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• Guerrillas kill five Turkish soldiers, injure one and hit helicopter 

  Five Turkish soldiers were killed and one injured in the actions carried out by the Kurdistan Freedom Guerrillas. One Skorsky helicopter was also hit.
• Shengal Autonomous Assembly urges Yazidis to protest Turkish chemical attacks 

  The Shengal Democratic Autonomous Assembly has urged the Yazidi people to stage protests against the chemical attacks carried out by the invading Turkish state.
• Goran’s quest, from Kirkuk to Besta 

  Goran Mihemed (Serkewt) from South Kurdistan, believed in the necessity of being a guerrilla. He fought from Kirkuk to Besta, where he fell as a martyr.
• Car bomb against Yazidi security forces in Shengal injures four people  

  Four people were injured in a car bomb attack on the Yazidi security forces in Shengal, including two civilians.
• HSM publishes names of 17 guerrillas killed by Turkish chemical weapons 

  The People's Defense Centre (HSM) published the names of 17 guerrillas killed in Turkey’s chemical weapons attacks and accuses the international community of being responsible for the expansion of Turkey's chemical weapons operations.
• Explosion kills two children in Kirkuk 

  Two children were killed and two others injured in the explosion of a bomb in the village of Edliye near Kirkuk.
• KODAR: Uprising in Iran has reached a point of no return 

  The KODAR said that the uprising in Iran and East Kurdistan had reached a point of no return with its determined and disciplined stance.
• Femicides increasing in South Kurdistan 

  A 14-year-old was shot dead in Kifrî in South Kurdistan. Her father is suspected of having killed her. He's on the run.
• HPG releases six-month balance sheet: 2346 soldiers killed, ten helicopters shot down 

  The HPG published a six-month balance sheet, according to which, 2346 soldiers were killed in 2256 guerrilla actions during the Turkish invasion of the Medya Defence Zones. 153 guerrilla fighters fell as martyrs.
• KODAR co-chair Gulan Fehim: People in Rojhilat and Iran are demanding freedom 

  KODAR co-chair Gulan Fehim said that the main demand of the serhildan, which has been going on for a month in Iran, is freedom, and added: "Our people should rely on their own strength without relying on any foreign power."
• Turkish bombing heavily injures a civilian in Bradost 

  The Turkish regime continues its genocidal attacks in various parts of the Kurdistan territory.
• HPG: Five occupiers killed, drone shot down by guerrillas in Southern Kurdistan 

  The guerrillas continue to resist Turkey's occupation of Southern Kurdistan, with five soldiers killed and a drone shot down on Saturday. The Turkish army is committing war crimes and building military roads in the guerrilla areas.
• Mouini: People should struggle together 

  Describing the developments in Rojhilat and Iran as a revolution led by women, PJAK Co-Chair Mouini said: "We are going through a historical period, the struggle of the peoples must be united."
• KCK congratulates Dr. Abdullatif Reşid on his election as Iraqi President 

  “We congratulate Dr. Abdullatif Reşid on his election as president. We believe that his election will be a positive step for Kurdistan, Iraq and the region and contribute to the solution of the problems of the people of Kurdistan and the Middle East."
• MIT agent killed by HPG revenge unit 

  The HPG announced that an MIT agent who was allegedly involved in the deaths of guerrilla fighters in several cases has been killed. An autonomous revenge unit of the organisation claimed responsibility for the attack.
• 25 families returned to Shengal in a week 

  Despite all the obstacles posed by the KDP, Yazidis continue to return to their homeland. 25 more families have returned to Shengal in the last week.
• Number of detentions in Amed rises 

  The number of detentions in Amed has risen to eight, with a total of 30 people wanted. The background is a wave of purges within Kurdish civil society in the run-up to a visit by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to the city.
• Armoured police vehicle runs over a minor in Hakkari 

  17-year-old H.A. was seriously injured after he was run over by a police vehicle in Hakkari's Yüksekova district.
• Concrete barriers to be erected around the usurped municipality of Van 

  Fearing protests and actions against the Van Municipality, which has been usurped by the regime through a trustee, the town hall walls itself behind massive concrete barriers.
• HPG reports ongoing actions by guerrillas against Turkish occupation 

  In Southern Kurdistan, two soldiers of the Turkish army were killed in guerrilla actions of the YJA Star and HPG. Guerrillas fired on a transport helicopter which had to leave the guerrilla area after being hit.
• Gerîla TV broadcast footage of sniper action carried out in Girê FM Resistance Area 

  Gerîla TV broadcast the footage of the sniper action carried out by guerrillas against the invading Turkish army in Girê FM Resistance Area.
• HPG reports 27 Turkish attacks with banned bombs and chemical weapons on guerrilla areas 

  The Turkish army used banned ordnance 27 times against guerrilla positions in Southern Kurdistan on Tuesday, according to the HPG. The guerrillas were able to recover explosives left behind by the Turkish invading forces.
• KDP embargo affects education negatively in Maxmur  

  Teachers in the Martyr Rustem Cudi Refugee Camp (Maxmur) said that the embargo imposed by the KDP and the attacks of the Turkish state made the existing problems worse.
• KCK: Turkish ambassador to Baghdad claims responsibility for murders in South Kurdistan 

  “Silence in the face of this recklessness and arrogance will only mean support for the Turkish Republic, which wants to turn South Kurdistan into Turkey's backyard, and complicity in the crimes of Turkey´s hitmen,” KCK said.
• Where is Ismail Xelil Mihemed? 

  There has been no news for months from Ismail Xelil Mihemed, who was released after being arbitrarily detained for two years in Hewler but was detained again while he was renewing his residence.