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• DBP: Kobanê resistance become a hope for freedom and a model for struggle 

  “We celebrate World Kobanê Day, and we call on the Kurdish people, organizations and political parties to protect the values and achievements of the Kurdish people. We are marching to freedom through Kobanê,” DBP said.
• HPG reports massive attacks with chemical weapons and banned bombs on guerrilla areas 

  According to HPG, the Turkish army continues to use chemical weapons and other outlawed ordnance continuously in its invasion of Southern Kurdistan. In parallel, there is an increase in airstrikes on the region.
• YRK announces the death of four guerrillas in Turkish airstrikes 

  The Eastern Kurdistan Units announced that four guerrillas lost their lives as a result of Turkish airstrikes in the Asos region.
• Maxmur Camp refugees: Iraq and UN must stop Turkish airstrikes  

  Bêwar Unver, member of the Maxmur Camp Foreign Relations Committee, said that the attacks on the camp are taking place with the permission of Iraq and the UN.
• Turkish state's war crimes exposed once again 

  Images recorded by guerrillas are irrefutably documenting the war crimes carried out by the Turkish state.
• Police take fingerprints of the entire population in Gever 

  The North Kurdish resistance province of Hakkari is considered a laboratory for counterinsurgency by the government. Now the complete dactyloscopic recording of the population of the city of Gever has started.
• HPG reports ongoing Turkish attacks with chemical weapons and banned bombs 

  The Turkish army used chemical weapons and banned bombs in twenty attacks on guerrilla positions in Southern Kurdistan on Saturday.
• Guerîla TV broadcast footage of action carried out by YJA Star forces 

  Guerîla TV broadcast the footage of the sniper action carried out by YJA Star forces.
• Nine detained during house raids in Cizre 

  Special units of the Turkish police stormed several flats in Cizre and detained nine people.
• Turkish drone strikes a house in Shengal 

  The Yazidi people who survived the ISIS genocide in their ancient hometown Shengal (Sinjar) in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, have been targeted by Turkey's attacks since they built their autonomous administration and defense forces.
• Two Turkish soldiers killed in Southern Kurdistan 

  Two soldiers of the Turkish army were killed by guerrilla snipers in Southern Kurdistan. The Turkish invading forces continue to commit war crimes by using prohibited combat equipment against guerrilla positions.
• Shengal Democratic Autonomous Administration calls for recognition by the new Iraqi Government 

  The Shengal Democratic Autonomous Administration called for recognition by the newly established Iraqi Government.
• Swêd: We have a major war ahead of us 

  Evîn Swêd, representative of the Autonomous Administration of Northern and Eastern Syria in Sulaymaniyah, raised concern over the attacks of the Turkish state and its mercenaries against the region.
• Zîlan Vejîn: The solution is the Third Way - PART II 

  PJAK co-chair, Zîlan Vejîn, emphasized that the Third Way is the solution for Iran and East Kurdistan.
• HPG reports ongoing use of chemical weapons by the Turkish army 

  The Turkish army continues to use chemical weapons and other prohibited means of warfare without interruption in its invasion campaign in Southern Kurdistan. The resistance area of Çemço is particularly affected by these attacks.
• Gerîla TV broadcast footage of action in Girê Amedi 

  Gerîla TV broadcast the footage of the action against the invading Turkish soldiers in the Girê Amediyê Resistance Area.
• Zîlan Vejîn calls for a broad alliance against the regime of the Islamic Republic - PART I 

  In Iran, the demands of women and peoples have always been alive, explains PJAK chairwoman Zîlan Vejîn and calls for a broad alliance against the regime of the Islamic Republic.
• HPG: 13 Turkish soldiers were killed in Southern Kurdistan 

  According to HPG information, 13 soldiers of the Turkish invading forces have been killed in guerrilla actions in Southern Kurdistan while the Turkish army continues to use prohibited means of combat.
• KCK: Everybody needs to take action against chemical weapons attacks 

  "The AKP-MHP must be prevented from committing more crimes and must be tried for the many crimes against humanity and genocide it has already carried out," said the KCK, calling for the AKP-MHP government to be held to account.
• HPG reports ongoing guerrilla resistance against Turkish invasion 

  The guerrillas continue to resist the invasion of southern Kurdistan despite the war crimes and the technical superiority of the Turkish army. The invading forces used prohibited combat equipment in 25 attacks on guerrilla positions.
• Iranian forces open fire on people commemorating Mahsa Amini 

  Iranian security forces opened fire on masses who gathered in the city of Saqez, Mahsa Amini’s hometown, to mark the 40th day after her death.
• 16-year-old ill-treated and detained in village raid in Yüksekova 

  In the rural region around Yüksekova, villages are surrounded and searched by the army. In the village of Sorê, a 16-year-old was ill-treated and detained by soldiers.
• Mahsa Amini commemorated at her grave on the 40th day of mourning 

  Tribute to Jina Mahsa Amini 40 days after her brutal killing in the custody of the so-called morality police in Tehran.
• 'Women who do not accept submission have been resisting for years' 

  YJA Star’s female guerrillas said that the women's army was announced 30 years ago after the death of Bêrîtan and emphasized that women who do not accept slavery and submission have been resisting the enemy for years.
• People in Halabja protest Turkish use of chemical weapons in Bashur Kurdistan 

  The attacks carried out by the Turkish state using chemical weapons in Bashur Kurdistan were protested with a mass march in Halabja.