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• Nine months of resistance in the Şehîd Botan war tunnels 

  For four months, the Turkish army has been trying to capture the Şehîd Botan war tunnels through daily bombardments, using chemical weapons and carrying out ground attacks. It failed because he met with the guerrillas’ proud resistance.
• Besê Hozat: An agreement with Kurds would also be in the interest of Damascus 

  Besê Hozat (KCK) commented on the situation in Syria and Russia's role against the background of the rapprochement between Ankara and Damascus.
• 'Diyarbakır Prison No. 5 should be turned into a museum of shame' 

  Hüseyin Barış, Co-Chair from the Amed Branch of the 78s Association and Selma Aslan, Co-Chair from the Amed Chamber of Architects, said that the Diyarbakır Prison No. 5 should be turned into a museum of shame.
• Besê Erzincan: Women's revolutions provide for an alternative free life 

  KJK Coordination member Besê Erzincan said that women's revolutions provide for an alternative free life against the state and power, and added: "Humanity needs women's revolutions."
• Guerrilla struggle and partial withdrawal of the Turkish army 

  2022 was a year of unprecedented resistance in Kurdistan and we are at a crossroads. The guerrillas they thought they could easily destroy have undergone a huge change in their quality.
• Martyr Evîn Goyî devoted 34 years to the struggle 

  Evîn Goyî, who contributed to the development of the free women's line in the Rojava Revolution, fought and devoted her life to the struggle. She also insisted on the free woman line against ISIS brutality.
• Kalkan: Turkish state and AKP-MHP are behind Paris massacre - PART II 

  PKK Executive Committee member Duran Kalkan said the current phase is very critical, "All kinds of things can happen. Even heavier attacks might take place. Coups, conspiracies or massacres may be put on the agenda."
• Kalkan: Need to increase struggle for Öcalan's freedom in coming months - PART I 

  Duran Kalkan spoke about the latest developments in Kurdistan, the Middle East and the world, including the continuing uncertainty regarding the situation of Abdullah Öcalan.
• Newroz Ehmed: We will ensure women's freedom through solidarity – PART I 

  A top commander of the SDF, Newroz Ehmed, said that women should develop a level of struggle so that the genocidal system cannot easily target them, stressing that: “We will ensure women's freedom through solidarity.”
• PKK: Paris massacre was planned and carried out by MIT 

  The Executive Committee of the PKK blames the Turkish state and its secret service MIT for the new massacre in Paris, stating that it was an act of revenge for the defeat of the Turkish army in the Zap region.
• Karasu: Isolation is a policy of genocide 

  KCK Executive Council Member Mustafa Karasu evaluated the isolation imposed on Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and said: "The approach of the Turkish state is to commit genocide against the Kurds."
• SDF Press Spokesman: ISIS is reorganising itself on two levels in Hol Camp 

  Speaking to ANF, SDF Press Spokesman Ferhad Şamî talked about many new details in the fight against the so-called "Islamic State" in north-eastern Syria and the connection with Turkey's attacks.
• Duran Kalkan: Democratic solution possible with Abdullah Öcalan 

  Duran Kalkan spoke about the misleading policy of the CPT with regards to Abdullah Öcalan´s imprisonment, the dangerous attitude of international powers towards the Kurdish question, Öcalan´s willingness to solve the current crisis democratically.
• Duran Kalkan: We are in the most extraordinary period of our struggle history 

  Duran Kalkan, member of the KCK Executive Council, spoke about the latest developments in Kurdistan, the Middle East and the world.
• Ehmed: Defending Rojava means defending humanity 

  Newroz Ehmed from the General Command of the SDF underlines the importance of global resistance against the Turkish attacks and says the SDF and the people are prepared for a ground attack.
• Noam Chomsky: Don't expect criminal states to investigate their own crimes 

  Noam Chomsky said it can't be expected that criminal states investigate their own crimes.
• German Interior Minister visits Ankara amid new Turkish attacks on Rojava and Bashur 

  German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser is visiting Ankara as the Turkish state has recently launched attacks on Rojava and South Kurdistan.
• 85 years ago, the execution of Seyit Riza 

  The 15 November marks the 85th anniversary of the execution of Seyit Riza by the Turkish state.
• Erdoğan-Soylu-Fidan triumvirate has failed again 

  The peoples of Turkey must get rid of the Erdoğan-Bahçeli government that is driving them into a deadlock. This requires courage, understanding and the unity of the peoples.
• Kamal Chomani: The role of the KDP and PUK in South Kurdistan and the uprisings in Rojhilat and Iran 

  For three decades, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq has been ruled by two parties. There is no longer any separation of powers, instead a dictatorship rules. We talked to Kamal Chomani about the background and the revolt in Iran.
• Italian producer of "Letters from Shengal": The film was an opportunity to know the Yazidi better 

  The Italian producer of "Letters from Shengal", Fabrizia Falzetti, said that the film gave her an opportunity to know the Yazidi better.
• Dr. Mansouran: Turkish state uses chemical weapons 

  Dr. Abbas Mansouran who lives in Switzerland said that the Turkish state is using chemical weapons and added that independent judges, lawyers and families should take action.
• Guerrilla doctor Dersim: "Turkish army clearly uses choking agents, mainly chlorine gas” 

  Dr Dersim, a guerrilla doctor, says there is concrete evidence of the use of chemical weapons by the Turkish army: "The Turkish army is clearly using choking agents, mainly chlorine gas."
• Survivor of Dersim Genocide dies aged 93 

  Bego Polat, whose mother and three siblings were murdered in front of his eyes in the Dersim Genocide carried out by the Turkish state, died at the age of 93.
• Images confirm Turkish army setting bodies of its own soldiers on fire 

  Images confirming the statements made by the HPG, according to which the Turkish army bombed the dead bodies of soldiers, sometimes throwing them from cliffs and even burned them during the ongoing invasion attacks, reached ANF.