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• One wounded amid police crackdown on thousands marching to Sur 

  Turkish police forces have staged a crackdown on thousands in the main Kurdish city Amed who started a march from Koşuyolu Park to the central Sur district to break the siege ongoing for 88 days.
• YPS: 9 members of Turkish forces killed in İdil and Sur 

  The General Coordination of Civilian Defense Units (Yekîneyên Parastina Sivîl, YPS) has released a statement reporting enduring resistance against the attacks of Turkish state forces targeting the castles of resistance.
• Thousands gather for a march to Sur to break the siege 

  People in Amed will stage a march to the central Sur district
• State forces attack the areas of self-rule in Şırnak and İdil 

  Turkish military and police forces have started a fresh wave of attacks on Şırnak's Yeni neighborhood and İdil's Turgut Özal neighborhood this morning.
• Sur shaken by 10 consecutive blasts amid the ongoing aggression 

  As the state of siege and onslaught continues in Amed's historic Sur district for the 88th uninterrupted day, 10 consecutive huge blasts have occurred in the areas of clashes as of 10:00 this morning.
• Turkey continues building a wall and trench at Rojava border 

  The Turkish state continues its activities at the border between Mardin's Nusaybin district and Qamishlo city of Rojava, West Kurdistan.
• Heavy clashes in the wake of ISIS aggression on Girê Spî from two sides 

  YPG Press Office reported that ISIS gangs carried out attacks aimed at the southern and eastern parts of Girê Spî from the directions of Turkey and Raqqa at around 23:00 last night.
• Body parts of a Cizre victim sent to two different cities 

  It came out that the dismembered body of a man among the victims of the Cizre massacre were sent to two different cities in two pieces.
• Crisis Desk: 101 out of 178 Cizre victims yet to be identified 

  The Crisis Desk formed for the purpose of identifying the casualties of Cizre massacre stated that out of the 178 victims whose bodies were recovered from the area of massacre, 101 are yet to be identified.
• State forces hinder the Friday prayer in İdil 

  As the onslaught in Şırnak's İdil district continues for 11 days, local people were hindered by state forces on their way to mosques for Friday prayer.
• MEPs write a letter to PM Davutoğlu on the situation in Sur 

  18 members of the European Parliament have sent a latter to Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu calling for an end to the state of siege ongoing in Amed's central Sur district for 87 days.
• Wife of Cizre victim: They gave me bones, saying 'This is your husband' 

  51-year-old Mahmut Duymak was one of the over 200 victims savagely massacred by state forces in Şırnak's Cizre district some 3 weeks ago.
• 54 victims of Cizre massacre still unidentified 

  The popular resistance in Şırnak's Cizre district has already left a mark on the Kurdish history by taking no step backward in the face of the genocidal attacks by state forces during two months of onslaught.
• Guerrilla areas bombed by Turkish forces from the ground and the air 

  HPG (People's Defense Forces) Press Office said Turkish forces bombed guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones from both the ground and the air yesterday.
• Police attack funeral of Cizre victim in Hakkari 

  Police forces have attacked the funeral of a Cizre victim in Hakkari, and detained many people before the burial.
• Turkish forces attack Cizre people returning home 

  People of Cizre who were forcibly displaced by genocidal attacks of state forces have started to return home as the curfew remains in effect despite Turkey's announcement two weeks ago that military operations in the town have ended.
• Heavy clashes ongoing in Şırnak's İdil district 

  Attacks by state forces are getting heavier in Şırnak's Cizre district where a state of siege under the name of curfew continues for 10 days.
• Turkish military continues to attack Rojava 

  The Turkish army’s attacks targeting Rojava, which began on October 24, 2015, have intensified since February 13, 2016.
• Condition of civilians in Sur worsens 

  Condition of civilians who have been under siege in Diyarbakır’s Sur district since December 2 worsens. Children, babies, and sick and elderly people are among these civilians.
• Turkish jets shell Qandil 

  Turkish jets shelled PKK-held Medya Defense Zones in South Kurdistan territory Wednesday evening.
• German YPG fighter martyred in the Operation Wrath of Khabur 

  ID information of the German YPG fighter Gunter Helsten who fell during the Operation Wrath of Khabur has been made public.
• Clashes intensify in Turgut Özal neighborhood of İdil 

  The onslaught by state forces is getting heavier in Şırnak's İdil district where a state of siege under the name of curfew continues for 9 days.
• Sarıyıldız: Silence of Europe also responsible for the massacre in Cizre 

  The 5 days-long sit-in in front of the Council of Europe (EC), European Court for Human Rights (ECHR) and the European Commission for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) buildings in Strasbourg continues in its third day.
• Spinelli: The terrorist label on the PKK has political motivations 

  In her press release in the European Parliament (EP), Italian parliamentarian Barbara Spinelli stated that the designation of the PKK as a ‘terrorist organization’ had political motivations.
• Bombardment of Sur continues 

  State forces continue their siege and shelling of neighborhoods in Sur.