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• KCK: Turkish state must be put on trial for use of chemical weapons 

  KCK calls on the Kurdish people, the peoples of Turkey, Europe, the USA, all democratic forces worldwide and all moral democrats in the UN to protest everywhere against the use of chemical weapons against the guerrillas and to bring Turkey to justice.
• Musa Anter remembered at his grave in Nusaybin 

  29 years ago, the Kurdish intellectual and writer Musa Anter was murdered by Turkish counter-guerrilla forces. He has been commemorated at his grave in his native town of Nusaybin.
• Turkish attacks continue in Avaşin 

  Turkish military attacks on the Werxelê area in the Avaşin region continue.
• Turkish fighter jets bomb kolbars: 2 killed, 2 injured, 8 detained 

  Turkish fighter jets have reportedly struck load carriers in the border area between Turkey and Iran, killing at least 2 of them.
• Musa Anter commemorated at the scene of his murder 29 years ago 

  Kurdish intellectual Musa Anter has been commemorated on the street where he was murdered 29 years ago.
• Condition of Behdinan prisoners on hunger strike getting worse 

  The lawyer of the Behdinan prisoners, Herem Rifat, said that the condition of the prisoners was getting worse and one of them was hospitalized.
• Refugees in Maxmur Camp call off hunger strike 

  The hunger strike that has been going on for 176 days in Maxmur Camp demanding the end of the isolation and reclaiming freedom for Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan was called off with a march.
• Court in Duhok sentences PUK and HDP members to 7 years in prison 

  A court in Duhok sentenced PUK member Zakho Mela Nezir and HDP member Nimet Güneş to 7 years in prison on the grounds that they had relations with the PKK.
• KCK: Murder of comrade Serhat is part of Turkey’s genocidal policy 

  “Through the spirit of Kurdish national unity, a stance must be developed against the fascist AKP-MHP government that makes it impossible for the intelligence and military forces of AKP-MHP fascism to be in South Kurdistan or any other part of Kurdistan.”
• HPG commemorates three guerrillas martyred in Heftanîn 

  The HPG published the names of three guerrilla fighters martyred in Heftanîn in 2015.
• Guerrillas halt attempted advance by the Turkish army in Werxelê 

  The guerrillas repelled an advance attempt by Turkish occupation forces on the resistance area of Werxelê with a sabotage operation. In Heftanîn, female guerrillas targeted Turkish forces with heavy weapons.
• Two kolbars killed in Eastern Kurdistan 

  Two people were killed in attacks by Iranian security forces on load carriers in the Kurdish border area in Serdeşt and Hewraman.
• 'They told me about the party and I came' 

  Avaşîn was a place for Çiya Amed to seek vengeance from the enemy and pay a price. He had his name written in the blues of Avaşîn after fighting non-stop.
• Commemoration for Musa Anter banned in Mardin 

  A memorial event for the writer Musa Anter, who was murdered by JITEM 29 years ago, has been banned in Nusaybin district of Mardin.
• High rush at the mourning tent for Yasin Bulut in Sulaymaniyah 

  A mourning tent in Çarçira, where condolences are being offered for Yasin Bulut, is crowded. Lahur Şêx Cengî Talabani is among the guests paying their last respects to the PKK revolutionary who was shot dead in Sulaymaniyah on Friday.
• HPG: Two Turkish soldiers were killed, one helicopter damaged 

  YJA Star guerrillas hit Turkish army combat helicopters in Metîna, preventing air strikes on the villages of Hiror and Kestê. In Avaşîn, a sabotage action by guerrillas left two Turkish soldiers dead.
• ‘South Kurdistan people should expose the KDP’s policies’ 

  Kurdish politicians in Rojava condemned the collaboration of the KDP with the Turkish state and called on South Kurdistan people to expose the KDP policies.
• Mêrdîn: We will liberate Öcalan by expanding resistance 

  KJK Coordination member, Rewşen Mêrdîn, said that "a great history of resistance is being manifested despite the betrayals" and added that they would liberate Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan by expanding the resistance.
• Martyr Yasin Bulut laid to rest in Qendil 

  Yasin Bulut, a member of the Solidarity Committee with the Families of the PKK Martyrs, who was killed in an armed attack in Sulaymaniyah, was buried after a ceremony in Qendil.
• HPG: Turkish occupiers were repelled once again in Werxelê 

  The guerrillas continue their resistance against the Turkish invasion in Avaşîn. An advance by the occupation forces in Werxelê was halted despite blasts and bombardments in the course of the fighting.
• Qubad Talabani condemns murder of PKK member Yasin Bulut  

  Qubad Talabani, Deputy Prime Minister of Federal Kurdistan Region, “fiercely” condemned the killing of Yasin Bulut (Şükrü Serhat), a member of the PKK Solidarity Committee with the Families of Martyrs in Sulaymaniyah.
• Body of Yasin Bulut sent to Qandil 

  The body of Yasin Bulut, the Kurdish politician killed in Sulaymaniyah on Friday morning, has been sent to Qandil. He will be buried there at the cemetery of martyrs.
• PKK Committee: We will avenge our comrade Bulut slain by Turkey! 

  In a statement regarding the murder of Yasin Bulut by the invading Turkish state, the PKK Solidarity Committee with the Families of Martyrs said, “We will avenge all our martyrs of the revolution in the person of comrade Şükrü.”
• PKK calls for action against brutal murder of Yasin Bulut by Turkey 

  “The Turkish state brutally murdered our friend Yasin Bulut (Şükrü Serhat) in front of the house where he was staying. We call on our people to stand up for Yasin Bulut and take a stand,” PKK Foreign Relations Committee said.
• Member of PKK Committee assassinated in Sulaymaniyah 

  Yasin Bulut, a long-time member of the PKK's Solidarity Committee with the Families of Martyrs, has been shot dead in Sulaymaniyah. The 64-year-old was hit by four shots. The circumstances of his death indicate a targeted assassination.