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• HPG reports intensive Turkish attacks on guerrilla areas in South Kurdistan 

  Turkish forces continue to shell the guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq) amid huge celebrations marking the Kurdish New Year, Newroz.
• Mobile Guerrillas Units celebrate Newroz with solemn ceremony 

  The mobile guerrilla units celebrated Newroz in a solemn ceremony. HPG commander Agit Reşit said: “The enemy should fear us even more. Here come the fighters of Rêber Apo. We will take revenge.”
• KCK’s Bayık sends message to Qandil Newroz: No power can stop this spirit 

  In a video message to the Newroz celebration in Qandil, KCK Executive Council Co-Chair Cemil Bayık said, “No power can stop this spirit, for it is the spirit of freedom, unity and resistance.”
• HPG and YJA Star fighters celebrate Newroz in Medya Defence Zones 

  HPG and YJA Star guerrillas celebrated the Newroz Festival with great enthusiasm in the guerrilla-held Medya Defence Zones in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq).
• YRK guerrillas celebrate Newroz 

  The Eastern Kurdistan Defence Units (YRK) celebrated the Newroz festival by lighting fires and dancing traditional dance.
• People tear down police barriers and flock to Newroz site in Amed 

  Countless people flock to the Newroz festival in Amed. People tear down police barriers in front of the stage under the slogan "Bijî Serok Apo".
• HPG commander Gülistan Gülhat: We are more determined than ever to win freedom 

  Gülistan Gülhat from the central command of the HPG declared at a Newroz celebration in the Kurdish mountains: "We are more determined than ever to go towards the freedom of the Kurdish people and the peoples of the region."
• YJA-Star guerrillas: We will fight against the dirty policies targeting women 

  Celebrating Newroz in Media Defense Areas, women guerrillas said: "We will make Newroz bigger with the resistance of the oppressed. We will also fight against the dirty policies on women."
• Newroz celebrations begin in Qandil  

  The Newroz celebrations started in Qandil.
• Newroz fire lit across East Kurdistan 

  Kurds and the peoples of the Middle East are welcoming the New Year, Newroz.
• Noam Chomsky sends Newroz message to Van  

  U.S. linguist Noam Chomsky has sent a message of greeting to participants in the Newroz celebration in Van: "It is a privilege for me to be able to make even a small contribution to the remarkable struggle of the Kurdish people."
• HPG Commander: An important year has begun for us 

  At a Newroz celebration in the Medya Defense Zones, HPG commander Rizgar Êrsî announced an expansion of the struggle: "We will prove ourselves worthy of Rêber Apo, our martyrs and our people."
• Masses demand freedom for Öcalan at Newroz celebration in Van 

  Newroz celebrations are taking place throughout Kurdistan, with hundreds of thousands of people celebrating in Van. HDP deputy Feleknas Uca said in a speech that the demand for freedom for Abdullah Öcalan will never be given up.
• Qandil ready for Newroz 

  The mountain community of Qandil in South Kurdistan is preparing for a big Newroz celebration again this year. The first guests have already arrived, and ANF South Kurdistan correspondent Rêbaz Hesen is also on site.
• Guerrillas: We will defeat the AKP-MHP regime like Kawa defeated tyrant Dehak 

  Celebrating Newroz in 2022 with great excitement and enthusiasm under heavy snowfall in Xakurke, the guerrillas send a message: "The AKP-MHP regime will be destroyed by the resistance of the modern Kawas".
• Newroz 2022 celebrated in Maxmur 

  Newroz 2022 was celebrated with enthusiasm by thousands of people in Maxmur, who expressed the determination to "continue the struggle with the spirit of the 50th Newroz."
• People celebrate Newroz across North Kurdistan 

  In numerous cities of North Kurdistan, the New Year festival Newroz has been celebrated today. In some places, snowfall and temperatures around freezing point left the celebrating crowds covered in a layer of white.
• Shengal youth: We will stoke the Newroz fire up 

  In celebration of Newroz, young Yazidi activists from Shengal said, “We will stoke up the flames of the Newroz fire started by Mazlum Doğan and Rehşan all over the world to secure the physical freedom of Öcalan, and that of Êzidxan and Kurdistan."
• Kurdish organizations and parties release joint Newroz declaration 

  Dozens of Kurdish organizations called for unity and solidarity in a joint statement to mark March 21, Newroz Day.
• Hozan Kawa: We must flock to the squares in Newroz 

  Hozan Kawa, the author of the song "Newroz," stated that everyone in Kurdistan should stand up and participate in celebrations wholeheartedly on this Newroz.
• ‘East Kurdistan should celebrate Newroz with unprecedented enthusiasm this year’ 

  The Democratic and Free Society of East Kurdistan (KODAR) Member Ferhad Pawe called on the Kurdish people in East Kurdistan to participate in the Newroz celebrations in the spirit of Amed Newroz and Mazlum Doğan's struggle.
• Guerrillas celebrate Newroz in Metina 

  HPG/YJA Star guerrillas celebrated the 2022 Newroz with great enthusiasm in Metina. The guerrillas stated that they were preparing themselves for new operations with the arrival of Newroz.
• Gerîla TV broadcast footage of action carried out by YJA Star guerrillas in Şemzînan  

  Gerîla TV broadcast footage of the action carried out by the YJA Star guerrillas in Şemzînan on 15 September 2021.
• PJAK releases Newroz message 

  Newroz is directly related to the existence and freedom of the Kurdish people, said PJAK and called for strong participation in the events marking the day of resistance.
• KCK calls for "celebrating the 50th party year with a very strong Newroz festival" 

  The KCK calls for "celebrating the 50th party year with a very strong Newroz festival" and making it a year "of smashing fascism, liberating Öcalan and the Kurdish people."