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• Heavy rain causes flooding in Hewlêr 

  In Hewlêr, roads and buildings have been flooded again after heavy rains. Traffic came to a standstill, all schools were closed.
• Rampant corruption makes KDP elites richer 

  While the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) remains unable to pay the salaries of public employees and peshmerga forces, pro-government businessmen and groups are getting richer.
• Guerrillas: We will continue to carry out our successful actions 

  The guerrillas said that the Turkish army is targeting the resistance with advanced technical and chemical weapons combined with psychological warfare, but added that they "will fight until we achieve success. We will go against the enemy."
• No news of two men abducted by Turkish forces and detained by the KDP 

  Two young men abducted from Southern Kurdistan to Turkey have been released after protests. After their return to Southern Kurdistan, they were arrested by the KDP. They have been missing for a week.
• Gerîla TV releases footage of action in Xakurkê 

  Guerrillas continue inflicting blows on the occupying Turkish army in the guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq).
• YJA Star fighter: Turkish incursion will come to a deadlock in South Kurdistan 

  YJA Star fighter Rûken Serhed said that the Turkish army has failed to break the guerrilla resistance in the Medya Defense Zones, adding, “The Turkish state which lost against the guerrilla will lead to a much bigger stalemate.”
• PADÊ Co-Chair: Resistance for the autonomy and status of Shengal will continue 

  The co-chair of the Yazidi party PADÊ, Zehra Silêman, stresses that the resistance for the autonomy and status of Shengal will continue unabated despite all attacks.
• Turkish warplanes bomb villages in Amadiya, South Kurdistan 

  Turkish warplanes bombed a number of villages in Amadiya, in the province of Duhok in Southern Kurdistan (Northern Iraq).
• 14 people detained in Şırnak and Siirt 

  While the number of those detained in the province of Şırnak has risen to 13, at least one person was taken into custody in Siirt.
• Protest against vandalization of martyrs' graves in Cizre 

  The Association for Unity, Culture and Solidarity with Families Who Lost Their Relatives in the Cradle of Civilizations (MEBYA-DER) organized a press briefing to condemn the attack on the graves of the martyrs in Cizre district of Şırnak.
• Families protest the attack on martyrs’ graves in Cizre 

  While the Asri Cemetery in Cizre district of Şırnak was attacked by unknown people, families of Kurdish martyrs said, “Let them devastate our graves, we will build them again.”
• HPG reports continued Turkish attacks in South Kurdistan 

  The Turkish army is continuing its airstrikes in South Kurdistan with no casualties among the guerrilla forces.
• Guerrillas: We cannot be stopped! 

  YJA Star guerrilla Ciwan Cûdî and the HPG guerrilla Ronî Arbaba are part of the resistance against the Turkish invasion of the southern Kurdish Medya Defense Areas. “The enemy cannot stop the guerrillas,” they said.
• Doğan: Resistance won; economic crisis deepened 

  PKK Education Committee Member Mahir Doğan stated that the belligerent Turkish government has been defeated in its war against the PKK. “The resistance has won; the economic crisis has deepened,” he said.
• Jinên Tîrêjên Rojê Initiative hits police station in Yüksekova 

  The Jinên Tîrêjên Rojê Initiative announced that they carried out an action with improvised explosive device (IED) against a police station in Yüksekova district of Hakkari.
• PJAK: Kurdistan Region became a graveyard for activists from East Kurdistan 

  PJAK urged the Kurdistan regional government to investigate the case of activist Ehmed Bêxem from East Kurdistan who is suspected to have been tortured and murdered last week in Hewlêr (Erbil).
• Sakine, Fidan and Leyla commemorated in Maxmur 

  The three Kurdish revolutionary women, who were killed in Paris in 2013, were commemorated in Maxmur Refugee Camp in South Kurdistan.
• Curfew ahead of Turkish military operation in Hakkari 

  A curfew has been imposed on eleven regions in the Kurdish province of Hakkari ahead of a military operation.
• Kurdish activist from East Kurdistan found dead in Hewler 

  An activist from East Kurdistan, who was missing for two days, was found dead in Hewler city of South Kurdistan. The dead body of the Kurdish activist has serious torture marks.
• Turkish army targets village of Duhok 

  The Turkish army fired artillery against the village of Hirurê near the southern Kurdish city of Duhok.
• Turkish military base near Mosul hit by 5 rockets 

  At least five rockets were fired at the Turkish military base in Zêlîkan near Mosul in South Kurdistan on Sunday evening.
• Guerrillas strike Turkish forces in Zap with heavy weapons 

  Guerrillas struck the Turkish occupation forces in the Zap region with heavy weapons in the first two days of the new year. Meanwhile, the Turkish air force continues to bomb the guerrilla areas in Southern Kurdistan.
• Maxmur refugees start democratic actions against attempts to block the camp off with wire fences 

  The people who set up a tent of resistance in Maxmur, which the Iraqi government is trying to block off with wire fences, said that they will continue their actions against the oppression.
• Freedom remains hidden in guerrilla Ronî Derik's smile 

  Guerrilla Ronî Derik never stopped. He was so determined to fight for the cause he believed in. His comrades will now fight for the honour of having known him.
• Two civilians from South Kurdistan abducted by Turkish forces 

  Two residents of a village near the southern Kurdish town of Sîdekan have been arrested by the Turkish army and taken to the other side of the border. They are accused of being "unauthorised" in a "military exclusion zone".