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• Bekir: Participation of YBŞ and HPG in Mosul operation is a positive step 

  Freedom Action (Tevgera Azadî) Kirkuk City Organization Co-President Nevzat Bekir described the participation of YBŞ and HPG in Mosul operation as a positive step.
• Bombardment and clashes in Şırnak intensify 

  State forces continue bombarding and attacking neighborhoods in Şırnak as genocidal attacks enter their 13th day.
• State forces pillage houses in Gever 

  State forces unable to break the resistance in Gever are pillaging civilians’ houses.
• State forces bomb neighborhoods in Nusaybin 

  State forces burning houses but failing to make an advance in Nusaybin have restarted shelling neighborhoods.
• HPG: 7 soldiers killed in Oremar and Silvan 

  HPG (People's Defense Forces) Press Office has reported guerrilla action in Oremar and ongoing Turkish military operation and clash in Silvan.
• DTK Extraordinary Congress kicks off in Amed 

  The 1st Extraordinary Congress of Democratic Society Congress (DTK) has kicked off in the Conference Hall of Amed Metropolitan Municipality.
• Intensified attacks by state forces in Gever 

  State forces have yet made no advance into the areas of self-rule despite the heavy aggression conducted by their side against civilian areas in Gever (Yüksekova) district of Hakkari.
• Attacks and clashes continue in Nusaybin 

  Clashes are ongoing in Mardin's Nusaybin district which remains under the siege of state forces for 13 days.
• Members of Amed Newroz Organisation Committee detained 

  Police forces have conducted a house-raid operation against 7 members of the Organisation Committee of the Newroz event in the main Kurdish city Amed.
• YBŞ forces make further advances on Mosul road 

  The military campaign launched by Shengal Resistance Units (YBŞ) on Mosul- Telafer line continues.
• HPG: At least 28 soldiers killed in guerrilla action in Lice 

  At least 28 soldiers were verified killed and 32 others got wounded in the action conducted by guerrillas against Mermer Gendarmerie outpost located on Amed-Lice road at 21:15 yesterday evening.
• YBŞ announces first step for Mosul operation 

  The General Command of Shengal Resistance Units (YBŞ-Yekîneyên Berxedana Şengal) provided information regarding the operation to cleanse the surroundings of Mosul city which is ongoing in its 5th day.
• Police attack Demirtaş and delegation accompanying him in Cizre 

  HDP (People's Democratic Party) co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş and a delegation of deputies accompanying him have paid a visit to Şırnak's Cizre district today.
• AKP seizes the service building of Sur Municipality 

  AKP has seized the service building of Amed's Sur Municipality under the guise of “expropriation”.
• Yılmaz: A de facto curfew is in place in Şemdinli 

  Şemdinli Co-Mayor Seferi Yılmaz warned that “Serious vital problems will arise in the district in a short while.” Yılmaz demanded the martial law be lifted and called for public sensitivity.
• Neighborhoods in Gever under bombardment by state forces 

  In Gever district of Hakkari where popular resistance against state forces' attacks endures for 13 days, bombardment against the neighborhoods of self-rule has resumed as of early morning hours today.
• Military operation and clash in Silvan 

  This morning Turkish military launched a large scale operation in the rural areas of Amed’s Silvan district.
• “Urgent expropriation” order for Sur and Silopi 

  In the wake of genocidal attacks in Sur and Silopi, the AKP will now seize the people’s homes on the basis of an “expropriation” order.
• Heavy clashes continue in Nusaybin 

  Heavy clashes continue from last night in Mardin's Nusaybin district where attacks by state forces have intensified after the imposition of a “curfew”.
• Dozens of soldiers killed in Mermer outpost razed to the ground 

  Mermer Gendarmerie station located on the road between Amed and its Lice district was targeted by a bomb action at around 22:00 yesterday evening.
• Êzidîs freed from ISIS: We're proud thanks to Kurdish Leader and fighters 

  51 Êzidî Kurds - 10 women and 41 children- were freed from ISIS captivity and reunited with their relatives in the Êzidî Women’s Assembly in Mount Shengal.
• YBŞ commander and HPG guerrilla laid to rest in Shengal 

  1 YBŞ commander and 1 HPG guerrilla that lost their lives on March 21 during the 'Operation Vengeance for Martyrs of Shilo' were laid to rest following a military ceremony in Mount Shengal.
• HPG and YBŞ-YJŞ free 51 Êzidîs from ISIS 

  HPG guerrillas and fighters of Shengal Resistance Units YBŞ-YJŞ have freed 51 Êzidî Kurds from ISIS in the village of Medban as part of the 'Operation Vengeance for Martyrs of Shilo'.
• 3 more special operations police killed in Şırnak 

  Heavy clashes continue in Şırnak’s Dicle and Cumhuriyet neighborhoods. Initial reports say 3 special operations police officers have been killed.
• YBŞ: Our comrade's flag of struggle won’t fall to the ground 

  YBŞ Military Assembly Member Şengal Şengali and 2 HPG guerrillas have lost their lives on March 21. YBŞ stressed that “the flag of struggle won’t fall to the ground.”