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• Tevgera Azadi meets Qandil residents to discuss Turkish threats 

  The Tevgera Azadi Movement met with residents in Qandil to talk about the invasion threats of the Turkish state.
• Heading towards the sun against the darkness of the system 

  YJA Star guerrilla Faraşin Zilan fought until her last bullet and joined the caravan of martyrs following clashes in 2019.
• HPG commander Bargiran Erkendi commemorated in Maxmur 

  The fallen guerrilla commander Bargiran Erkendi was commemorated in the Maxmur refugee camp in Southern Kurdistan, Northern Iraq.
• Police delude disabled man into conspiring against 35 HDP members 

  35 HDP members were charged over a statement signed at the Kozluk Police Department by a visually disabled man named Hasan Yalçın, who was conspired by the police in custody.
• People in Shengal: 35 days of action in support of Asayish 

  The action organised by the people of Shengal to defend and support the Êzidxan Public Order forces continues on its 35th day.
• People in Shengal march to protest isolation in Imrali 

  A march was organised in Shengal to protest the isolation regime in Imrali and to salute resistance in the prisons.
• Vigil in Shengal reaches day 34 

  The Shengal people's vigil in front of the Ezidxan Asayishi (Public Order Forces) against the Shengal agreement signed between Baghdad and Hewler continues on its 34th day.
• 9th group takes over the hunger strike in Maxmur 

  The hunger strike against the isolation of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan continues on day 17 in Maxmur Martyr Rüstem Cudi Camp.
• Turkish jets bomb Medya Defense Zones 

  HPG reported continued air raids by the Turkish army on guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in Southern Kurdistan, Northern Iraq.
• Gerîla TV footage from action of self-sacrifice in Bazid 

  Guerrilla fighter Sema Koçer targeted the Turkish soldiers maintaining the security of the natural gas pipeline near the Gürbulak border crossing between Iran and Turkey.
• From Mardin to Switzerland to the mountains of Kurdistan 

  Roza Amara was born, raised and studied in Switzerland, where her family migrated from Mardin. She traveled throughout Europe, but decided to return to her country and joined the guerrilla. She is now struggling in Kurdistan.
• Vigil in Shengal enters day 33 

  The Shengal people's vigil in front of the Ezidxan Asayishi (Public Order Forces) against the Shengal agreement signed between Baghdad and Hewler continues on its 33rd day.
• Kurdish letters removed from signboards in Artuklu, Mardin 

  Kurdish letters X, W and Q were replaced with Turkish letters H, V and K.
• HPG: Six guerrillas martyred in Avashin 

  In late December, six guerrilla fighters were martyred in a Turkish airstrike in the Avashin region. HPG published their names.
• Vigil by people in Shengal reaches day 32 

  The Shengal people's vigil in front of the Ezidxan Asayishi (Public Order Forces) against the Shengal agreement signed between Baghdad and Hewler continues on its 32nd day.
• Guerrilla Vejin Helmet: The PKK is a people's party 

  YJA Star Guerilla Vejin Helmet said: "When I looked at the KDP and PUK, I saw that they were fighting only for their own interests. The PKK, on the contrary, is a people's party."
• A guerrilla coming from a family of village guards 

  Mîtan Gever is only 20 years old. He grew up in a village guard family and is now a guerrilla. He would like to ask the guards a question and reflect on it: "Why is the state sending us to the front to kill our brothers?"
• When the guerrilla is not in motion 

  "The guerrilla deals with many things and is inspired by the beauty of the mountains. We make jewelry by hand and give it to others as a souvenir. For this, we collect kezwan and roast the seeds until they are brown."
• Imam sentenced to prison over funeral prayer for HPG fighters 

  In 2019, Ali Akdağ was arrested in Şırnak for performing a funeral prayer for fallen guerrilla fighters, and an appeals court has since upheld the more than seven-year sentence against the imam. Now the Constitutional Court is reviewing the case.
• Turkish soldiers injure civilian in Hakkari countryside 

  Turkish soldiers opened fire on a picnic group near the Kurdish town of Derecik, injuring a civilian with a shot to the head.
• HPG guerrilla Kemal Piling remembers Commander Yılmaz Dersim 

  HPG guerrilla Kemal Piling spoke about HPG Command Council Member Yılmaz Dersim, who fell a martyr in Dersim on 10 November and said: "Heval Yılmaz Dersim was living with Abdullah Öcalan."
• The vigil in defense of Êzidxan Asayish continues 

  The Shengal people's vigil in front of the Ezidxan Asayishi (Public Order Forces) against the Shengal agreement signed between Baghdad and Hewler continues on its 30th day.
• Their ideals bring them together 

  Four guerrillas from different parts of Kurdistan are together in the mountains of Rojhilat (Iranian Kurdistan) to liberate the country, the people and Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Turkish war planes bomb guerrilla areas 

  War planes belonging to the invading Turkish army bombed the Medya Defense Areas.
• PKK: burial of martyrs at night should never be accepted 

  The Solidarity Committee with PKK Martyr Families said mass farewell of our martyrs will be the biggest blow to the invaders."