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• Masoud Barzani issues dangerous statement 

  In a statement made about a week after PKK Executive Committee Member Karayılan called for common sense and dialogue, KDP President Masoud Barzani opted for accusing the PKK without using a single word about the occupation of the Turkish state.
• HPG: Six soldiers killed in Heftanin 

  In the Heftanin region of Southern Kurdistan, six Turkish military personnel died in a guerrilla action.
• "Nobody should come to Mount Gabar for spying activity" 

  In a written statement, HPG Gabar Provincial Command called on the patriotic people of the region to be sensitive to such immoral and insidious policies of the enemy.
• KDP arrests 20 residents of the Maxmur Camp in Hewler 

  Twenty residents of Maxmur Camp in Hewler have been in custody for three weeks and families demand their immediate release. In Southern Kurdistan, similar conditions prevail as in Turkey.
• PUK: Everyone should endorse Karayılan's remarks 

  PUK Political Bureau Member Seedi Ehmed Pîre called on everyone to endorse the remarks of PKK Executive Committee member Murat Karayılan to avoid civil war.
• 63-year-old murdered by Turkish soldiers in Hakkari 

  Soldiers of the Turkish army have murdered a civilian in a village of Hakkari.
• War jets fly over Shengal 

  War jets are flying over Shengal.
• Footage from guerrilla action in Southern Kurdistan 

  Guerrillas continue inflicting blows on the Turkish military in Kurdistan territory.
• Rojava people: KDP serves the enemy 

  Kurds respond to KDP's military deployment to the guerrilla areas, asserting that the KDP serves the enemy.
• Drones flying over Shengal 

  The invading Turkish state has carried out several airstrikes by fighter jets and armed drones in Shengal region recently.
• YBŞ: We don't need any other force in Shengal 

  The Shengal Resistance Units (YBŞ), which defeated ISIS in Shengal and protected the Yazidi land highlights the fact that Shengal does not need any other force.
• HPG guerrillas target Botaş Oil Pipeline 

  HPG-BIM announced that guerrillas carried out a sabotage action on Botaş Oil Pipeline, which passes through Mardin's Bagok region, on October 28.
• 'I am shy with my friends, not with the enemy' 

  Guerrilla Çekdar Amed knew the enemy and because he knew it, he decided to go to the mountains and fight against it. That shy guerrilla became a person full of determination and a stern eye.
• Duran Kalkan: Be creative and resist! 

  Duran Kalkan (PKK) spoke about the attacks on the Kurdish liberation movement, the agreement on the future of Shengal and the KCK's offensive against fascism of the Turkish regime.
• Families of Dağ and Er meet with intellectuals 

  The families of Mazlum Dağ and Abdurrahman Er came together with the intellectuals in Southern Kurdistan (Bashur).
• HPG pays tribute to martyrs of Serhat 

  The HPG BIM paid tribute to HPG guerrillas Hêjar Ararat (Halis Eroğlu) and Roni Ronahi (Halis Erdoğan) who fell as martyrs in the Şenkaya area of Erzurum on 12 July and in the Kirêkor area of Iğdır on 19 September.
• Karayilan warns against inter-Kurdish conflict 

  Murat Karayilan of the PKK warns against attempts to ignite an inter-Kurdish war. Addressing the KDP, he warns against being drawn into Ankara's war plans.
• KJK: No concessions on Kurdish language and co-chairmanship 

  The KJK Coordination said the Kurdish language and the co-chair system, which are under the attack of the colonial system and some Kurdish parties, are two principles on which no concessions can be made.
• KCK denies reports on alleged arrest of PKK members 

  The KCK has denied reports by KDP media that several PKK members who are alleged to have planned attacks have been arrested, saying that such allegations are usually made to legitimize future attacks on the Kurdish movement.
• HPG: Troop concentrations pose serious dangers 

  Referring to the recent media reports that KDP forces have been dispatched towards the guerrilla base areas, HPG said; "Such initiatives developed in the guerrilla areas pose serious dangers.”
• Is KDP’s military deployment to Gare a move against Metina? 

  KDP (Kurdistan Democratic Party), which paves the way for Turkish invasion and tries to legitimize it, continues to send its forces to some areas. KDP is now trying to break the connection between Garê and Metina by deploying troops to Garê.
• Gerîla TV publishes footage from Heftanin, Southern Kurdistan 

  Guerrillas continue inflicting blows on the Turkish military in Kurdistan territory.
• HPG pays tribute to martyrs of Heftanin 

  HPG BIM (Press Centre) disclosed the identity of 4 YJA Star and HPG guerrillas who fell as martyrs in the clashes in Heftanin on 14 July.
• Mass grave discovered in Shengal 

  A mass grave thought to belong to women and children was found in Shengal.
• KDP deploys special forces with heavy weapons to Gare 

  Gulan forces under the command of Prime Minister Masroud Barzani have been dispatched to the Garê region under guerrilla control. KDP is reported to be seeking to move into guerrilla areas and to build new positions and bases.