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• Turkey strengthens military positions in the border area with Syria 

  Turkey is reinforcing its military positions in Mardin province along the border with Rojava. The population in the border region is being controlled more closely and fears being caught in the front line in the event of military clashes.
• HPG reports guerrilla action against the Turkish army in Xakurke 

  According to the HPG, the guerrillas struck the Turkish occupation forces in the southern Kurdish region of Xakurke with heavy weapons. The Turkish army continues to attack guerrilla positions in the Zap region.
• YRK Commander: We are behaving in the interest of our people 

  YRK commander Şiyar Şevger stated that Iran has a key role in the Middle East and the people must not retreat in their revolutionary uprising.
• HPG reports guerrilla actions against Turkish occupation forces 

  According to HPG, the Turkish occupation forces in Southern Kurdistan were struck by the guerrillas with heavy weapons three times in the past two days. The Turkish army again used an unconventional bomb in Çemço.
• Police open fire on minibus carrying refugees in Van, killing one 

  Police fire on a minibus carrying refugees killed one in Van province.
• HPG: Resistance areas bombed dozens of times 

  The People's Defence Forces (HPG) reported that the Turkish army dropped bombs on the resistance areas dozens of times.
• People of Shengal protest after the assassination of Menal Mêrdîn 

  In the Shengal region in Southern Kurdistan, hundreds of people protested against the deadly assassination of Menal Mêrdîn and held Turkey and the KDP responsible for the murder.
• Paris martyr Mîr Perwer laid to rest in Muş under military blockade 

  Only family members were allowed to attend the burial of Paris martyr Mîr Perwer under police and military blockade in Muş province.
• Paris martyr Evîn Goyî laid to rest in Qandil 

  The body of the Kurdish revolutionary Evîn Goyî, who was murdered in Paris, was transferred to Sulaymaniyah in Southern Kurdistan earlier today and buried at the Cemetery of Martyrs in Qandil.
• Paris martyr Abdurrahman Kızıl laid to rest in Kars 

  Amid massive harassment by the Turkish police, Abdurrahman Kızıl was laid to rest in the northern Kurdish province of Kars.
• Body of KCK Executive Council Member Emine Kara on its way to Qandil 

  The body of KCK Executive Council Member Emine Kara (Evîn Goyî), who was killed as a result of an armed attack in Paris on 23 December, arrived in Sulaymaniyah and is on its way to the Qandil Cemetery of Martyrs.
• Kurdish revolutionary Menal Mêrdîn murdered in Shengal 

  Kurdish revolutionary Menal Mêrdîn was murdered in Shengal. He was working on a book about the ISIS genocide of the Yazidi community. According to the Shengal Autonomous Administration, MIT and KDP were responsible for the attack.
• HPG: Turkish army continues to commit war crimes 

  The invading Turkish army carried out 13 chemical attacks against the guerrilla resistance positions near the Çemço region in the Medya Defense Zones.
• Protesters fleeing Iran tortured by Turkish soldiers at Van border 

  Protesters and dissidents fleeing from Iran are subjected to torture by Turkish soldiers at the Van border.
• HPG reports ongoing guerrilla actions against the Turkish army 

  The focus in the war in Southern Kurdistan continues to be on the Çemço area in the Zap region. According to the HPG, two occupiers were killed in guerrilla actions and the Turkish army carried out dozens of artillery attacks in guerrilla areas.
• Autonomous Administration vows to continue struggle for 'a free Shengal' 

  The Executive Board of the Shengal Autonomous Administration vowed that “Our struggle for a free and autonomous Shengal and for the freedom of Öcalan will continue.”
• HSM publishes balance sheet of war for 2022 

  The People's Defence Centre published balance sheet of war for 2022, according to which guerrillas carried out 3,034 actions in which 2,942 members of the invading forces were killed. On the other hand, 301 guerrilla fighters fell during the year.
• Women protest lynching attempt in Sulaymaniyah 

  The lynching attempt of a woman who wanted to visit a motorbike and car fair in the Hiwan neighbourhood of Sulaymaniyah on Friday was protested by civil society activists.
• Turkish aerial bombardments continue in southern Kurdistan 

  Turkish fighter jets bombed the Berwarî Bala region in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq).
• Two soldiers of the Turkish army killed in guerrilla actions 

  According to the HPG, two soldiers of the Turkish invading forces were killed in guerrilla actions in Çemço in Southern Kurdistan on Saturday. In the same area, the Turkish army again used chemical weapons.
• 30 kolbars were killed in the border area in 2022 

  According to Kolbarnews data, 30 kolbars (load carriers) were murdered by Iranian and Turkish forces during 2022.
• HPG reports Turkish use of banned bombs in guerrilla areas 

  HPG reports on the use of banned bombs on guerrilla positions in Southern Kurdistan by the Turkish army. Guerrilla areas in Gare, Metina and Qandil were bombed by the Turkish air force.
• Gerîla TV broadcast images of weapons seized by guerrillas during operation in Girê Hakkarî 

  Gerîla TV broadcast the images of the weapons seized by guerrillas during the revolutionary operation in Girê Hakkarî.
• HPG reports ongoing chemical weapons attacks in guerrilla areas 

  The Turkish army has carried out further chemical weapons attacks against guerrilla positions in the southern Kurdish area of Çemço. In addition, attacks with howitzers, tanks and heavy weapons were recorded.
• Violation of rights in Van and Hakkari increased in 2022 

  In 2022, in Van and Hakkari, where the AKP-MHP government implemented war policies, prohibitions, rights violations, ecological attacks, worker deaths and political genocide operations continued.