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• HPG pays tribute to guerrillas Aram, Ednan and Serhed 

  The HPG has published the identities of three guerrillas who fell martyrs in the past weeks. Zarîn Aram, Dilgeş Ednan and Sîdar Serhed died in the resistance against the Turkish invasion in the Zap region.
• Lawyer and DEM party provincial co-chair Özperçin taken into custody in Adıyaman 

  Kurdish lawyer Yusuf Özperçin has been taken into custody in Adıyaman. The lawyer, who is also co-chair of the provincial DEM party, is accused of "terrorist propaganda" and "statements detrimental to the state".
• HPG: 5 soldiers killed and 2 positions destroyed 

  Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla carried out actions in Gever, Metîna and Zap, killing 5 invading Turkish soldiers and destroying 2 positions and 1 surveillance camera.
• Kurdish women Kaya, Bölek and Kaya mistreated in prison 

  Kurdish women Emine Kaya, Nezete Bölek and Sare Kaya, who were taken into custody in Batman without concrete evidence for supporting the PKK, were mistreated in prison. Their story is exemplary of the oppression in Turkey.
• Nine years ago the Suruç Massacre 

  The Co-Presidency of the KCK Executive Council issued a statement to commemorate the martyrs of the Suruç (Pirsus) massacre its 9th anniversary.
• KDP makes an agreement with the Iraqi Turkmen Front in Kirkuk 

  The KDP reportedly agreed with the Iraqi Turkmen Front, the anti-Kurdish extension of Ankara, on the appointment of the chairman of the Kirkuk Provincial Council and the governor. PUK announced that they would not make any concessions on Kirkuk.
• Turkey continues military shipment to Şêladize and bombing of Biradost  

  The Turkish state continued its military shipment to Şêladize, as well as the bombing of the Biradost area.
• HPG: Four military vehicles destroyed by guerrillas 

  According to the HPG, four military vehicles were destroyed in a two-flank attack by the guerrillas on a Turkish troop transport in South Kurdistan. In Girê Bahar, Turkish attack helicopters set the area on fire.
• Tribal leaders in Iraq call for action to “stop Turkey’s crimes against humanity” 

  Dozens of tribal leaders in Iraq condemned the invasion attacks of the Turkish state and called for action to stop the Turkish state’s crimes against humanity.
• Zenûbiya Women's Community calls for action against Turkish occupation 

  Zenûbiya Women's Community called on the peoples of Syria and Iraq to “unite and mobilise against terror.”
• MLKP: We will resist occupation and defend the lands of Kurdistan  

  Denouncing the KDP collaboration with the Turkish state, MLKP Kurdistan called on peoples, parties and organisations to stand up against war and occupation in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
• Turkish drone kills a civilian in Şêladize - UPDATE 

  The Turkish state bombed the Şêladize town with an armed drone and killed a civilian named Osman Mîrweysiye.
• KNK delegation’s talks in South Kurdistan continue 

  The Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) delegation is holding diplomatic talks in South Kurdistan at a time when the occupying Turkish state is escalating its attacks.
• PKK calls for unity against the KDP's collaborative betrayal 

  Saying that the KDP is in an attitude that betrays the interests of the Kurdish people, PKK called on the people, all intellectuals and academics of Kurdistan, parties and organisations to unite in the line of patriotism against the collaborative line.
• Turkish Sikorsky army helicopter shot down at Girê Bahar 

  According to the HPG press center, another Turkish Sikorsky army helicopter was shot down at Girê Bahar in the western Zap region.
• HPG pays tribute to guerrillas Ekin Amanos and Herekol Şiyar  

  Guerrillas Ekin Amanos and Herekol Şiyar fell as martyrs in attacks during a Turkish military operation in the Gabar region. The HPG expressed its condolences to the Kurdish people.
• Community Peacemakers Teams publishes one-month balance of Turkish attacks on South Kurdistan 

  The CPT said that at least 9 villages have been completely emptied by the Turkish attacks against South Kurdistan.
• One kolbar killed, two others wounded in shooting by Iranian forces 

  19-year-old Kiyan Zeyni was killed and two brothers, Peyman and Keyvan Ghaderi, were wounded as a result of IRGC shooting.
• A militant following in the footsteps of PKK pioneers 

  HPG guerrilla Ernesto Che Guevara, one of the thousands of heroes of Kurdistan, fought until his last breath with great determination, risking all kinds of difficulties and costs for the liberation of his country and his people.
• KNK Co-Chair holds talks in Hewlêr 

  KNK Co-Chair Ahmet Karamus visited the Kurdistan Communist Party, Kurdistan Zehmetkêşan Party and the Kurdistan Democratic People's Movement in Hewlêr (Erbil) and discussed the invasion attacks of the Turkish state.
• Iraqi tribes support the PKK against Turkish occupation 

  Many Iraqi tribes expressed their support for the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) against Turkish invasion and genocidal attacks.
• YRK: Turkey attacks our areas in cooperation with the KDP to destroy the gains of our people 

  YRK stated that the occupying Turkish state bombarded Nizarê village near Pênciwên three times, saying: ‘The attacks are carried out in cooperation with the KDP with the aim of destroying the gains of the Kurdish people.”
• HPG pays tribute to two martyrs of Metîna 

  YJA star guerrilla Yekbûn Şoreş and HPG guerrilla Rustem Hemdem fell as martyrs defending Metîna.
• Turkish military deployment to Amediyê continues while warplanes bomb Biradost 

  The Turkish state continues to send military shipments to Amediyê with the cooperation of the KDP, while at the same time bombing the region of Biradost.
• HPG: Four Turkish soldiers were killed in actions by the guerrillas 

  The guerrillas from HPG and YJA Star are continuing their resistance against Turkish occupation in South Kurdistan. Four soldiers were killed and military equipment destroyed in guerrilla actions in Zap, Metîna and Heftanîn.