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• A health academy in the mountains of Kurdistan 

  "In the PKK co-operative society is the best medicine," explain members of the training unit Şehîd Dilpak Faraşîn at the Health Academy Mehmet Hayri Durmuş.
• Turkish military operation in Cudi and Besta 

  The Turkish army has started an operation in the countryside of Şırnak province.
• Co-mayor of Van, Bekir Kaya, to remain on remand 

  The hearing for imprisoned Van Metropolitan Municipality’s Mayor Bekir Kaya has been postponed again, with Kaya to remain on remand.
• Fire in Zel Mountain spreads 

  The fire that broke out yesterday in the skirts of the Zel Mountain is spreading.
• HDK Peshmerga wounded in the Koyê attack lost his life 

  HDK Peshmerga Qadir Ezit, code name Mele Qele Rishe, lost his life after he was wounded in the attack the Iranian regime carried out against the HDK and KDP-I party bases in Hewler’s Koyê district on September 8.
• PUK presidential candidate Berhem Salih resigns from the party 

  PUK’s Presidential Candidate for Iraq, and Chairperson of the Democracy and Justice Coalition, Berhem Salih, has officially resigned from his party.
• Turkish attack leaves one wounded in South Kurdistan 

  The Turkish regime is targeting civilians across Kurdistan territory.
• PUK nominates Berhem Salih for President  

  The PUK administration has nominated Dr. Berhem Salih as the party’s candidate for the Iraqi Presidency.
• Iranian regime forces murder one kolbar 

  A kolbar named Nimet Shehbaz Heyderan (30) was murdered by Iranian regime forces along the border in Urmia’s Caldiran district.
• PUK gathers to determine candidate for President of Iraq  

  The PUK administration has gathered in Sulaymaniyah to determine the party’s candidate for President of Iraq. Five names stand out for the candidacy.
• Fire in Mount Cudi 

  Fire broke out in Mount Cudi.
• Turkish jets bomb South Kurdistan 

  The occupant Turkish state continues its attacks against northern Iraq, southern Kurdistan.
• HPG member Dalkilic buried after 9 months 

  The body of HPG member Yusuf Dalkilic, who had lost his life last year in Bingol and was buried in the cemetery of the nameless, was received by his family to be buried properly.
• Curfew in 5 areas in Siirt countryside 

  Curfew has been declared in 5 areas in Siirt province.
• Explosion in Hewler leaves one wounded 

  One person got wounded as result of an explosion on Hewlêr-Kesnezan road.
• Preparations for military operation in Cudi region 

  The Turkish army is preparing for a large-scale operation in Şırnak countryside.
• Yazidi teenager returned to Shengal after liberation 

  Young Yazidi civilian Sado Xelîl was returned to his family in Shengal following his liberation from a four-year ISIS captivity by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
• HPG reports guerrilla actions in Yuksekova 

  Guerrilla forces are inflicting further blows on the Turkish military in Kurdistan territory.
• Three Turkish soldiers killed in Çukurca 

  Guerrillas continue hitting and inflicting blows on the Turkish army in Kurdistan territory.
• Turkish gendarmerie starts with food embargo in Kurdish region 

  Implementation of the Food Embargo imposed by the Turkish Ministry of Internal Affairs on 32 provinces has now begun through the Gendarmerie Special Operations (JÖH).
• HPG reports action in Barzan and clash in the Black Sea region 

  Guerrillas continue their actions against the occupant Turkish army.
• Patients made to lay in corridors after operations in Van 

  Patients who can’t get beds after their operations are made to lay on chairs in the corridors in the Van Yuzuncu Yil University Dursun Odabasi Medical Center.
• Gerilla TV footage from Turkish positions blown up in Hakkari 

  Gerilla TV has published footage from the military positions blowing up in Hakkari’s Cukurca district.
• Relatives of the Roboski victims: Our fight continues 

  For the 350th time, relatives of the victims of the Roboski massacre met yesterday. They are willing to continue their fight until justice is done.
• Turkey attacked Southern Kurdistan with mortars 

  A repeated Turkish bombardment has caused considerable damage to property in the cultivated areas of the Nizore village in Haftanin on Wednesday.