KURDISTAN

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• AKP’s election campaign with military threats 

  The AKP has started the election campaign for the local elections in Turkey next year. In Başkale, Van people feel this mainly through threats from the state apparatus.
• HPG: One “agent” punished in Semdinli 

  HPG announced that they have punished one person who has had a role in many guerrilla deaths in the last two years in Hakkari’s Semdinli district.
• Explosion in Khanaqin: 1 dead, 4 wounded 

  There was a bomb attack against Hashdi Shaabi militia in the Kurdish province of Khanaqin, which was taken over by the Iraqi central government last year. One militiaman died in the attack while 4 others were wounded.
• Kermanshah residents to spend one more winter in tents 

  It has been 11 months since the devastating earthquake hit Kurdistan’s Kermanshah region in November 2017, but hundreds of survivors still live in tents.
• 32 fighters join the YBŞ in Shengal 

  With the completion of their basic training at the Şehîd Berxwedan Academy in the Shengal Mountains, 32 fighters joined the resistance units YBŞ.
• International conspiracy against Öcalan protested in Shengal 

  Protests against the international conspiracy against Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan, continue.
• Footage from Turkish vehicle destroyed by guerrillas 

  Guerrillas destroyed a Turkish construction equipment in Hakkari countryside.
• Wave of strikes in Iran and Rojhilat 

  Teachers, truckers, shopkeepers and prisoners have launched a strike in protest of the economic, political and social issues in Iran.
• Curfew in Bitlis 

  A new curfew was announced in Bitlis.
• HPG operation and action in Agri 

  HPG guerrillas released details on Martyr Pîroz and the Martyr Agirî Revolutionary Campaign.
• Eylem Kasim: Turkey is a prison 

  PAJK Prisons Committee Member Eylem Kasim spoke to the ANF.
• HPG hit Turkish invaders in North and South Kurdistan 

  HPG guerrillas carried out a number of successful strikes against the invading Turkish army both in North and South Kurdistan.
• Footage from guerrilla action in Çukurca 

  Gerîla TV has published footage from an action in which guerrillas hit Turkish soldiers in Çukurca district of Hakkari at 09:30 on October 9.
• Explosion and attack in Daquq 

  An explosion and an attack against a PUK executive occurred in South Kurdistan.
• Turkish army bombed Sidekan area  

  Turkish army bombed Sidekan area.
• New actions carried out by the HPG against Turkish occupiers 

  HPG guerrillas published details of actions carried out against the Turkish army.
• “The government’s weak stance paves the way for invasion attacks” 

  Academics and activists protesting the invasion attacks said the Kurdistan Regional Government has shown a weak stance against the invasion attacks and the invasion attacks have deepened.
• Footage from scout aircraft downed by the guerrilla  

  A Turkish army scout aircraft was downed in the Metina area in Medya Defense Zones. 
• HPG actions against Turkish army in Lelikan 

  HPG guerrillas carried out successful actions against invading Turkish army in South Kurdistan.
• Mesopotamian Water Forum to be held in Sulaymaniyah next spring 

  The Water Forum will see the participation of civil society actors from the entire region of Mesopotamia within the states of Iraq, Iran, Turkey, Syria.
• HPG dealt heavy blow on invaders in Hakkari 

  HPG guerrillas carried out actions against the Turkish army in the region of Hakkari
• YBS-YJS fighters: October 9 plot was voided through the struggle 

  YBS and YJS fighters spoke on the anniversary of the October 9 International Plot against PKK Leader Abdullah Ocalan and said the international plot has been voided with the struggle put forth.
• KCK calls for multidimensional struggle against isolation 

  KCK issued a statement on the anniversary of the October 9 plot against Öcalan and commemorated those who lost their lives in the “You Can’t Darken Our Sun” resistance. KCK said, “Conspiracists will be defeated, Kurdistan will be free.”
• Uncertainty about Bashur elections continues 

  The official results of the elections held in Bashur still haven’t been announced, and the Bashur Supreme Board of Elections has announced that objections may change the outcome.
• Villages still under blockade in Lice 

  The people are threatened as part of the operation the Turkish army launched in Lice. Entry to and exit from neighborhoods are restricted. Several animals have perished because the veterinarians are not let through.