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• Police attack Newroz celebration in Van 

  The confrontation continued into the night.
• Six Turkish soldiers killed in Amadiya, South Kurdistan 

  Six soldiers died in an action of a Revenge Unit against a Turkish military base in the South Kurdistan’s Duhok Governorate. The action took place as retaliation to Turkish attacks on Shengal.
• Newroz fire in the Qandil mountains 

  The guerrillas and the people of the Qandil Mountains in Southern Kurdistan have lit Newroz fires in many different places.
• Newroz fires lit in Sulaymaniyah 

  Newroz was celebrated in many different places in the region of Sulaymaniyah, South Kurdistan.
• Maxmur residents light 42 fires to celebrate Newroz 

  Some 42 fires were lit in Maxmur refugee camp to celebrate Newroz.
• HPG: A commander of the Turkish army killed in Bazid 

  Guerrillas continue inflicting blows on the Turkish army in Kurdistan territory.
• Medicine supplies in Maxmur refugee camp exhausted 

  The embargo on the Maxmur refugee camp, which has been in place for eight months, increases the risk posed by Covid-19. Co-mayor Bedran Piranî warns that the supplies of medicines are exhausted.
• Coronavirus curfew in South Kurdistan extended till 23 March 

  The curfew imposed since 14 March in an attempt to curb the coronavirus to spread in South Kurdistan has been extended for another 5 days.
• Six people including two politicians imprisoned in Adıyaman 

  The Turkish state’s political genocide operations continue unabated.
• HPG commemorates three guerrillas martyred in Metina 

  The HPG published the names of three guerrilla fighters who died in a Turkish air raid in Metina in June 2019.
• Commemoration for Halabja victims canceled over Coronavirus 

  In Southern Kurdistan, a curfew remains in place to stop the spread of corona virus infections.
• DTK: The massacre of Halabja was followed by Roboski and Afrin 

  Commemorating the victims of the Halabja Massacre, the DTK said: "Genocidal practices continued, but the Kurdish people did not surrender." The DTK called for the establishment of national unity.
• Trustees "forget" to carry out disinfection of churches in Van 

  No disinfection work has been done in Van's Protestant and the International Church.
• Newroz fire lit in Savur 

  Newroz was celebrated with fires lit in Yeşilalan (Barman), Savur in the province of Mardin.
• Four village chiefs deposed in Muş 

  In Malazgirt province of Muş, four village chiefs have been removed from office at the instigation of the Ministry of the Interior. The reason for the measure is an investigation against the persons concerned.
• Curfew extended for another three days in Bashur 

  The two-day curfew implemented in Southern Kurdistan (Bashur) to contain the spread of coronavirus, has been extended for another three days.
• Turkish army launches operation in three villages of Lice, Amed 

  The operation zone involves three villages in the countryside of Amed (Diyarbakır) province.
• Turkish jets bomb Xakurke and Metina 

  The Turkish state continues its genocidal attacks in various parts of Kurdistan.
• HPG disclose identities of three martyred guerrillas  

  The HPG disclosed the identity of the three guerrillas who fell martyrs in the air attack on Xakurkê and expressed condolences to their families and the whole Kurdish people.
• Coronavirus in Southern Kurdistan: Measures multiplied 

  The coronavirus continues to cut into public life worldwide. In order to contain the spread in Southern Kurdistan, more measures have been announced on Friday.
• Three more people detained in Adıyaman 

  The Turkish regime's political genocide operations against the Kurdish people and their elected representatives continue increasingly.
• Turkish war planes bomb Medya Defense Zones 

  HPG Press Center said that warplanes belonging to the invading Turkish army carried out air strikes against Gare, Metina, Zap and Avashin in Medya Defense Area.
• Co-mayor of Cizre taken into custody 

  Berivan Kutlu, the co-mayor of Cizre Municipality, one of the municipalities seized by the AKP / MHP fascist government, was taken into custody.
• No masks to be found in Van as coronavirus panic spreads 

  Van is at the border with Iran, one of the countries most affected by the coronavirus and one with the highest number of deaths.
• Body of a refugee found in Çaldıran 

  Body of a refugee has been found in the countryside of Van province.