdistan, in 2011. Instead of carrying out forensic investigations, all that happens is that the city administration dumps garbage and building rubble over the bones of those murdered.
• 41 Yazidis killed by ISIS in 2014 laid to rest in Shengal 

  The bodies of 41 Yazidis who were murdered in the attack on Shengal carried out by the Islamic State in 2014 were finally laid to rest.
• KDP troops attack HPG guerrillas in southern Kurdistan 

  HPG guerrillas have been attacked by KDP troops near the town of Amadiya in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq).
• Activists in Shengal organize collective readings of books by Abdullah Öcalan 

  In Dihola, in Shengal, Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan's books are read with the slogan "Wherever my defenses are, I am there."
• HPG denies Turkish allegations of casualties in guerrilla ranks 

  HPG denied Turkish allegations that 19 of their members were killed in air strikes in guerrilla areas, stating that the Turkish state and is once again relying on lies to deceive the public opinion.
• Iran kills 4 kolbars, executes 34 Kurdish prisoners in one month 

  The Kurdistan Human Rights Network announced that 4 kolbars were killed, 34 Kurdish prisoners were executed and 45 activists were detained by the Iranian state in the last month.
• Young people in Van rally against Turkish state's special war policy  

  A rally against the Turkish state's special war policy took place in Van. The DEM party's youth council said that it would defend the city's neighbourhoods against drug trafficking and other forms of special warfare.
• Earthquake of magnitude 4.0 in Van 

  An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.0 occurred in Van.
• Yet another kolbar killed by Iranian regime forces 

  Apart from systematic attacks directed against them, kolbars are struggling to make a living under harsh weather conditions, dangerous geographical locations and mines.
• Turkish state establishes a new base in Duhok 

  Turkey continues to expand its military presence in the Kurdistan region of Iraq and has established a new military base in the Duhok region.
• Gerîla TV publishes footage of 3 actions in Serhat  

  Gerîla TV published footage of 3 actions held in Serhed last year.
• TAJÊ pays tribute to Kurdish revolutionary Firyal Süleyman Halid 

  TAJÊ organized a press conference for the Kurdish revolutionary woman Firyal Süleyman Halid, who was murdered in an armed attack in Kirkuk on 18 January.
• KCK: Let’s raise the struggle against genocidal attacks 

  KCK calls on the international public opinion to be sensitive to the policies of sacrificing the Kurdish people to the interests of hegemonic powers, not to remain silent and to take an effective stance.
• Turkish army launches operation in Lice 

  Turkish army launched a military operation against rural neighbourhoods in the north of Lice district of Amed (Diyarbakır).
• Tevgera Azadi condemns assassination in Kirkuk, calls for arrest of 'terrorists' 

  South Kurdistan-based Tevgera Azadî (Freedom Movement) condemned the assassination of revolutionary pioneer woman Feryal Silêman Xalid (Zelal Zagros) in Kirkuk and demanded the arrest of the attackers.
• HPG pays tribute to guerrillas Serxwebûn Serhed and Rizgar Çavreş  

  HPG guerrillas Serxwebûn Serhed and Rizgar Çavreş fell in the Zap region of South Kurdistan. They formed the vanguard of the revolutionary guerrilla operation against the Turkish forces last Friday.
• Gerîla TV publishes footage of Martyr Helmet Revolutionary Operation in Zap 

  Gerîla TV published footage of the Martyr Helmet Revolutionary Operation carried out in Zap on 12 January 2024.
• HPG: Guerrillas stopped several attempts by the Turkish army to advance in Zap 

  According to HPG information, the guerrillas stopped several attempts by the Turkish army to advance in the Zap region, and a drone loaded with explosives was shot down in an attack. Turkish fighter jets have bombed the guerrilla areas several times.