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• Guerrillas celebrate the PKK’s founding anniversary in the mountains of Kurdistan 

  Amidst the increasingly ongoing attacks of the Turkish state, guerrillas celebrated the founding anniversary of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), on 27 November 1978.
• Gerîla TV broadcasts footage of action against the Turkish army in Girê Hakkarî  

  Gerîla TV broadcast footage of a guerrilla’s action against the Turkish army in the Girê Hakkarî Resistance Area.
• At least 17 soldiers' bodies brought to Hakkari 

  It has been reported that at least 17 of the soldiers who died during the invasion attacks carried out by the invading Turkish state in Southern Kurdistan were transported to Hakkari.
• YJA Star guerrillas: 27 November is the resurrection day for women 

  Speaking on the anniversary of the PKK's establishment, 27 November, YJA Star guerrillas said that this represents the day of resurrection not only for Kurds but also for women.
• Young people celebrate 44th anniversary of PKK's founding in Qendil  

  A group of young people on the outskirts of Qendil celebrated the 44th anniversary of the establishment of the PKK by detonating fireworks.
• 17 soldiers killed in revolutionary guerrilla operation 

  In the Revolutionary Revenge Operation carried out against the Turkish army in the Girê Cûdî Resistance Area, 17 soldiers were killed and 10 positions were destroyed.
• Many soldiers killed in revolutionary operation by guerrillas in Metina 

  The revolutionary operation in the Metina region of guerrilla zones marks the 44th founding anniversary of the PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party).
• KNK announces mobilization for national unity against Turkish attacks 

  The Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) Co-Chair Ahmet Karamus said that the KNK declared a mobilization for national unity against the Turkish attacks.
• KCK: Let’s increase the struggle by resisting with the spirit of the PKK! 

  “The people of Kurdistan, who have gained their existence and identity by resisting and struggling under the leadership of the PKK until today, will resist the genocidal colonialism to the final defeat and ensure their freedom,” says the KCK.
• General strike launched in East Kurdistan 

  A general strike has been launched as part of the mass anti-government protests in Iran and East Kurdistan that have been going on for more than two and a half months.
• PJAK calls for a general strike in Iran on November 24 

  The Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK) has called for a general strike on November 24 to protest the mass killings of protestors during the anti-government demonstrations in East Kurdistan and Iran.
• Gerîla TV broadcast footage of helicopter shot down byguerrillas in Metîna 

  Gerîla TV broadcast the footage of the helicopter shot down by the guerrillas in the Girê Amediyê Resistance Area in Metîna on 4 September.
• "In the end guerrillas will win!" 

  HPG guerrilla Kendal Amed said that they will win this war. YJA Star guerrilla Têkoşîn Feda said: "No one can touch our culture, language, land, identity and paradigm."
• YRK: Turkish state bombed civilian areas in Asos 

  YRK called on the people in all four parts of Kurdistan to claim the fighters and Kurdistan freedom guerrillas in this historic time, and not to remain silent in the face of the attacks.
• Shengal people protest Turkish attacks on Rojava 

  The people of Shengal condemned the attacks of the invading Turkish state.
• Action against Öncüpınar Police Station: Many soldiers killed 

  In response to the genocidal attacks by the Turkish state against Northern and Eastern Syria, an action was carried out against Öncüpınar Police Station in Kilis. As a result of the action, many soldiers were killed and wounded.
• HPG: Our forces suffered no losses in Turkish air strikes 

  Turkish fighter jets carried out 32 raids on targets in the southern Kurdish regions of Gare and Qandil last night. According to HPG, the guerrillas did not suffer any losses.
• Turkish warplanes are bombing Qandil and Mount Asos 

  Warplanes belonging to the Turkish state are bombing Qandil and Mount Asos.
• Four more civilians kidnapped in Turkish-occupied Afrin 

  The invading Turkish army and its mercenaries continue to spread terror in the territories they have invaded in North and East Syria in violation of international law.
• HPG: 23 soldiers killed, 1 helicopter damaged, six positions destroyed 

  23 soldiers of the Turkish army were killed, and six military positions destroyed in guerrilla actions in Southern Kurdistan. At Girê Amêdî, three guerrillas fell in resistance against the Turkish occupation.
• The importance of hearing each other's voice 

  The guerrillas in the tunnels send greetings to each other with their actions.
• Gerîla TV broadcasts footage of action in Girê Cûdî Resistance Area 

  Gerîla TV broadcast footage of an action carried out by guerrillas in Girê Cûdî Resistance Area.
• HPG: Nine soldiers killed, two positions destroyed 

  Kurdish guerrillas hit a Turkish military camp in Metîna, killing nine soldiers. In the region of Zap, occupation troops in the surrounding area came under fire from guerrilla positions.
• Kurdistan Region Minister of Agriculture: Foreign attacks destroy our forests 

  Bêger Talibani, Minister of Agriculture of the Kurdistan Region, said that the attacks of the neighbouring countries against the Kurdistan Region caused major damage to the nature of Kurdistan and a large part of the forests were destroyed.
• Gas explosion in Sulaymaniyah leaves 15 dead, 13 injured 

  An LPG gas explosion left 15 people dead, and 13 others injured in Sulaymaniyah city of southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq) on Thursday.