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• Heavily tortured Xerabê Bava resident held in Mardin Hospital 

  It came out that Abdi Aykut, a resident of Xerabê Bava from whom no news was received for 5 days since his detention after torture by state forces, is held at Mardin State Hospital.
• PKK's Karayılan: We must do all we can for Xerabê Bava 

  Murat Karayılan: "There is cruelty and a massacre in Xerabê Bava, tomorrow these will happen in other villages. As Kurdish society, we mustn't be silent in the face of cruelty. We must embrace one another. We must react and do all we can."
• Photo emerges of the 57-year-old man tortured in Xerabê Bava 

  A latest photo has emerged of 57-year-old Abdi Aykut, who was taken into custody after torture by state forces in Xerabê Bava village of Mardin's Nusaybin district.
• Turkish jets shell civilian areas in Qandil 

  Turkish jets are shelling civilian areas in Qandil region of Medya Defense Zones in South Kurdistan territory.
• Man tortured in Xerabê Bava disappeared in custody 

  Whereabouts is not known of civilian Abdi Aykut who was taken into custody after getting tortured by state forces in Xerabê Bava village of Nusaybin. Aykut's wife says he might have been executed.
• Turkish aerial activity over Qandil 

  Reports are coming through of Turkish aerial activity over Qandil region of PKK-held Medya Defense Zones in South Kurdistan territory.
• State forces lay siege on two more villages in Nusaybin 

  Turkish state forces that execute a siege and attacks in Xerabê village of Mardin's Nusaybin district for 12 days now have also laid a siege on the villages of Talate and Cibilgirav in the same region this morning.
• Aerial activity over Xerabê Bava on the 12th day of the siege 

  Turkish state forces continue their siege in Xerabê Bava village of Mardin's Nusaybin district for the 12th day.
• Turkish army and affiliated gangs shell Til Rifet and Sheikh Îsa 

  Turkish military forces and affiliated gangs are bombing the Til Rifet town and Sheikh Îsa village in Shehba region with Katyusha-type missiles.
• 4 guerrillas martyred in ongoing Turkish airstrikes on guerrilla zones 

  HPG announced that the Turkish state continues the bombardments against the guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in South Kurdistan territory.
• Smokes rising and artillery fire heard from Xerabê Bava 

  Turkish soldiers continue to block the delegations that want to reach Nusaybin's Xerabê Bava village from where reports of executions, torture and mass arrests are coming through amid the ongoing siege of state forces.
• Turkish police attack the graves of guerrillas in Van 

  Police forces attacked the graves of guerrillas in Van province, burned the yellow-red-green flags symbolizing the Kurdish people, and wrote 'TC' on tombstones.
• DTK-DBP-HDP delegation blocked near Xerabê Bava starts a vigil 

  The DTK-DBP-HDP delegation that headed to Nusaybin's Xerabê Bava village but was blocked by soldiers on their way have started a vigil where they were stopped.
• HPG: Turkish jets bombed Zap and Zagros 

  HPG reported that Turkish jets shelled Zap and Zagros areas of guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in South Kurdistan territory.
• DTK, DBP, HDP delegation once again denied access to Xerabê Bava 

  Soldiers blocked a DTK, DBP, HDP and Peace Mothers delegation heading to Xerabê Bava village. The delegation said they would wait there until the siege in the village is ended.
• KNK issues urgent appeal for Xerabê Bava 

  KNK made an urgent appeal to international institutions and public opinion to take required measure against Turkish state’s atrocities in Kurdistan.
• 2.000 more migrants from Bab arrive in Efrîn 

  2.000 more migrants from Bab who fled the oppression of ISIS gangs, the Turkish state and their allied gangs have entered the Efrîn Canton.
• YPG: Turkish army and affiliated gangs continue to attack Rojava 

  YPG announced that the Turkish army and gangs operating under their command continue to attack Rojava.
• Tyranny and resistance not new in Xerabê Bava 

  Neither tyranny nor resistance are new in Xerabê Bava, one of the burning places of memory for the atrocities imposed upon the Kurdish people, and it will resist until the end, never forgetting the most recent undescribable horror.
• Body of American YPG fighter Paolo Todd sent to South Kurdistan 

  The body of American YPG fighter Paolo Todd who died during the Raqqa operation in January, has been sent to South Kurdistan from where it will be sent to the US.
• Three people executed in Xerabê Bava taken to Mardin 

  Bodies of three people who have been executed in Nusaybin's Xerabê Bava village during the ongoing siege for 10 days, and who are still unidentified, have been taken to Mardin.
• HDP MP Behçet Yıldırım taken into custody 

  HDP Adıyaman MP Behçet Yıldırım has been taken into custody by police.
• Footage from the Cemetery of Martyrs bombed by Turkish jets in Qandil 

  Turkish jets bombed the Mehmet Karasungur Cemetery of Martyrs in Qandil region of guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in South Kurdistan territory at 20:00 on February 17.
• Turkish jets shell several areas in guerrilla zones 

  Turkish warplanes have shelled several areas in guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in South Kurdistan territory Monday morning.
• Residents of Xerabê Bava: State forces' siege and attacks continue 

  Residents of Nusaybin's Xerabê Bava village, which remains under the siege and attacks of Turkish state forces since February 11, stated that attacks are ongoing.