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• Political parties in South Kurdistan call for national unity 

  Political party representatives said national unity could not be achieved due to the KDP and PUK’s partnership with Turkey and Iran, calling for national unity at a time when Kurdish citizens are massacred, Kurdistan lands are occupied.
• Peace Against War Movement to visit site of Turkish massacre 

  The Peace Against War Movement is planning to visit the areas where the Turkish state has committed massacres and meet with Iraqi officials and political parties.
• More Yazidi families return to Shengal 

  A thousand families returned to their lands after the Duhla township in Shengal was liberated from ISIS gangs.
• Turkish jets strike more areas in South Kurdistan 

  The occupant Turkish state has intensified its genocidal attacks against southern Kurdistan, northern Iraq.
• Yazidi religious representatives visit YBŞ/YJŞ in Shengal 

  A delegation of Yazidi religious leaders and representatives visited the YBŞ/YJŞ in Shengal.
• Derin peshmergas support human shield action in Bradost 

  A group of Derin Peshmergas visited the human shield activists in Bradost.
• KDP threatens nomads in villages to evacuate the area 

  KDP security forces threatened nomads in many villages in Zaxo and the region in general to evacuate the area.
• Human shields in Qandil: Resistance is life 

  The women of the Kurdish youth movement, who are joining a human shield action in Qandil against the attacks of the Turkish state on South Kurdistan, see their resistance as a fight against all patriarchal systems of rule.
• Women in Maxmur Refugee Camp condemned Turkish invasion of Bashur 

  Women in Maxmur Refugee Camp condemned Turkish invasion of South Kurdistan.
• HPG: A major, 10 soldiers and a contra of the Turkish army killed 

  The Turkish army has suffered further losses in their war against Kurdistan Freedom Movement.
• Barzani’s network calls Raqanis “gangs”, clan storms building 

  A program broadcast on the Waar TV that belongs to Nechirvan Barzani called the Raqani clan a “gang” and the Raqanis stormed the building.
• Bashur Self Defense Forces: Our purpose is to protect our people 

  Bashure Kurdistan Self Defense Forces: As a group of young people from Behdinan and Bradost, we organized ourselves to stand against the attacks against our region and to defeat the invasion. Our purpose is to protect our people and their gains.
• Academics and journalists condemned Turkish attacks 

  Academics and journalists in Sulaymaniyah condemned occupation of South Kurdistan by Turkey.
• Peace Initiative Against War established in Hewlêr 

  The Peace Initiative Against War was established in Hewlêr to counter attacks against South Kudistan by Turkey.
• Human shields in Bradost: KRG serves the enemy 

  Human shield activists condemned the massacre of civilians by the Turkish state in southern Kurdistan, northern Iraq.
• Six Turkish soldiers killed in HPG actions 

  Six soldiers of the Turkish army were killed as a result of actions carried out by HPG and YJA-Star guerrillas in Botan, Dersim, Xakurke and Bitlis regions of Kurdistan.
• Fire burned three mass graves in Shengal 

  The fire that broke out in Shengal countryside and continued for two days, has also burned three mass graves.
• Muini: Kurds are the strongest and most organized force in Iran 

  PJAK Co-chair Siyamend Muini said that Kurds are the strongest and most organized force in terms of developments in Iran and the region.
• Iraqi Foreign Ministry issued statement on Kortek 

  "Whatever the circumstances and justifications, we stress on the Turkish side the importance of stopping the bombing of Iraqi areas and the need to respect sovereignty, and mutual cooperation to ensure the security of the borders of the two countries.” 
• Kortek massacre protested in Maxmur Camp 

  The attacks carried out by the Turkish state against Kortek were protested by refugees at Martyr Rüstem Cudi (Maxmur) Camp.
• Fire on Mount Cudi in Şırnak countryside 

  The cause of the fire is yet not clear.
• KCK calls on South Kurdistan forces to stand against invasion 

  The political forces in South Kurdistan are not just silent, they also work closely with the Turkish secret service and provide information for targeted attacks on the guerrilla areas, said the KCK.
• South Kurdistan people protest against Turkish attacks 

  In Charkurne, the relatives of civilians killed in Turkish air strike on Kortek have received condolences. The mourners staged an angry demonstration march against the attacks of the Turkish state.
• Qandil residents protest Turkish state on site of massacre 

  The people of Binare Qandil protested the Turkish massacre in Kortek: “As the Kurdish people, we must know that the Kortek massacre is not independent from Shengal, Afrin and Sheladize massacres. This is the continuation of the same policies.”
• Workers visit human shield activists in Qandil 

  Mesopotamia Workers’ Association visited the human shield action by the youth in Binare Qandil.