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• Living inside the war for 20 years 

  For the last 20 years, Yusuf Aslan has been marching on mountainsides, steep cliffs, deep valleys, plains lit by outposts and the outskirts of towns with his gun on his shoulder and hope-filled bag on his back.
• Turkish airstrike kills a civilian in Southern Kurdistan 

  Turkish jets bombed a civilian car in Southern Kurdistan, killing a civilian by the name of İmdat Osman.
• KCK calls for support to the earthquake victims 

  KCK called for support to the earthquake victims in Southern and Eastern Kurdistan.
• Turkish warplanes bomb guerrilla positions in Southern Kurdistan 

  Turkish warplanes bombed guerrilla positions in Zap, Xakurke, Haftanin and Qandil regions of Southern Kurdistan.
• UPDATED: Powerful earthquake kills more than 300 in Kurdistan 

  At least 372 people died, and hundreds got injured as a 7.3 magnitude earthquake stroke Eastern and Southern Kurdistan on Sunday night.
• Earthquake kills at least 65, injures hundreds in Kurdistan 

  At least 65 people died and hundreds got injured as a 7.3 magnitude earthquake stroke Eastern and Southern Kurdistan Sunday night.
• Some 30 people including DBP members detained in Bismil 

  As many as 30 people have been taken into custody during house raids in Amed’s Bismil district on Sunday. The detainees include dismissed co-mayor and DBP (Democratic Regions’ Party) administrators for the district.
• Gerîla TV releases footage of an action in Silopi 

  Gerîla TV continues exposing the truths in the ongoing war between guerrilla forces and the Turkish army in Northern Kurdistan territory.
• AKP continues bombing civilian settlements in Southern Kurdistan 

  A mortar shell fired from a Turkish outpost hit the village of Orê in Metina region in Southern Kurdistan. Villagers condemn the increasingly ongoing Turkish attacks on their living areas.
• Gangs from the Iraqi Turkmen Front attack a Kurdish village 

  Gang groups affiliated to the Iraqi Turkmen Front that acts under the command of the Turkish state raided a Kurdish village in Daquq district of Kirkuk, and abducted two young people.
• Aerial bombardment on Mount Asos on Rojhilat-Bashur border 

  Asos mountain on the Iran-Iraq (Eastern and Southern Kurdistan) border has been shelled by warplanes for the second time this month.
• Local people protest the wall construction on Turkey-Iran border 

  The residents of Van’s Aşağı Çilli village protest the construction of a wall on the border between Turkey and Iran.
• Turkish police detain dozens after rally in Diyarbakir 

  Turkish police detained dozens of protestors after the rally for Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan in Diyarbakir.
• Thousands gather for Öcalan’s freedom in Amed 

  Thousands of people flock to the rally held in Amed with the demand for Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan’s freedom.
• Operation and bombardment in Şırnak countryside 

  The operation launched by the Turkish army in Şırnak’s Besta region with the participation of large numbers of soldiers and village guards continues for one week amid aerial bombardments.
• Iranian regime detains six Kurds in Makû and Çaldiran 

  Kurdistan Human Rights Association announced that Iranian regime forces have detained 6 Kurds in Makû and Çaldiran.
• Turkish troops blockade villages of Mardin with tanks 

  Amid preparations for an operation in the countryside of Mardin province, Turkish army has blockaded villages in Nusaybin and Ömeryan regions with tanks.
• Bodies of three HPG members not given to their families 

  The bodies of three guerrillas who lost their lives in the clashes in Kulp have not been given to their families, who say the bodies might be tortured.
• Barbarity in Yüksekova: Cemetery attacked for the fifth time 

  Special operations police have attacked the cemetery in Yüksekova, Hakkari for the fifth time since 2016's curfew and military onslaught period.
• Iraqi parliament cuts Kurdistan share in 2018 federal budget 

  Iraq’s parliament approved the 2018 federal budget which slashes the Kurdish share of the country’s revenue.
• Iranian regime sentences two Kurdish political prisoners to death 

  Kurdish political prisoners Diyako Resulzade and Sabîr Şêx Ebdullah have been sentenced to death by the Iranian regime.
• Goran leader holds Barzani responsible for the situation in South 

  Omar Sayyid Eli, the leader of the Goran Movement in Southern Kurdistan held KDP’s leader Masoud Barzani responsible for the recent losses of Kurds in Iraq.
• Iranian police confiscate mobile phones over Kurdish symbols 

  Iranian police started to confiscate mobile phones over Kurdish symbols spotted on them during searches at checkpoints, locals say.
• Four people jailed in Çukurca 

  Out of the 11 people who had been detained in house raids in Çukurca, 4 have been jailed.
• Footage from the historic action against Çeman outpost released 

  Gerîla TV has released footage from the action against Çeman outpost in Hakkari’s Şemdinli district.