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• Mother Taybet remembered in Silopi: “The Kurds you have denied are everywhere today” 

  Eight years after the brutal death of Taybet Inan, a memorial service was held in Silopi. The 57-year-old was shot dead out in the street and her body could not be retrieved for seven days.
• Containers of solidarity associations in earthquake-hit Adıyaman demolished 

  In Adıyaman, the containers of associations and institutions organising activities for women and children and trying to reduce the traces of the earthquake were demolished by the governorate's orders.
• HPG reports Turkish attacks with tactical nuclear bomb and banned explosives 

  HPG Press Centre announced that guerrilla positions in Medya Defence Zones were bombed once with tactical nuclear bombs and 53 times with banned explosives, while the guerrillas continued their actions.
• More young people join the PKK ranks 

  Nine young people announced their participation in the ranks of the PKK, saying: "We will lead a free and moral life shoulder to shoulder with our comrades fighting in the free mountains."
• HPG pays tribute to three fallen guerrillas 

  Guerrillas Dijwar Şervan, Kendal Cûdî and Ernesto Che Guevara died while resisting the Turkish occupation in Metîna. The guerrillas were leading militants of the Kurdish freedom movement and fought against ISIS and the Turkish army.
• Academics and politicians from Kurdistan evaluate new Social Contract  

  Academics and politicians from Kurdistan evaluated the new Social Contract of Northern and Eastern Syria and said that it protects the interests of the people.
• Turkey bombs villages in Amadiya, South Kurdistan 

  The Turkish state continues its genocidal attacks against the Kurdish people and their lands in various parts of Kurdistan.
• Gerîla TV publishes video of action by Kurdistan Freedom Guerilla in Ermuş 

  The video of the action of sabotage in which the Kurdistan Freedom Guerilla killed 2 Turkish soldiers in Ermuş was broadcast on Gerîla TV.
• New guerrillas call for the expansion of the struggle for freedom 

  20 young people who have just joined the guerrilla ranks in response to the genocidal policies of the Turkish state and completed their training, called for the expansion of the freedom struggle against the exploitation of Kurdistan.
• PAJK: Revolutionary people's war is the only way against special war 

  The coordination of PAJK said: "If we rely on an intensified people's war, success against the expanded special war is possible for us."
• Yazidi boy kidnapped by ISIS in 2014 and freed by Rojava security forces in November, returns home 

  Young Yazidi boy who was kidnapped by ISIS mercenaries in 2014, was freed by Rojava security forces. He is now back in Shengal.
• HPG guerrilla Gelhat: We will never surrender to the invaders 

  "As long as there is even one single guerrilla left, the enemy will not be able to live comfortably in the mountains of Kurdistan. Let the Turkish state know that we will never surrender to the invaders,” said HPG member Gelhat Gabar.
• Gerîla TV releases footage of action carried out by guerrillas in Zap 

  Gerîla TV shared the footage of the action carried out by the guerrillas in Zap.
• Body of HPG guerrilla handed over to his family after 2 years 

  The body of Tolhildan Hîzan (Mahsum Yılmaz), an HPG guerrilla who was martyred in Garzan 2 years ago, was received by his family.
• Guerrillas shoot down Turkish explosive-laden drone 

  According to the HPG, guerrillas shot down a Turkish army drone loaded with explosives during an attack flight in the guerrilla areas.
• Besê Raperîn, a martyr in love with freedom 

  Besê Raperîn, who fell a martyr by striking heavy blows against the enemy until her last breath, became a symbol of labour, honesty and sacrificial participation from the moment she joined the PKK.
• HPG pays tribute to two fallen guerrillas 

  The HPG has published information on the identity and circumstances of death of guerrillas Herekol Hezex and Kurtay Şerzan who fell as martyrs in North Kurdistan.
• Determination, the secret weapon in the hands of guerrillas 

  In the western Zap region, guerrilla’s actions take place every day.
• DBP District co-chair taken into custody in Nusaybin 

  DBP District co-chair Remziye Bayhan was taken into custody following a house raid in Nusaybin, in the province of Mardin in the morning.
• Guerrillas continue their actions against Turkish forces 

  HPG and YJA Star guerrillas continue inflicting blows on the Turkish occupation army in Kurdistan, confronting brutal Turkish attacks, including with chemical weapons.
• Member of DEM Party killed in armed attack in Şırnak 

  A local administrator of the DEM Party in Şırnak countryside, Ahmet Gün, lost his life as a result of an armed attack on his car.
• Gerîla TV publishes footage of action by YJA Star guerrillas 

  Footage of an action by the YJA Star guerrillas was published on the online portal Gerîla TV.
• 30th group of residents takes over vigil for Öcalan in Maxmur 

  The 30th group of residents took over the vigil organized to protest the heavy isolation imposed on Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan at the Martyr Rustem Cudi Refugee Camp in Maxmur.
• HPG pays tribute to guerrillas Raperîn and Tolhildan  

  Zinar Raperîn and Akif Tolhildan fought against ISIS and the Turkish army. The guerrillas died in July in the Zap region of South Kurdistan. The HPG paid tribute to the two guerrillas.
• HPG reports ongoing guerrilla resistance and Turkish attacks 

  HPG and YJA Star guerrillas continue inflicting heavy blows on the Turkish occupation army in Kurdistan, confronting brutal Turkish attacks, including with chemical weapons.