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• HPG: Village guards joining Turkish attack to be held accountable 

  HPG Heftanin Provincial Command issued a written statement to warn the village guards participating in the Turkish invasion attacks.
• PAJK: The memory of comrade Leyla will be a light in our struggle 

  PAJK Coordination issued a written statement regarding the martyrdom of Filiz Aslan (Leyla Agiri), member of the Executive Council of KJK.
• HPG guerrillas kill 7 invading Turkish soldiers in Heftanin 

  Guerrillas carried out actions against the invading Turkish army on 20 August as part of the Cenga Heftanin Revolutionary Initiative. Seven invaders were punished and 3 were injured.
• Militant actions in Amed, Batman and Van 

  The militant group "Martyr Destan Revenge Unit" has claimed responsibility for actions against village guards, soldiers and policemen in three different cities.
• Air Defense Units strike Turkish military base in Sheladize 

  The air defense units of HPG struck a Turkish military base in Southern Kurdistan. The action was dedicated to Doğa Zîlan, the first martyr of the Air Defense Units.
• Four Turkish soldiers killed in guerrilla actions 

  In the embattled guerrilla area of Heftanin in Southern Kurdistan, a Turkish soldier has been shot dead by a sniper of the women's guerrilla force YJA-Star. In Xakurke, guerrillas destroyed a military position.
• KCK calls for unity against Turkey’s occupation attacks 

  As the Turkish state wants to extend its occupation attacks to guerrilla areas, KCK warns that Turkey’s plan was to annex Southern Kurdistan and Rojava next and this would remove all obstacles to its neo-Ottoman expansion in the Middle East.
• People demand the resignation of government in Southern Kurdistan 

  People took to the streets across Southern Kurdistan, Northern Iraq and called for the resignation of the regional government over its silence on Turkey’s occupation attacks, the economic crisis and issues with health services.
• I joined the PKK to counter the fascist and genocidal attacks 

  "The attacks of the fascist Turkish state brought me to the mountains and this is the reason why I joined the PKK. I realized that the only place where I could fight against the attacks of the fascist enemy was within the PKK, and I joined the guerrilla."
• Youth activist allegedly handed over by KDP to Turkey 

  The Kurdish youth movement raises serious accusations against security forces in Duhok: a 19-year-old activist with Turkish citizenship, who has been in custody for two months, is said to have been handed over to Turkey.
• Curfew imposed ahead of protest demonstration in Sheladize 

  As part of ongoing protests against Turkish occupation, a demonstration has been organised in Sheladize for Saturday evening against the increasingly ongoing Turkish attacks.
• 33 journalists and activists detained in Duhok in two months 

  The wave of arrests by KDP forces has mainly affected the areas of Duhok city centre, Sheladize, Amadiya, Akra and Zakho during the past two months.
• Turkish troops destroy civilians' houses in Heftanin 

  After the Turkish occupation troops took the village of Banikê in the Heftanin region of Southern Kurdistan, houses were looted and burned down.
• Soldiers and police housed in civilian estates in Hakkari 

  The AKP has turned Hakkari into a military barracks. Now it is building 1,331 new houses for soldiers and police officers within civilian settlements in Hakkari center and its districts.
• Guerrillas hit Turkish soldiers in Heftanin and Xakurke 

  HPG/YJA Star guerrillas targeted Turkish troops in Heftanin and Xakurke regions of Southern Kurdistan, Northern Iraq.
• Guerilla fighter buried under police blockade in Amed 

  Guerrilla Newroz Alkaş, who died in clashes in Dersim in early June, has been buried under police blockade in her hometown Amed.
• Edhem Barzani condemns Turkey's genocidal attacks 

  Growing reactions against Turkey’s occupation attacks and operations in Northern Iraq.
• Explosion kills 6 Turkish soldiers in Southern Kurdistan 

  Six soldiers of the Turkish army have been killed by the explosion, according to initial reports.
• An Arab guerrilla in Heftanin 

  Arab guerrilla Demhat fought in Heftanin.
• A neighbourhood under isolation 

  The state, which has literally blockaded the city center of Hakkari, has completely isolated some neighbourhoods and villages. One of these neighbourhoods is Karşıyaka.
• HPG announces the names of Gabar martyrs 

  HPG published the identities of two guerrilla fighters who died in a Turkish air raid on Mount Gabar in Northern Kurdistan in early August.
• HPG reports continued Turkish airstrikes on Southern Kurdistan 

  The Turkish state has accelerated its attacks against Southern Kurdistan, Northern Iraq as part of its genocidal campaign targeting the Kurdish people in various parts of their country.
• Heavy clashes between guerrillas and Turkish soldiers in Heftanin 

  The Turkish state’s occupation operation in Heftanin region of Southern Kurdistan, Northern Iraq continues.
• Turkey builds wall on Van-Rojhilat border 

  The Turkish state is building a wall on the Van-Rojhilat border claiming it is to prevent refugees from coming into the country.
• Turkish warplanes bomb civilian areas in South Kurdistan 

  Turkish fighter jets bombed civilian settlements in two regions in South Kurdistan.