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• HPG commemorates three guerrillas martyred in Heftanîn 

  The HPG published the names of three guerrilla fighters martyred in Heftanîn in 2015.
• Guerrillas halt attempted advance by the Turkish army in Werxelê 

  The guerrillas repelled an advance attempt by Turkish occupation forces on the resistance area of Werxelê with a sabotage operation. In Heftanîn, female guerrillas targeted Turkish forces with heavy weapons.
• Two kolbars killed in Eastern Kurdistan 

  Two people were killed in attacks by Iranian security forces on load carriers in the Kurdish border area in Serdeşt and Hewraman.
• 'They told me about the party and I came' 

  Avaşîn was a place for Çiya Amed to seek vengeance from the enemy and pay a price. He had his name written in the blues of Avaşîn after fighting non-stop.
• Commemoration for Musa Anter banned in Mardin 

  A memorial event for the writer Musa Anter, who was murdered by JITEM 29 years ago, has been banned in Nusaybin district of Mardin.
• High rush at the mourning tent for Yasin Bulut in Sulaymaniyah 

  A mourning tent in Çarçira, where condolences are being offered for Yasin Bulut, is crowded. Lahur Şêx Cengî Talabani is among the guests paying their last respects to the PKK revolutionary who was shot dead in Sulaymaniyah on Friday.
• HPG: Two Turkish soldiers were killed, one helicopter damaged 

  YJA Star guerrillas hit Turkish army combat helicopters in Metîna, preventing air strikes on the villages of Hiror and Kestê. In Avaşîn, a sabotage action by guerrillas left two Turkish soldiers dead.
• ‘South Kurdistan people should expose the KDP’s policies’ 

  Kurdish politicians in Rojava condemned the collaboration of the KDP with the Turkish state and called on South Kurdistan people to expose the KDP policies.
• Mêrdîn: We will liberate Öcalan by expanding resistance 

  KJK Coordination member, Rewşen Mêrdîn, said that "a great history of resistance is being manifested despite the betrayals" and added that they would liberate Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan by expanding the resistance.
• Martyr Yasin Bulut laid to rest in Qendil 

  Yasin Bulut, a member of the Solidarity Committee with the Families of the PKK Martyrs, who was killed in an armed attack in Sulaymaniyah, was buried after a ceremony in Qendil.
• HPG: Turkish occupiers were repelled once again in Werxelê 

  The guerrillas continue their resistance against the Turkish invasion in Avaşîn. An advance by the occupation forces in Werxelê was halted despite blasts and bombardments in the course of the fighting.
• Qubad Talabani condemns murder of PKK member Yasin Bulut  

  Qubad Talabani, Deputy Prime Minister of Federal Kurdistan Region, “fiercely” condemned the killing of Yasin Bulut (Şükrü Serhat), a member of the PKK Solidarity Committee with the Families of Martyrs in Sulaymaniyah.
• Body of Yasin Bulut sent to Qandil 

  The body of Yasin Bulut, the Kurdish politician killed in Sulaymaniyah on Friday morning, has been sent to Qandil. He will be buried there at the cemetery of martyrs.
• PKK Committee: We will avenge our comrade Bulut slain by Turkey! 

  In a statement regarding the murder of Yasin Bulut by the invading Turkish state, the PKK Solidarity Committee with the Families of Martyrs said, “We will avenge all our martyrs of the revolution in the person of comrade Şükrü.”
• PKK calls for action against brutal murder of Yasin Bulut by Turkey 

  “The Turkish state brutally murdered our friend Yasin Bulut (Şükrü Serhat) in front of the house where he was staying. We call on our people to stand up for Yasin Bulut and take a stand,” PKK Foreign Relations Committee said.
• Member of PKK Committee assassinated in Sulaymaniyah 

  Yasin Bulut, a long-time member of the PKK's Solidarity Committee with the Families of Martyrs, has been shot dead in Sulaymaniyah. The 64-year-old was hit by four shots. The circumstances of his death indicate a targeted assassination.
• The people of Bashur strongly support the Behdinan activists 

  The death fast carried out by some of the Behdinan activists arrested by the KDP hit the agenda of South Kurdistan people once again.
• Avaşîn Front through guerillas' cameras 

  The fighters on the Avaşîn Front report under artillery fire about a successful operation against the Turkish invasion troops.
• 81 people arrested by the KDP in South Kurdistan on hunger strike 

  81 people who were arrested by the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) during the popular anti-government protests in the Kurdistan Region last year have been on hunger strike for 11 days.
• HPG publishes names of Zap martyrs 

  HPG published the names of four guerrilla fighters who died fighting the Turkish invasion in the Zap region in May and early September.
• 6 soldiers killed in revenge action by YJA Star guerrillas in Şemdinli 

  Guerrillas of the Free Women’s Troops (YJA Star) carried out a revenge action for the 6 guerrillas who were martyred in a chemical attack of the invading Turkish state. A Reo type vehicle was destroyed, and 6 Turkish soldiers were killed in Şemdinli.
• 'The people of Maxmur resist with the philosophy of Abdullah Öcalan' 

  Cihan Kaplan of the Ishtar Women's Council Coordination remarked that the people of Maxmur have been resisting for 28 years based on the ideas and philosophy of PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan, and condemned the silence towards Turkey's attacks.
• HPG member talks about a guerrilla action in Werxele 

  Firmesk Amed said that they carried out the action in memory of the fallen Arab fighter Canpolat who was martyred while they were on their way to the Mamreşo area as reinforcing units.
• HPG: Three guerrillas martyred in Turkish chemical attack in Avashin 

  The People’s Defence Forces (HPG) Press Centre announced that the Turkish state used chemical weapons in the Avaşîn region and three guerrillas were martyred.
• Iran attacks Southern Kurdistan 

  Iran has been bombarding areas in the Bradost region of southern Kurdistan for a week.