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• Footage from two guerrilla actions which killed 12 soldiers 

  12 soldiers of the Turkish army were killed in two separate actions of the guerrillas in Hakkari countryside.
• HPG: Two Turkish soldiers killed, two others wounded in Çukurca 

  HPG reported continued actions by guerrillas and attacks by the Turkish army.
• HPG: Turkish occupiers will be given the most resolute response 

  “Our forces, who are inflicting major blows against the enemy on daily basis, will respond to these invasion operations in the most effective way and make the Turkish invasion state suffer the heavies blow in its history.”
• Turkish air raid leaves a civilian wounded in Amadiya 

  The Turkish state continues its genocidal attacks against the Kurdish people and their lands.
• Gorran Movement deputies visit Maxmur Camp still under embargo 

  Deputies from Gorran Movement in the Kurdistan Region Parliament, have visited Martyr Rüstem Cudi (Maxmur) Refugee Camp.
• Turkish jets bomb Heftanin and Şemzinan 

  HPG reported continued air raids by the Turkish army in southern Kurdistan, northern Iraq.
• Kakai villages in Kirkuk and controversial regions targeted again 

  The Kakais living in villages of Kirkuk and Daquq district are targeted by ISIS and similar groups.
• 70,000 people returned to Shengal 

  However, according to the information received from the officials of the People's Assembly of Shengal, some 70,000 Yazidi families have returned to their lands so far.
• HPG: Turkish operation coordinator killed in Haftanin 

  HPG announced that the operation coordinator was killed in the action on Partizan hill in Haftanin where over 20 Turkish soldiers died.
• “Turkey used to bomb the mountains, now they bomb villages” 

  Haci Ramazan Mahmut from South Kurdistan said they hear bombings every day, adding: “Turkey has been saying that they ended PKK for the last 30 years. They attack us because they can't end the PKK. They used to bomb the mountains, now they bomb villages."
• Warplanes spotted flying over Maxmur Camp 

  Warplanes were spotted over Martyr Rüstem Cudi (Maxmur) Refugee Camp in the morning.
• HPG: At least 20 Turkish soldiers killed in Heftanin 

  HPG stated that the Turkish army suffered a “historic blow” in their invasion operation in Heftanin region of southern Kurdistan, northern Iraq.
• German HPG guerrilla Panser martyred in Turkish airstrike 

  "We remember all our international martyrs in the person of Comrade Bager Nujiyan. We promise to uphold the values created by our martyrs and achieve victory," said HPG.
• Turkish jets bomb South Kurdistan 

  Yet another Turkish air raid in southern Kurdistan, northern Iraq.
• People of Shengal condemn the embargo imposed on Maxmur Camp 

  The embargo against Martyr Rüstem Cudi (Maxmur) Refugee Camp has been going on for 40 days. 
• HPG reports continued Turkish attacks against South Kurdistan 

  The Turkish state continues its genocidal attacks against the Kurdish people and their lands.
• Fire started by the Turkish army in Mardin countryside grows 

  Soldiers are not allowing an intervention to extinguish the fire.
• Schizophrenia sufferer gives statement in handcuffs 

  Schizophrenia sufferer Firat Koc was taken to the courthouse in handcuffs and showing signs of battery after being beaten in the streets of Van and kept in custody by the police.
• Vengeance Unit retaliates police brutality in Van 

  A group who call themselves the Martyr Cekwar Cubuk Vengeance Unit announced that they carried out a retaliation action in Kayapinar, Amed against the Turkish police brutality in Van.
• Another kolbar killed by Iranian forces in East Kurdistan 

  Iranian forces continue their attacks against kolbars.
• KCK calls for total resistance against AKP-MHP fascism 

  Following the dismissal of three Kurdish mayors by the Turkish regime, KCK called for total resistance to fascism, authoritarianism and the repression of the AKP regime.
• Turkish warplanes bombed Kandil: Four civilians injured 

  Warplanes belonging to the occupying Turkish army bombed the villages of Silê and Bolê in Binarê Kandil today. Four civilians were injured in the attack, and houses damaged.
• 4 wounded as Turkish jets bomb civilians in South Kurdistan 

  Yet another attack by the Turkish army against civilians in southern Kurdistan, northern Iraq.
• Political genocide operations in Amed: Several detentions 

  Several people, including DBP Central Executive Committee Member Sevim Bicici, have been detained in midnight house raids in Amed.
• HPG: Guerrillas infiltrate Turkish forces’ positions in Şemdinli 

  HPG/YJA Star guerrillas infiltrated the positions of Turkish soldiers in Şemdinli, northern Kurdistan.