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• Masoud Barzani expresses support for the process in Turkey 

  KDP Leader Masoud Barzani said that they continue to support the process and added: "I hope that Mr. Öcalan’s message will form the basis for the resumption of the peace process."
• Nechirvan Barzani expresses support for the new process in Turkey 

  Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani said that they fully support the process that has been initiated and are ready for any kind of assistance and cooperation for the process to be successful.
• Bafel Talabani: We must take practical steps quickly to achieve peace 

  Commenting on Öcalan’s call, PUK President Bafel Talabani said: “We must accept this call together and take practical steps quickly to achieve peace.” He vowed that they will continue to support every step that will strengthen coexistence and brotherhood.
• People of Shengal will welcome Öcalan’s call together 

  The people of Shengal will welcome the historic call of Abdullah Öcalan together.
• Amed prepares for the historic call from Öcalan 

  Şêx Seîd Square is being prepared in Amed, where Abdullah Öcalan's historic statement will be broadcast live.
• HSM congratulates guerrillas who carried out the revolutionary operation in Zap 

  The People's Defense Center (HSM) Headquarters Command congratulated the guerrillas who carried out a revolutionary operation against Turkish troops in Zap on 20 February.
• First images from the revolutionary guerrilla operation in Zap 

  Gerila TV broadcast a short video of the revolutionary operation carried out on February 20, when guerrillas infiltrated a Turkish army camp in Zap, killing ten members of the occupying troops.
• HPG- YJA Star guerrillas: Leader Öcalan’s physical freedom is our main goal 

  HPG and YJA Star guerrillas stated that the physical freedom of Abdullah Öcalan is the main goal of the Kurdistan freedom guerrillas and all peoples, emphasizing their readiness to pay any price to achieve this.
• HPG: Special Turkish paramilitary team responsible for the ambush in Guherzê 

  The People's Defense Forces said that a special paramilitary unit of the Turkish army killed three guerrillas in an ambush in South Kurdistan.
• Government appoints trustee to the Municipality of Kağızman  

  The Ministry of Interior appointed a trustee to Kağızman Municipality.
• HPG: Ten soldiers were killed in revolutionary guerrilla operation in Zap 

  Guerrillas infiltrated a Turkish army camp in Zap, killing ten members of the occupying troops. On the other hand, guerrillas were ambushed in Amadiya countryside and three of them were martyred.
• 32 victims of the Yazidi genocide in 2014 laid to rest in Shengal 

  Speaking at the funeral ceremony for victims of the Yazidi genocide, one of the survivors, Rosîda Hacî said, “It is shameful that the Iraqi government declared a general amnesty while there are dozens of mass graves still waiting to be opened in Shengal.”
• Iranian regime forces injure young Kurdish kolbar 

  The Iranian regime shot and injured a 17-year-old Kurdish kolbar on the Newsûd border.
• Guerrilla Viyan Şaho: We will stand with Öcalan until the end 

  Guerrilla Viyan Şaho denounced the 15 February international conspiracy, reaffirming her unwavering support for Abdullah Öcalan.
• 229 Iranian lawyers call for a halt to Muradi, Azizi, and Muhammadi's executions 

  229 Iranian lawyers have called on the judiciary to halt the executions of Warisha Muradi, Pakshan Azizi, and Sharifa Muhammadi in a joint letter.
• Imrali Delegation meets Prime Minister Masrour Barzani 

  The Imrali Delegation met the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region, Masrour Barzani.
• PUK President: The Kurdish issue cannot be resolved through weapons and war 

  "We support any initiative that preserves our people's rights in Turkey, and the PUK will contribute to this historic effort, which President Mam Jalal laid the groundwork for in 1993," said PUK President Bafel Talabani.
• DEM Party-DBP members pay condolence visit to RojNews in memory of Aziz Köylüoğlu killed by Turkey 

  A delegation of DEM Party MPs and DBP Co-Chair Keskin Bayındır visited RojNews headquarters in Sulaymaniyah to pay tribute to journalist Aziz Köylüoğlu who was killed by the Turkish state.
• İmralı Delegation visits the grave of Jalal Talabani in Sulaymaniyah 

  The İmralı Delegation of the DEM Party visited the grave of Jalal Talabani, the historic leader of the PUK, in Sulaymaniyah.
• İmralı Delegation meets with PUK officials in Sulaymaniyah 

  The İmralı delegation of the DEM Party met with PUK Leader Bafel Talabani and Federal Kurdistan Region Deputy Prime Minister Qubad Talabani in Sulaymaniyah on the third day of their talks in South Kurdistan.
• İmralı delegation: Kurdish actors will play the biggest role  

  Having conveyed Öcalan’s messages to the officials in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, the DEM Party İmralı Delegation made a press statement after their meeting with Nechirvan Barzani.
• DEM Party Imrali delegation meets president of the Kurdistan Region Nechirvan Barzani  

  The DEM Party Imrali delegation met with the president of the Kurdistan Region, Nechirvan Barzani, as part of its meetings in South Kurdistan.
• Protests against the usurpation of municipality continue in Van 

  The resistance continues against the usurpation of the Van Metropolitan Municipality through a government-appointed trustee.
• İmralı Delegation meets with Massoud Barzani in Hewler 

  The DEM Party İmralı Delegation, which has met with Abdullah Öcalan in İmralı twice, continues its talks and meetings with different segments of society and the relevant circles of the Kurdish question.
• Imrali delegation continues meetings in South Kurdistan  

  The Imrali delegation from the DEM Party continued its scheduled program in South Kurdistan.