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• Turkish jets bomb villages in rural Zakho, Southern Kurdistan 

  The Turkish state continues its genocidal attacks against the Kurdish people across the lands of Kurdistan.
• Yazidis in Shengal urge the KDP to “stop betrayal” 

  Yazidis criticized the KDP which aims to leave Shengal without status with the agreement signed with Baghdad, emphasizing that the KDP always betrayed the Yazidis and called for the KDP to take a step back.
• Turkey’s attacks on Southern Kurdistan continue 

  The Turkish state continues its attacks against Kurdistan lands.
• Yazidis call on US, EU, UN to take action against Turkey 

  Yazidi organisations appeal to UN, the USA and the European Union to "take immediate action against air strikes by the Turkish state in Sinjar (Shengal)." 
• Turkish police point a gun at women during house raids 

  Turkish police threaten Kudret Adıyaman and Esmer Tunç with gun during the political genocide operation in Cizre.
• 15-year-old boy murdered in Germiyan 

  A 15-year-old boy was murdered in the village of Qelatepe in the city of Germiyan.
• Nasr al-Mubin: MIT and KDP killed a civilian in Shengal 

  Nasr al-Mubin forces announced that a civilian was martyred and one of their fighters was injured in Sunday’s attack, holding Turkey’s MIT and KDP responsible.
• Meeting and protest in Sinûne 

  As the delegation of the Iraqi government is meeting with the Shengal Autonomous Administration, the people are protesting the Hewler-Iraq agreement.
• Turkish airstrike results in injuries in a village of Shengal 

  Turkey continues to attack parts of Kurdistan in violation of international law.
• PKK: The KDP-AKP relationship is problematic and harmful 

  The economic, political and military relations of the current KDP administration with the AKP-MHP dictatorship are problematic and harmful for everyone as much as they are for the Kurds, said the PKK.
• Turkish jets bomb a village in Shengal 

  The Yazidi town of Shengal (Sinjar) has been targeted by the Turkish state since the organization of the local people who took up arms to defend themselves after the ISIS onslaught in August 2014.
• HPG pays tribute to YJA Star guerrillas who fell martyrs in Amed 

  In a written statement, HPG Press Liaison Centre (BIM) commemorated YJA Star guerrillas Amara Ronahi and Doğa Rizgar, who fell in Amed on 3 October.
• HPG: Thirteen Turkish soldiers killed in Southern Kurdistan 

  According to HPG, at least thirteen Turkish soldiers died during guerrilla actions in the Avashin region of Southern Kurdistan. YJA Star commander Eylem Dilxwaz, who was injured in the course of the fighting, lost her life.
• Kurdistan intellectuals call for peace and national dialogue 

  Call for peace and national dialogue and standing against brotherhood fighting.
• HPG: Our forces did not attack anyone on November 4 

  HPG refuted the media reports that guerrillas carried out an attack in the village of Bêbadê in the Chemankê on November 4.
• KDP establishes new check-point in Metina 

  The KDP increases provocation by establishing a new security point in the village of Tirwaniş, which is connected to Kani Masi, in the region of Metina.
• HPG guerrillas target Turkish army in Heftanîn 

  The HPG Press Centre said that guerrillas hit the invading Turkish army in Heftanîn from two sides, one position was completely destroyed and two others were largely damaged.
• Kurdish politicians and intellectuals launch petition 

  Kurdistan intellectuals and politicians living in various countries of the world drafted a petition in order to deescalate tensions following the military deployment to the Gare region and to establish civil peace among the Kurds.
• KDP further escalates tensions 

  KDP escalates the tension by deploying its forces to the Ranya Rewandûz countryside.
• People in South Kurdistan call for unity 

  People protested the invading plans and attempts of the Turkish army in South Kurdistan and said: "Kurds should unite and prevent our enemy from winning."
• TIKKO guerrilla buried under police blockade 

  Erol Volkan Ildem, Nubar, member of the TKP / ML-Central Committee, and Fadime Çakıl, Rosa, TKP / ML TIKKO Unit Commander, fell martyr as a result of air strikes carried out by the Turkish army in Dersim in September 2020.
• Speaker of South Kurdistan Parliament calls for dialogue 

  Rewaz Fayeq, speaker of the South Kurdistan parliament, calls for dialogue in view of the military escalation between the PKK and the KDP.
• Kurdistan Parliamentarians' Union forms initiative against war 

  Kurdistan Parliamentarians' Union, which took the initiative against Turkey’s attempts to instigate a civil war between the Kurds through the KDP, said they would try to resolve the existing problems and disputes through dialogue on behalf of the Kurds.
• HPG: KDP forces tried to enter the guerrilla camp in Gare 

  KDP units tried to enter a guerrilla camp in Gare region and were intervened by the guerrilla. HPG vowed to make use of their right to self-defense in case of further attempts of attack.
• KCK: The KDP puts its war decision into practice 

  KCK said that KDP President’s statements aim to legitimize their war policy.