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• KMMK reports continued execution, torture and detention in East Kurdistan 

  The Kurdistan Human Rights Association released its September report on the violations of rights by the Iranian state. Accordingly, several detainees and kolbars were killed, dozens of people were detained and tortured.
• Guerrillas seize Turkish camera trap in Metina 

  HPG guerrillas seized and deactivated a camera trap placed by the Turkish soldiers in Metina.
• Maxmur residents arrested on the way to Baghdad 

  Five residents of the Maxmur refugee camp have been arrested in Iraq. The four brothers and their brother-in-law were on their way to Baghdad to work. According to their legal counsel, they are suspected of PKK membership.
• Three more guerrillas killed by Turkish chemical weapons in Southern Kurdistan 

  HPG published the names of three more guerrillas killed by Turkish chemical weapons on Girê Sor in Southern Kurdistan (Northern Iraq).
• YRK: We did not suffer any casualties in Turkish air strike 

  The Eastern Kurdistan Defense Forces (YRK) said they suffered no casualties in the Turkish airstrike in the Iraq-Iran border area on Friday.
• PKK Committee of Martyrs' Families asks for the promised ‘documents’ 

  The PKK Committee of Martyrs' Families staged their weekly demonstration for PKK member Yasin Bulut (Şukri Serhed) who was assassinated in Sulaymaniyah in mid-September. The committee urged the authorities to probe into the case and reveal the murderers.
• Survivor of Dersim genocide Bıra Çorak passes away 

  Bıra Çorak, a survivor of the Dersim genocide between 1937 and 1938, has died at the age of 100.
• HPG: Guerrilla resistance continues in Werxele 

  Guerrillas are confronting the invading Turkish army which has been carrying out an occupation operation in southern Kurdistan since late April.
• Questionable MIT operation against alleged “Iranian agents” in Van 

  An operation against alleged Iranian agents in Van turns out to be a questionable crackdown on people from surrounding villages. Drivers, farmers and smugglers from the border area are lumped together and declared as spies.
• Gerîla TV releases footage of action carried out by guerrillas in Metîna 

  Gerîla TV broadcast the footage of the action carried out with heavy weapons by the guerrillas in Metîna.
• Former Gorran Movement official: The failure in elections caused by wrong policies 

  Former Gorran Movement official Tekoşer Hesen stated that the party's failure in the Iraqi elections was due to the erroneous policies they pursued and that this outcome was inevitable.
• Guerrillas carry out 'revenge' actions against the Turkish army 

  HPG Press Centre reported that guerrilla forces carried out large-scale "revenge" actions against the Turkish troops in the Zap region of guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq).
• Turkish fighter jets carry out simultaneous strikes in South Kurdistan 

  The Turkish state continues its genocidal attacks in various parts of Kurdistan, which have recently been accelerated in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq).
• Arab guerrilla Dêrazor tells of resistance against Turkey's invasion attempt 

  Arab HPG fighter Arteş Dêrazor has joined the guerrillas after reading the writings of Abdullah Öcalan and calls on the Arab youth to come to the mountains as well.
• Yazidi activist from Germany joins vigil at Sêmalka 

  For days, relatives of martyrs have been protesting against South Kurdistan’s ruling party KDP at the Sêmalka border crossing in Rojava and demanding the return of the bodies of those killed in the Xelîfan attack.
• ‘Turkey must be reported to the UN and prosecuted for using chemical weapons’ 

  Human rights activists demand that Turkey, which has come to the fore with its use of chemical weapons, be reported to the UN and tried before international courts.
• Guerrillas hit Turkish troops in Metina and Avaşîn 

  HPG/YJA Star guerrillas carried out actions using heavy weapons against the invading Turkish army in Metîna and Avaşîn.
• Martyr Helgûrt Siyabend - A life in the struggle for freedom 

  Guerrilla martyr Helgûrt Siyabend came from Kop in North Kurdistan. He dedicated his life to the struggle for freedom and fell in the southern Kurdish region of Xakurke.
• Gorran board of directors resigns 

  The entire Gorran board of directors learned the lesson from the election debacle and resigned. The Movement for Change was unable to win a single mandate in the Iraqi parliamentary elections.
• Guerrillas seize large number of military equipment left by fleeing Turkish soldiers  

  Guerrillas seized a large amount of military equipment belonging to the invading Turkish army in the Werxelê area of Avaşîn. The footage indicates that the soldiers left their belongings and fled in panic.
• Remembering Martyr Hogir Baran 

  Kirkuk has long been coveted by those with colonial aspirations.
• Protest at Sêmalka: "Barzani commits treason against the Kurdish people" 

  Thousands of people have once again protested at the Sêmalka border crossing in northern Syria against the collaboration of the KDP party, dominated by the Barzani clan, with the Turkish state.
• Guerrillas strike Turkish troops in Zap 

  In retaliation for the Turkish army's deadly use of banned chemical weapons, guerrillas targeted the occupying forces in the Zap region, killing three soldiers.
• MLKP guerrilla: We will never allow Turkish occupation 

  The guerrillas of the MLKP also take part in the resistance against the Turkish invasion in the Medya Defense Zones. MLKP fighter Munzur Baran declares that they will never allow a Turkish occupation of the region.
• HPG releases names of five guerrillas killed by Turkish chemical attack in Werxelê 

  HPG released the names of their five members who died in a Turkish army poison gas attack in Werxelê a week ago. In an obituary for the martyrs, the guerrilla organization announces retaliation.