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• 5-year-old dies in explosion in Şemdinli 

  Explosion of an unknown material has left a child dead in Hakkari's Şemdili district.
• Reports of casualties in car bomb attack in Qamishlo 

  A car bomb attack has been carried out in front of the post office in Rojava's Qamishlo city Monday evening.
• Gorran Deputy: The real terrorist is the Turkish state 

  Gorran MP Adil Aziz said PKK and PYD are Kurdish national forces, stressing that the real terrorist is the Turkish state that provides all kinds of support for the ISIS.
• HPG reports military operations and agencification activities in Amed 

  HPG announced that the Turkish army launched further operations with the participation of thousands of soldiers, but still couldn't obtain a result and enhanced its activities of agencification in the region.
• Sakine Cansız commemorated by her grave in Dersim 

  Sakine Cansız, one of the revolutionary Kurdish women murdered in Paris, was commemorated by her grave in Dersim.
• Encü: Removal of the Roboski Monument increased the pain of families 

  Roboski Association Chair Veli Encü: “The murderers of Roboski returned to the scene where the monument for the 34 is, without wiping the blood off their hands.”
• Guerrillas: We'll continue to march on the path of Sakine, Fidan, Leyla 

  HPG and YJA-Star guerrillas in Shengal ay they will enhance the struggle by following the path of the three revolutionary women, Sakine, Fidan and Leyla, who were murdered in Paris on January 9, 2013.
• Former Suruç Police Chief not sentenced for the massacre of 33 people 

  The verdict for the case of Mehmet Yapalıal, District Police Chief at the time of Suruç massacre that killed 33 revolutionaries, has been announced.
• Two more DBP municipalities in Urfa seized by the government 

  DBP-held Viranşehir and Bozova district municipalities in Urfa have been seized by the government and trustees have been appointed to both municipalities.
• KCK: Shengal should be governed by its own people 

  KCK Diplomacy Committee denied Kurdistan Regional Government Spokesperson Sefin Dizayi's remarks that PKK guerrillas will leave Shengal.
• Two more villages liberated in Raqqa 

  Wrath of Euphrates Operation Room fighters liberated the villages of Ebu Jadde and Al Huseynî in Raqqa from ISIS gang groups.
• KCK: We will bring the perpetrators of Paris massacre to justice 

  KCK Executive Council Co-presidency stated that it would bring the perpetrators of January 9 Paris massacre, where Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez were assassinated, to justice.
• Êzidîs call upon the PKK and the world 

  The final declaration of the Democratic Êzidî Society Coordination meeting held in Shengal, where delegates from across Kurdistan, Europe, Russia and Armenia came together, was issued.
• KCK: Peshmergas' visit to Qandil is a response to Turkish occupation 

  KCK Executive Council Co-Presidency issued a written statement on the former Peshmergas that visited Qandil last week.
• Another barbaric act from Turkey: Roboski memorial in Amed destroyed 

  Turkish police destroyed the Roboski memorial in Amed, which had been erected 4 years ago in order to commemorate the victims of Roboski massacre.
• 25 ISIS members killed during Operation Wrath of Euphrates 

  25 ISIS gang members were killed and an ISIS attack on Til Semen and Siriz Xinez villages were repelled in Raqqa.
• 2 Turkish soldiers killed in Şırnak 

  2 Turkish soldiers were killed and 5 others were injured during the clashes that broke our on Şırnak’s Gabar Mountain.
• HPG reports Turkish airstrikes on Medya Defense Zones 

  The Press Office of People's Defense Forces (HPG) released a statement providing information regarding the airstrikes carried out by Turkish warplanes in PKK-held Medya Defense Zones yesterday evening.
• Turkish airstrikes target villages in Qandil 

  Turkish warplanes carried out a bombardment around the villages in the Qandil region of Southern Kurdistan territory late yesterday evening.
• Trustees appointed to Çatak and Tekman municipalities 

  The AKP government appointed trustees to Çatak and Tekman municipalities.
• 8 villages and 5 hamlets liberated from ISIS in western Raqqa 

  Wrath of Euphrates Operation Room fighters liberated 8 villages and 5 hamlets from ISIS gangs in western Raqqa today.
• Bomb action near the AKP building in Amed 

  A bomb action was carried out against near AKP building in Amed this evening.
• Turkish jets shell Qandil 

  Turkish fighter jets have conducted an airstrike on PKK-held Qandil region in Southern Kurdistan territory at 19:00 Friday evening.
• Turkish state seeks village guards through pamphlets 

  The Turkish state is seeking village guards in Elazığ’s Karakoçan district through pamphlets.
• Turkish army shells the villages of Kobanê 

  YPG announced that the occupant Turkish army has been shelling the villages of Kobanê since this morning.