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• Governor bans actions and activities in Urfa for next 30 days 

  The Governorship of Urfa announced that all actions and activities in the city center and its districts are to be banned for another 30 days.
• Kolbars buried by avalanche in Van laid to rest in Urmia 

  The five kolbars who were buried by an avalanche in Van have been laid to rest in their home village in Eastern Kurdistan.
• HPG: Four guerrilla fighters martyred in Metina 

  HPG announced that guerrilla fighters Rênas Taylan, Serbest Kirmaşan, Zagros Şengal and Rênas Andok were martyred in a Turkish air strike in Metina region of Southern Kurdistan in late 2020.
• Military activity and curfew in Bagok Mountain area 

  Rural neighborhoods on the slopes of Bagok Mountain in Nusaybin were hit by a new curfew while military activity started in the region. One person detained.
• Bodies of five kolbars found by families in border area 

  Five kolbars from Iran who disappeared after an avalanche at Turkey-Iran border on January 18, have been found dead by their families today.
• 20th group takes over the hunger strike in Maxmur 

  The 20th group took over the hunger strike in Maxmur Camp against the isolation imposed on Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• State terror in Lice: 27 people jailed on terror charges 

  Turkish military siege and activity continue in the countryside of the Lice district in Amed (Diyarbakır) province.
• HPG: Turkey intentionally attacks civilian settlements in Kurdistan 

  HPG stated that the Turkish state is attacking inhabited places in various parts of Southern Kurdistan and Rojava intentionally and simultaneously.
• Hunger strike in Maxmur reaches day 38 

  The hunger strike in solidarity with the prisoners demanding the lifting of the isolation imposed on Abdullah Öcalan continues in Martyr Rustem Cudi Maxmur camp.
• Governor of Şırnak bans entry to 15 areas until the end of the year 

  The Governorship of Şırnak declared 15 regions as "temporary special security zone" for a year and banned civilians from entry the areas.
• Iran detains 64 students and activists from East Kurdistan 

  Iran detained 64 students, activists and people from East Kurdistan in the past 15 days.
• Names of two guerrillas martyred in Heftanin published 

  HPG published the full identities of Evîn Şîlan and Bahoz Suruç who fell in Heftanin last summer.
• Guerrilla Sînê: Iran tries to normalize the village guard system 

  Guerrilla Hawar Sînê said that Iran is implementing a very insidious policy and said that young people in particular should counter it.
• Refugees in Martyr Nazê camp: 7 years of resistance 

  Refugees in Martyr Nazê camp are still living in tents after ISIS attacked Shengal on 3 August 2014. They said that they have experienced many difficulties for 7 years, but they are still at peace in their lands.
• DBP: The Republic of Kurdistan reminds of the importance of national unity 

  "The Republic of Kurdistan, which became a hope for the Kurdish people in a short period of 11 months, today reminds us once again of the importance of national unity," said the DBP on the occasion of the foundation anniversary of the Kurdistan Republic.
• Turkish jets bomb a village in Duhok countryside, injuring three civilians 

  The occupant Turkish state continues its genocidal attacks in various parts of Kurdistan simultaneously as part of its annihilation campaign against the Kurdish people.
• Military operations pose dramatic threat to four villages in Lice 

  Villages in Lice district of Amed (Diyarbakır) have been subjected to a new attack campaign by the state since January 9.
• Turkish bombardment kills 250 animals in Southern Kurdistan 

  250 small cattle were killed in an air attack carried out by the invading Turkish state in the Balekayeti region of Southern Kurdistan.
• HPG Commander Mahir Amed: The hunger strike is an act of rebellion 

  "The hunger strike is an act of rebellion," said Mahir Amed, one of the HPG commanders, who drew attention to the hunger strike launched to end the isolation and to achieve the freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Öcalan.
• Hakkari Governor bans entry and exit to 12 areas 

  The Turkish state has declared 12 areas “special security zones" in Hakkari thus banning entry and exit to them until the end of the year.
• HPG: 6 Turkish soldiers killed in sabotage action in Şemdinli 

  HPG / YJA Star guerrillas carried out a sabotage action against the Newa outpost in Şemdinli, Hakkari as part of the 'Dem Dema Azadiyê' (Time for Freedom) campaign. 6 Turkish soldiers were killed in the action.
• KCK issues message of condolence for 4 workers from Maxmur 

  KCK Executive Council Co-Presidency issued a message of condolence for 4 workers who died as a result of an accident on their way from the Maxmur refugee camp to Baghdad on January 17.
• Academic Emin: Humanity is in isolation in the person of Abdullah Öcalan 

  Speaking about the "Dem Dema Azadiyê" [Time for Freedom] campaign launched to realise the freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Öcalan, lecturer Hewjin Mele Emin said that Öcalan's freedom is the freedom of the peoples of the region.
• YRK guerrillas: The enemy cannot isolate the will for freedom 

  Fighters of the Eastern Kurdistan’s guerrilla force YRK said on the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan: "The Turkish state cannot isolate the will for freedom. Rêber Apo has his place in the soul of the Kurdish people and all oppressed people."
• Turkish military operations and attacks on local people continue in Lice 

  Large-scale military operations in the Lice district of Amed continue. Soldiers kick in the doors of houses during village raids and carry out arbitrary arrests.