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• Videos show intensified Iran protests on Friday night 

  Members of Iranian opposition posted several videos online that shows the protests intensified in major cities of the country.
• Lawyers' appeal to visit Ocalan rejected 

  Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan’s lawyers’ appeal to visit their clients was rejected by the Bursa Prosecutor’s Office for the 171st time.
• Five-year-old killed after being hit by a police car  

  A five-year-old kid lost his life in hospital on Saturday after being hit by a police car in Diyarbakir city centre.
• Protestors chant “Death to dictatorship” in Iran and Rojhilat 

  Tens of thousands of people chanted “death to dictatorship” during protests against the Iranian government in cities throughout Iran and Rojhilat (Eastern) Kurdistan.
• Mattis warns Syrian offensive against Kurds would be a mistake 

  US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis warned President Bashar al-Assad against launching an offensive against US-supported Syrian Kurds, after the Syrian leader slammed them as "traitors".
• 67 ISIS members killed, four villages liberated near Deir ez-Zor 

  SDF fighters have liberated four villages and 67 ISIS members have been killed during clashes in Operation Cizire Storm.
• UN Secretary General calls for unity for the New Year 

  António Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations wished a happy New Year to all those around the world and called for unity.
• Kurdish MP speaks out over rights violations in Kirkuk 

  The new government of Kirkuk violates the rights of people and shares the same mentality with Baas regime, a Kurdish MP said.
• People of Deir ez-Zor protest Assad’s comments against SDF 

  People of Deir ez-Zor staged a demonstration in protest at Syrian regime President Bashar Assad’s comments against Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
• Mine explosion kills a young woman in Raqqa 

  Explosion of a mine planted by ISIS gangs killed a young woman in Raqqa.
• SDF fighters reach Hajin town in Deir ez-Zor countryside 

  SDF fighters have reached Hajin town of Bukemal city in the Operation Cizire Storm amid fierce clashes with ISIS gangs.
• 33 people detained in three cities 

  At least 33 people have been detained in house raids in Ankara, Adana and Mersin.
• HDP proposal for the Parliament to investigate Roboskî Massacre 

  HDP has submitted a proposal to the Parliament to investigate the Roboskî Massacre.
• 30 ISIS members killed as SDF liberates a village in Deir ez-Zor 

  SDF fighters advancing against ISIS in Deir ez-Zor countryside have liberated a village southeast of Mayadeen and 30 ISIS members were killed in clashes.
• Karasu: The prison uniform policy will be rejected by resistance 

  The political prisoners in Turkey will reject Turkish government’s prison uniform policy with resistance, Mustafa Karasu, member of KCK’s Executive Council said.
• 300 ISIS members are hiding out in Turkey 

  British The Times newspaper published an article that claims some 300 people who joined ISIS from the UK are hiding out in Turkey
• KRG suspends broadcast of NRT TV for another week 

  Kurdistan Regional Government extended the suspension of NRT TV’s broadcast for another week.
• People of Tabqa respond to Assad: We are all SDF fighters 

  Tabqan people responded to Assad’s comments targeting SDF, saying; “We are all SDF fighters. Whoever calls SDF traitors labels all peoples traitors.”
• HPG guerrillas kill 15 soldiers in Hakkari 

  People's Defence Forces (HPG) guerrillas killed 15 Turkish soldiers in Hakkari on Monday.
• Letter from Barzani, conditions from Abadi 

  Kurdistan Regional Prime Minister Nêchirvan Barzani wrote a letter to Iraqi PM, who he had called “bankrupt” before the referendum, for a solution to the crisis between Baghdad and Hewlêr. Abadi listed his conditions and is taking his time for resolution.
• HDP MP Lezgin Botan arrested by Turkish police 

  Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) MP Lezgin Botan was arrested in Istanbul.
• Demirtas: We must break the isolation on Ocalan 

  Imprisoned leader of Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Selahattin Demirtas urged everyone to step up the struggle to break the isolation on Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan.
• Three Turkish soldiers killed in Semdinli 

  At least three Turkish soldiers killed in Semdinli, a district of Hakkari province, on Monday.
• ‘Art Against War’ symposium in Raqqa 

  Rojava Intellectuals’ Union is organizing ‘Art Against War’ symposium in Raqqa city.
• Heyva Sor provides medicine aid for Raqqan people 

  Heyva Sor a Kurdistanê has supplied medicine aid for the people of Raqqa.