KURDISTAN

German minister Michael Roth has called on the Turkish State to allow lawyers and family members of leader Abdullah Ocalan to meet him, and move in accordance with the report issued by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture.   

Kurdistan National Congress, the KNK, warned that any infighting between the Kurdish parties would lead to a catastrophe that may destroy gains achieved by the Kurdish people, and called on the parties concerned to be responsible and set on dialogue.

Deputy co -presidency of Autonomous Administration Council in Şengal, Hesso Ibrahim expressed his rejection to the agreement that signed between Iraqi Government, and the Government of Southern Kurdistan on Şengal, stressing their insistence on the struggle against the forces that seek to leave them alone in the confrontation of treason.

The Co-chair of the Kurdistan National Congress, Ahmed Karamosh, warned the Kurdistan Democratic Party ( KDP) that any Kurdish infighting that eliminates the Kurdish gains and he voiced the  KNK’s readiness to mediate between the KDP and the Kurdistan Freedom Movement.

Lawyers of the leader Abdullah Ocalan have applied to the Turkish Public Prosecution at Bursa to meet their client. 

A member of the Leadership Body of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Mûrat Karayilan has confirmed that the relations that the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) have with the Turkish state and the intelligence cooperation between them do not serve the interests of the Kurdish people, nor do they serve the interests of the party itself.

The People's Defense Forces (HPG) issued a statement about the news recently published on the media outlets about the progress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party's forces in the Guerrilla areas, and said: "Such attempts to advance towards the Guerrilla areas bring with them serious risks."

The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) has been sending "Gulan Forces" which are directly affiliated with the President of the Kurdistan Region's government to the vicinity of Ghara region for the third consecutive day.

Turkish police has raided headquarter  of People's Democratic Party, the HDP, in Amed, and the branch office of the party in the district of Yeni Şehir, in Northern Kurdistan.

The Yazidis of Al-Darbasiyah district described the agreement held between Kurdistan Region Government (KRG) and Bagdad as a new "plot" against Şengal, noting that the Yazidi people determine their fate themselves.

The Air Defense Forces of the People's Defense Forces (HPG) carried out a military operation against the Turkish occupation army forces in Colemerg.

The Yezidis in North and East Syria made clear that Hewler-Bagdad agreement regarding the fate of Şingal is rejected altogether and in detail, as it did not take the opinion of its people into consideration. They noted that the agreement was made under the Turkish dictates par excellence demanded that the KRG not to be dragged behind Turkey's policies.