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• Three peshmergas died in drone attack on Sulaymaniyah airport 

  The South Kurdistan Anti-Terrorism Administration announced that 3 Peshmerga fighters lost their lives in the drone attack on Arbat Airport.
• YJA Star guerrillas: We will defeat the Turkish forces in Metina 

  YJA Star guerrillas talked about their resistance against the Turkish army in the South Kurdistan region of Metina and reaffirmed their determination to break the attacks.
• An attack helicopter and 7 positions of the Turkish army damaged in guerrilla actions 

  HPG and YJA Star guerrillas continue their actions against the Turkish occupation army in the guerrilla areas in southern Kurdistan.
• KNK delegate killed in armed attack in Hewler 

  An armed attack was carried out on the Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) representation in Hewler, claiming the life of a delegate.
• Armed attack on KNK Representative Office in Hewler 

  The KNK Representative Office in Hewler was targeted by an armed attack on Monday.
• Farewell to YBŞ commanders killed in Turkish attack in Shengal 

  Three commanders of the Shengal Resistance Units who fell as martyrs in an air attack targeting a vehicle near Serdesht Camp in Shengal (Sinjar) on Sunday were laid to rest.
• Soldiers start a wildfire in the vicinity of the village under military siege for two months 

  The village of Ormaniçi has been under a military siege since July after skirmishes between the Kurdish guerrillas and Turkish soldiers.
• Press conference in Yüksekova to protest KDP's attacks in South Kurdistan 

  Today a press conference will be held in Yüksekova to protest the KDP's attacks in South Kurdistan.
• YBŞ announces identity of three commanders martyred in Turkish air attack 

  The YBŞ announced the identity information of the three commanders who fell as martyrs in the air attack carried out by the Turkish state in Serdeşt on Sunday.
• Martyr Bedran Gundikremo Revenge Unit publishes footage of actions in Bamernê and Girê Amediyê 

  Martyr Bedran Gundikremo Revenge Unit published the footage of the actions it carried out against the Turkish army in Bamernê and Girê Amediyê on 16 September.
• PKK thanks international trade unions for their declaration demanding freedom for Öcalan 

  The PKK Executive Committee thanked the international trade unions who signed the declaration calling for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan.
• 13 more Turkish soldiers killed in guerrilla actions 

  HPG and YJA Star guerrillas continue inflicting heavy blows on the Turkish occupation army in the guerrilla areas in southern Kurdistan.
• KDP escalates its military activities, reportedly preparing to attack guerrilla areas in Bradost 

  According to local sources, the KDP’s latest attacks and activities against guerrilla areas are taking place on the demands of the Turkish state which seeks to expand its occupation to Bradost.
• Three YBŞ fighters killed in Turkish drone attack in Shengal 

  Under the pretext of "fighting the PKK", Turkish warplanes and drones have increasingly been carrying out air strikes in Shengal since 2017.
• Turkish drone attack in Shengal 

  The Turkish state continues its crimes against the Kurdish population in various parts of Kurdistan.
• Guerrillas: The enemy is stuck in the areas it occupied 

  Guerrillas in Metîna talk about the great resistance in the Medya Defence Zones and say that the Turkish army is stuck in many occupied places in Southern Kurdistan and cannot make any progress.
• Gerîlla TV publishes footage of action carried out in Girê Cûdî on 1 August 

  Gerîlla TV shared the footage of an action carried out on 1 August in the Girê Cûdî Resistance Area.
• HPG pays tribute to guerrilla Rizgar Îdexî  

  Rizgar Îdexî was killed in an attack carried out by the Turkish army in the Besta area of North Kurdistan in July. The HPG guerrilla came from the resistance stronghold of Hakkari.
• Women prisoners in Evin jail hold sit-in to pay tribute to Jina Amini 

  Seven political women prisoners in Evin Prison saluted the anniversary of the Jin, Jiyan, Azadi resistance and said: "We salute the Kurdish and Iranian people. We ask all democratic people to be the voice of the protesters."
• Protest march at KRI border denounces the KDP attack on guerrillas 

  A protest march was staged in the border area with South Kurdistan in protest at the KDP's attacks against the guerrillas.
• HPG: 5 Turkish soldiers were killed in Zap 

  HPG and YJA Star guerrillas continue their actions against the Turkish occupation army in the guerrilla areas in southern Kurdistan.
• Arabs and Yazidis demonstrate in Shengal for freedom for Öcalan 

  The Democratic Autonomous Administration of Shengal (Sinjar) organized a march to demand freedom for Kurdish people’s leader Abdullah Öcalan who is held in incomminicado detention and has not been heard from for 30 months.
• People of Rojhilat go on general strike on the anniversary of the murder of Jina Mahsa Amini 

  People of Rojhilat are taking part in the general strike on the first anniversary of the killing of Jina Mahsa Amini in the custody of the so-called morality police in Tehran.
• Father of Jina Amini taken into custody 

  The father of Jina Amini, a Kurdish woman murdered by the Iranian regime a year ago, was detained while leaving his home in Saqez.
• HPG pays tribute to guerrilla Rojda Mahir  

  Rojda Mahir was one of the brave women who fought against ISIS in Rojava and Shengal. According to HPG information, the guerrilla was killed in an enemy attack in the Medya Defense Areas in May.