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• PJAK delegation visits Hizba Demokrata Kurdistanê administrators 

  PJAK Co-president Siyamend Muhenî and a delegation accompanying him visited Hizba Demokrata Kurdistanê administrators in Koyê yesterday.
• Trustee appointed to DBP-held Tutak Municipality in Ağrı 

  A trustee was appointed to the DBP-held Tutak Municipality in Ağrı after the police raid on the municipal building late yesterday evening.
• 28 people detained during house raids in Cizre 

  Turkish police detained 28 people during house raids in Şırnak's Cizre district.
• HPG reports ongoing Turkish airstrikes on Medya Defense Zones 

  HPG reported continued airstrikes by Turkish aircraft on guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in South Kurdistan territory.
• Deputies detained in Hewler released 

  Gorran MP Ali Heme Salih and Komala Islam MP Soran Ömer who were taken into custody in Hewler, have been released.
• Two MPs for Gorran and Komala Islam detained in Hewler 

  Gorran MP Ali Heme Salih and Komala Islam MP Soran Ömer have been taken into custody.
• Sakine, Fidan and Leyla commemorated in Makhmur 

  Kurdish revolutionaries Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez, who were murdered in Paris on January 9, 2013, have been commemorated at Martyr Rüstem Cudi Refugee Camp in Makhmur.
• This much “love” is too much for Sur! 

  The streets that once rang with children’s laughter are now vast empty spaces in Sur. Broken doors, streets filled with garbage and and demolished houses carry the weight of a great war.
• AKP starts employing paramilitary forces 

  The Palace regime is expanding the concept of the dirty war they have been waging. 30 thousand “armed village guards” are to be employed to be put on duty in cities in Kurdistan.
• 20 homes raided, at least 7 detained in Van 

  Special operations police have conducted almost 20 house raids in several neighborhoods in Van’s Ipekyolu district. At least 7 people were detained.
• "KDP must explain why Barzani was silent on Turkish PM's comments" 

  PUK Iraqi Parliament Deputy Mihemed Osman said KDP must explain why Masoud Barzani was silent against Binali Yıldırım’s comments of “PKK and PYD are terrorists”.
• 5-year-old dies in explosion in Şemdinli 

  Explosion of an unknown material has left a child dead in Hakkari's Şemdili district.
• Reports of casualties in car bomb attack in Qamishlo 

  A car bomb attack has been carried out in front of the post office in Rojava's Qamishlo city Monday evening.
• Gorran Deputy: The real terrorist is the Turkish state 

  Gorran MP Adil Aziz said PKK and PYD are Kurdish national forces, stressing that the real terrorist is the Turkish state that provides all kinds of support for the ISIS.
• HPG reports military operations and agencification activities in Amed 

  HPG announced that the Turkish army launched further operations with the participation of thousands of soldiers, but still couldn't obtain a result and enhanced its activities of agencification in the region.
• Sakine Cansız commemorated by her grave in Dersim 

  Sakine Cansız, one of the revolutionary Kurdish women murdered in Paris, was commemorated by her grave in Dersim.
• Encü: Removal of the Roboski Monument increased the pain of families 

  Roboski Association Chair Veli Encü: “The murderers of Roboski returned to the scene where the monument for the 34 is, without wiping the blood off their hands.”
• Guerrillas: We'll continue to march on the path of Sakine, Fidan, Leyla 

  HPG and YJA-Star guerrillas in Shengal ay they will enhance the struggle by following the path of the three revolutionary women, Sakine, Fidan and Leyla, who were murdered in Paris on January 9, 2013.
• Former Suruç Police Chief not sentenced for the massacre of 33 people 

  The verdict for the case of Mehmet Yapalıal, District Police Chief at the time of Suruç massacre that killed 33 revolutionaries, has been announced.
• Two more DBP municipalities in Urfa seized by the government 

  DBP-held Viranşehir and Bozova district municipalities in Urfa have been seized by the government and trustees have been appointed to both municipalities.
• KCK: Shengal should be governed by its own people 

  KCK Diplomacy Committee denied Kurdistan Regional Government Spokesperson Sefin Dizayi's remarks that PKK guerrillas will leave Shengal.
• Two more villages liberated in Raqqa 

  Wrath of Euphrates Operation Room fighters liberated the villages of Ebu Jadde and Al Huseynî in Raqqa from ISIS gang groups.
• KCK: We will bring the perpetrators of Paris massacre to justice 

  KCK Executive Council Co-presidency stated that it would bring the perpetrators of January 9 Paris massacre, where Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez were assassinated, to justice.
• Êzidîs call upon the PKK and the world 

  The final declaration of the Democratic Êzidî Society Coordination meeting held in Shengal, where delegates from across Kurdistan, Europe, Russia and Armenia came together, was issued.
• KCK: Peshmergas' visit to Qandil is a response to Turkish occupation 

  KCK Executive Council Co-Presidency issued a written statement on the former Peshmergas that visited Qandil last week.