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• Gerîla TV broadcast footage of an action in Mamreşo Resistance Area 

  The guerrillas continue to inflict heavy blows on the invading Turkish army, which continue to attack them using chemical weapons and banned bombs. Gerîla TV broadcast footage of an action in Mamreşo Resistance Area.
• Kendal Azad, guerrilla and artist 

  Kendal Azad was a guerrilla commander and artist. Before he fell a martyr in Botan, he said: "I want to draw a country that can only be reached with dreams and can be built in our thoughts."
• HPG: 17 soldiers were killed in guerrilla areas 

  The guerrilla armies HPG and YJA Star continue the resistance against the Turkish invasion in Southern Kurdistan. In the latest actions against occupation forces, 17 soldiers were killed and the body of a soldier was seized by the guerrillas.
• 20 young people join guerrilla ranks in response to chemical attacks 

  20 more young people have joined Kurdish guerrilla troops to avenge 17 guerrillas who were martyred during the recent chemical attacks of the Turkish state.
• Gerîla TV broadcast footage of action in Girê Hakkarî Resistance Area 

  Gerîla TV broadcast the footage of the action which resulted in the death of 5 Turkish soldiers in the Girê Hakkarî Resistance Area.
• People's Council of Shengal accuses KDP of supporting Turkish secret service MIT 

  After the drone attack on Thursday, the People's Council of Shengal accused the KDP of supporting the Turkish secret service MIT.
• HPG reports systematic use of chemical weapons against guerrillas 

  The Turkish army is sticking to its concept of systematic use of prohibited combat equipment against the guerrillas in Kurdistan.
• Turkish drone attack on car in Shengal results in casualties - UPDATE 

  A car has again been attacked by a Turkish combat drone in the northern Iraqi region of Shengal, with reports of casualties. This is the fourth drone attack within a week.
• Network of counterinsurgency and organised crime in Van 

  After Istanbul and Adana, Van ranks third on the list of cities with the most forced prostitution and drug trafficking. Behind them are military, paramilitary and AKP officials.
• Şaho Zerdeşt: Young people should fulfill their national duty 

  Sine University student Şaho Zerdeşt, who has just joined guerrilla ranks, said that the uprising of the Kurdish people has entered a new phase, and that the Kurdish youth should take up arms and fulfil their national duty in the free mountains.
• HPJ guerrilla Niştiman: Women in Iran and Rojhilat have a strategic mission 

  Calling for Kurdish, Persian, Arab, Azeri and Baluch women to unite around the ideology of women's liberation, HPJ guerrilla Arjin Niştiman emphasized that women's right to self-defense should be used.
• HPG: Turkey continues war crimes in Kurdistan 

  According to HPG, the Turkish army used banned bombs three times and chemical weapons seven times against guerrilla positions in Southern Kurdistan on Tuesday.
• ‘Turkish attacks cause serious damage to Kurdistan's environment’ 

  The General Director of Forestry of Kurdistan Region’s Ministry of Agriculture said that the Turkish state openly cuts down the trees in the Kurdistan Region and the ongoing attacks of the Turkish army cause serious damage to the region's environment.
• University students from Rojhilat join the guerrilla ranks 

  A group of young people from Rojhilat (Iranian) Kurdistan joined the guerrilla ranks and called for participation in the guerrilla struggle “for the freedom of women, society and Kurdistan”.
• Gerîla TV broadcast footage of sabotage action in Mamreşo 

  Gerîla TV broadcast the footage of the sabotage action against a Reo-type soldier vehicle in the Mamreşo area.
• New music clip about the guerrilla struggle: “Battle of Kurdistan” 

  In the newly released music clip "Cenga Kurdistan", guerrilla fighters sing about their resistance against the Turkish army's attacks, which violate international law.
• Turkish drone attack on Shengal 

  Turkey has again attacked the Yazidi settlement area of Shengal in northern Iraq. According to initial reports, there were no casualties, but there was extensive damage to property.
• Dozens of soldiers' bodies brought to Çukurca hospital 

  It is reported that the bodies of dozens of Turkish soldiers who died in the guerrilla-controlled areas in northern Iraq were brought to Çukurca State Hospital.
• DBP: Kobanê resistance become a hope for freedom and a model for struggle 

  “We celebrate World Kobanê Day, and we call on the Kurdish people, organizations and political parties to protect the values and achievements of the Kurdish people. We are marching to freedom through Kobanê,” DBP said.
• HPG reports massive attacks with chemical weapons and banned bombs on guerrilla areas 

  According to HPG, the Turkish army continues to use chemical weapons and other outlawed ordnance continuously in its invasion of Southern Kurdistan. In parallel, there is an increase in airstrikes on the region.
• YRK announces the death of four guerrillas in Turkish airstrikes 

  The Eastern Kurdistan Units announced that four guerrillas lost their lives as a result of Turkish airstrikes in the Asos region.
• Maxmur Camp refugees: Iraq and UN must stop Turkish airstrikes  

  Bêwar Unver, member of the Maxmur Camp Foreign Relations Committee, said that the attacks on the camp are taking place with the permission of Iraq and the UN.
• Turkish state's war crimes exposed once again 

  Images recorded by guerrillas are irrefutably documenting the war crimes carried out by the Turkish state.
• Police take fingerprints of the entire population in Gever 

  The North Kurdish resistance province of Hakkari is considered a laboratory for counterinsurgency by the government. Now the complete dactyloscopic recording of the population of the city of Gever has started.
• HPG reports ongoing Turkish attacks with chemical weapons and banned bombs 

  The Turkish army used chemical weapons and banned bombs in twenty attacks on guerrilla positions in Southern Kurdistan on Saturday.