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• Footage from guerrilla action in Xakurke, South Kurdistan 

  Four soldiers of the Turkish army were killed in Xakurke region.
• HPG Commander: We won't allow the conspiracy to reach its goal 

  HPG commander Dersim said that the International Conspiracy will never reach its goal and said that the price necessary to ensure this will be paid.
• Soldiers storm villages, seize people's supplies, destroy caves 

  In the Northern Kurdistan province of Amed, soldiers storm villages, confiscate the people’s supplies and destroy the caves in the mountains.
• A commander and a soldier of the Turkish army killed in Iğdır 

  Guerrillas continue inflicting blows on the occupant Turkish army in Kurdistan territory.
• Police detain 17 people in Van in new political operation 

  Following police raids in the morning in Van and its provinces, 17 people, including Kurdish politicians, were detained.
• Body of YJA Star guerrilla not given to family from Iran 

  The father came from Iran and returned without taking her daughter’s body.
• Five people taken into custody in Ağrı 

  Five people were detained during a new political genocide operations in Ağrı.
• Three HDP members detained in Varto 

  The Turkish regime’s political genocide operations against the HDP continue unabated.
• Police put a gun to the head of a 3-year-old child in Amed 

  Turkish police officers raided a house in Amed and put a gun to the head of a 3-year-old child.
• Hakkari Governor declares five regions "special security zones" 

  Hakkari Governorate has banned entrance and exit to five regions for 15 days. The reason given was "special security" measures.
• Turkey's deadly eastern border 

  From the Northern Kurdish province of Wan, there are always new reports of refugees who die at the Turkish border. In the past twelve months alone, 50 people seeking protection who froze to death while crossing the border have been registered.
• 30 refugees found almost frozen on the shores of Lake Van 

  More than 30 refugees were found almost frozen in Gevaş, Van.
• KODAR and PJAK announce a boycott of elections 

  On February 21, the Iranian regime will hold elections to elect members of the parliament for the 11th term and the Assembly of Experts for the 5th term
• HPG discloses identities of two martyred guerrillas  

  The HPG disclosed the identity of two guerrillas who fell martyrs in Şırnak on 18 September 2019. "Our comrade Kandil and Tirej have led the way in the new era in the struggle for freedom with great determination until they reach martyrdom."
• 13 refugees found dead in Çaldıran 

  13 refugees have died in the town of Çaldıran in Van.
• Governor of Van orders 15 more days of ban on events and actions 

  The prohibition of actions and activities, which has already lasted for 176 days in Van, has been extended again.
• Delegation from Bakur meets with intellectuals in Bashur 

  A delegation of political parties and civil society organisation from Bakur is in Bashur to hold talks with intellectuals to promote Kurdish national unity.
• Turkish jets bomb guerrilla zones in southern Kurdistan 

  The Turkish state’s genocidal attacks against the Kurdish people continue in various parts of the Kurdistan territory.
• Martyrs of Cizre commemorated 

  Turkish security forces destroyed Kurdish towns four years ago. Cizre district association of the HDP today commemorated the martyrs of the resistance for self-governance.
• One kolbar killed, another froze to death in January 

  The plight of kolbars, who struggle to make a living and die at the hands of the Iranian regime at the rate of one kolbar every day, never seems to end.
• HPG guerilla martyred in ISIS attack laid to rest in Maxmur 

  HPG fighter Ahmed Muradpur (Bekês Urmiye), who was martyred in the defence against the ISIS attack on Maxmur, was buried with great sympathy.
• HPG-BIM pays tribute to martyr Bêkes who fell defending Maxmur 

  HPG Press Liaison Center (HPG-BIM) commemorated the guerrilla who fell martyr in the attack carried out by ISIS mercenaries on 2 February against Maxmur Camp.
• Kurdish parties delegation visits Maxmur Refugee Camp 

  Representatives of DTK, HDP, PDK-T, PIA and Azadî Party visited Maxmur Camp which is still under embargo.
• Avalanches in Van: Death toll rises to 38 

  So far 38 people have been recovered dead from avalanche crashes in Van. According to the latest information, 53 people were injured. It is not known whether any more people have been buried by the snow.
• KCK: The Turkish State is behind the attack on Maxmur 

  The KCK said  the Turkish state is behind the ISIS attack on the Maxmur camp and added: "The Turkish state is attacking Shengal, Kobanê and the Rojava Revolution like ISIS attacked them before."