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• Peshmergas carry out an anti-Islamic State operation in South Kurdistan 

  In the south Kurdish PUK area around Kifrî, Peshmergas carried out an anti-Islamic State operation and were able to confiscate large amounts of ammunition and neutralize an Islamic State cell.
• Several Turkish soldiers killed in Revolutionary Operation in Zap 

  Guerrillas carried out a Revolutionary Operation against the Turkish army in the Zap region. Many Turkish soldiers were killed and a large quantity of military equipment was confiscated by guerrillas.
• 41 Yazidis exhumed from mass grave reburied in Shengal 

  41 Yazidis who were killed and buried in mass graves during the genocide attacks of ISIS in 2014 have been reburied in a ceremony in Shengal.
• HPG/YJA Star guerrillas carry out action in Zap 

  Many soldiers were killed in the action carried out by HPG/YJA Star guerrillas in Zap.
• YBŞ: Shengal attack carried out in MIT-Parastin partnership 

  In a statement, YBŞ Command said that the Turkish attack in Shengal on December 7 was carried out in partnership with Kurdistan Democratic Party’s (KDP) intelligence service Parastin and Turkish secret service MIT and their collaborators.
• Angry protests after funeral of Bedel killed by Turkish attack in Shengal 

  Merwan Bedel, the Yazidi revolutionary murdered by a Turkish drone attack yesterday, was buried in Shengal. Afterwards, thousands of people protested against Turkish state terror and the collaboration of the Iraqi government.
• KCK: The murderers of Merwan Bedel will be brought to justice 

  With its attacks, the Turkish state wants to complete the genocidal attacks of IS, said the KCK and called on all Yazidis to fight even harder in the future for the building of a free and autonomous Êzidxan
• Victim of possible extrajudicial execution buried in Urfa 

  31-year-old Ferhat Tunç, shot dead by Turkish security forces, has been buried in Urfa. There are indications of an extrajudicial execution by the Turkish security forces.
• Yazidi representative killed by Turkish attack laid to rest in Shengal 

  The co-chair of the Executive Council of the Shengal Autonomous Council, Merwan Bedel, who was killed by a Turkish drone attack yesterday, was buried with great sympathy and military honors.
• People of Shengal: Iraq is a partner in Turkey’s attacks and massacres 

  The people of Khanasor slammed the Turkish army’s attack on Shengal, saying that the Iraqi state which maintains its silence is also a partner in the attacks and massacres.
• Shengal Autonomous Administration Executive Council Co-chair Bedel buried today 

  The funeral of Shengal Autonomous Administration Executive Council Co-chair Merwan Bedel, who fell as a martyr in a drone attack carried out by the Turkish state, was buried this morning.
• Government of Shengal condemns Turkish drone attack in which Mervan Bedel lost his life 

  The government of Shengal condemned the Turkish drone attack on Mervan Bedel and his children and made Iraq and the KDP jointly responsible for it. Mervan Bedel's funeral will take place today.
• Abdi: International community bears responsibility to protect civilians 

  “Opening the airspace to the Turkish state to target civilians according to their whims, will lead to unprecedented massacres, warned the Commander-in-Chief of the SDF.
• HPG: At least two Turkish soldiers were killed in Zap 

  Two Turkish soldiers were killed in a guerrilla action in the Zap region of southern Kurdistan, a position and a shelter were destroyed.
• Turkish attack kills co-president of Autonomous Administration Council in Shengal 

  The Turkish state continues its deadly attacks against the Yazidi town of Shengal (Sinjar) in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq).
• KDP deploys more troops into guerrilla areas 

  The KDP has once again deployed large contingents of troops and into the Sheladize area. The troops have been stationed near the Turkish military base of Sîrê.
• Turkish armed drone strikes a vehicle in Shengal 

  The Turkish state continues its deadly attacks in various parts of Kurdistan.
• Students in South Kurdistan take to the streets again reclaiming their rights 

  Students in South Kurdistan took to the streets once again today reclaiming their rights.
• YPS claims responsibility for attacks on village guard chiefs in Cizre 

  The Civil Defence Units (YPS) has claimed responsibility for the partly fatal attacks on two village guard chiefs in Cizre.
• Victim of "helicopter torture” in Van accused of “PKK membership” 

  Osman Şiban, one of two victims of the so-called “helicopter torture” in Van, is accused of alleged PKK membership. If convicted, he faces up to ten years in prison.
• HPG: We are ready to defend our people against ISIS 

  HPG-BIM spokesperson Serdar Yektaş said that the mobilization of ISIS around Kirkuk is the outcome of a plan related to the Turkish state. Yektaş stressed that they are ready to protect the Kurdish people in South Kurdistan.
• ISIS killed 22 peshmergas and five civilians in South Kurdistan in one month 

  In the past four weeks, 22 peshmergas and five civilians have been killed by ISIS in South Kurdistan. The Peshmerga accuse the KDP of neglecting the fight against ISIS.
• Group of young guerrillas calls on everyone to join "war to victory" 

  On the 43rd anniversary of the PKK's founding, a group of young people, who went to the mountains of Kurdistan, said that they were impressed by the guerrillas and added that "this war is a war to victory."
• Refugees in Maxmur protest the isolation imposed on Abdullah Öcalan 

  Refugees in Martyr Rûstem Cûdî Camp in Maxmur marched to protest the isolation imposed on Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• After years of wars: Kurdistan and Vietnam 

  The violence of the last six years of the war against the Kurds, during which the Turkish state concealed its results and economic cost on the ground, as well as the financial/moral damage it resulted in, exceeded the last ten years of the Vietnam War.