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• HPG/YJA Star guerrillas carry out an action against Turkish army forces in Girê Rubar  

  HPG/YJA Star guerrillas carried out an action against Turkish army forces in Girê Rubar in the Çiyareş area. HPG Press Center reported that 13 soldiers were killed.
• Shengal Resistance Units say Iraqi army attacked Shengal under pressure from KDP 

  The command of the Shengal Resistance Units said that the Iraqi army attacked the Shengal region under pressure from the KDP and the Turkish state. The solution must be found in dialogue.
• KONGRA-GEL: Silence means death and complicity in betrayal 

  In a statement criticizing the Turkish attacks on South Kurdistan, KONGRA-GEL called for vigorous struggle against the KDP’s betrayal and the colonialist Turkish occupation. “No one should keep silent; silence means death and complicity in betrayal."
• 34 more Turkish soldiers killed as guerrilla resistance against occupation continues 

  According to the HPG, another 34 soldiers have died in the course of the Turkish invasion of Southern Kurdistan. The Turkish army's attacks are concentrated in the Zap and Avaşîn regions, and the guerrillas are putting up uninterrupted resistance.
• Tevgera Azadi, Kurdistan Left Coordination denounce the Turkish offensive in South Kurdistan 

  The Tevgera Azadî (Freedom Movement) and the Kurdistan Left Coordination Commission made a statement against the recent wave of Turkish attacks in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq).
• Many detained in Amed and Dersim 

  Numerous opposition members have been detained in Amed and Dersim. Turkish police stormed various homes at dawn. In Amed, HDP politicians have been detained, while four people in Dersim have been accused of "terrorism".
• 'We will defend our children and establish an autonomous Shengal' 

  In an act of solidarity with the local security forces, the people of Shengal gathered at the center of Ezidxan Asayish in Sinunê, saying, "No force will be allowed to attack our children."
• 5 soldiers killed as YJA Star strikes Turkish troops in Zap 

  Five Turkish soldiers, one of whom was an officer, were killed in an action carried out by YJA Star guerrillas against the occupying Turkish army in Zap's Kurêjahro area on April 19.
• Commander Amed Malazgirt: The people and the guerrillas will resist and break the Turkish attack 

  Commander Malazgirt said: "The people and the guerrillas will resist and break the attack launched by the AKP-MHP fascism," and added that 62 soldiers were killed in the first two days of the war, and 7 guerrillas fell as martyrs."
• Personalities in South Kurdistan condemn Turkey's attacks 

  34 personalities in South Kurdistan, including writers, journalists and academics, condemned Turkey's attacks.
• HPG targets Turkish army with sabotage action, 2 soldiers killed 

  A sabotage action was organized by the HPG against the Turkish soldiers who were trying to settle in the Kurêjaro area by moving from the Sheladizê district under the control of KDP forces. 2 Turkish soldiers were killed.
• Maxmur people protest against Turkish attacks and KDP collaboration 

  Thousands of people gathered in the Maxmur refugee camp in southern Kurdistan to protest against Turkish invasion attacks and KDP collaboration.
• HPG: 41 soldiers killed and two drones shot down in 24 hours 

  In the course of the Turkish invasion of South Kurdistan, 41 soldiers have been killed and two drones shot down in 24 hours, according to the HPG.
• KCK: Together the guerrilla and the people will repel the Turkish attack 

  “Through the united struggle of the guerrilla forces and the Kurdish people, the recent attacks will be repelled and the way for a free Kurdistan and a democratic Middle East will finally be paved,” says the KCK.
• Kurdish parties, institutions release joint statement against Turkish offensive 

  DTK, TJA, DBP, HDP and non-governmental organizations made a joint statement against the recent invasion attacks of the AKP-KDP, insisting that “the Kurdish people will call those responsible for this to account.”
• TAJÊ urges Iraqi government not to fall for the schemes of KDP and Turkey 

  The Yazidi Women's Freedom Movement called on the Iraqi government not to fall for the schemes targeting the Yazidi town of Shengal (Sinjar) in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq).
• Turkish offensive met with reactions in Iraq and South Kurdistan 

  The new wave of invasion attacks launched by the Turkish state on April 17 has sparked off reactions in Iraq and South Kurdistan.
• Turkey bombs villages in South Kurdistan 

  Reports of ongoing attacks by the Turkish army targeting civilian settlements in South Kurdistan.
• TEV-DEM: Yazidis must be protected from the threat of genocide 

  TEV-DEM celebrated Çarşema Sor and said that the Yazidis must be protected from the threat of genocide.
• At least 44 Turkish soldiers were killed in Zap: reports 

  At least 44 Turkish soldiers, 6 of them high-ranking officers, were killed and 32 others injured in the Zap region, according to reports from the ground.
• ‘It is the moral duty of every Kurd to defend the gains of Kurdistan’ 

  Political observer Mihemed Nesredin from Kirkuk reacted to the KDP's cooperation with the Turkish state, saying, “Those who act together with the Turkish army today will take a hit and they will also lose their position and power in Kurdistan.”
• Shengal Democratic Autonomous Assembly vows to resist against all attacks 

  The Shengal Democratic Autonomous Assembly said that the attacks against Shengal continue in the "most brutal" manner and emphasized that they will "resist until the end".
• PUK group chair Axa says Turkish state's invasion attacks violate sovereignty of Iraq 

  Herem Kemal Axa, chair of the PUK Group in the Iraqi Parliament, said that the Turkish state's invasion attacks violated the sovereignty of Iraq.
• Iraqi army attacks YBŞ and YJŞ positions in Shengal  

  The Iraqi army attacked several YBŞ and YJŞ positions in the Shengal region. Heavy fighting ensued. Positions of Êzidxan Asayiş had already been attacked before.
• HPG Press Center says 12 Turkish soldiers were killed in Avaşîn 

  The HPG Press Center announced that 12 Turkish soldiers were killed when they tried to advance in Werxelê in the Avaşîn region.