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• Political genocide continues: 14 people detained in Amed 

  The number of people detained in early morning apartment raids in Amed has increased to 14. Among those arrested are 71-year-old Hatun Aslan and 79-year-old Meyrem Soylu. The operation is targeting relatives of martyrs.
• Guerrilla Qamishlo: The PKK gives women a great role 

  YJA STAR guerrilla Cudi Qamıshlo joined the guerrilla in 2019. She said that she lived in very difficult conditions as an Arab woman, and added that women are given great importance in the PKK.
• Drug traffic and prostitution organized by the state in Amed 

  In cities where self-government resistance has taken place, prostitution, drugs, games of chance and spying activities are organized by the police.
• HPG pays tribute to YJA Star commander Ararat Zerzan 

  HPG remembers female guerrilla commander Ararat Zerzan (Berivan Önal) who died as a result of a lightning strike in Medya Defense Zones.
• Turkey’s ongoing airstrikes target an Assyrian village in South Kurdistan 

  The Turkish state continues its genocidal attacks in various parts of Kurdistan.
• Maxmur people call for unity against Turkey's threats 

  The people of Maxmur, who have been subject to an embargo for a long time, called on the Kurds to unite against the invasions and threats of the Turkish state.
• YJA STAR guerrilla laid to rest after 6 months 

  Female guerrilla Medya Sönmez fell a martyr in an airstrike carried out by the Turkish army in the countryside of the Bitlis province in August last year. Her family has just been able to receive her remains.
• Turkish fighter jets shell Medya Defense Zones 

  Turkish fighter jets bombed Avashin, Zap, Metina, Qandil, Xakurkê, and Dêrîkê and Kanê villages in Medya Defense Zones.
• HPG announces identity information of fallen guerrilla 

  The HPG announced that guerrilla Ahmed Şexmus (Amed Dorşin) fell a martyr on 22 January as a result of an air strike carried out by the invading Turkish army.
• Turkish warplanes bomb Kani Masi in South Kurdistan 

  The invading Turkish state bombed a village in Kani Masi, in South Kurdistan.
• Turkish jets bomb a village in South Kurdistan 

  The Turkish state continues its genocidal attacks in various parts of the Kurdistan territory.
• Governorship of Mardin imposes curfew in 18 areas 

  The AKP-MHP government imposed new curfews in 18 neighborhoods in Mardin.
• HPG discloses identity information of guerrillas martyred in Garê 

  The HPG issued a statement revealing the identities of the guerrillas fallen as martyrs in the Turkish state's invasion attack against Garê. "Our martyrs have shown us the perspective of struggle on the road to the freedom of our Leader and our country."
• "We do not accept the attitude of the KDP" 

  Former KDP supporter Abdulaziz Hacı Muhammed condemns the South Kurdistan’s ruling party KDP’s collaboration with the Erdoğan government and says in light of the KDP-backed attacks on Gare: "We are sad and angry."
• Two more kolbars killed by Iranian forces 

  Iranian regime forces continue their attacks on kolbars (load carriers for daily wage) at the border between Eastern and Southern Kurdistan.
• Journalists and activists sentenced to prison by KDP go on hunger strike 

  Three journalists and two activists from Behdinan were sentenced to 6 years in prison in Hewler, the capital of the Kurdistan Region earlier this week.
• HPG Command Council vows to make 2021 the year of victory 

  The HPG Command Council said it held its annual conference and added: "The determination to succeed has been achieved thanks to the spirit of sacrifice displayed in countering any attacks against our people and forces."
• Guerrillas hit Çukurca Brigade with mortars 

  People's Defense Forces (HPG) / Free Women's Troops (YJA Star) guerrillas hit the Çukurca Brigade in Hakkari with mortars on 17 February.
• The HDP is banned in Van 

  The HDP is under pressure all over Turkey, but in Van this pressure is even heavier. In the city, a ban on actions and activities has been imposed for about 5 years and the HDP is not even allowed to carry out normal political party activities.
• HSM publishes balance of the four-day war in Gare 

  The command of the Central People's Defense Headquarters has published a detailed statement on the Turkish invasion and the resistance of the guerrillas in the region of Gare in Southern Kurdistan (Northern Iraq).
• 3 journalists and 2 activists sentenced to prison in Hewler 

  Three journalists and two activists in Hewler, the capital of the Kurdistan Region, were sentenced to 6 years in prison each over the same charges, facing reaction from many parliamentarians.
• Permanent state of emergency, the border gate that never opens: politics prohibited here 

  In Van, the largest city of the Serhat Region in Northern Kurdistan, the policies implemented by the state turned the city into a "forbidden" zone economically, socially and culturally.
• Fire in Yazidi Camp in Zakho: three dead, 5 injured 

  A fire broke out in a Yazidi refugee camp in Zakho, in the province of Dohuk in South Kurdistan. Three people from the same family lost their lives and 5 people were injured.
• First aerial view of Siyanê prison camp bombed by the Turkish state 

  ANF published the first images of Siyanê prison camp attacked by the Turkish state.
• HPG: Chemical weapons used in Siyanê prison camp 

  HPG stated that chemical weapons were used in Siyanê camp where Turkish soldier prisoners were staying in Gare and said: "It's impossible to enter the camp because banned chemical weapons have been used.”