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• HPG: Three Turkish soldiers killed in Iğdır 

  HPG-BIM reported continued actions by the guerrilla forces and attacks by the Turkish army in Kurdistan.
• HPG discloses identities of three guerrillas fallen in Xakurkê 

  HPG Press Contact Center (HPG-BIM) has disclosed the identity of the three guerrillas who fell martyr during the Turkish military operation in the Xakurkê region last July.
• KCK urges KRG to remove the embargo on Maxmur 

  Kurdistan Communities Union reiterated their call for the removal of the embargo on the Maxmur Camp in order for people not to be victimized and hurt anymore, saying; “We believe that the Kurdish government will meet the expectations.”
• Umut Bookshop attackers were caught red-handed, said Yilmaz 

  Speaking at the hearing of the Şemdinli Trial, Umut Bookshop owner Seferi Yilmaz said: "Ali Kaya, Özcan Ildeniz and confessor Veysel Ateş were caught red-handed."
• Committee for national unity established in Sulaymaniyah 

  Intellectuals, politicians and activists will be working for national unity across South Kurdistan.
• Footage from guerrilla action in Xakurke 

  Three soldiers of the Turkish army were killed in the action, including the operation commander.
• Co-mayor of Kızıltepe jailed 

  Co-mayor Nilüfer Elik Yılmaz has been sent to prison after appearing in court today.
• 11 Turkish soldiers killed in Heftanin and Xakurke 

  Eight soldiers of the Turkish army were killed in Heftanin and two others in Xakurke.
• Remains of 8 guerrillas buried amidst obstacles by police 

  The bones of 8 PKK members were buried in different cemeteries in Bitlis. The police even prevented the the burials of the remains on the same site.
• Ban on demos extended for an extra 15 days in Hakkari 

  The Ankara regime continues to systematically extend the ban on action and demos in Hakkari.
• HPG: Three Turkish soldiers killed in Şırnak 

  Guerrillas continue inflicting blows on the Turkish army in Kurdistan.
• Footage from guerrilla action in Heftanin 

  Seven soldiers of the Turkish army were killed in the action.
• Journalist remains in custody, two HDP members jailed in Ağrı 

  The Turkish regime’s political genocide campaign against the Kurdish population continues.
• Turkish soldiers storm villages, detain 9 in Patnos, Ağrı 

  The Turkish regime’s political genocide campaign against the Kurdish people continues.
• 22 more people detained in Amed 

  59 people have been taken into custody in Amed (Diyarbakır) during the past one week.
• Identities of three YJA guerrillas martyred disclosed 

  HPG promised that they would triumphantly crown the fighting values ​​created by their martyrs.
• Two villagers arrested in Tutak, wife of murdered Kaya in custody 

  Two of the villagers who were detained in the incident where the state forces murdered Murat Kaya in Ağrı were arrested. Kaya's wife is in custody.
• Two HDP members jailed on terror charges in Amed 

  Two out of the eight people detained in Amed on December 6, have been jailed.
• Journalist and HDP administrator detained in Ağrı 

  The Turkish regime’s political genocide against the Kurdish population continues.
• Jailed co-mayor of Özalp hospitalized 

  Örenci was diagnosed with hereditary angioedema.
• Political genocide in Amed: 17 people detained 

  The Turkish regime’s political genocide practices against the Kurdish population continue.
• Footage from guerrilla action that killed 30 soldiers in Heftanin 

  The revolutionary guerrilla operation left at least 30 Turkish soldiers dead and more wounded.
• Soldiers killed, Prosecutor ignored complaint 

  Turan Sati, a father of 11, was struck by a military armored vehicle on 30 November in Bitlis. Family and villagers went to sue the soldiers but the Chief Prosecutor of Adilcevaz did not even process the complaint.
• Guerrillas hit Turkish soldiers in Çukurca 

  HPG reported continued aerial attacks by the Turkish army in South Kurdistan.
• Police threaten the families of PKK guerrillas in Van 

  Turkish police threaten the families of guerrillas and tell them to bring their children back from the mountains.