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• 12-year-old hit and severely injured by an armored vehicle in Şırnak 

  Armoured vehicles of the Turkish security forces pose a major threat in Kurdish cities.
• PUK: The KDP has not learned from its betrayal 27 years ago 

  PUK remarked that the KDP maintained the same policy today instead of taking a lesson from the betrayal of 31 August 1996. “Instead of healing the wounds in their history of treachery, they have indeed legitimized it.”
• HPG pays tribute to guerrillas fallen in Garzan 

  Guerrilla commander Demhat Cîlo and fighters Erdelan Şaho, Mordem Norşîn, Warşîn Sekvan and Tolhildan Tekman fell as martyrs in Garzan three years ago.
• Four Turkish soldiers killed at Girê Cûdî 

  Four more members of the occupation forces were killed in guerrilla actions as the resistance against Turkish invasion in guerrilla areas continues unabated.
• Three nomads sent to prison in Silvan  

  Three out of the five nomads taken into custody under torture in Silvan were remanded in custody.
• 4 soldiers killed as guerrilla resistance against Turkish occupation continues 

  Four more members of the occupation forces were killed in guerrilla actions as the resistance against Turkish invasion in guerrilla areas continues unabated.
• PJAK: KDP’s Anti-Terror Unit acts like an offshoot of Turkish MIT  

  PJAK refuted the KDP-affiliated Anti-Terror Unit’s report that three of their guerrilla fighters were killed in the Turkish attack in the Pêncewîn region of southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq).
• 14 areas in Şirnak closed for "security" reasons 

  Entry and exit to 14 regions on the border of Şirnak, Cizre, Silopi, Uludere, Güçlükonak and Beytüşşebap were prohibited for "security" reasons.
• Memorial on the first anniversary of killing of Kurdish author Suheyl Xurşîd Ezîz 

  A year ago, the Kurdish author and historian Suheyl Xurşîd Ezîz was shot dead by a killer allegedly employed by the Turkish secret service. To date, the perpetrator has not been caught.
• Turkish army cuts down trees to build an outpost in Bingöl countryside 

  The Turkish army, in an attempt to protect themselves and the regime, is building fortified kalekols (high security castle-like stations).
• HPG pays tribute to guerrilla Kawa Çekdar  

  Kawa Çekdar (Ibrahim Demir) joined the freedom guerrillas of Kurdistan from Germany. He fell a martyr in resistance against the Turkish invasion in the Zap region.
• Turkish drone bombs a vehicle in Pêncewîn, South Kurdistan 

  A Turkish drone bombed a vehicle on the Germkê road in Pêncewîn, in South Kurdistan.
• MP Kaya denounces torture and attack against civilians in Silvan countryside 

  “Prohibition of torture shouldn’t be violated under any circumstance. Today we witness a return to the practices of the notorious 90’s. We strongly reject attacks on civilian settlements.”
• HPG: 8 Turkish soldiers were killed in guerrilla actions 

  Eight more members of the occupation forces were killed in guerrilla actions as the resistance against Turkish invasion in guerrilla areas continues unabated.
• TEV-ÇAND calls for unity against the “sworn enemies of the Kurds” 

  TEV-ÇAND calls on all pro-freedom intellectuals and artists to stand with Leader Öcalan, the freedom movement and the guerrilla, to unite around national values against the collaborative- treacherous line and to take part in an active struggle.
• Nomad family tortured and detained amid military operation in Silvan 

  A Kurdish nomad family was detained and mistreated by the Turkish soldiers on the fringes of an operation in Amed’s Silvan district.
• HPG: Four soldiers killed, six positions hit by the guerrillas 

  At least four members of Turkish occupation forces were killed in guerrilla actions in Zap.
• YRK reports increasing Turkish aerial activity and attacks 

  YRK stressed that the Kurdish people and Kurdistan Freedom Struggle will definitely win against the invaders, calling on everyone to react to increasingly ongoing Turkish attacks.
• Clashes in Yüksekova between police and young people 

  Clashes broke out in Yüksekova between the police and young people who were protesting the death of Peace Mothers, Adalet Safalı and Perişan Akçelik.
• 292 Yazidis voluntarily return to Shengal from Duhok camps 

  292 Yazidis voluntarily returned to Shengal from the Duhok camps where they lived. The Iraqi Ministry of Immigration said that they are continuing their return scheme.
• HPG pays tribute to guerrillas Cîgerxwîn and Dirêj  

  Guerrillas Cemil Cîgerxwîn and Şervan Dirêj fell as martyrs three years ago in an enemy attack in the Serhed region in North Kurdistan.
• DEM-NED calls on the KDP to align itself with the Kurdish Freedom Movement 

  DEM-NED calls upon the KDP to stop walking on the path of betrayal and to align itself with the Kurdistan Freedom Movement that has been fighting to liberate their country from the colonialists.
• HPG reports ongoing resistance and actions against Turkish occupation in guerrilla areas 

  Three more members of the occupation forces were killed in guerrilla actions as the resistance against Turkish invasion in guerrilla areas continues unabated.
• HPG pays tribute to guerrilla commander Bêrîtan Sîser 

  The HPG have published information on the identity of the fallen guerrilla commander Bêrîtan Sîser.
• Turkish state bombs South Kurdistan three times, killing 4 civilians in Bradost 

  The Turkish state bombed South Kurdistan three times, killing 4 civilians in a drone attack on Mergemîr in Bradost.