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• Scenes from a war tunnel construction 

  The tunnel wars, marked the last period of war and kept the Turkish army unable to move. Tunnel wars are the new tactic of the guerrillas. They are made by drilling rocks… they are a new place of resistance...
• Shengal against increasing Iraqi military activity: “We will defend our land” 

  Responding to the increasing military activities of the Iraqi army, the Shengal Autonomous Administration called for popular organization and unity, and vowed to defend an autonomous and free Shengal.
• Berwarî: "Great dangers lie ahead for Iraq and South Kurdistan" 

  Dr. Kamuran Berwarî sees Iraq as the scene of a reckoning between regional and international powers and warns of great dangers for Iraq and South Kurdistan.
• Three kolbars who went missing in Şemdinli region still unaccounted for 

  Three kolbars have been missing for five days in the Turkish-Iranian border area near Şemdinli. In the meantime, Iranian soldiers injured another kolbar.
• Guerrillas hit Turkish positions in Heftanin 

  Guerrillas struck three positions of the Turkish occupation forces in Heftanin. Meanwhile, the Turkish air force again bombed various locations in the guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq).
• Guerrillas: We neutralize the attacks carried out by the enemy 

  The resistance carried out by the guerrillas against the Turkish state continues. Turkey has been attacking the Medya Defense Areas for months. Guerrillas, Xwînda Kobanê and Amed Afrin, said that they had neutralized the attacks.
• Teachers in Maxmur Camp demand Kurdish language to be recognized 

  Teachers in Maxmur Camp protested the Turkish state's hostility towards the Kurdish language and pointed out that the right to mother tongue was violated.
• Barzani and TRT 6 have a hand in the establishment of tribal associations in Van 

  Members of the KDP, TRT 6, and AKP are behind the 13 tribal associations that have been established in Van over the previous five years. The primary goal of the tribal associations funded by the Van Governorate is to weaken the HDP by fostering the phenom
• HPG: "Our forces suffered no losses in the latest attacks on Medya Defense Zones" 

  HPG reported that the Turkish fighter jets are continuing to strike the guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq) and guerrilla forces have suffered no losses in the latest attacks.
• Heavy rain causes flooding in Hewlêr 

  In Hewlêr, roads and buildings have been flooded again after heavy rains. Traffic came to a standstill, all schools were closed.
• Rampant corruption makes KDP elites richer 

  While the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) remains unable to pay the salaries of public employees and peshmerga forces, pro-government businessmen and groups are getting richer.
• Guerrillas: We will continue to carry out our successful actions 

  The guerrillas said that the Turkish army is targeting the resistance with advanced technical and chemical weapons combined with psychological warfare, but added that they "will fight until we achieve success. We will go against the enemy."
• No news of two men abducted by Turkish forces and detained by the KDP 

  Two young men abducted from Southern Kurdistan to Turkey have been released after protests. After their return to Southern Kurdistan, they were arrested by the KDP. They have been missing for a week.
• Gerîla TV releases footage of action in Xakurkê 

  Guerrillas continue inflicting blows on the occupying Turkish army in the guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq).
• YJA Star fighter: Turkish incursion will come to a deadlock in South Kurdistan 

  YJA Star fighter Rûken Serhed said that the Turkish army has failed to break the guerrilla resistance in the Medya Defense Zones, adding, “The Turkish state which lost against the guerrilla will lead to a much bigger stalemate.”
• PADÊ Co-Chair: Resistance for the autonomy and status of Shengal will continue 

  The co-chair of the Yazidi party PADÊ, Zehra Silêman, stresses that the resistance for the autonomy and status of Shengal will continue unabated despite all attacks.
• Turkish warplanes bomb villages in Amadiya, South Kurdistan 

  Turkish warplanes bombed a number of villages in Amadiya, in the province of Duhok in Southern Kurdistan (Northern Iraq).
• 14 people detained in Şırnak and Siirt 

  While the number of those detained in the province of Şırnak has risen to 13, at least one person was taken into custody in Siirt.
• Protest against vandalization of martyrs' graves in Cizre 

  The Association for Unity, Culture and Solidarity with Families Who Lost Their Relatives in the Cradle of Civilizations (MEBYA-DER) organized a press briefing to condemn the attack on the graves of the martyrs in Cizre district of Şırnak.
• Families protest the attack on martyrs’ graves in Cizre 

  While the Asri Cemetery in Cizre district of Şırnak was attacked by unknown people, families of Kurdish martyrs said, “Let them devastate our graves, we will build them again.”
• HPG reports continued Turkish attacks in South Kurdistan 

  The Turkish army is continuing its airstrikes in South Kurdistan with no casualties among the guerrilla forces.
• Guerrillas: We cannot be stopped! 

  YJA Star guerrilla Ciwan Cûdî and the HPG guerrilla Ronî Arbaba are part of the resistance against the Turkish invasion of the southern Kurdish Medya Defense Areas. “The enemy cannot stop the guerrillas,” they said.
• Doğan: Resistance won; economic crisis deepened 

  PKK Education Committee Member Mahir Doğan stated that the belligerent Turkish government has been defeated in its war against the PKK. “The resistance has won; the economic crisis has deepened,” he said.
• Jinên Tîrêjên Rojê Initiative hits police station in Yüksekova 

  The Jinên Tîrêjên Rojê Initiative announced that they carried out an action with improvised explosive device (IED) against a police station in Yüksekova district of Hakkari.
• PJAK: Kurdistan Region became a graveyard for activists from East Kurdistan 

  PJAK urged the Kurdistan regional government to investigate the case of activist Ehmed Bêxem from East Kurdistan who is suspected to have been tortured and murdered last week in Hewlêr (Erbil).