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• Earthquake at Bakur-Rojhilat border kills 9 in Van - UPDATE 

  The 5.9 magnitude earthquake is followed by ongoing aftershocks.
• Horror and outrage after rape in Southern Kurdistan 

  A girl is raped in Hewlêr. The perpetrators are quickly caught, but still don't have to answer. A stony road begins in the fight for justice of the child's father and ends in a breach of taboo, which has never been seen before in Southern Kurdistan.
• HPG: 4 Turkish soldiers killed in Xakurke 

  Guerrillas targeted Turkish military forces in Xakurke, leaving 4 soldiers dead.
• Trustees in Van ask money to support mercenaries in Idlib! 

  The Governorate of Van ordered to raise money for the mercenary groups working for the Turkish state in Idlib.
• Two men elected as leaders of the PUK 

  Pavel Talabani and Lahur Şeyh Cengi Talabani were elected as the leaders of the Southern Kurdistan party PUK.
• HPG Commander Roj: We will reunite Öcalan with the people 

  HPG commander Rodî Roj said they won't give up their determination to reunite Abdullah Öcalan with the people.
• HPG guerrilla Ölçen finally laid to rest  

  The remains of Erhan Ölçen, who fell martyr in Lice, were finally buried after 108 days of police harassment.
• Guerrilla Dêrik: Conspirators could not reach their goals 

  YJA STAR guerrilla Diyana Dêrik said that this is a time when the conspiracy wanted to renew itself, but the guerrilla would be an obstacle to the conspirators' goals.
• Turkish warplanes bomb Medya Defense Zones 

  Turkish warplanes bombed the areas of Gare, Avashin, Metina, Kandil and Zap. Material damage has been reported to civilians' homes and gardens.
• Kurdish politician Mahmut Alinak jailed 

  Kurdish politician and writer Mahmut Alinak has been imprisoned in the Kars province. He is accused of membership to a terrorist organisation.
• Police in Amed blockade HDP statement on party congress 

  In Amed, the police prevented the HDP from publicly issuing a statement on the upcoming party congress. Police units are occupying the city center.
• Attack by Iranian forces kills a kolbar, injures nine others 

  In an attack by Iranian security forces on kolbars on the Iranian border between Eastern and Southern Kurdistan, one kolbar was killed and nine others were injured.
• Earthquake in Van 

  The epicenter was in the Başkale district.
• Turkish jets bomb guerrilla zones in southern Kurdistan 

  The Turkish state’s genocidal attacks against the Kurdish people and their lands continue in various parts of the Kurdistan territory.
• KODAR calls on people to boycott Iranian elections 

  KODAR Coordination member Ehven Çiyako said that the elections in Iran should be boycotted otherwise the regime will legitimize itself. Çiyako urged the opposition to act jointly.
• Youth in Cizre protest the international conspiracy 

  A group of young people in Cizre condemned the February 15 international conspiracy against Öcalan.
• Guerrillas: We will make 2020 the year of victory 

  Guerrillas vowed to make 2020 the year of victory to achieve freedom for Öcalan and the people of Kurdistan, and an equal, democratic and free life.
• Demonstration for Öcalan in Sulaymaniyah 

  21 years ago Abdullah Öcalan was abducted and deported to Turkey. In Sulaymaniyah in South Kurdistan, youth organisations protested against the international secret service coup with a torchlight march.
• 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.