KURDISTAN

Latest News

• Bodies of 9 YPG/YPJ fighters brought to North Kurdistan 

  Bodies of 9 YPG/YPJ fighters who have fallen in the struggle against ISIS in Rojava and Shengal have been delivered to their families and MEYA-DER executives at Semelka border gate and taken to Habur border gate in Silopi district of Şırnak.
• KCK: We will not accept the violation of the ceasefire anymore 

  KCK pointed out that unlike guerrilla forces who abidden by the ceasefire and acted with great responsibility within this process, the Turkish state has disobeyed the conditions of truce and failed to avoid practices inciting clashes.
• Operation by the Turkish army in Siirt 

  HPG reported that the Turkish army launched an operation with a large numbers of armoured vehicles aerially supported by Cobra type helicopters in Eruh district of Siirt.
• HDP MPs make an examination at Çukurca border 

  Deputies of the HDP visited Çığlı (Aşût) village at the border with the South Kurdistan in order for an examination at scene after incidents broke up during the protest by local people against military deployment.
• People of Nusaybin to protest the trench dug at Qamishlo border 

  Reactions against the trench being dug at the border between Nusaybin-Qamislo by Turkish military are growing.
• TEV-DEM suspends agreement with Aleppo Regional Assembly 

  TEV-DEM criticized the Aleppo Regional Assembly of Syrian opposition forces for its unfavorable treatment of local people in Sheik Maksoud neighborhood, its efforts to defame YPG and support to the ISIS gangs.
• Three freedom fighters laid to rest in Amûdê 

  YPG fighter Amed Amûdê, who lost his life in Kenterî village of Siluk on 6 June, and Erka Xweparastine (Self Defence Forces) fighters Xelîl Şêxo and Azad Mehmûd, martyred on 8 June, have been laid to rest in Amûdê city of West Kurdistan, Rojava.
• Kurdish lawyer shot dead by Iranian Pasdaran at the border 

  It came out that a Kurdish lawyer by the name of Sîrûs Ehmedî was shot dead by the Iranian Pasdaran two days ago.
• Vedat Aydın commemorated at his graveside 

  Hundreds of people commemorated former HEP (People's Labour Party) Diyarbakır president Vedat Aydın who was found dead on a road near Malatya on July 7, 1991.
• YPG: Operation Rubar Qamishlo completed successfully 

  YPG (People's Defense Units) General Command announced that the Operation Commander Rubar Qamishlo which was launched against ISIS gangs on 6 May has been completed successfully.
• Military operations against ISIS gangs continue in Rojava 

  Military operations of the YPG/YPJ (People's/Women's Defense Units) in ISIS-occupied areas in Hesekê and Kobanê continue.
• Clashes intensify in Hesekê 

  Fighting between YPG/YPJ and ISIS gangs continues in the village of Ferhiye to the south east of Hesekê.
• Turkish military activity continues increasingly 

  Military activity of the Turkish army against guerrilla areas continues increasingly, said the Press Office of the HPG (People's Defense Forces) in a written statement which appeared on its website.
• Iranian army conducted an operation in Shehidan 

  Soldiers of the Iranian army conducted an operation against the Shehidan area. The operation was retreated the same day without any results.
• MLKP Rojava calls for urgent release of two Spanish fighters 

  MLKP (Marxist Leninist Communist Party) Rojava has released a statement condemning the arrest by the Spanish state of two Spanish revolutionaries soon after return from the battle in Rojava, West Kurdistan.
• Youths in South Kurdistan fleeing to abroad 

  Goran Movement deputy Evar İbrahim told that three thousand youths in South Kurdistan have illegally fled to abroad in the last one month.
• 10 remanded in custody in Muş 

  Ten people who had been detained in concurrent house raids in Bulanık, Malazgirt and Varto districts of Muş and in İzmir province the day before were referred to the courthouse in Patnos district of Ağrı.
• Asya Abdullah: Enmity towards Rojava is useless 

  PYD Co-President Asya Abdullah spoke to ANF regarding the ongoing investigation into the massacre committed by ISIS against civilians in Kobanê on June 25.
• YPG: Heavy blows inflicted on ISIS gangs 

  Operations of the YPG/YPJ (People's/Women's Defense Units) in ISIS-occupied areas in south Kobanê continue.
• Peoples in Girê Spî will govern themselves 

  Kurds, Arabs, Turkmens and Armenians living in Girê Spî came together at the Girê Spî Constituent Assembly Meeting held by TEV-DEM.
• Turkish army deployments intensify 

  HPG Media Center stated that the Turkish army’s military deployment, guard post construction, and airplane and drone activities intensified.
• Impressions and updates from Hesekê 

  As clashes between the Syrian regime and ISIS gangs continue in Hesekê, the YPG/YPJ’s defense circle reduced the threats against the city but the dangers of ISIS presence persist here.
• 20 detained in soldiers' attack on demonstrators against military activity 

  In the border village of Çığlı (Aşût) in Çukurca district of Hakkari, where Turkish army has recently made intense deployment, local people dug a ditch to protest the recently increasing military activity. -
• 'Freedom for Öcalan' campaign initiated in South Kurdistan 

  Freedom for Öcalan Initiative has initiated a campaign for the freedom of the Kurdish people’s leader Abdullah Öcalan in Hewler city of South Kurdistan.
• YPG: Ayn Îsa entirely liberated from ISIS 

  YPG Press Office reported that the town of Ayn Îsa has been taken under control by forces of the YPG/YPJ (People's/Women's Defense Units).