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• Villages depopulated due to Turkish military occupation in southern Kurdistan 

  Turkey has established ten military bases in the Sheladize town of southern Kurdistan, leading to displacement of the local people.
• 16 days alone in Zap 

  Guerrilla Çekdar Baz lost contact with his unit in the Zap region last autumn and had to hide alone from Turkish troops for 16 days. “People can stay on their feet without water and food, but not without hope," he says.
• HDP condemns assassination of Hüseyin Arasan 

  The HDP condemned the assassination of Hüseyin Arasan, a member of the Mesopotamia Workers' Association in Sulaymaniyah, and called for those responsible to be found.
• Hüseyin Arasan, who was attacked in Sulaymaniyah on Friday, died this morning 

  Hüseyin Arasan, a member of the Mesopotamian Workers' Association, who was attacked in Sulaymaniyah on Friday, died today.
• Police violence during house raids in Cizre 

  Police stormed homes in Cizre and detained numerous people, including minors. In one of the flats raided in the operation, the brutal police action was filmed.
• Armed attack against a member of Mesopotamia Workers’ Association in Sulaymaniyah 

  Huseyin Arasan, a native of Mardin, was seriously injured and hospitalized after an armed attack in Sulaymaniyah.
• HPG pays tribute to guerrilla Zerdeşt Başûrî  

  Guerrilla Zerdeşt Başûrî from Sulaymaniyah fell in the resistance against the Turkish invasion in South Kurdistan. The Turkish army has bombed the Medya Defense Zones 110 times in two days.
• Two people sent to prison in Cizre 

  Two of the people taken into custody in the house raid in Cizre on Wednesday morning were sent to prison because of the statements made by a secret witness against them.
• Turkish state cuts down four million trees in southern Kurdistan 

  The leader of the Green Party of Kurdistan, Milko Bazyani, reported the Turkish occupation forces have cut down at least four million trees in the region of Behdinan alone.
• No news about two guerrillas wounded and captured by the Turkish state 

  There is no news about the two guerrillas who were wounded and captured during the clashes with the Turkish state forces, which intensified their attacks despite the decision of inaction taken by the HPG. Families are worried.
• 5-year-old child killed by Turkish military vehicle in Yüksekova 

  A five-year-old child was hit by an armored vehicle driven by a specialist sergeant from Yüksekova District Gendarmerie Command.
• 'One of the plans to annihilate the Yazidi people is to prevent their return to Shengal' 

  Shengal Autonomous Council Vice Co-Chair Hisen Sado said that the invading Turkish state attacked the people of Shengal as part of its plans aiming at the evacuation of the Yazidi town.
• 307 IDPs return to Shengal and Nineveh 

  The Iraqi Ministry of Immigration announced that 307 refugees from the Sarya Camp in Duhok have returned to Shengal and Nineveh.
• 'It is everyone's duty to stand up for Öcalan' 

  The Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Committee member Şoreş Xidir calls on every Kurdish individual to put pressure on the Turkish state to end the isolation imposed on the Kurdish leader.
• YRK fighter martyred in Turkish drone attack 

  YRK stated that the Turkish state continued its deadly attacks on the region of Mount Asos in the Iraq-Iran border region.
• 59 more families from Shengal return home 

  59 families who were displaced after the ISIS attack on Shengal in 2014 and had been living in a camp since, have returned home.
• Gendarmerie and police attack a village in Şırnak 

  In the village of Oyalı in İdil, Şırnak, the inhabitants were attacked by the military and police, and their electricity is to be cut off.
• Ünver: The resistance in Maxmur was successful but the dangers are still there 

  Martyr Rûstem Cûdî Refugee Camp Foreign Relations Committee member Bêwar Ünver said that the Maxmur resistance was successful but the danger still continues and drew attention to the pressures of the Iraqi state.
• HPG press center releases identities of two guerrillas who fell in Botan 

  The HPG press center released the identities of guerrillas Xemgîn Hêşetî and Abbas Herekol, who fell as martyrs in Botan in 2022.
• Iranian soldiers kill a kolbar 

  Iranian soldiers killed a 20-year-old kolbar on the border of the city of Bane.
• 19 young men join Yazidi Asayish forces in Shengal 

  19 people trained in the Martyr Dijwar Term at Shengal Academy completed their cycle with a military ceremony and officially joined the Yazidi Asayish forces in an oath-taking ceremony.
• Autonomous Administration of Shengal welcomes those who return home 

  The Autonomous Administration of Shengal welcomes citizens returning home. An environmental cleaning campaign has been launched in Tilqeseb sub-district under the leadership of Autonomous Administration institutions to welcome the returnees.
• HPG: Sinan, Mazlum and Ararat fell as martyrs in South Kurdistan 

  Guerrilla commander Sinan Dijwar and fighters Mazlum Koçer and Ararat Tolhildan fell as martyrs in an attack in South Kurdistan in March.
• Turkish drone attack kills one person and injures another in Sulaymaniyah region 

  An unmanned aerial vehicle belonging to the Turkish state bombed the Qelereş Valley in the Sharbajêr region of Sulaymaniyah. One person died and another person was injured.
• Iraqi army withdraw from Maxmur  

  Maxmur Democratic People's Assembly said that as a result of the agreement reached, the Iraqi army withdrew from around the camp and the people's vigil came to an end.