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• 328 organisations announce Peace Declaration in Amed 

  In Amed, 328 civil society, business, labour and professional organisations announced the Peace Declaration they prepared on the occasion of World Peace Day on 1 September.
• HPG pays tribute to commander Orhan Cihat Bingöl  

  HPG commander Orhan Cihat Bingöl was killed in a Turkish attack on the Medya Defense Areas. The Kurdish revolutionary joined the PKK over 30 years ago.
• Guerrillas carry out actions in Heftanîn, Metina and Zap 

  According to the HPG, the Medya Defense Areas have been bombed over fifty times by the Turkish Air Force since Tuesday. The YJA Star and HPG guerrillas continue to resist the occupying forces.
• Journalist Biryar Efrîn talks about Gulistan Tara and Hêro Bahadîn, killed by a Turkish drone 

  Journalist Biryar Efrîn had known murdered journalists Gulistan Tara and Hêro Bahadîn since 2016.
• Amed to rally tomorrow to mark World Peace Day 

  Politicians and representatives of civil society organizations who called for participation in the 1 September rally to be held in Şêx Seîd Square in Amed said: "People need peace. The path to peace is through breaking the isolation of Imrali."
• People in Shengal express support for PADÊ 

  Many people in Shengal have expressed support for PADÊ and called on the Iraqi government to lift the ban on the Yazidi party.
• Fire started by Turkish bombardment on Mount Gare raging for three days 

  The fire that started in Mount Gare after the bombardments of the occupying Turkish state could not be brought under control for 3 days.
• Armoured vehicle terror: A young man's leg broken in Nusaybin 

  In Nusaybin district of Mardin, a young man named Umut Aslan was hit by an armoured police vehicle and one of his legs was broken.
• Iranian court sentences Sunni Kurdish cleric to 15 months in prison 

  Sunni Kurdish cleric Saber Khoda-Moradi has been sentenced to 15 months in prison by the Special Clerical Court in Hamadan.
• PUK: KDP's betrayal 28 years ago has turned into a deep wound 

  The PUK Politburo made a statement on the anniversary of the Baathist army's occupation of Hewlêr 28 years ago at the request of the KDP, stating that "this betrayal has turned into a deep wound."
• HPG pays tribute to guerrillas Eylem Stêrk, Sozdar Evîn and Armanç Devrim  

  Guerrillas Eylem Stêrk, Sozdar Evîn and Armanç Devrim were killed in military operations by the Turkish army in North Kurdistan. The HPG has published an obituary for the martyrs.
• ‘Turkey’s murder of journalists is another failed attempt to silence the free press’ 

  Farewell to Kurdish journalist Gulistan Tara, killed by a Turkish drone attack last week, on her final journey from Sulaymaniyah to her hometown Batman.
• DEM Party delegation visits village in Bismil left without electricity by DEDAŞ 

  A DEM Party delegation visited the village in Bismil that was left without electricity by DEDAŞ, and said that they will not allow the government’s dirty policies to be imposed on people.”
• HPG pays tribute to guerrillas Çekdar Xelîla, Botan Sêgirkê and Özgür Tolhildan  

  Guerrillas Çekdar Xelîla, Botan Sêgirkê and Özgür Tolhildan were killed three years ago in an attack by the Turkish state in Metîna. They belonged to the units that resisted the occupation in Zendûra.
• Journalist Tara’s body to reach Batman today 

  The body of Gulistan Tara, one of the journalists killed in the attack by the Turkish state in Sulaymaniyah, will be sent to her hometown of Batman today.
• They cannot silence the free press 

  By murdering two female journalists, Turkey and the KDP officially carried out the first treacherous attack after the agreement in Ankara. They cannot cover it up. They cannot silence the free press, and the Kurdish people will hold them to account.
• Turkish tanks deployed to Dêreluk Dam 

  The Turkish state deployed two tanks to the Dêreluk Dam, which is under the control of the KDP.
• Turkish army’s last resort to overcome the Zap syndrome: Concrete emplacements 

  The Turkish state, which continues its efforts to overcome the Zap syndrome, has opened a concrete construction site in Berê Silê area, a touristic picnic area just east of Amediyê city.
• HPG reports aerial attacks by the guerrillas against the Turkish army 

  The Şehîd Doğan Zinar Unit struck the occupying Turkish army in Zap 2 times from the air, killing a soldier and destroying 3 positions and 1 surveillance camera.
• Guerrillas carry out an airstrike in Western Zap 

  Guerrillas continue inflicting blows on the Turkish occupation forces through effective actions in the guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq).
• 732 Yazidis return to their homes from camps in Duhok 

  More Yazidi citizens are returning home after the mass displacement due to the ISIS' genocidal onslaught ten years ago.
• Turkish UCAV bombs Şarbajêr 

  As Turkey is continuing its drone war against southern Kurdistan, the district of Şarbajêr was once again targeted by an aerial attack on Monday.
• New group of young people joins the guerrillas 

  Another group of young people has joined the guerrillas. The new fighters called for people to join the anti-fascist struggle.
• HPG pays tribute to YJA Star guerrillas Tîjda Jiyan and Faraşîn Gabar 

  YJA Star guerrillas Tîjda Jiyan and Faraşîn Gabar were killed in April in an attack by the Turkish army in the Xakurkê region of South Kurdistan, said the HPG in a statement.
• KDP sentences a teacher for giving '3 boxes of biscuits to guerrillas' 

  A teacher from Sîdekan was sentenced to one and a half years in prison by the judiciary in South Kurdistan (North Iraq) for "collaborating with the PKK" because he allegedly gave a guerrilla three packets of biscuits.