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• Three arrested by Turkish police in Diyarbakir 

  Turkish police arrested three people in Dicle, a district of Diyarbakir province.
• Turkish soldiers attack Fidan Doğan commemoration 

  Turkish soldiers attacked the commemoration held by Fidan Doğan’s grave.
• Besê Hozat: The Paris Massacre will be called to account 

  KCK Executive Council Co-chair Besê Hozat stressed that the Paris Massacre had been ordered directly by Erdogan and that it will be heavily called to account.
• KNK visits PUK for national unity workshop 

  As a part of preparations to organize a national unity workshop in Southern Kurdistan, a delegation from KNK visited the PUK.
• Two Kurds killed in Kirkuk 

  Two Kurds have been murdered in a shooting in Kirkuk.
• Turkish war planes hit civilians again 

  The invading Turkish army bombed civilian residential areas in Diyana yesterday. Villagers in Başurê Kurdistan condemn the silence of KDP and Barzani in the face of attacks.
• Barzani protects Turkish state 

  Kurdistan Regional Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani protected Turkey despite their invasion attacks and said, “Turkey is an important country for the Kurdistan Region.”
• Turkish warplanes bomb a village in Southern Kurdistan 

  Turkish warplanes bombed Pirbula village near Zakho Monday afternoon.
• KCK: France should put perpetrators of Paris killings on trial 

  KCK called upon the French administration to put Turkish president Erdogan and MIT officials on trial for their role in the killing of three Kurdish woman revolutionaries in Paris.
• Turkish army prepares for major military operations in Kurdistan 

  Turkey declared many areas in Bitlis and Sirnak as “forbidden zones”. Locals report that Turkish army prepares for a military operation in Kurdish cities.
• 51 wounded in the earthquake in Kermanshah 

  Saturday night’s 5.1 magnitude earthquake in Rojhilat has wounded 51 people, three of them seriously.
• Iranian regime deploys gangs to Kurdish cities 

  The Iranian regime has recently been trying to suppress the popular protests of the people by deploying groups of gangs in many cities of Eastern Kurdistan.
• KDP, PUK agree on improving cooperation following talks 

  Following the KDP and PUK Politburo meeting in Sulaymaniyah, YNK's Mela Bextiyar and KDP's Nechirvan Barzani held a joint press conference. Speaking at the meeting, Barzani said they were ready to hold talks with Iraq.
• One Turkish soldier killed in Çukurca 

  HPG said one Turkish soldier was killed in Çukurca district of Hakkari.
• KDP-PUK meeting kicks off in Sulaymaniyah 

  Political Bureaus of KDP and PUK have gathered in Sulaymaniyah to discuss KDP-PUK relations and the crisis with Baghdad.
• Earthquake in Kermanshah wounds 21 

  A 5.1 magnitude earthquake struck Sarpol e Zahab in the western province of Kermanshah on Saturday night. According to the officials, 21 people were wounded.
• One doctor for 200 thousand people in Erciş 

  Erciş State Hospital, which was severely damaged after the 2011 earthquake, and the prefabricated structure formed next to it, serves the district and neighboring centers. But 200 thousand people have just one doctor.
• Six soldiers killed in Uludere 

  HPG Press Center announced that six Turkish soldiers have been killed in Şırnak’s Uludere district.
• 31 areas in Hakkari banned for public 

  31 areas in Hakkari have been declared “special security areas” between January 9 and 23 as part of the operation the Turkish army is to conduct. Entrance to and exit from the areas have been banned.
• Barbaric: Gravestones swapped in Bismil 

  The AKP-MHP fascism continues to attack graves. Grave stones in Bismil have been swapped out by the police.
• HDP MP Alican Önlü released 

  HDP Dersim MP Alican Önlü who was taken into custody in Amed earlier today, has been released.
• Four female guerrillas martyred in a clash with Iranian forces 

  Identities of four female guerrillas and two militia members, who fell as martyrs in a clash with Iranian military forces in October, have been announced.
• HDP MP Alican Önlü detained in Amed 

  HDP Dersim MP Alican Önlü has been taken into custody in Amed.
• Guerrilla actions in Amed, Sirnak and Hakkari 

  People’s Defence Forces guerrillas took action against Turkish army in Diyarbakir, Sirnak and Hakkari in Northern Kurdistan.
• Bomb attack on the home of ITF administrator in Kirkuk 

  ITF administrator Sabah Kadir Kasım’s home was attacked with a bomb in the evening in Kirkuk.