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• Muslim: Kobanê resistance a basis for federal system and future of Syria 

  Kobanê Executive Assembly Co-President Enwer Muslim stated that Kobanê resistance was a basis for federal system and future of Syria.
• US delegation in Southern Kurdistan for official talks 

  A delegation led by USA Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Hewler, Southern Kurdistan.
• Gerilla TV releases footage of action targeting helicopter pad in Çukurca 

  Gerilla TV has released footage of the action in which guerrillas targeted the helicopter pad in Çukurca Land Forces Command Brigade on September 5.
• Kirkuk residents visit guerillas for Eid 

  Representatives from Tevgera Azadî, RJAK and Komalên Ciwan and local people visited the guerillas in the Kirkuk front and celebrated their Eid.
• HPG: Barrel bomb fired by Turkish army detonated in the action in Van 

  HPG reported that yesterday's action in Van province left 18 police and special operations members dead.
• Italian YPG fighter calls on peoples to defend the Rojava revolution 

  YPG’s Italian fighter Tirej Gabar said the Turkish state and the KDP are moving in sync to eliminate the Rojava revolution and called on all peoples to take active part in defending the Rojava revolution.
• Erciş and Hınıs municipalities under police siege 

  Police forces have laid a siege around Erciş and Hınıs municipalities which were recently seized by trustees appointed by the state.
• Armed attack by police leaves a youth heavily injured in Ağrı 

  Police shot fires at a civilian car and heavily injured a young civilian called Caner Tayfun in Bazîd, Ağrı.
• HPG reports ongoing actions by guerrillas in Northern Kurdistan 

  HPG Press Office reported ongoing actions by guerrillas and operations by Turkish army in Northern Kurdistan.
• Bombing hits police check point in front of AKP office in Van 

  The police check point in front of AKP Van provincial office was hit by a bombing which has reportedly left casualties.
• KCK: Trustees appointed for political reasons based on Kurdish enmity 

  KCK pointed out that the colonial Turkish state appointed trustees to the municipalities in Kurdistan because it does not recognise the existence and will of the Kurdish people.
• Öcalan's message to be announced in Amed today 

  Details of the Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan's meeting with his brother Mehmet Öcalan on İmralı Island yesterday will be announced in Amed today.
• ‘We will resist the AKP’s seizure of municipalities’ 

  Turkish police raided the 24 DBP municipalities to which the AKP government had appointed trustees. Cizre Co-Mayor Leyla İmret was detained during the raids, and DBP officials stated that they would resist the AKP’s seizure of the municipalities.
• Turkish army continues to attack Rojava 

  YPG Media Center announced that the Turkish army and jihadist gangs continue their attacks on Rojava-North Syria Federation, and 6 gangs were killed during recent clashes.
• HPG action in Genç 

  As part of the “Martyr Çekdar Mahir Serbest Revolutionary Initiative,” HPG guerillas carried out an action against the Suveren outpost in Bingöl’s Genç district at 18:00 on September 10 from four different directions.
• PYD: Barzani supported Turkey’s invasion of Rojava 

  PYD condemned the statements in which Massoud Barzani supported the Turkish state’s invasion of Rojava.
• HBDH action against armored vehicle in Sivas 

  HBDH announced that its fighters carried out an action against the soldiers at an armored vehicle near Tank hill between Sivas’ İmralı and Zara districts on September 9.
• Turkish warplanes bombard Qandil 

  Turkish warplanes bombard the Qandil area of Medya Defense Zones.
• Agreement for the future of Syria 

  Rojava Democratic Autonomous Administration and Teyar El-Xed El-Sûrî (Morning Wave Movement) reached an agreement for the political solution of the deepening problems in Syria.
• Jihadist gangs shell Cindirêsê 

  SNC and Jabhat al-Nusra gangs shell Efrin’s Cindirêsê district with Katyusha rockets.
• Hunger strike in Amed enters its 7th day 

  The hunger strike 50 volunteers entered in Amed for communication with Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan continues to receive support as it enters its 7th day.
• 16 soldiers killed in guerrilla action in Şemdinli 

  HPG guerrillas carried out an expansive action against Turkish soldiers on Ronahi Hill in Şemdinli, which left 16 soldiers dead.
• Thousands rally in Rojava for freedom for Öcalan 

  Thousands of people protested the isolation of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan and occupation of the Turkish state in Çilaxa town of Girkê Legê, Rojava (West) Kurdistan.
• DBP Çukurca district co-chair detained 

  DBP Çukurca district co-chair Naif Kara has been taken into custody.
• Turkish fighter jets bomb Sideka town in Hewler 

  Turkish fighter jets have bombed Sideka town in Soran territory last night. Orchards and gardens of villagers suffered great damages and widespread fires broke out on the landscape.