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• HPG: Special Turkish paramilitary team responsible for the ambush in Guherzê 

  The People's Defense Forces said that a special paramilitary unit of the Turkish army killed three guerrillas in an ambush in South Kurdistan.
• Government appoints trustee to the Municipality of Kağızman  

  The Ministry of Interior appointed a trustee to Kağızman Municipality.
• HPG: Ten soldiers were killed in revolutionary guerrilla operation in Zap 

  Guerrillas infiltrated a Turkish army camp in Zap, killing ten members of the occupying troops. On the other hand, guerrillas were ambushed in Amadiya countryside and three of them were martyred.
• 32 victims of the Yazidi genocide in 2014 laid to rest in Shengal 

  Speaking at the funeral ceremony for victims of the Yazidi genocide, one of the survivors, Rosîda Hacî said, “It is shameful that the Iraqi government declared a general amnesty while there are dozens of mass graves still waiting to be opened in Shengal.”
• Iranian regime forces injure young Kurdish kolbar 

  The Iranian regime shot and injured a 17-year-old Kurdish kolbar on the Newsûd border.
• Guerrilla Viyan Şaho: We will stand with Öcalan until the end 

  Guerrilla Viyan Şaho denounced the 15 February international conspiracy, reaffirming her unwavering support for Abdullah Öcalan.
• 229 Iranian lawyers call for a halt to Muradi, Azizi, and Muhammadi's executions 

  229 Iranian lawyers have called on the judiciary to halt the executions of Warisha Muradi, Pakshan Azizi, and Sharifa Muhammadi in a joint letter.
• Imrali Delegation meets Prime Minister Masrour Barzani 

  The Imrali Delegation met the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region, Masrour Barzani.
• PUK President: The Kurdish issue cannot be resolved through weapons and war 

  "We support any initiative that preserves our people's rights in Turkey, and the PUK will contribute to this historic effort, which President Mam Jalal laid the groundwork for in 1993," said PUK President Bafel Talabani.
• DEM Party-DBP members pay condolence visit to RojNews in memory of Aziz Köylüoğlu killed by Turkey 

  A delegation of DEM Party MPs and DBP Co-Chair Keskin Bayındır visited RojNews headquarters in Sulaymaniyah to pay tribute to journalist Aziz Köylüoğlu who was killed by the Turkish state.
• İmralı Delegation visits the grave of Jalal Talabani in Sulaymaniyah 

  The İmralı Delegation of the DEM Party visited the grave of Jalal Talabani, the historic leader of the PUK, in Sulaymaniyah.
• İmralı Delegation meets with PUK officials in Sulaymaniyah 

  The İmralı delegation of the DEM Party met with PUK Leader Bafel Talabani and Federal Kurdistan Region Deputy Prime Minister Qubad Talabani in Sulaymaniyah on the third day of their talks in South Kurdistan.
• İmralı delegation: Kurdish actors will play the biggest role  

  Having conveyed Öcalan’s messages to the officials in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, the DEM Party İmralı Delegation made a press statement after their meeting with Nechirvan Barzani.
• DEM Party Imrali delegation meets president of the Kurdistan Region Nechirvan Barzani  

  The DEM Party Imrali delegation met with the president of the Kurdistan Region, Nechirvan Barzani, as part of its meetings in South Kurdistan.
• Protests against the usurpation of municipality continue in Van 

  The resistance continues against the usurpation of the Van Metropolitan Municipality through a government-appointed trustee.
• İmralı Delegation meets with Massoud Barzani in Hewler 

  The DEM Party İmralı Delegation, which has met with Abdullah Öcalan in İmralı twice, continues its talks and meetings with different segments of society and the relevant circles of the Kurdish question.
• Imrali delegation continues meetings in South Kurdistan  

  The Imrali delegation from the DEM Party continued its scheduled program in South Kurdistan.
• HPG guerrillas salute the Kurdish and Arab resistance at Tishrin 

  HPG guerrillas Gabar and Qamishlo stressed that unity is the key to achieving freedom.
• DEM Party İmralı delegation visits South Kurdistan for talks with KDP and PUK officials 

  The DEM Party İmralı Delegation, which has met Abdullah Öcalan in İmralı twice, continues its talks and meetings with different segments of society and the relevant circles of the Kurdish question.
• Many detained in police attack on demo against usurpation of municipality in Van 

  Following the appointment of a trustee to the Van Metropolitan Municipality, protests started in the city. Many people were subjected to violence or detained during the police crackdown.
• Zeydan: The coup plotters will lose, the people will win 

  “The coup plotters will lose, the people will win,” said Abdullah Zeydan, Co-Mayor of Van Metropolitan Municipality, who was removed from office and replaced by a trustee.
• Bayık: Öcalan wants to take the Kurdish question from a war environment to a democratic one 

  Bayık said that they had received a letter from Öcalan and that he wanted to elevate the initiatives he had previously launched to a greater purpose by shifting the Kurdish issue from a war footing to a democratic framework.
• KCK: The fundamental condition for the success of any process is the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan 

  In a statement to mark the 26th anniversary of the abduction of Abdullah Öcalan, the KCK said that the fundamental condition for the success of any process is the freedom of the Kurdish people's leader.
• Trustee appointed to Van Metropolitan Municipality, many taken into custody 

  A trustee was appointed to Van Metropolitan Municipality. Many people, including journalists, were taken into custody.
• Journalist Aziz Köylüoğlu killed in Turkish airstrike laid to rest in Qandil 

  Kurdish journalist Aziz Köylüoğlu, who was killed in a Turkish drone attack in the Kurdistan region of Iraq on 27 January, was laid to rest in Qandil.