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• Shengal Autonomous Administration re-greens areas dried up by Iraq 

  The Sinun Municipality of the Shengal Autonomous Administration is reintroducing the projects the Iraqi municipality has failed to do in the region.
• People displaced by ISIS return home and rebuild their village in Shengal 

  Residents of the Siba Şêx Xidir village in Shengal are returning to their land and rebuilding their houses. The villagers say that their lands will become more beautiful and revive if people come back.
• Gerîla TV broadcast video of guerrillas action in Girê Amediyê Resistance Area 

  Gerîla TV broadcast another video of an action where the Turkish state forces were shot by mobile guerrilla units.
• HPG reports intensified Turkish attacks with chemical weapons 

  HPG reports that Turkey has significantly intensified its chemical weapons attacks on guerrilla areas in southern Kurdistan. The fact that the occupying forces' actions continue to draw no international reaction is tantamount to support, according to HPG.
• Iranian forces attack people protesting Mahsa Amini’s murder 

  A general strike has been launched today across East Kurdistan following the calls of the Kurdish parties. Citizens in East Kurdistan did not open their shops nor go to work today.
• Protests spread in East Kurdistan after Mahsa Amini’s death 

  Protests have been launched in several cities of East Kurdistan following the calls for a general strike after 22-year-old Mahsa Amini was tortured to death by the Iranian regime forces.
• Cameras record use of chemical weapons in Girê Martyr Pîrdoxan 

  The explosion caused by the use of a tactical nuclear bomb and chemical weapons used by the invading Turkish army towards the Girê Martyr Pîrdoxan war tunnels in Metîna were published.
• HPG: Eight occupiers killed, one drone shot down in guerrilla areas 

  Although the Turkish army is bombarding the guerrilla area in southern Kurdistan continuously and using outlawed combat equipment, the resistance of the HPG and YJA Star continues. On Saturday, eight soldiers were killed, and one drone was shot down.
• 10 locals detained amidst military operation in Yüksekova 

  Following clashes during a Turkish military operation in Hakkari province, soldiers stormed a village and detained 10 residents from the same family.
• A Turkmen guerrilla fighter in the mountains of Botan 

  Haydar Erdoğan was a Turkmen citizen from Adıyaman. As a PKK cadre, he was jailed in a Turkish prison, and as an internationalist freedom fighter, he was part of the guerrilla resistance in Botan. He lost his life there in 2017.
• Economic crisis drives chicken farm in Hakkari to ruin 

  Rabia and Resul İhtiyatoğlu run an organic chicken farm in Hakkari. Due to the economic crisis in Turkey, the parents of three children are facing ruin.
• Gerîla TV broadcasts footage of action carried out by YJA Star teams in Kanî Masî 

  Gerîla TV broadcast the footage of the action carried out by YJA Star teams against the Kanî Masî Turkish outpost in Metîna on 13 August.
• Zagros Hîwa: Turkish government is selling out thecountry's political, social and economic resources 

  The spokesperson of the KCK, Zagros Hîwa, says Turkey is selling out the country's political, social and economic resources.
• A song from the Zagros mountains 

  Mountains write epic again, voices echo again in the mountains of Kurdistan. For nearly fifty years, the voice of each epic song has been rising from this vastness.
• A person killed in Saqiz as protests against killing of Amini continue 

  A person was killed in Saqiz when Iranian security forces opened fire on the people who protested the killing of Jina Mahsa Amini.
• 19 Turkish soldiers killed in guerrilla actions in South Kurdistan 

  19 Turkish soldiers have been killed in actions by the guerrilla forces of HPG and YJA Star against the occupation of Southern Kurdistan.
• Turkish soldiers attack Kurdish activists marching to Mount Cudi against ecocide 

  Kurdish parties, NGOs and the people are marching to Mount Cudi in protest at the ecological destruction in Kurdish territories.
• Civilian injured in Turkish attack on Batufa 

  The Turkish army has again bombed Southern Kurdistan territory, injuring a 54-year-old villager.
• Five guerrillas killed by Turkish attacks with chemical weapons 

  The guerrilla fighters Çekdar Oremar, Mardîn Penaber, Roza Hedar, Rojhat Dilbirîn and Serhed Agirî were killed in a poison gas attack by the Turkish army at Girê Hekarî in Metîna in July.
• Maxmur People's Democratic Council denies Turkish intelligence operation in the camp 

  Maxmur People's Democratic Council denied the allegations that the Turkish intelligence, MIT, captured two guerrillas in Maxmur.
• Guerrillas carry out actions against Turkish army in Zap 

  Guerrillas carried out new actions against the Turkish army in the Sîda Resistance Area of Zap, and killed 15 soldiers, wounding another 5.
• Guerrillas seize explosives from Turkish troops in South Kurdistan 

  The guerrilla armies HPG and YJA Star shot down two Turkish drones in Metîna and thwarted an advance attempt. In addition, 60 kilogrammes of explosives were seized and destroyed in a controlled manner.
• Over 30 kolbars killed or injured by Iranian forces in two months 

  More than 30 kolbars have been killed or injured by the direct fires of Iranian regime forces since August, following a visit of the Iranian Border Guards Commander to the city of Bane in East Kurdistan.
• Gerîla TV releases footage of action guerrillas carried out in Girê Amediyê  

  Gerîla TV broadcast the footage of the action guerrillas carried out in Girê Amediyê on 6 July.
• KNK delegation meets with political groups in Kurdistan Regional parliament 

  A delegation from the Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) met with political groups in the Kurdistan Regional parliament.