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• “Rojava revolution is a response to the plot against Öcalan” 

  On the 19th anniversary of the October 9 plot against Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan, HPG and YJA Star guerrillas said that the Rojava Revolution is a response to the plot.
• Border trade is banned for Kurds but free for Iranians 

  In the Kurdish border city of Van, many Kurds were arrested and prosecuted because they sold goods which they had bought from Iran. But Turkish officials turn a blind eye on Iranians doing the same thing.
• A guerrilla doctor of 50 years 

  He is one of those, whose name is brought up many a time here in the Xakurkê region. Everyone who happened to talk to him was narrating the words he spoke. As for us, needless to say, we felt the urge to meet and talk with him.
• Trustee disrespects deceased politicians’ memory 

  The trustee appointed to the Yenişehir municipality has ordered the sign of the Husn-i Cihan Sports Complex built to honor the memories of late DTP politicians Hüsnü Ablay and Cihan Deniz to be painted white.
• Special Operations units raid Şapatan village with panzers 

  Turkish state forces have raided the Şapatan village in Şemdinli with panzers.
• Turkish army desperate in Serhat region 

  The prowess for war displayed by the Kurdish guerrilla in Serhat in particular has shown once again how desperate the Turkish army is in this war once again.
• Body of a villager killed by Turkish jets in Sheladize found 

  Body of a villager who had disappeared during Turkish air strikes on Southern Kurdistan last month, has been found.
• Battle for Kobanê: 6-8 October uprising 

  Kobanê was liberated almost four months after 6-8 October uprising. This time period was one of the bloodiest of the war against ISIS gangs.
• Local sources: 9 soldiers killed in Esendere 

  9 soldiers were killed and 4 others wounded in Hakkari countryside yesterday.
• Program for Mam Jalal’s funeral announced 

  The program for PUK Secretary General Jalal Talabani’s funeral has been announced.
• Iranian regime detains 211 kolbers 

  The Iranian regime continues its attacks on border porters and has detained 211 kolbers and kesibkars in the last 72 hours.
• Trustee for Van starts selling off public assets 

  The trustee for Van has gifted all of the Van Metropolitan Municipality to his supporters, and has now started to sell off municipality real estate one by one.
• Gerîla TV releases footage from an action in Çukurca 

  Gerîla TV has released footage from an action in which 7 soldiers of the Turkish army were killed in Hakkari countryside.
• Trustee’s men attack the people in Van 

  The trustee appointed to the Van’s Ipekyolu District Municipality Cemil Öztürk ordered the municipal police to attack the street peddlers, shopkeepers and the people. In the scuffle, 5 municipal police officers were wounded.
• KRG’s response to Iraq: We will not cancel the referendum 

  The Southern Kurdistan Administration has rejected Iraq’s call to cancel the independence referendum.
• Flags in Sulaymaniyah at half mast for Mam Jalal 

  Flags of Iraq and Southern Kurdistan are flown at half mast in Sulaymaniyah due to the passing of prominent Kurdish politician Jalal Talabani.
• Charges pressed on Cizre massacre dismissed 

  Charges had been pressed for each one of the 34 people massacred in the basements of resistance during the Cizre self-government resistances. The charges have been dismissed for “the incident has justification compliant with the law.”
• PKK: Mam Celal will be remembered in the struggle for Kurdistan 

  PKK stated that Kurdish politician Mam Jalal who has passed away on Tuesday will always be remembered in the freedom struggle of the people of Kurdistan.
• Kurdish politician Jalal Talabani passes away 

  Kurdish politician and Iraqi former President Jalal Talabani has passed away.
• Kirkuk Kurds refute Erdoğan 

  The citizens of Kirkuk protested Tayyip Erdoğan’s recent comments denying the Kurdish existence, “You are not there in Kirkuk”.They said: “The İmam Kasım neighborhood was where Kirkuk was founded, and it has been Kurdish since the day it was built.”
• HPG: 69 Turkish soldiers killed in Ağrı 

  HPG Press Office reported that 69 soldiers of the Turkish army were killed in operations carried out by guerrillas in the countryside of Ağrı’s Doğubayazıt district.
• Demolition of buildings completed in Sur’s Alipaşa neighbourhood 

  The Turkish state completed forced demolition of buildings and started base constructions in  Alipaşa neighbourhood of Amed’s historic Sur district.
• KRG: We are deeply disappointed in the US statement on referendum 

  Responding to the statement by Secretary Tillerson who had announced that “The U.S. does not recognize the independence referendum”, Spokesperson of the Southern Kurdistan Region Presidency said: “We deeply disappointed in the statement.”
• 'Kurds’ most powerful weapon against threats is national unity' 

  “National unity is the Kurdish people’s most powerful weapon against the threats by neighbouring countries” Hewre Penam, a prominent Kurdish intellectual in South Kurdistan said.
• Binarê Qendîl people: We can achieve independence through unity 

  Residents of the Qendîl region called on all political parties in South Kurdistan for unity.