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• 23rd day of sit-in by Maxmur Peace Mothers 

  The embargo imposed on Maxmur Camp has reached day 68 while Peace Mothers have been protesting in front of the KDP security forces checkpoint for 23 day.
• Kurdistan Regional Parliament to work on Constitution draft 

  After the beginning of the 5th term of Parliament in the Kurdistan Region, the parliament's presidency took the first steps to draft the Constitution of the Kurdistan Region.
• HPG: Three soldiers killed in the Battle of Heftanin 

  The Turkish army has been trying since August to occupy the guerrilla zone Heftanin in southern Kurdistan. The HPG launched an offensive to counter this operation. In this context, three soldiers have been killed.
• Schools open in Maxmur Camp under embargo 

  School bell rang today marking the new school year in Maxmur today.
• 37 kolbars died, 82 others injured in 6 months 

  Kolbars are load carriers for daily wage who earn a living at the border between East and South Kurdistan.
• 67 days of embargo in Maxmur and 22 days of Peace Mothers' sit-in 

  The embargo imposed on Martyr Rüstem Cudi (Maxmur) Refugee Camp has been going on for 67 days. The Peace Mothers of Maxmur, in the meantime, have been sitting in front of the KDP public order forces checkpoint for 22 days demanding to lift the embargo.
• HPG: 5 soldiers killed in Hakkari 

  Guerrillas hit Turkish forces in northern Kurdistan while Turkish army carried out air raids in southern Kurdistan.
• Conflict escalates: Two buildings of PUK attacked in Hewler 

  There seems to be an escalation spiral between the two competing parties. Now, two buildings of the PUK were attacked in Hewler.
• Embargo on Maxmur deeply affecting people after 66 days 

  The embargo imposed on Maxmur camp has reached day 66 and it is deeply affecting the life of refugees.
• Footage from guerrilla action which killed 6 contras in Ağrı 

  Gerîla TV has published footage from an action in which guerrillas hit Turkish soldiers in northern Kurdistan.
• Güven: We we will increase the struggle 

  DTK co-chair and HDP MP Leyla Güven came together with family members of those killed by state forces in Cizre.
• Tensions between KDP and PUK grow 

  Tensions between KDP and PUK are growing.
• Maxmur Peace Mothers' action reached day 21 

  Kumru Kasım Tunç, one of the mothers from Maxmur partecipating in the sit-in to lift the embargo, said: "We will break this embargo."
• 7 soldiers killed in revolutionary offensives of guerrillas 

  Seven soldiers of the Turkish army have been killed in the actions of the guerrillas.
• Mothers from Maxmur appeal to the Iraqi president 

  The co-mayor of Maxmur, Leyla Arzu Ilhan, wrote a letter to Iraqi President Barham Salih on behalf of the protesting mothers from the self-administered refugee camp in southern Kurdistan.
• Fire on Mount Cudi 

  What caused the fire is not clear yet.
• Guerrillas hit the Turkish army in Heftanin, Xakurke and Çukurca 

  Guerrillas hit Turkish military forces in Heftanin and Xakurkê regions in southern Kurdistan and Çukurca district of Hakkari in northern Kurdistan.
• Former hunger strikers Yağız and Mahmud visited Maxmur Mothers  

  The embargo against Martyr Rüstem Cudi (Maxmur) Refugee Camp has been continuing for 63 days.
• Gerila TV footage from action in Silopi 

  Gerîla TV has published footage from an action in which guerrillas hit the Turkish soldiers in the countryside of Şırnak province, northern Kurdistan.
• 47 young people from Turkey and Kurdistan join the PKK ranks 

  47 activists from Turkey and Kurdistan announced their participation in the guerrilla forces.
• Another kolbar killed by Iranian forces in Eastern Kurdistan 

  Kolbars are subjected to never-ending deadly attacks by Iranian forces.
• Turkey bombs villages in Amadiya, South Kurdistan 

  The Turkish state’s genocidal attacks against the Kurdish people and their lands are resulting in further damages and losses every day.
• Migration office opens in Shengal 

  An Office of Migration and Migrants linked to the homonymous Iraqi Ministry opened in Shengal.
• Battle of Heftanin: Sikorsky helicopter damaged 

  Guerrillas hit the Turkish helicopters airdropping soldiers in Heftanin region in southern Kurdistan, northern Iraq.
• Maxmur Refugee Camp under embargo for two months 

  The embargo of the southern Kurdistan’s ruling KDP party against the self-governing Maxmur refugee camp has lasted for two months. For 15 days, Peace Mothers have been protesting at a checkpoint with a sit-in action against the embargo.