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• Guerrillas in Rojhilat call for support of new Öcalan campaign 

  Guerrillas called on women and youth in four parts of Kurdistan to embrace the campaign strongly.
• Guerrilla Mazlum made himself through labor  

  Guerrilla Mazlum Cudi fell martyr during the most intense war periods of Battle of Heftanin. He was one of the guerrillas who hit the invading Turkish army from 8 different fronts on 8 August in Pîrbila.
• South Kurdistan government prepares ground for Turkish attacks 

  People living in Binarê Qandil reacted to the invasion attacks carried out by the Turkish state and accused the South Kurdistan government of preparing the ground for the bombing and criticised it for not taking a stand against these attacks.
• HPG: One Turkish soldier killed in Şırnak 

  In the province Şırnak a soldier of the Turkish army was shot dead by guerrillas.
• PKK: Seizing Hewlêr may only be a plan of the Turkish Republic  

  PKK called on all Kurdish political parties and the Kurdish people to take a stand against the fascist Turkish state and those who are in open or secret cooperation with the enemies of Kurds.
• HPG announces the identity of two fallen guerrillas 

  Guerrilla fighters Destan Hezo and Rêber Mordem were martyred during a Turkish army air raid in Van in August.
• HPG reports attacks on Van, Gever and Zap 

  The Turkish state continues its genocidal attacks in various parts of Kurdistan.
• Guerrilla Hüseyin was like his eyes 

  Guerrilla Hüseyin loved his comrades, he never took his eyes away from anyone, his love was equally distributed. He was beautiful, like his eyes.
• Guerrilla Dilbirîn: Heftanin will be the grave of the invaders 

  YJA STAR guerrilla Dunya Dilbirîn said that the role played by women guerrillas in the reconstruction was very evident in the war in Heftanin.
• HPG disclose identities of 2 guerrillas fallen in Amed 

  HPG promised that they would carry the flag of freedom lifted by their heroic martyrs to victory.
• Guerrilla Ronahi: We will win in Heftanin, whatever the price 

  The resistance carried out by the guerrillas continues in Heftanin. Guerrillas are repelling the attacks of the invading Turkish state.
• Turkish troops set fire to forests on Mount Bagok 

  Fire erupted in two separate locations in the countryside of the İdil district in Şırnak province.
• Mother and sister of missing student detained in Dersim 

  The mother of Kurdish student Gülistan Doku, who has been missing in Dersim since January, was temporarily arrested during a sit-in for the resumption of the search for her daughter. Doku's sister was also taken into custody.
• Kurdish delegation denied visit to racist attack victims 

  A delegation from Kurdish parties has been denied a visit to the harvest workers in Mardin, who were victims of a lynching attempt in Sakarya, western Turkey. Meral Danış-Beştaş (HDP) warned of the danger of civil war.
• Guerrillas hit Turkish troops in Zagros and Doğubeyazıt 

  Guerrillas continue inflicting blows on the Turkish army in Kurdistan territory.
• Let the children hear your voice, guerilla Zelal 

  Let the children hear your voice guerilla Zelal. No matter what their name, gender, race, religion, language, class is, let all the children hear your voice. “We are fighting so that the children after us can live in freedom.”
• Over 1200 coronavirus deaths registered in Southern Kurdistan 

  In Southern Kurdistan at least 1207 people have died in connection with the coronavirus.
• Commander Dozdar Hamo fell martyr in November 2019 

  "To be worthy of the memory of friend Dozdar is to avenge Afrin on his behalf and to liberate Afrin and make it the most beautiful place of free life again," said the PKK Committee.
• Remembering guerrilla Şilan Koçer 

  Embracing history is a reality in the PKK. Şilan Koçer, known for her devotion to the struggle, became a militant worthy of the Kurdish people's leader, his people and the guerrilla.
• HPG: Two Turkish soldiers killed in Hakkari 

  Two soldiers of the Turkish army were killed in a guerrilla action in the province of Hakkari in Northern Kurdistan.
• Heftanin: "You can't stop us anymore" 

  The guerrillas in Heftanin fight because they know they have to. They fight to protect their comrades and to defend Kurdistan. There is love in their hearts and victory in their minds. They have condemned everything else.
• Wildfire on Mount Cudi not extinguished 

  The fire on Mount Cudi is not extinguished and continues to spread.
• 20,000 people in domestic quarantine in Amed 

  Since the outbreak of the Corona pandemic, Turkish authorities have been accused of hiding the real extent of the pandemic. In Amed alone, about 150 people are under intensive care and 20,000 are in quarantine.
• Guerrilla fighter Kahraman Birindar martyred at Cudi 

  HPG published the identity of a guerrilla fighter who died in early June in clashes with Turkish military units in the Cudi region.
• Güler Tunç: "The state waged a war against the people in Cizre" 

  Five years ago the first curfew was declared in Cizre in the Kurdish province of Şırnak. In the district, the 21 people who died in the first nine days of attacks by the state power were commemorated today.