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• KCK Executive Council announces annual meeting results 

  At the annual meeting of the KCK Executive Council, the practice in all fields of work was evaluated and a plan for the current year was adopted.
• Iraqi troops block Yazidi youth marching for Öcalan’s freedom in Shengal 

  The Yazidi youth movement is staging a long march for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan in Shengal. The Iraqi military intervened and wanted to ban the Öcalan pictures.
• UN disregards the Kaçar family deported by KDP from Hewler 

  Hasan Kaçar, who was deported from Hewler (Erbil), South Kurdistan since he did not accept the spying and betrayal imposed by the KDP, is waiting for an answer from the UN in Sulaymaniyah after the repeated applications he filed.
• HDP delegation visits AANES representation in Sulaymaniyah 

  The HDP delegation held a number of visits to Shengal, Maxmur and Sulaymaniyah. Here they visited the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) Sulaymaniyah Representation.
• HPG: 5 Turkish soldiers killed in retaliation for February 15 and Garê 

  HPG Press Centre (HPG-BIM) reported that 5 Turkish soldiers were killed to condemn the international conspiracy against Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan and in retaliation for the Garê martyrs.
• HSM Headquarters Command condemns International 15 February Conspiracy 

  The People's Defense Center (HSM) Headquarters Command condemned the International 15 February Conspiracy against Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan with "anger and vehemence" on its 23rd anniversary.
• HDP delegation in Shengal says it will share its finding in the Turkish parliament 

  The HDP delegation in Shengal announced that it will share the report it will prepare with the public in the Parliament, and said: "The AKP government committed a crime here."
• HPG Commander: Victory will belong to guerrillas who fight with commitment 

  Alan Malazgirt, a commander of the Bazên Zagrosê Revolutionary Campaign, said that the Turkish army employed all kinds of dirty methods, particularly chemical weapons in its invasion attacks, yet failed to win.
• HDP delegation visits Shengal 

  An HDP delegation, consisting of 4 deputies, visited Shengal, after the Turkish state targeted civilian settlements by air strikes.
• Maxmur people commemorate female commander Viyan Caf 

  The Martyrs' Families Committee of the Maxmur refugee camp held a commemoration event for YJA-Star Commander Viyan Caf who carried out an action of self-immolation in 2006 to protest the February 15 International Conspiracy against Abdullah Öcalan.
• Turkish air raids target Medya Defense Zones 

  HPG Press Centre reported that the Turkish army carried out air strikes against the Medya Defense Zones in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq) between January 31 and February 8.
• Kobanê academics say PKK should be removed from 'terror list' 

  Academics from Kobanê said that the PKK is the only force fighting terrorism, insisting that it should be removed from the 'terror list' immediately.
• Goran Şaho: Freedom of Öcalan means freedom of the Kurdish people 

  KODAR Executive Council member, Goran Şaho, said that the struggle for the freedom of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan should be enlarged and added that "the freedom of Leader Apo will ensure the freedom of the Kurdish people."
• Women in Shengal protest the 15 February conspiracy against Öcalan  

  The Yazidi Free Women's Movement (TAJÊ) protested the international conspiracy against Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan with a march in Shengal.
• Appeal from Maxmur to the UN 

  Filiz Budak, co-chair of the People's Council of the self-administered Maxmur refugee camp, appeals to the United Nations to live up to its responsibility and take a stand against the Turkish attacks.
• PJAK co-chair Zîlan Vejîn: "Standing up for Öcalan means standing up for freedom" 

  The co-chair of the East Kurdistan party PJAK, Zîlan Vejîn, spoke about the 23rd anniversary of Öcalan's abduction and said that "standing up for Rêber Apo means standing up for one's own will and freedom."
• Footage of the HPG guerrillas' action in Zap  

  Footage of the HPG guerrillas' infiltration of two positions in the region of Zap on 9 December was released by Guerîla TV.
• Arab Youth Initiative founded in Shengal 

  An Arab Youth Initiative has been founded in Shengal to fight against domination and social sexism and to strengthen the self-defence forces in the northern Iraqi region.
• 'PKK has never been a terrorist organization’ 

  Zoroastrian Representative Awat Hîsamedîn declared that they backed the international effort to remove the PKK from the "terrorist" list, emphasizing that the PKK was never a terrorist organization.
• KCK: No attack will be able to bring our people to their knees 

  KCK vowed that they would always stand with the people of Rojava, Şengal and Maxmur, saying, "Our people and their friends all over the world must take to the streets against the attacks of the Turkish state. "
• TAJÊ activist Dayê Şemê says Iraqi government is equally to blame for Turkish attacks on Shengal 

  The Iraqi government is blamed for Turkey's constant attacks against Shengal. TAJÊ activist Dayê Şemê pointed to an Iraqi flag that was shredded in the bombing and asked: "Why is Iraq putting up with this?"
• Women visit the Justice Vigil in Van: “We will continue to resist” 

  Van Women's Platform visited the Justice Vigil of the relatives of the prisoners. "We will resist until we achieve our goal," the families said.
• KONGRA-GEL: Turkey’s attacks are the flutters of fascism's collapse  

  The KONGRA-GEL Co-Presidency Council stated that, “Because the fascist Turkish state government is in the midst of political collapse, it will attack even more.”
• DTK, HDK, TJA, DBP and HDP protest Turkish attacks in Kurdistan 

  Democratic Society Congress (DTK), Peoples' Democratic Congress (HDK), Free Women's Movement (TJA), Democratic Regions Party (DBP), Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) protested the latest Turkish airstrikes in Maxmûr, Şengal and Derik.
• Hakkari Governorate issues ban on demonstrations, marches and open-air meetings for 15 days 

  Hakkari Governorate announced that demonstrations, marches and open-air meetings would be banned for 15 days.