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• Guerrillas, peshmergas and civilians in Kirkuk evaluate the past one year 

  One year has passed since ISIS gangs attacked the lands of South Kurdistan after suffering a heavy blow in Rojava, West Kurdistan.
• Kurdish youths and university students join guerrilla ranks 

  A group of Kurdish youths and university students has joined the ranks of Kurdish Freedom Movement in protest against the war policies and political genocide operations of the AKP.
• 19 remanded in custody in Kurdish region 

  More people have been remanded in custody in parallel with the AKP's ongoing operations of political genocide against the Kurdish people.
• Images from Recman Xerbi village liberated by YPG/YPJ 

  ANF has obtained images from the village of Recban Xerbi to the south east of Hesekê which was liberated by combatants of the YPG/YPJ (People's/Women's Defense Units) three days ago.
• Forest fires caused by Turkish airstrikes in Zap and Xakurkê 

  Airstrikes of the Turkish army going on since July 24 continue starting fires in many areas of the guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones.
• The true face of the Turkish state 

  Video has emerged of the torture perpetrated by special operation police teams against dozens of people taken into custody in a construction site in Yüksekova district of Hakkari on August 5.
• HPG: 14 soldiers killed in actions by guerrillas 

  HPG (People's Defense Forces) Press Office stated that artillery, mortar and tank fires, and aerial activities of the Turkish army continue.
• Beştaş: Civilians murdered and detainees tortured in Silopi 

  HDP deputies Meral Danış Beştaş, Feleknas Uca, Edip Berk, DTK Health Council members Dr. Ramazan Bülbül, Dr. İbrahim Halil Mert and SES Amed Branch Co-chair Selma Atabey have returned to Amed following inspections in Silopi.
• YJA-Star Commander: We are ready for both peace and war 

  YJA-Star Commander Zozan Berçelan stressed that they didn't side with war after the peace process, but also that they wouldn't remain silent to the attacks of the Turkish state which aimed an elimination and annihilation of Kurds.
• How did Turkey hand over six injured YPG fighters to Al Nusra? 

  It has been revealed how Turkey handed over six injured YPG fighters treated there to the jihadist Jabhat Al-Nusra gangs.
• KCK calls on Kurdish people to wage all-out resistance against attacks 

  KCK Executive Council Co-Presidency called on all the Kurdish people to wage all-out resistance against the attacks of the Turkish security forces on people and to demonstrate that the people of Silopi and Amed are not alone.
• 22 remanded in custody in four Kurdish cities 

  Turkish state's operation of political genocide continue uninterrupted. 22 people detained in Siirt, Batman, Adıyaman and Bitlis were remanded in custody for alleged membership to an organisation.
• Police torture wounded civilians in Silopi 

  Police forces that staged a bloody crackdown on local people in Silopi district of Şırnak yesterday also tortured the wounded civilians whom they detained from the hospital.
• One policeman killed, four others injured in Cizre 

  n Cizre district of Şırnak, police staged crackdown on demonstrators who protested the police terror in Silopi district where three people were killed and many others were wounded by Turkish security forces yesterday.
• Turkey handed over six injured YPG fighters to Al Nusra in Idlib 

  YPG Kobanê Command denounced that the Turkish state handed over six injured YPG fighters treated in Bakurê (North) Kurdistan to Al-Nusra gangs. YPG demanded an urgent explanation from the Turkish state regarding the reports.
• Aerial activities over guerilla zones 

  Turkish warplanes have been flying over the Gare, Zap, Metina and Avaşin areas of Medya Defense Zones.
• HPG: At least 4 soldiers and 3 police officers killed in guerrilla actions 

  People’s Defence Forces (HPG) reported in its daily statement that the bombardments of Turkish troops targeting Medya Defence Zones continue, as well as the retaliation actions of guerrilla forces.
• Death toll rises to 3 in Silopi 

  Death toll rose to 3 in Silopi after the death of Kamuran Bilin who lost his life when he was shot in his chest during the police attack.
• AKP’s political genocide operations continue increasingly 

  The political operations of the Turkish state continue increasingly in Kurdish cities in line with the AKP government’s recently enhanced war policies.
• 2 people killed in state terror in Silopi 

  2 persons died, while many others were wounded in police attack in the Silopi district of Şırnak.
• Kurdish people bid farewell to their children 

  The 13 YPG/YPJ fighters who lost their lives in clashes with ISIS gangs in Rojava and whose bodies were handed over to their families after being held at Habur border gate for 10 days have been laid to rest in their hometowns since yesterday.
• Turkish military attacks and guerrilla actions continue 

  People’s Defence Forces (HPG) Press Office reported that reconnaissance flights abd bombardments of the Turkish military against Medya Defence Zones continue, so do the retaliation actions of the guerrilla forces.
• Forest fires caused by Turkish army expand 

  Forest fires caused by the Turkish army continue to expand. Soldiers prevent civilians’ attempt to extinguish the fires in Cudi and Gabar mountains that have expanded over to Şehrevan and Xarêkuna regions.
• HDP delegation in Zergelê: We will expose their lies 

  Kadri Yıldırım and Nazmi Gür, members of the HDP delegation currently inspecting Zergêle village where the Turkish state massacred local people, said that only civilians were living in the village and all of the slain people were civilians.
• People of Qandil urge Turkey to stop bombardments immediately 

  People of Qandil stated that massacring women, men, children and old people had no place in Islam, recalling that at least 40 civilians were killed in Kendakol in 2002 and eight innocent people were massacred in Zergêle recently.