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• ‘Astana talks will fail’ 

  North Syria Democratic Federal System Execution Council announced that Astana talks are bound to fail and they would not be bounded by the results of a meeting that excludes them.
• Êzidî youths: We demand an autonomous and free Shengal 

  Youths from the Êzidî town of Shengal, South Kurdistan stated that they want an autonomous Shengal in order that their security and defense be secured.
• South Kurdistan youths: Qandil means honour and identity to us 

  Hundreds of youths from South Kurdistan went to Qandil to show support to guerrillas against the Turkish state's occupation attempts and collaboration and and gave the message “We are the guerrillas, guerrillas are us”.
• Turkish jets bomb villages and martyrs' cemetery in South Kurdistan 

  HPG reported that Turkish jets bombed Golika and Seferi villages in Amadiya district of Duhok city, South Kurdistan.
• Shengal Constituent Assembly: Our people demand to govern themselves 

  Shengal Constituent Assembly said preparations are underway for the autonomy of Shengal, urging that the legitimate demands of the Êzidî people must be recognized.
• 107 locations in 18 regions of Mardin declared 'security zone' for one year 

  The Turkish state continues to declare numerous territories as so-called security zones across North Kurdistan amid ongoing military and political operations against the Kurds.
• Two Turkish soldiers killed, two others wounded in Bitlis countryside 

  Two Turkish soldiers were killed and two others were wounded in Bitlis countryside. The soldiers are reported to be from Gendarme Special Forces (JÖH).
• State-appointed trustee targets education, culture and arts in Kayapınar 

  The trustee appointed to Amed’s Kayapınar Municipality transformed free schools into Qoran schools, and is planning to make Zarokistan Xalxalok, which offers pre-school education in Kurdish, a center of assimilation.
• Co-mayors of Nusaybin taken into custody 

  Nusaybin Co-mayors Cengiz Kök and Sara Kaya have been taken into custody alongside 6 other people today.
• After peshmergas, youths from South Kurdistan go to Qandil 

  Hundreds of young people from South Kurdistan are going to Qandil Mountain to support guerrillas and oppose Turkish occupation and collaboration.
• 16 detained as police raid the municipality and houses in Muradiye 

  Turkish police forces raided many houses and the municipality building in Van’s Muradiye district, and detained 16 people.
• 32 areas in Batman declared 'security zone' for one year 

  A total of 32 areas within the boundaries of the Batman province in North Kurdistan have been declared 'military security zone' for one year.
• "The Turkish state has no right to decide where the PKK will be" 

  Tevgera Azadi Co-chair Mihemed Abdullah stated that the Turkish state has no right or responsibility to push the PKK out of Shengal.
• 12 jailed in Siirt's Şirvan district 

  12 people recently detained during house raids in Siirt's Şirvan district, have been jailed.
• PJAK delegation visits Hizba Demokrata Kurdistanê administrators 

  PJAK Co-president Siyamend Muhenî and a delegation accompanying him visited Hizba Demokrata Kurdistanê administrators in Koyê yesterday.
• Trustee appointed to DBP-held Tutak Municipality in Ağrı 

  A trustee was appointed to the DBP-held Tutak Municipality in Ağrı after the police raid on the municipal building late yesterday evening.
• 28 people detained during house raids in Cizre 

  Turkish police detained 28 people during house raids in Şırnak's Cizre district.
• HPG reports ongoing Turkish airstrikes on Medya Defense Zones 

  HPG reported continued airstrikes by Turkish aircraft on guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in South Kurdistan territory.
• Deputies detained in Hewler released 

  Gorran MP Ali Heme Salih and Komala Islam MP Soran Ömer who were taken into custody in Hewler, have been released.
• Two MPs for Gorran and Komala Islam detained in Hewler 

  Gorran MP Ali Heme Salih and Komala Islam MP Soran Ömer have been taken into custody.
• Sakine, Fidan and Leyla commemorated in Makhmur 

  Kurdish revolutionaries Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez, who were murdered in Paris on January 9, 2013, have been commemorated at Martyr Rüstem Cudi Refugee Camp in Makhmur.
• This much “love” is too much for Sur! 

  The streets that once rang with children’s laughter are now vast empty spaces in Sur. Broken doors, streets filled with garbage and and demolished houses carry the weight of a great war.
• AKP starts employing paramilitary forces 

  The Palace regime is expanding the concept of the dirty war they have been waging. 30 thousand “armed village guards” are to be employed to be put on duty in cities in Kurdistan.
• 20 homes raided, at least 7 detained in Van 

  Special operations police have conducted almost 20 house raids in several neighborhoods in Van’s Ipekyolu district. At least 7 people were detained.
• "KDP must explain why Barzani was silent on Turkish PM's comments" 

  PUK Iraqi Parliament Deputy Mihemed Osman said KDP must explain why Masoud Barzani was silent against Binali Yıldırım’s comments of “PKK and PYD are terrorists”.