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• Turkish armed drones bomb Maxmur - UPDATED 

  The Turkish state has increased its military activities and attacks in southern Kurdistan, northern Iraq.
• KDP sends forces to the PUK-controlled area in Qandil 

  The KDP has sent forces with heavy weapons to the PUK-controlled area in the Qandil Mountains. The KCK warns that only the Turkish state will profit from a renewed inner-Kurdish conflict.
• Court rejects request for the release of Mızraklı 

  A Turkish court in Amed has rejected the application for release of the deposed mayor Adnan Selçuk Mızraklı. The politician suffers from a chronic heart disease.
• Fallen YBŞ fighters laid to rest in Shengal 

  The YBŞ fighters who died in the explosion of a mine left behind by the ISIS in Shengal have been buried.
• Mine explosion kills two fighters in Shengal region 

  The Yazidi Resistance Units of Shengal (YJŞ/YJŞ) report two dead and three injured after a mine explosion in Til Ezer.
• PUK MP calls for dissolution of Roj Peshmerga 

  After it came out that militiamen trained together with the "Roj Peshmerga" had been sent to Libya by Turkey to support the Muslim Brotherhood Regime, PUK deputy Serko Azad Gelali calls on the KRG to immediately dissolve the militia.
• HPG commander Zinar Sason martyred in Zap region 

  Guerrilla commander Zinar Sason has died in a Turkish air attack on southern Kurdistan, northern Iraq.
• Volunteers distribute bread in Amed 

  The two-day curfew in over 31 cities in Turkey, which started with a fiasco, is over. In Amed, a group of volunteers distributed bread to destitute families.
• Two soldiers killed as guerillas hit a covert military unit in Am 

  Two soldiers have been killed in an operation by HPG on a covert military unit of the Turkish army in the countryside of Amed.
• HPG reports YJA Star action in Heftanin: One soldier killed 

  Guerrillas continue inflicting blows on the occupant Turkish army in Kurdistan territory.
• PKK: The AKP-MHP government destroys all social values 

  The Turkish state has sent the body of guerrilla fighter Agit Ipek by post to his family in Amed. The PKK declares that the government wants to secure its hold on power by destroying social values.
• Hundreds of trees cut down in Kulp 

  In a forested area in Kulp, almost a thousand oaks have been illegally cut down. The perpetrators are unknown, but the area is in the immediate vicinity of a Turkish military base.
• Deposed mayor: Usurped municipalities are plundered 

  The co-mayor of Van, who was deposed by the Turkish Ministry of the Interior, says that the usurped municipalities formerly run by the HDP are being plundered by the appointed trustees.
• One Turkish soldier killed in Heftanin 

  Guerrillas continue inflicting blows on the occupant Turkish army in Kurdistan territory.
• Remains of HPG guerrilla sent to family in postal package 

  Remains of a Kurdish guerrilla who fell in Dersim, were sent to his family in Amed (Diyarbakır) in postal package.
• Pandemic aid goes only to AKP supporters 

  The aid in the framework of the Covid-19 pandemic does not reach the majority of the population in Northern Kurdistan, but only the supporters of the ruling party AKP.
• HPG reports guerrilla actions in Amed 

  The HPG destroyed a radio base station and struck a military post in the countryside of Amed.
• HPG pays tribute to five martyrs who fell in Zagros 

  HPG published the names of five guerrilla fighters who died last year during a Turkish army air raid in the Zagros Mountains.
• Earthquake victims living in container asked to pay electricity  

  While the wounds of the 5.9 magnitude earthquake that caused the death of 10 people in Başkale are still not healed, VEDAŞ installed an electricity meter in the containers where earthquake victims are staying during the coronavirus days.
• Several settlements in 16 Kurdish cities under quarantine 

  The entering and leaving of four major cities in Northern Kurdistan was prohibited because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Local quarantine measures are in place in 16 cities in the region.
• YJA Star hit Turkish soldiers in Heftanin 

  The number of soldiers killed or wounded in the operation couldn’t be clarified.
• Two peshmergas die following ISIS attack in South Kurdistan 

  Two peshmergas named Ismail and Surikew fell martyrs in an attack carried out by ISIS in southern Kurdistan, northern Iraq.
• New boroughs in Bingöl and Van quarantined 

  The boroughs of Döşlüce in Adaklı (Bingöl) and Örmetaş (Xirabe) in Başkale, Van were quarantined after coronavirus cases were detected.
• Five people die in explosion in Kulp 

  The dead were taken to Amed, however the identity of the victims could not be learned.
• HPG reports Turkish airstrikes on South Kurdistan 

  The Turkish state continues its genocidal attacks in three parts of Kurdistan.