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• Soldier who raped a 16-year-old girl in Van not investigated 

  After the rape of a then 16-year-old girl by an officer of the Turkish army in Van, no investigations are initiated. The rape is claimed to have been "consensual sexual intercourse".
• Women change destiny in Cenga Heftanin 

  When the battle in Kobanê ended, guerrilla Çiyajin, realizing that she would not be able to live in cities, came to the mountains of Kurdistan. The first stop was Heftanin, one of the guerrilla's paradise places.
• Explosion injures a child in Yüksekova 

  A child was seriously wounded after a device he found exploded in his hands in Yüksekova, a district of Hakkari province.
• YBŞ: Shengal will not become like Afrin 

  The Turkish drone attacks on Shengal did not reach their goal. The Yezidi resistance units YBŞ announce to call all collaborators of the Turkish state to account.
• Soldiers disguise themselves in civilian vehicles in Lice 

  The Turkish army has launched an operation in the southeast of Lice in the province of Amed. The soldiers are not brought into the area in military vehicles but camouflaged in civilian buses.
• Three guerrillas martyred in Zap 

  Three guerrilla fighters died in Turkey’s air attacks on Southern Kurdistan. The HPG announced the death of the three members of the guerrilla and vowed to continue their fight.
• Turkish soldier who raped Kurdish youngster released from prison 

  Staff sergeant Musa Orhan repeatedly raped an 18-year-old Kurd in Batman. The young woman tried to take her own life after the crime. Only after massive protests was the perpetrator imprisoned. Now he is free again.
• Freedom cavalry in Heftanin 

  Stories are always driving us. Stories we listen to with curiosity. Stories that sometimes take us far, sometimes very near.
• 'We overturned the Turkish state's plans in Heftanin' 

  The Turkish state's occupation attacks on Heftanin continue. Guerrilla Çekdar said: "We overturned the Turkish state's plans in Heftanin".
• Turkish UAVs attack Shengal 

  YBŞ Command aidd that unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UAV) belonging to the Turkish state attacked YBS forces in Shengal this evening.
• HPG: Village guards joining Turkish attack to be held accountable 

  HPG Heftanin Provincial Command issued a written statement to warn the village guards participating in the Turkish invasion attacks.
• PAJK: The memory of comrade Leyla will be a light in our struggle 

  PAJK Coordination issued a written statement regarding the martyrdom of Filiz Aslan (Leyla Agiri), member of the Executive Council of KJK.
• HPG guerrillas kill 7 invading Turkish soldiers in Heftanin 

  Guerrillas carried out actions against the invading Turkish army on 20 August as part of the Cenga Heftanin Revolutionary Initiative. Seven invaders were punished and 3 were injured.
• Militant actions in Amed, Batman and Van 

  The militant group "Martyr Destan Revenge Unit" has claimed responsibility for actions against village guards, soldiers and policemen in three different cities.
• Air Defense Units strike Turkish military base in Sheladize 

  The air defense units of HPG struck a Turkish military base in Southern Kurdistan. The action was dedicated to Doğa Zîlan, the first martyr of the Air Defense Units.
• Four Turkish soldiers killed in guerrilla actions 

  In the embattled guerrilla area of Heftanin in Southern Kurdistan, a Turkish soldier has been shot dead by a sniper of the women's guerrilla force YJA-Star. In Xakurke, guerrillas destroyed a military position.
• KCK calls for unity against Turkey’s occupation attacks 

  As the Turkish state wants to extend its occupation attacks to guerrilla areas, KCK warns that Turkey’s plan was to annex Southern Kurdistan and Rojava next and this would remove all obstacles to its neo-Ottoman expansion in the Middle East.
• People demand the resignation of government in Southern Kurdistan 

  People took to the streets across Southern Kurdistan, Northern Iraq and called for the resignation of the regional government over its silence on Turkey’s occupation attacks, the economic crisis and issues with health services.
• I joined the PKK to counter the fascist and genocidal attacks 

  "The attacks of the fascist Turkish state brought me to the mountains and this is the reason why I joined the PKK. I realized that the only place where I could fight against the attacks of the fascist enemy was within the PKK, and I joined the guerrilla."
• Youth activist allegedly handed over by KDP to Turkey 

  The Kurdish youth movement raises serious accusations against security forces in Duhok: a 19-year-old activist with Turkish citizenship, who has been in custody for two months, is said to have been handed over to Turkey.
• Curfew imposed ahead of protest demonstration in Sheladize 

  As part of ongoing protests against Turkish occupation, a demonstration has been organised in Sheladize for Saturday evening against the increasingly ongoing Turkish attacks.
• 33 journalists and activists detained in Duhok in two months 

  The wave of arrests by KDP forces has mainly affected the areas of Duhok city centre, Sheladize, Amadiya, Akra and Zakho during the past two months.
• Turkish troops destroy civilians' houses in Heftanin 

  After the Turkish occupation troops took the village of Banikê in the Heftanin region of Southern Kurdistan, houses were looted and burned down.
• Soldiers and police housed in civilian estates in Hakkari 

  The AKP has turned Hakkari into a military barracks. Now it is building 1,331 new houses for soldiers and police officers within civilian settlements in Hakkari center and its districts.
• Guerrillas hit Turkish soldiers in Heftanin and Xakurke 

  HPG/YJA Star guerrillas targeted Turkish troops in Heftanin and Xakurke regions of Southern Kurdistan, Northern Iraq.