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• Three people detained in Roboski 

  A few days before the twelfth anniversary of the massacre in Roboski, Turkish soldiers stormed the village and detained residents without giving a reason.
• Village in Şırnak countryside sealed off by Turkish soldiers 

  A village in the countryside of Şırnak province has been sealed off by the Turkish army. Local residents are banned from entering and leaving the village.
• 200 saplings planted in Binarê Qendîl as part of environmental protection campaign 

  In Binarê Qendîl, 200 saplings were planted in and around the village of Bolê as part of the annual environmental protection campaign.
• Footage of guerrilla action in which three Turkish soldiers were killed 

  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.
• HPG reports ongoing Turkish attacks with unconventional weapons in guerrilla areas 

  HPG announced that the Turkish army attacked the Medya Defence Zones 5 times with banned explosives and chemical gases and 7 times with aircraft.
• Footage of equipment seized from the killed Turkish soldiers whose deaths are kept secret 

  ANF footage shows the equipment of the Turkish soldiers killed in the Şehîd Leyla Sorxwîn Amed Revolutionary Operation in guerrilla areas. The Turkish army has so far kept the number and names of the dead soldiers secret.
• Turkish army bombs a village in Amadiya, South Kurdistan 

  The Turkish state continues its genocidal campaign against the Kurdish people and their lands in various parts of Kurdistan.
• HPG pays tribute to guerrilla Jiyan Welat 

  The HPG paid tribute to guerrilla Jiyan Welat, who died in an accident in the Medya Defense Areas ten years ago.
• Three people accused of murdering DEM Party executive Ahmet Gün still at large 

  Three people, accused of murdering DEM Party leader Ahmet Gün in the town of Sêgirk, 9 days ago, have yet to be arrested. Only retired village guard Enver Babat has so far been taken into custody.
• PADÊ and Shengal Autonomous Administration candidate Kesko wins seat in Mosul Assembly 

  According to the statement published by the Iraqi Supreme Electoral Board, PADÊ and Shengal Autonomous Administration candidate Kasım Kesko won a seat in the Mosul Assembly after the recent the elections.
• Iran border forces fatally shoot 50-year-old kolbar in Marivan 

  Iranian forces continue their deadly attacks against load carriers in the border areas.
• Mother Taybet remembered in Silopi: “The Kurds you have denied are everywhere today” 

  Eight years after the brutal death of Taybet Inan, a memorial service was held in Silopi. The 57-year-old was shot dead out in the street and her body could not be retrieved for seven days.
• Containers of solidarity associations in earthquake-hit Adıyaman demolished 

  In Adıyaman, the containers of associations and institutions organising activities for women and children and trying to reduce the traces of the earthquake were demolished by the governorate's orders.
• HPG reports Turkish attacks with tactical nuclear bomb and banned explosives 

  HPG Press Centre announced that guerrilla positions in Medya Defence Zones were bombed once with tactical nuclear bombs and 53 times with banned explosives, while the guerrillas continued their actions.
• More young people join the PKK ranks 

  Nine young people announced their participation in the ranks of the PKK, saying: "We will lead a free and moral life shoulder to shoulder with our comrades fighting in the free mountains."
• HPG pays tribute to three fallen guerrillas 

  Guerrillas Dijwar Şervan, Kendal Cûdî and Ernesto Che Guevara died while resisting the Turkish occupation in Metîna. The guerrillas were leading militants of the Kurdish freedom movement and fought against ISIS and the Turkish army.
• Academics and politicians from Kurdistan evaluate new Social Contract  

  Academics and politicians from Kurdistan evaluated the new Social Contract of Northern and Eastern Syria and said that it protects the interests of the people.
• Turkey bombs villages in Amadiya, South Kurdistan 

  The Turkish state continues its genocidal attacks against the Kurdish people and their lands in various parts of Kurdistan.
• Gerîla TV publishes video of action by Kurdistan Freedom Guerilla in Ermuş 

  The video of the action of sabotage in which the Kurdistan Freedom Guerilla killed 2 Turkish soldiers in Ermuş was broadcast on Gerîla TV.
• New guerrillas call for the expansion of the struggle for freedom 

  20 young people who have just joined the guerrilla ranks in response to the genocidal policies of the Turkish state and completed their training, called for the expansion of the freedom struggle against the exploitation of Kurdistan.
• PAJK: Revolutionary people's war is the only way against special war 

  The coordination of PAJK said: "If we rely on an intensified people's war, success against the expanded special war is possible for us."
• Yazidi boy kidnapped by ISIS in 2014 and freed by Rojava security forces in November, returns home 

  Young Yazidi boy who was kidnapped by ISIS mercenaries in 2014, was freed by Rojava security forces. He is now back in Shengal.
• HPG guerrilla Gelhat: We will never surrender to the invaders 

  "As long as there is even one single guerrilla left, the enemy will not be able to live comfortably in the mountains of Kurdistan. Let the Turkish state know that we will never surrender to the invaders,” said HPG member Gelhat Gabar.
• Gerîla TV releases footage of action carried out by guerrillas in Zap 

  Gerîla TV shared the footage of the action carried out by the guerrillas in Zap.
• Body of HPG guerrilla handed over to his family after 2 years 

  The body of Tolhildan Hîzan (Mahsum Yılmaz), an HPG guerrilla who was martyred in Garzan 2 years ago, was received by his family.