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• KCK: Rise up and join the campaign against invasion everywhere 

  KCK calls on everyone to stand against the Turkish invasion and to participate in the campaign "Time for Freedom - End Isolation, Fascism and Occupation".
• Gare Area Command: The initiative lies with our forces 

  The territorial command of Gare said: "The fierce fighting in the area of Siyanê continues. The initiative in the field lies with our forces. A large number of members of the occupation forces were punished by our forces."
• Kobanê youth: We are ready to resist in Garê 

  Young people from Kobanê made a statement condemning the dirty attacks of the Turkish state against Garê and said, "We are ready to resist in Garê."
• TEV-DEM Co-chair: KDP should give an account for Turkey’s attacks 

  Calling on the Kurdish people to rise up against the Turkey's invasion attacks on Kurdistan, TEV-DEM Co-chair Xerib Hiso emphasized that the Southern Kurdistan forces and the Iraqi Central Government should adopt a serious attitude against attacks.
• Heavy clashes between guerrillas and Turkish troops continue in Gare 

  Reports are coming through that many soldiers of the Turkish army have been killed in clashes with guerrillas in Gare region where a Turkish cross-border operation is underway.
• 65-year-old detained in Tatvan 

  The Turkish state’s political genocide against the Kurdish population continues unabated.
• Mahmoud Osman: The issue is not the PKK, it is Southern Kurdistan 

  Kurdish politician Mahmoud Osman called on all Kurdish political circles to unite against the Turkish state’s invasion attacks and said, "The issue is not the PKK, it is Southern Kurdistan and maybe it will suffer more than Northern Kurdistan."
• Kurdish environmental activist sentenced to prison in Sine 

  The Iranian judiciary sentenced Kurdish environmental activist Faranak Jamshidi to 4 years in Sine, Eastern Kurdistan.
• Turkish bombardments and clashes continue in Gare 

  Airstrikes and clashes continue unabated in Gare, South Kurdistan where the Turkish army launched a massive invasion operation last night.
• HPG: Turkey's attack on Gare comes from South Kurdistan 

  The HPG announced that the Turkish state launched an air-backed invasion attack on the Gare area and that clashes are continuing. "Cobra and Sikorsky helicopters came to the area from the South, not from North Kurdistan," the HPG said.
• Heavy clashes after Turkey bombs Gare 

  The invading Turkish army heavily first bombed the Gare area of the Medya Defense Zones, and lthen aunched an invasion attack landing soldiersfrom the helicopters.
• 91 percent of the youth are unemployed in the Soran region, South Kurdistan 

  According to a survey, 91 percent of the youth in the Soran region, province of Hewlêr in South Kurdistan, are unemployed.
• People of Shengal visit YBŞ: We stand behind our forces 

  Local people visited the Shengal Resistance Units (YBŞ) headquarters to protest the Turkish state's threats and attacks against Shengal. The people and the fighters emphasized that they “will not allow occupation".
• The time has come, Freedom of Öcalan, say the people of Kurdistan 

  Kurds condemned the international conspiracy against Abdullah Öcalan in its  22nd year. The people of Kurdistan said: "This year will be the year of freedom for Leader Apo".
• 20-year-old shot in the back and seriously injured by soldier in Van 

  A 20-year-old man has been shot in the back in Van. The alleged perpetrator is a Turkish soldier, says the victim.
• Shengal Democratic Autonomous Council: We'll bring those responsible for Kocho massacre to account 

  The Shengal Democratic Autonomous Council (MXDŞ) issued a statement about the Kocho massacre. "We will not leave the blood of the Êzidîxan martyrs on the ground. We will bring those who caused the massacre to account one by one."
• Turkish army launches military operation in the region of Ömeryan 

  The invading Turkish army launched a military operation in the region of Ömeryan, between Ömerli, Nusaybin and Artuklu in the province of Mardin. Despite the curfew currently in place in the area, a second curfew was also declared.
• Remains of 104 Yazidi victims buried in Kocho 

  The remains of 104 Yazidi victims of ISIS massacre in Kocho, Shengal were buried in the village cemetery within a religious ceremony specialized for Yazidis.
• Vigil in Shengal reaches day 67 

  Vigil in Shengal to defend the Autonomous Administration and structures reached day 67.
• The village of Kocho buries 104 of its ISIS victims today  

  In the village of Kocho in Shengal, 104 victims of ISIS are buried according to Yazidi tradition. Their bodies were buried in mass graves in 2014 and only now they have been identified.
• Ehwen Çiyako: The people of Rojhilat should join demos with the spirit of 1999 

  Speaking on the 22nd anniversary of the international conspiracy against Abdullah Öcalan, PJAK Council Member Ehwen Çiyako said that the people of Iran and Rojhilat should join this year’s demos with the spirit of struggle they shown in 1999."
• YRK releases identity of a martyred guerrilla 

  YRK fighter Hemze Rojhilat was martyred in an incident while he was in charge of his revolutionary duties in January 2021.
• 13 people detained in Lice 

  Turkish police carried out a political genocide operation in Lice in parallel with military operation of the Turkish army, detaining 13 people including elderly and mukhtars.
• PJAK commemorates three guerrillas martyred in 2016 

  The Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK) commemorated three guerrillas who were martyred in an air strike of the invading Turkish state in 2016.
• Iranian government has detained at least 114 Kurds since January 8 

  Iranian state authorities have reportedly detained at least 114 Kurds since January 8.