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• Kurdish kolbar killed by Iranian state forces 

  Another Kurdish kolbar was killed as a result of the fire opened by Iranian state forces.
• HPG releases balance sheet for 26-29 December 

  According to the HPG, three soldiers from the Turkish occupation forces were killed by guerrilla snipers in South Kurdistan. Turkish fighter jets heavily bombed the guerrilla areas and chemical weapons were used.
• Gerîla TV releases video of action in Zap 

  Images of the action carried out by the Kurdistan Freedom Guerrillas in the Zap Resistance Areas were broadcast on Gerîla TV.
• Three kolbars injured in attack by Iranian regime forces 

  Three kolbars were injured in an attack by the Iranian regime forces in Eastern Kurdistan.
• HPG pays tribute to guerrillas Gabar and Tolhildan 

  Guerrillas Havîn Gabar and Delîl Tolhildan fell as martyrs resisting the Turkish occupation attacks in the Zap region in South Kurdistan.
• PKK congratulates Kurdistan Freedom Guerrillas 

  The PKK sent a message of congratulations to the HSM Headquarters Command for the revolutionary operations carried out by the Kurdistan Freedom Guerrillas against the Turkish army"
• Five workers killed in Turkish attack on Shengal named 

  The names of five workers from Rojava who were killed in the attack carried out by the Turkish state on Shengal on Thursday have been announced.
• Turkey bombs a village in Sulaymaniyah countryside 

  The Turkish state escalated its genocidal attacks across Kurdistan territory amidst international silence and inaction in the face of its crimes against the Kurdish people.
• Shengal Autonomous Administration and TAJÊ condemn Turkish attacks, call for international action 

  The Autonomous Administration of Shengal and TAJÊ condemned yesterday's attack in which the Turkish state massacred 5 workers.
• HSM publishes balance sheet of war for 2023 

  According to the balance sheet of the HSM Headquarters Command, the Kurdistan Freedom Guerrillas carried out a total of 1712 actions, killing 928 soldiers. The Turkish invaders attacked 2969 times, including with chemical weapons and banned bombs.
• Turkish military siege in the village of Hespist continues 

  The village of Hespist in Şırnak countryside has been besieged by the Turkish military for nine days. Residents can only enter the village after undergoing identity checks.
• HPG pays tribute to guerrilla Welat Arjîn Tolhildan 

  Welat Arjîn Tolhildan, a guerrilla and PAJK militant, died on 8 December in a Turkish attack in the South Kurdish region of Metîna. The HPG have published information about her identity.
• New police operation against DEM Party and DBP  

  Many people, including DEM Party members and DBP Provincial co-chairs, were taken into custody in Siirt on Thursday night.
• Shengal Autonomous Administration calls for action after Turkish attack which killed 5 workers 

  The Autonomous Administration calls on people to gather in Khanasor tomorrow morning to denounce the genocidal attacks of the occupying Turkish state.
• Turkish airstrike targets a village in South Kurdistan 

  The Turkish state continues its genocidal attacks in various parts of Kurdistan. After a deadly aerial attack which claimed 5 lives in Shengal, Turkey carried out another airstrike in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq) today.
• Turkish airstrike kills 5 workers in Shengal 

  The Turkish state, which has been frustrated by the liberation of Shengal and the military and political organization of the Yazidi community after ISIS' genocidal attack in 2014, has been attacking Shengal for 6 years.
• Victims of Roboski massacre commemorated 

  Speaking at the commemoration in Roboski, DEM Party Co-Chair Tülay Hatimoğulları said: "The mentality that carried out the Roboski massacre is the same mentality that carries out massacres in Rojava today."
• YRK: Turkish state bombed civilian areas in Pênciwen 

  YRK stated that Turkey attacked civilian areas in Pênciwên and called on the Kurdish people and their friends to take a stand against the fascist Turkish state's invasion attacks.
• Roboski Massacre, the struggle for justice continues 

  Twelve years ago today, 34 people were killed in Roboski when Turkish air forces bombed a group of mostly under 18 border traders in the northern Kurdish province of Şırnak. The families are demanding justice.
• Turkish state bombs Sulaymaniyah countryside 

  Warplanes of the occupying Turkish state bombed the Kanî Mîran and Salyawa villages in the Pênciwên district of Sulaymaniyah 5 times on Wednesday.
• Footage of guerrilla action at Girê Amêdîyê 

  Images from guerrilla areas prove the serious losses suffered by Turkish forces in the guerrilla areas in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, which are denied or concealed by the Turkish state.
• HSM congratulates guerrillas on revolutionary operations against Turkish troops 

  “A strong and powerful army and state fights against the military force that confronts it, not against the defenseless civilian population and, above all, not against the livelihoods of the civilian population,” said the HSM.
• KCK calls for increased struggle to demand accountability for the Roboskî Massacre 

  The KCK Executive Council issued a statement about the 13th anniversary of the massacre of Roboskî.
• Turkey bombs villages in Qandil 

  The Turkish state bombed the villages of Silê and Bolê in Qandil. It was reported that warplane activity continues in the region.
• KCK: The guerrilla proved its superiority over the occupying Turkish army 

  KCK stated that the aim of the genocidal colonialist Turkish state is to liquidate the Rojava revolution by invading Rojava and to eliminate the status achieved by the Kurdish people.