The Turkish army is trying to break the guerrilla resistance in the Medya Defence Zones by permanent attacks with chemical weapons and unconventional bombs.   For three years, the Turkish army has been attacking Zap, Avaşîn and Metîna in the guerrilla-held Medya Defence Zones in Southern Kurdistan (Northern Iraq) with all its might. However, the large-scale attack, which [...]

"By targeting critical infrastructure across northeast Syria, including power and water stations, Turkey has flouted its responsibility to ensure that its military actions do not aggravate the region's already dire humanitarian crisis", said Adam Coogle, Deputy Middle East Director at Human Rights Watch. Turkey should urgently stop targeting critical infrastructure necessary for residents’ rights and well-being, including power and water [...]

HPG and YJA Star guerrillas continue their actions against the Turkish occupation army in the guerrilla areas in southern Kurdistan. YJA Star (Free Women's Troops) and HPG (People's Defence Forces) continue the resistance against the Turkish invading forces in the guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq). According to the HPG Press Center statement on Monday, guerrillas continued [...]

No news has been received for 32 months from Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan, who is held in incommunicado detention on the island prison of Imrali. The parliamentary group of the Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (HEDEP) will make a statement on 2 November about the aggravated isolation of Kurdish people’s leader Abdullah Öcalan. The HEDEP group will then apply to [...]

Cambridge University political sociologist Dr Thomas Jeffrey Miley told Medya Haber TV's Erem Kansoy that Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan is a key figure for peace in the Middle East and the world and stressed the importance of his freedom. As the ‘Free Öcalan, Political Solution for Kurdistan’ movement is carried out worldwide, the support for the campaign [...]