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• AKP’s Toledo plan: 6 outposts to be built in Sur 

  Details on the government’s project for the ancient district of Sur are emerging. The project has been devised to turn Sur into a “security” zone and targets the cultural structure.
• HPG releases balance sheet of war for 2016 

  According to HPG's balance sheet of war for 2016, 3404 police and soldiers of Turkish forces were killed, one F-16, 3 helicopters and 166 armored vehicles -including 8 tanks- were destroyed. 585 guerrillas fell fighting during the year.
• Old peshmergas in Qandil against Birakujî and Turkish occupation 

  Hundreds of old peshmergas have arrived in Qandil to express their objection against the Turkish occupation in Southern Kurdistan and Birakujî in Shengal.
• Wave of migration to Efrîn continues 

  850 more migrants from various parts of Syria have fled the tyranny of the Turkish state, their allied gangs and ISIS and entered Efrîn Canton.
• Deputy Co-mayor of Dersim Municipality also removed from office 

  Dersim Municipality Deputy Co-mayor Hüseyin Tunç was removed from office by the trustee. With that, there are no elected officials on duty in Dersim Municipality anymore.
• DBP-held Çatak municipality seized and Co-mayor detained by police 

  Police conducted a raid on Çatak district municipality this morning and detained Co-mayor Celalattin Bartu.
• HPG reports action by guerrillas and attack by Turkish troops in Hakkari 

  HPG and YJA-Star guerrillas hit the Turkish soldiers deployed on Elişêr Hill in Oremar area of Gever yesterday.
• Shengal should be governed by Shengalis 

  Those who did nothing when ISIS invaded Shengal and carried out a massacre with a genocidal attack, when they kidnapped thousands of women and children now lay claim over Shengal...
• Bodies of 58 people killed in Nusaybin still not given to families 

  Bodies of 58 people who were killed in Mardin's Nusaybin district during the genocidal attacks of state forces are still not given to their families.
• Armed action against police HQ in Amed's Çınar district 

  The Police Headquarters in Amed's Çınar district was targeted by an armed action Sunday night.
• Karayılan: No Kurdish force is involved in the Istanbul attack 

  PKK Executive Council Member Murat Karayılan said no Kurdish force is involved in last night's attack in Istanbul, stating that Turkey resorts to such an organised incident in order to say 'Look, ISIS is attacking us'.
• YPG: Turkish army attacked 4 villages of Kobanê 

  YPG reported that Turkish military continued its attacks on the villages of Kobanê.
• A story from peshmerga ranks to the PKK struggle 

  HPG guerrilla Şiyar Kobanê said PKK acted with a Kurdish national sense the most among the Kurdish forces, and called on Kurdistan youths to join the guerrilla ranks.
• Trustee forces the Êzidîs in Amed to move to AFAD camps in Mardin 

  Êzidîs that fled Shengal in an unspeakable fear after the ISIS onslaught in 2014 and took shelter in Amed are facing further persecution due to the trustee recently assigned to the Yenişehir Municipality.
• Roboskî Association shut down by the government 

  Roboskî Association founded by families of the Roboski victims has been shut down by the AKP government.
• YPG: Turkish army continues its attacks on Rojava 

  YPG reported that Turkish army continued its attacks on the lands of Rojava, West Kurdistan.
• PUK MP: Birakujî will bring destruction for Kurds 

  “Those who are forcing a civil war in Shengal should know that such a war will bring destruction for the Kurds,” said PUK Iraq MP Osman and called for a solution through dialogue to problems among Kurds.
• Final declaration of the Federal System Constituent Assembly conference 

  The final declaration of the Northern Syria Democratic Federal System Constituent Assembly issued a call to all circles in Syria to take active part in the building of a Democratic and Federal Syria.
• Stories of Roboski victims – III 

  The pain is still fresh in Roboskî and the smiles are still partial. The walls with photographs of the deceased are decorated as if to complete the lives that are lacking.
• Demolition continues in Nusaybin 

  The demolition started in Zeynelabidin and Kışla neighborhoods in Nusaybin and continues in Abdulkadirpaşa, Fırat, Dicle and Yenişehir neighborhoods.
• Turkish forces attack the defendants during the hearing in Sur case 

  Police and gendarmes attacked the defendants and their families during the first hearing in the case against civilians evacuated from Sur 10 months ago.
• YPG: Attacks by the Turkish army and SNC gangs continue 

  YPG reported in a written statement on its website that Turkish army and SNC-affiliated gangs continue their attacks on Rojava, West Kurdistan.
• Roboskî families meet at the cemetery of the victims 

  Families from Roboskî met at the cemetery to commemorate their relatives and demand justice as well as the release of the people recently detained.
• Turkish soldiers kill a civilian during operation in Mardin countryside 

  Turkish soldiers partaking in an operation in Mardin's Savur district have killed a civilian.
• First hearing in the case against civilians evacuated from Sur begins 

  40 people, 32 of whom are in prison now, that had been evacuated from Sur during the state's genocidal attacks appear in court today.