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• 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.
• Footage of guerrilla action on Hill Xeregol released 

  Gerîla TV has released footage from the action in which guerrillas hit the Turkish soldiers in the countryside of Çukurca, Hakkari.
• Iranian soldiers kill two Kurdish kolbers in Urumiyah 

  Iranian soldiers killed two Kurdish kolbers (Kurdish word for porters in border region) and wounded two others in Urumiyah.
• 60 recruits join YBS in Shengal 

  After completing military training 60 recruits joined Shengal Resistance Units (YBS) in Shengal.
• Iraqi forces implement “Arabisation” policies in Kirkuk 

  A press statement was held in Kirkuk against Iraqi forces’ policy of displacement against the Kurdish people in Kirkuk and its districts. After the demonstration, Iraqi forces detained two people.
• “The revolutionary struggle will be crowned with victory in 2018” 

  HPG and YJA star guerrillas celebrated the 40th year of the PKK with the new year and stated that 2018 will be the year of victory in the line of Delal Amed.
• Iraqi Turkmen Front official killed in Kirkuk 

  Iraqi Turkment Front (ITC) official Aladdîn Meqsûd Zeynel was shot dead in an armed attack in Kirkuk Tuesday evening.
• Forests cut down in Sirnak 

  The Turkish army continues to cut down forests in Besta. The trees are being used in military bases and homes of village guards.
• Mortar attack in Kirkuk 

  Unknown assailants targeted an Iraqi army base with mortar fire in Kurdistan neighbourhood in Kirkuk.
• What do the people in Iran want, why do they protest? 

  Our editor for ANF-Farsi service, Karwan Hewram assessed the current situation in Iran as a result of the failure of both conservative and reformist policies in the 40th year of the Islamic revolution.
• Seven Kurds sentenced each to 6 years in prison over magazines 

  A Turkish court sentenced seven Kurds each to 6 years and 3 months in prison on alleged charges of “membership to an illegal organization” for possessing Özgür Halk (Free Folk) and Demokratik Yurtsever Gençlik (Democratic Patriotic Youth) magazines.
• KCK: 2018 will be the year of collapse for AKP fascism 

  KCK Executive Council Co-presidency stated that the struggle of 2018 will bring about the end of AKP-MHP fascism and all other centralist and authoritarian governments in the Middle East.
• Two Turkish soldiers killed in Southern Kurdistan 

  HPG guerrillas killed at least two Turkish soldiers in Diyana, a province of Southern Kurdistan.
• 30 regions declared restricted zones in Dersim 

  The Turkish state continues executing military practices across the Kurdish region.
• Iranian soldiers kill another kolber in the border region 

  Another Kurdish kolber (Kurdish name for porters in border region) was killed by Iranian soldiers near Bane.
• HPG guerrilla action against Turkish army in Hakkari 

  People’s Defence Forces (HPG) guerrillas took action against Turkish army positions in rural Cukurca in Hakkari province.
• PJAK calls on peoples of Iran to fight and stand together 

  PJAK has issued a statement on the ongoing popular protests in Iran and Rojhilat and called on the peoples of Iran to fight and stand together.
• 10 quadrillions of investment in Hakkari: 200 Kalekols, 18 HEDs 

  Erdoğan said they invested 10 quadrillions in Hakkari. This investment has since been revealed to be the 200 Kalekol reinforced outposts and 18 Hydroelectric Dams (HEDs) built in the last 7 years.
• “Stealing bodies is an expression of everything going haywire” 

  PKK Committee for Solidarity with Martyrs’ Families issued a statement on the attacks on Garzan Martyrs’ Cemetery and said: “Attacking martyrs’ cemeteries, our sacred sites, and stealing bodies is an expression of everything going haywire now.”
• Two demonstrators shot dead by Iranian forces in Loristan 

  Iranian regime forces have reportedly murdered two demonstrators in Dirûd town of Rojhilat’s Loristan province.
• Police raid on HDP Amed Office 

  HDP Amed Provincial Offices have been raided by the police after the DBP congress. Police searched the building and took down banners in the congress hall for being “illegal”.
• Expansive military operation in Van countryside 

  Turkish state is continuing its military operations in the Kurdish region.
• Gabar: Garzan attack won’t be left without retaliation 

  PAJK Coordination Member Gülçiya Gabar stated that they will not leave the Turkish state’s attack on the Garzan Martyrs’ Cemetery and the abduction of 267 bodies without retaliation.
• Clash between guerrillas and Turkish soldiers at Şemdinli border 

  Reports are coming through of clashes between Turkish soldiers and HPG guerrillas at the border of Hakkari’s Şemdinli district.
• Turkish warplanes shell surroundings of a village of Zakho 

  Turkish warplanes bombed surroundings of a village in Southern Kurdistan.