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• Adem: Attacks and massacres cannot break the will of these people 

  Cizirê Canton Interior Affairs Council Co-chair Şirin Adem made a statement that condemns the attack in Hesekê and reiterates their resolve to make the perpetrators pay by expanding the Rojava revolution further.
• Detainments in Van, arrest in Dersim 

  10 people were detained in Van and 1 person was arrested in Dersim as part of the AKP government’s political genocide operations.
• Trustee appointed to Hani Municipality 

  Kocaköy governor Yusuf Tarhan was appointed as trustee to Hani Municipality.
• Action against the army positions around Abalı outpost in Lice 

  An action was carried out against the Turkish army positions around Abalı outpost in Amed’s Lice district last night.
• Turkish soldiers set fire to a cemetery in Lice 

  Soldiers of the Turkish army burned trees on Qilxono hill in Lice countryside for the construction of a new outpost in the area.
• One killed, another wounded in Turkish airstrike in Bitlis countryside 

  Turkish jets bombarded the surroundings of Çobansuyu village in Bitlis, which left one civilian dead and another wounded.
• Death toll rises to 34 in Hesekê suicide attack 

  Cizîr Canton Health Council officials reported that the death toll in last night's suicide attack in Hesekê has risen to 30.
• Three-day mourning in Rojava after the suicide attack in Hesekê 

  The General Coordination of Rojava Cantons has declared a three-day mourning across Rojava after last night's suicide attack in Hesekê which left 30 people dead and 90 others wounded.
• Peshmerga Commander: We don't want Turkey in Mosul operation 

  Kirkuk Peshmerga Commander said the Iraqi central government and coalition forces do not want Turkey's involvement in the Mosul operation, adding: “If Turkey partakes in this operation, I guess this could end up in clashes with Iraqi forces.”
• 154 young people from Manbij join the Military Council 

  154 young people from Manbij completed their training and joined the Manbij Military Council.
• Names of the Hesekê martyrs determined 

  The names of people martyred in yesterday’s suicide attack in Hesekê have been determined.
• Death toll rises to 30 in Hesekê suicide attack 

  Cizîr Canton Health Council Co-chair Sileman Ehmed said the death toll in the suicide attack has risen to 30.
• Curfew in three villages of Çukurca 

  Yet another curfew has been declared in three villages in Çukurca district of Hakkari.
• Death toll in Hesekê rises to 29 

  Death toll from last night's suicide attack in Hesekê city of Rojava rose to 29.
• 15 killed as suicide attack targets a wedding in Hesekê 

  15 people died as a wedding in Hesekê city of Rojava was hit by a suicide attack Monday night.
• HPG reports ongoing guerrilla actions and Turkish army attacks 

  Actions by HPG/YJA Star guerrillas continue without a pause as the Turkish army continues its operations.
• YPG: Turkish army attacked Rojava 26 times during September 

  YPG stated that 81 enemy fighters were killed and 4 others were taken as prisoner during September when Turkish army violated the Rojava border and carried out attacks 26 times.
• 16-year-old prisoner who got injured during Şırnak Prison revolt dies 

  16-year-old inmate Seyit Rıza Şaran who got heavily injured during last week's revolt in Şırnak T Type Prison has lost his life.
• Kızıltepe-based Radio Rengîn raided and sealed by police 

  Radio Rengîn broadcasting in Mardin's Kızıltepe district has been sealed by police forces that raided the radio station Monday afternoon.
• Clerks and state employees launch a boycott in Sulaymaniyah 

  Clerks and state employees in and around Sulaymaniyah launched a boycott because they have not received their salaries.
• Monument for YPJ fighter Rêwan Rojava erected in Kobanê 

  A statue of YPJ fighter Medine Mamo (Rêwan Rojava) who carried out an action of self-sacrifice against ISIS during the Kobanê resistance has been erected in Kobanê city center.
• ISIS gangs continue their attacks on Um Al-Hosh village 

  Revolutionary forces repelled the attack of ISIS gangs on Um Al-Hosh village once again.
• 2 soldiers killed in explosion hitting a military vehicle in Oremar 

  There was an explosion during the passing of a military vehicle in Oremar region in Gever. Reports say there are casualties.
• Shengal Coordination statement on the murder of two peshmergas 

  Shengal Coordination issued a written statement about the death of two volunteer peshmergas in their 60s in Shengal, and emphasized that the peshmergas’ bodies were found between two KDP Asayish checkpoints.
• YPS ambush action in Siirt 

  YPS General Coordination stated that 2 armored vehicles were hit during the action of YPS/YPS-Jin units in Siirt’s Çakmak neighborhood on the evening of September 29.