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• Kurds in Kirkuk profiled after MİT’s visit to the province 

  Following the meeting the Turkish MİT held in the Kirkuk with the Turkmen and Arab members of the city council, Kirkuk Governor launched a profiling campaign against Kurds.
• Gorran and Komala call upon the UN to take action for Afrin 

  The Gorran Movement and the Komala Islami issued a joint statement condemning the threats of invasion against Afrin and called on the UN and the international public to take action against threats of attack.
• ISIS gangs kill one, kidnap five in Southern Kurdistan 

  A group of ISIS gang members killed one villager and kidnapped five others in Xaneqin in Southern Kurdistan.
• Kurdish prisoner tortured to death in Sine Prison 

  Yet another prisoner has been murdered after detention during popular protests against the regime in late December.
• Footage of guerrilla action against Turkish soldiers in Çukurca 

  Footage from a guerrilla action, in which 10 soldiers were killed and two positions of theirs were destroyed, has been released.
• YPS member martyred in Şırnak laid to rest in Van after two years 

  Body of YPS member Yüksel Abukan who fell a martyr during the self-governance resistance in Şırnak province, has been received by family and buried in Van after two years.
• Mysterious Turkish delegation in Kirkuk 

  A high-level delegation went from Turkey to Kirkuk and is having talks with Turkmen and Arab provincial assembly members at the governor's office.
• Five unionists detained in Van 

  Five members of Egitim-Sen union have been taken into custody in Van province.
• 30 areas in Dersim banned 

  30 areas in Dersim have been declared “special security zones” amid ongoing military operations against the Kurdish movement across Northern Kurdistan.
• Yekgirtû pulls out of Southern Kurdistan government 

  Yekgırtûya İslamiya Kurdistanê (Kurdistan Islamic Union Party) has pulled out of the government in Southern Kurdistan.
• Prosecution says didn’t know bodies in Garzan had been identified 

  One month after 267 bodies were unearthed from the Garzan Martyrs’ Cemetery in the Oleka Jor village in Tatvan, Bitlis, the prosecution has met with families. Their explanation was, “We didn’t know the bodies had already been identified.”
• Shengal: Êzidxan stands with Afrin, we are ready to do our part 

  Shengal Executive Council protested the threats and attacks against Afrin by the Turkish state and said, “Everybody should know that the Êzîdxan stands with Afrin. We are prepared to do our part for Afrin.”
• Iranian regime detains two engineers in Rojhilat 

  As the wave of arrests continues in Iran following the popular uprising against the regime, two engineers have been detained in Eastern Kurdistan most recently.
• Baghdad and Hewlêr agree on 6 points regarding airports 

  Baghdad and Hewler have reached an agreement on 6 points regarding the airports in Southern Kurdistan.
• 18 detained in house raids in Amed 

  18 people have been taken into custody during house raids in Amed.
• Footage shows Kurdish guerrillas targeting a Sikorsky helicopter 

  GerillaTV released footage of an action that shows HPG guerrillas targeting a Sikorsky helicopter.
• Eleven Turkish soldiers killed in Hakkari 

  People’s Defence Forces (HPG) guerrillas killed at least eleven Turkish soldiers in rural Cukurca, a district of Hakkari province.
• Bodies of 282 martyred Kurdish fighters not given to families 

  The Turkish state’s enmity towards the dead bodies of Kurds continues. 282 bodies of Kurdish fighters who were martyred during clashes were not given to their families and were buried in cemeteries of the nameless instead.
• Iranian regime tortures and murders another young Kurd 

  The Iranian regime has tortured and murdered another young Kurd who had been detained for participating in the protests in the country. The young man named Kiyanûş Zendî who was held in the Sinê Prison was tortured and murdered.
• The Guerrilla resists with spirit of sacrifice 

  The guerrillas in the front line in Xakurkê say the Guerilla resists with the spirit of sacrifice and that the invasion attacks of the Turkish state won’t achieve results.
• Turkish army withdraws from Siro Hill in Southern Kurdistan 

  The Turkish army has had to withdraw from Tepê Siro (Siro Hill) as a result of effective actions by HPG and YJA-Star guerillas.
• Turkish soldiers destroy a cemetery in Mus 

  Following the Garzan Cemetery in Bitlis, the Ismail Ronahi Cemetery in the Kolan village in Varto, Muş has been demolished by soldiers with construction equipment. There is no information as to whether the bodies are still buried or not.
• Military dispatch by the Iraqi army to Kurdish neighborhoods 

  The Iraqi army has dispatched new military equipment to Kurdish neighborhoods in Tuz Khurmatu.
• HDP’s Zeydan sentenced to eight years in prison 

  A Turkish court sentenced Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) MP Abdullah Zeydan to eight years in prison.
• Two Turkish soldiers killed in Sirnak 

  HPG guerrillas killed two Turkish in Gabar mountains in Sirnak.