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• Mine explosion kills 2 Iraqi soldiers in Xaneqin 

  The explosion left 2 Iraqi soldiers dead.
• 5 including HDP members detained in Mardin and Bitlis 

  More people have been arrested in political genocide operations.
• Fire in the camp housing Yazidis in Zakho 

  No loss of life or injuries reported in the fire.
• KCK: KRG decision on Yazidi genocide should be expanded 

  "As we commend the Federal Kurdistan Parliament for their decision on the genocide, we urge them to take a common stance against attacks on diverse faiths, cultures and ethnicities in all of the Middle East."
• Maxmur people’s petition reaches Iraqi Parliament 

  Democratic People’s Council of the Maxmur Refugee Camp petition on the KDP embargo in the name of the 13,000 civilians in the camp who suffer under Turkish state airstrikes has been delivered to the Iraqi Parliament by MP Kawa Mihemed.
• Urgent call from Dr. Medya: End the embargo against Maxmur 

  Dr. Medya Almani protested the embargo against Mexmur and said, “Politics must not interfere with health. We are calling on the UN and international human rights organizations to fulfill their duty in ending the embargo.”
• Peshmerga unit joins YBŞ in Shengal 

  A peshmerga unit (Sirya) including Peshmerga Commander Ismail Nemir joined the YBŞ in Shengal.
• 6 ISIS terrorists killed in Maxmur 

  Air raid by the International Coalition killed 6 ISIS members in northern Iraq.
• Turkish army prevents intervention with wildfire in Bagok 

  After a clash with the guerrillas, the Turkish military started a fire in the town of Nusaybin. Neither the fire department nor residents are allowed through to extinguish the fire.
• Clash between Turkish soldiers and HPG guerrillas in Xakurke 

  The Turkish state has increased its genocidal attacks against southern Kurdistan, northern Iraq.
• KDP dispatches peshmergas and heavy weapons to Sheladize 

  Increased military activity in southern Kurdistan, northern Iraq.
• Cemetery built for victims of the ISIS massacre in Kocho, Shengal 

  The massacre was perpetrated in August, 2014 when ISIS launched a wave of genocidal attacks in Shengal.
• Joint operation against ISIS in Shengal continues 

  The anti-ISIS operation in Shengal continues.
• Maxmur Camp commemorates Yazidis of Shengal 

  The camp has been suffering from an embargo imposed by the KDP. The embargo already caused two miscarriages.
• Reconnaissance flights activity over Maxmur refugee camp 

  Reconnaissance flights were registered over Maxmur refugee camp which remains under the embargo of the KDP and the Turkish regime.
• CIK: Muslims can’t remain silent for Yazidi genocide 

  Civaka Islamiya Kurdistan condemned the Yazidi massacre and said, “Anybody who considers themselves a Muslim will bear the weight of remaining silent for this massacre in this world and the next.”
• HPG: 20 Turkish soldiers killed in guerrilla actions 

  HPG Press Center announced that 14 soldiers were killed in an action by HPG guerrillas in Sirnak’s Uludere district, and 6 in the ensuing clashes.
• People of Shengal remember victims of the ISIS genocide 

  A memorial march was held in Shengal for Yazidis killed in the ISIS attack against Shengal.
• Footage from guerrilla action in Hakkari countryside 

  The action recorded on guerrilla camera left 4 soldiers dead and 2 others wounded.
• Three thousand Yazidi women and children rescued from ISIS 

  Three thousand out of the 6,417 Yazidi women and children abducted from Shengal by ISIS have been rescued from the gangs under the lead of YPJ fighters.
• Maxmur resident miscarries due to closed roads under KDP embargo 

  Fatma Kara lost her baby because of KDP’s embargo against the Martyr Rustem Cudi Refugee Camp.
• Six detained in Patnos 

  The AKP regime’s political genocide operations against the Kurdish people continue.
• Cousin of Ekinci: Soldiers opened fire on us 

  Cousion of Vedat Ekinci who was murdered by Turkish soldiers yesterday, said; “Soldiers opened fire on us. Vedat died and his brother’s foot was broken.”
• Operation against ISIS in Shengal expanded 

  The operation launched against ISIS in Shengal continues.
• Appeal against embargo to Iraqi and Regional parliaments 

  The Martyr Rustem Cudi Refugee Camp administration has appealed to the Iraqi and Kurdistan Regional Governments against the embargo.