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• Vigil at Qamishlo border: We want peace, not war 

  Participants of the vigil action in Nusaybin district bordering Qamishlo emphasized that the Kurdish people will be standing as long as the occupation attacks continue.
• 'All Kurds should support Rojava and ensure national unity' 

  Representatives of the Kurdistan Alliance parties called on all Kurds to support Rojava and ensure national unity.
• Gerîla TV releases footage of action by YJA Star guerrillas in Xakurkê 

  Gerîla TV released footage of the action carried out by the YJA Star guerrillas in Xakurkê. Five Turkish soldiers were killed.
• Actions by YJA Star kill one Turkish soldier, wounds another in South Kurdistan  

  The Turkish occupation forces in South Kurdistan are still being targeted by the women's guerrillas of the YJA Star. One soldier was killed and another injured.
• Vigil at Kobanê border: We will not accept a life without status 

  During the vigil at the Suruç-Kobanê border, activists emphasized that the Kurdish people will not remain silent against the attacks on Rojava and will not accept a life without status.
• Vigil at Qamishlo border continues: People will not allow occupation 

  The vigil started on the Qamishlo border against the attacks on North and East Syria is on its 13th day. Activists saluted the resistance of Rojava and vowed struggle against occupation.
• KCK issues greetings to all Christians 

  The KCK Peoples and Beliefs Committee issued a written statement and sent greetings to the Christian peoples on Christmas.
• Turkish government against the existence of the Kurds 

  Ferset Doski, a prominent researcher and writer from South Kurdistan, said that the Turkish government is not only against Kurdish parties and organizations, but also against the existence of the Kurds.
• KCK Spokesperson refutes claims Maher al-Assad hosted in Qandil 

  The PKK denies any presence in Syria, urging an end to foreign intervention and warning of Turkey's military activities near Mosul.
• Gerîla TV releases footage of actions against the Turkish army in Zap 

  Gerîla TV released footage of actions carried out by guerrillas in Zap.
• KCK: The resistance against the massacres of the genocidal colonialists must be expanded 

  The KCK calls for resistance against the massacres carried out by Turkey in the past as well as today.
• Kurdish language teacher imprisoned in Iran 

  Kurdish language teacher Haji Barzeh is to serve a five-month prison sentence on charges of “propaganda against the state”.
• Journalists pay condolence visit to the family of Nazım Daştan 

  DFG and MKG paid a condolence visit to the family of journalist Nazım Daştan who was killed along with Cihan Bilgin by a Turkish drone strike in northern Syria.
• Cihan Bilgin's mother: She gave her life for her people 

  Katibe Bilgin, mother of slain journalist Cihan Bilgin, said: “My daughter was a follower of the truth. She chose the path of her people, she gave her life for her people.”
• Writers and organisations from South Kurdistan call for action for Rojava 

  Writers, activists and organisations from South Kurdistan called on the government to provide aid to Rojava, saying that it was the duty of all political parties and organisations in South Kurdistan to stand against the Turkish invasion attacks.
• HPG pays tribute to guerrilla Hogir Mervan  

  Guerrilla Hogir Mervan was killed in October in an attack by the Turkish state in the Gare region of southern Kurdistan, said the HPG in a statement.
• Vigil at Qamishlo border continues: We salute the resistance of Rojava 

  The vigil started on the Qamishlo border against the attacks on North and East Syria is on its 7th day. Activists saluted the resistance of Rojava resistance and called for unity.
• HPG pays tribute to martyrs Diljîn Bêlatî and Pîran Suweyda 

  Diljîn Bêlatî and Pîran Suweyda fell as martyrs on 1 November in the resistance against the Turkish invasion in the Zap region in South Kurdistan. The HPG paid tribute to the martyr guerrillas.
• Gerîla TV releases images of air operations by Martyr Axîn Muş Unit  

  Gerîla TV released images of air operations carried out by the Martyr Axîn Muş Unit on different dates.
• Women in Urfa: Leader Abdullah Öcalan must be freed 

  Women in Urfa participated in the Freedom March promoted to demand freedom for Abdullah Öcalan.
• Guerrillas destroy surveillance technology in Zap and Metîna 

  Guerrillas destroyed surveillance technology installed by the Turkish army in Zap and Metîna, and several landmines have also been destroyed. An air unit targeted positions.
• Freedom March reaches Urfa on its second day 

  The ‘March for a Democratic Solution and Freedom’ from Amed to Ankara continues in Urfa on its second day.
• IRGC intelligence arrests seven Kurdish civilians in raids in Mahabad  

  All the detainees have been transferred to the IRGC Intelligence detention centre in Orumiyeh.
• Vigil at Nusaybin-Qamishlo border on day 4: Rojava is our honour and we will embrace it 

  "Until this dirty war ends, we will continue our protests here to embrace our will," said the demonstrators partaking in the vigil at the Nusaybin-Qamishlo border in protest at the ongoing attacks on North-East Syria.
• ‘March for a Democratic Solution and Freedom’ from Amed to Ankara starts 

  The ‘March for a Democratic Solution and Freedom’ was launched. DBP Co-Chair Çiğdem Kılıçgün Uçar said, “Our march will continue until Mr Abdullah Öcalan is free”.