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• 4 women and 3 children evacuated from Sur jailed 

  A total of 43 civilians have managed to get out of Sur alive as the district remains under a heavy bombardment and siege by Turkish military and police forces for 100 days. Of these, 18 have been jailed, including 4 women and 3 children.
• Intensified attacks by state forces in Gever 

  Turkish military and police forces continue attacking the neighborhoods protected by Civilian Defense Units YPS and YPS-Jin in Gever (Yüksekova) district of Hakkari.
• Marks of Turkish state terror in Cizre – III 

  Images by ANF show the marks of the terror and massacre committed by Turkish state's 'security forces' in Cizre where some 200 people were savagely massacred as an end to the state of siege that remained in effect for some three months.
• Turkish jets shell Qandil, Xakurkê and Heftanin 

  Turkish warplanes have shelled guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in South Kurdistan territory yesterday evening and night.
• Clashes ongoing in Sur under siege for 99 days 

  Heavy clashes are ongoing in Amed's central Sur district where popular resistance for self-rule endures genocidal attacks of state forces for 99 uninterrupted days.
• Father killed in Cizre, son in Kobanê 

  The state terror perpetrated in Şırnak's Cizre district has hurt and torn apart many families.
• State forces set fire to civilian houses in İdil 

  Turkish forces set fire to many houses and shops on Alanya and Adile Naşit Streets of Şırnak's İdil district which remains under a state of siege for 22 days.
• HPG reports actions by YJA Star guerrillas 

  People's Defense Forces (HPG) Press Office reported actions conducted by guerrillas against Turkish troops in Metina and Hakkari, as well as ongoing attacks and activities of the Turkish military against guerrilla zones.
• Families of Cizre massacre victims: We will never abandon home 

  Families of the people massacred in Cizre condemned the AKP and Erdoğan, and stated that they would not abandon Cizre.
• İdil Municipality bombarded by Turkish state forces 

  Photos portraying the destruction of İdil Municipality bombarded by Turkish state forces emerged. In the photos, the municipality’s main building and garden are destroyed.
• Civilians reportedly executed by state forces while leaving İdil 

  In İdil district of Şırnak where a state of siege continues for 21 days, reports are coming through that 13 civilians were executed by state forces deployed in the town.
• Children evacuated from Sur taken away from their families 

  The state is taking away children from their mothers and fathers, who managed to survive the massacre in Sur. The children are put into dormitories without the families’ knowledge or consent.
• Nine people including a baby evacuated from Sur arrested 

  9 more people evacuated from Amed's central Sur district in recent days have been remanded in custody.
• Families in Sur demand their children’s bodies for 3 months 

  As state forces’ genocidal attacks and siege in Sur continues for the 97th day, bodies of many slain people have not been delivered to their families yet.
• Bombardment in Sur injures 50 people 

  50 people including children were injured as a result of state forces’ bombardment of civilians in Amed's central Sur district.
• HPG: 26 soldiers killed in Oremar 

  HPG said guerrillas launched an expansive action from three sides against Turkish troops deployed on Martyr Bager, Martyr Rahime and Martyr Zerdeşt hills in Oremar region at the border of Hakkari's Yüksekova district.
• Death toll in Sheikh Maqsoud reaches 17 

  Jihadist gangs have been attacking the Sheikh Maqsoud (Şêx Meqsûd) neighborhood of Aleppo since March 6.
• State forces in İdil massacre 10 people and carry their bodies on a tractor 

  State forces have massacred 10 people in İdil's Turgut Özal neighborhood and carried their bodies to İdil State Hospital on a tractor they had seized from the municipality.
• HPG/ YJA Star guerrillas: Our people are not alone 

  HPG and YJA Star guerrillas put emphasis on the need to enhance the struggle in order for an entire elimination of genocidal policies pursued against the Kurdish people.
• Marks of Turkish state terror in Cizre – II 

  Images by ANF show the marks of the terror and massacre committed by Turkish state's 'security forces' in Cizre where some 200 people were savagely massacred as an end to the state of siege that remained in effect for some three months.
• Cizre resistance through children’s eyes 

  As residents return to Cizre after state forces’ massacres, children affected by war and destruction see the world through their own perspectives.
• State garrison in Cizre resembles Raqqa 

  The discovery of currency from Syria, the United Arab Emirates, Russia and Hungary in the garrison of state forces in Cizre points at Turkey’s use of jihadist gangs in its genocidal attacks.
• Marks of Turkish state terror in Cizre 

  Images by ANF show the marks of the terror and massacre committed by Turkish state's 'security forces' in Şırnak's Cizre district.
• HPG reports ongoing operations and bombardments by Turkish army 

  HPG reported ongoing bombardments by Turkish military on South and North Kurdistan.
• HPG: 14 special operation police killed in Nusaybin 

  HPG stated that guerrillas conducted an expansive action in Nusaybin in retaliation to the massacres in North Kurdistan, and in memory of the 4 guerrillas killed in Mardin, and the people martyred in Sur and Cizre.