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• Military operation in Van countryside 

  A military operation was launched in Van involving soldiers, police and village guards.
• KCK calls for increased struggle against fascism and isolation 

  Calling on all democratic forces, especially women and the Kurdish people, to stand up for Leyla Güven, KCK stressed that no problem in Turkey can be solved without an overthrow of this government.
• Shengal action marks its 22nd day 

  The action initiated by the Shengal people to support the Êzidixan Asayish (Public Security) continues on its 22nd day.
• Gerîla TV footage from action in Van 

  Gerîla TV published footage of a military action against Turkish forces in the countryside of Çatak district of Van on June 8.
• New group takes over the hunger strike in Maxmur 

  Ishtar Assembly took over the indefinite and alternating hunger strike launched in Martyr Rüstem Cudi (Maxmur) Camp to lift the isolation imposed on Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Vigil and tent action in Shengal enters day 21 

  The Shengal people and the Yazidi community are on day 21 of their vigil against the agreement targeting Shengal.
• Vigil for Shengal enters day 20 

  The vigil and tent action organised by the people of Shengal with the aim of reclaiming and support the Êzidxan Asayishi, continues on its 20th day.
• Guerilla fighter tells about the Gabar action 

  Guerilla Eylem Göksu Gabar, telling about an action in Gabar in 2015, recalls, "First heval Berçem shot, then friends attacked with bombs. The hill was completely wiped out".
• Four detained in Batman over Kobanê protests in 2014 

  The Turkish regime’s political genocide against the Kurdish population continues unabated.
• "Shengal handed over to ISIS in 2014 and to Baghdad today" 

  KONGRA GEL called on the Kurdistan people in and outside their country to provide any necessary assistance and aid to the people in Shengal.
• Vigil in Shengal continues on day 19 

  For almost three weeks, protests have been going on in Shengal against the agreement reached between the KDP and the Iraqi government over Yazidi town in Southern Kurdistan. So far, there has been no positive response.
• HPG Air Defense Units hit Turkish soldiers in Heftanin 

  The ‘Martyr Delal Forces’ carried out actions with unmanned aerial vehicles against Turkish soldiers in Heftanin region of Southern Kurdistan, Northern Iraq.
• Shengal people’s vigil in solidarity with Asayish on day 18 

  People stand in solidarity with the Asayîşa Êzîdxanê, the local Yazidi security forces in Shengal (Sinjar) against Iraqi government’s decision to dissolve it.
• Egits and Zilans of the new era 

  The history of human freedom is written in the mountains of Kurdistan with the life and wars of guerrilla forces. We are witnessing the course of the war in the Botan mountains.
• Journalist Rizgar Deniz remembered at his grave in Maxmur 

  At his grave in the Maxmur refugee camp, relatives and colleagues commemorated journalist Rizgar Deniz, who died three years ago. The ANHA correspondent was fatally injured in an ISIS attack in eastern Syria.
• KBDH Commander Razmûhî: KDP finances Turkish occupation 

  KBDH commander Hîvron Razmûhî drew attention to the fact that the South Kurdish ruling party KDP does not pay the salaries of the public employees but finances the Turkish occupation troops instead.
• Turkey bombs regions of Zakho in South Kurdistan 

  The Turkish state bombed the region of Batîfa in Zakho, South Kurdistan.
• Yazidi politician Mam Beşîr buried in Shengal 

  The Yazidi politician Mam Beşîr, who died three days ago of a heart attack, was buried in Shengal on Saturday. Hundreds of people joined the funeral ceremony.
• HPG: Fabricated news should not be heeded 

  HPG Press Center refuted the media reports that PKK placed a bomb on the main road in Sidekan region in Southern Kurdistan, Northern Iraq.
• Turkish army bombs settlements in South Kurdistan 

  The Turkish state continues its genocidal attacks in various parts of Kurdistan. The Turkish bombardments against South and West Kurdistan (Bashur and Rojava) have remarkably increased in recent weeks.
• Sozdar Avesta explains who wants what in Shengal 

  Sozdar Avesta of the KCK sheds light on the various positions on Shengal in an interview with ANF. The agreement reached without the consent of the Yazidi population corresponds to the plan for all of Kurdistan, she said.
• Berwari: Shengal agreement is a continuation of ISIS attacks 

  Co-chair of the Popular Democratic Front and a member of the Kurdistan National Congress Dr. Kamiran Berwari stated that the agreement signed between the KDP and Baghdad on Shengal is a continuation of ISIS attacks and called for support for Shengal.
• Yazidi Community bid farewell to Mam Bashir 

  Yazidi Community Coordination Member Mam Beşir was laid to rest in the Şehîd Dilgeş and Berxwedan Cemetery of Martyrs.
• HPG: 6 Turkish soldiers killed in Heftanin 

  HPG-BIM stated that on December 15, guerrillas carried out a two-day action against the soldiers stationed on Koordine hill in the Bektorya area in Heftanin and killed 6 Turkish soldiers.
• Action in Shengal reaches day 16 

  The action organised by the people of Shengal in support of the Ezîdxan Asayishi (internal defense forces) continues on day 16.