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• YBŞ commemorates Khanasor martyrs: “Victory will be ours” 

  "Victory will be ours and our people’s under the light of our martyrs," YBŞ stated of those martyred in the KDP and Turkish state attack in Khanasor five years ago.
• Gerîla TV releases footage of action in Heftanîn  

  Gerîla TV broadcasts the footage of the action that took place in Heftanîn on 19 December, which ended with the death of 4 Turkish soldiers and the destruction of a military position.
• Turkey bombs a village in South Kurdistan 

  The Turkish air force has bombed a village in the region of Barzan in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq).
• KNK co-chair Zeyneb Murad says that Shengal wounds are a national wound 

  KNK co-chair, Zeyneb Murad, visited Shengal and said that its wounds are a national wound.
• Freedom campaign on digital media platforms for Zeynab Jalalian 

  A freedom campaign will be launched on digital media platforms for Zeynab Jalalian, the Kurdish political activist held by the Iranian regime.
• Security training cycle completed in Shengal 

  A month-long training program of the local security forces (Asayish) has been completed in Shengal. The participants are satisfied and say that the Yazidi community is no longer defenseless and can defend itself.
• People's Council in Maxmur has two new co-chairs, Rustem Hilalî and Bedran Pîranî 

  The People's Council in the self-governing Maxmur refugee camp has two new co-presidents, Fatma Rustem Hilalî and Bedran Pîranî.
• Government-appointed mayor charges shopkeepers for municipal services in Van 

  Van Sewerage and Water Administration, affiliated with the Van Metropolitan Municipality governed by the trustee, renovated the water pipes and billed the city’s shopkeepers for the maintenance work.
• Parliamentary election in Kurdistan Region to be held on October 1 

  The Kurdistan regional government announced that parliamentary elections would be held on October 1, 2022.
• Former AKP MP gets most public tenders in Van 

  Özkara Mühendislik Inc., the front company of former MP of the ruling AKP, Tuğrul Türkeş, is given most public tenders in Van and Hakkari provinces.
• Landmine injures four kolbars in East Kurdistan 

  A mine blast injured four kolbars in the Bane and Newsûd regions of East Kurdistan.
• Young woman, burned with acid by her husband in Sulaymaniyah, dies 

  Shinyar Huner, 21, who was burned by her husband in Sulaymaniyah, passed away.
• HPG Commander: We will liberate Öcalan 

  A commander of the People’s Defence Forces (HPG), Hawar Suruç, said that guerrilla forces will put up the greatest resistance to make Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan free. “We are ready for this militarily and ideologically,” Suruç added.
• A mass grave will be opened today in the town of Herdan, in Shengal 

  A mass grave will be opened today in the town of Herdan, in Shengal. The mass grave contains the remains of a number of people killed by ISIS mercenaries in 2014.
• Dağ and Er end hunger strike as prison management meets their demands 

  Mazlum Dağ and Abdurrahman Er, sentenced to death in Hewlêr, have ended their hunger strike. The decision was preceded by a promise by the prison management to meet the demands of the two prisoners.
• HPG reports intensive airstrikes on guerrilla areas 

  The Turkish army carried out more than twenty air strikes within a few days in the guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq).
• Dağ and Er on death fast in Hewler spit blood 

  It is reported that prisoners Mazlum Dağ and Abdurrahman Er, who have been on death fast in Hewler, South Kurdistan for 9 days, have started spitting blood.
• All activities banned in Hakkari, including flying balloons and sky lanterns 

  The Governorship of Hakkari has prohibited all activities, including the use of sky lanterns and balloons.
• Gerîla TV releases footage of action that killed eight Turkish soldiers 

  Footage of action by guerrillas who targeted Turkish soldiers in the countryside of Hakkari province in North Kurdistan in August 2020.
• Journalist Amed: The Turkish invaders were defeated with the spirit of Garê resistance 

  Journalist Doğan Amed stated that the Turkish state's defeat in the Medya Defense Zones was the consequence of the Garê resistance, and added that "no matter how strong the invaders are, they would not be successful against the PKK."
• Guerrillas release new footage showing Turkish army using chemical weapons in Werxelê 

  New footage has been released showing the Turkish army using chemical weapons in Werxelê. Turkey used tetrytol, a mixture of tetryl and TNT, to hit Werxelê’s war tunnels.
• HPG-BIM: Turkish army carried out large-scale air strikes to no avail 

  HPG-BIM reported that the Turkish state carried out large-scale air strikes to no avail against Avaşin, Garê, Metina, Xakurkê and Zap on the anniversaries of the Garê Victory and the February 15 international conspiracy.
• Dağ and Er jailed in Hewler go on hunger strike against violations 

  Mazlum Dağ and Abdurrahman Er are on hunger strike because their human rights are being violated in Hewler prison. Families sent a message to Hewler Administration, demanding, "Stop harassing Kurdish youth!"
• Shopkeepers take to the streets in Hewlêr 

  Many shopkeepers took to the streets in Hewlêr, the capital of the Federal Kurdistan Region, to protest the relocation of their places in violation of the contract made with them.
• Maxmur people rally against 15 February plot 

  Thousands of people protest in the southern Kurdish refugee camp Maxmur on the 23rd anniversary of the deportation of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan to Turkey.