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• 7 soldiers reported killed in blast on Amed-Bingöl road 

  A Turkish military convoy has been hit by a blast as it headed on the highway between Amed and Bingöl provinces this morning.
• Casualties reported as blast hits military convoy on Amed-Bingöl highway 

  A blast has occurred as a Turkish military convoy headed on the highway between Amed and Bingöl provinces Thursday morning.
• 32 wounded people among those in a basement in Sur 

  In Amed's central historic Sur district where popular resistance for self-rule endures genocidal attacks for 78 days, attacks by state forces are getting heavier in the neighborhoods protected by local self-defense units.
• Turkish military continues its bombardment of guerrilla areas 

  The Turkish army continues its bombardment and aerial surveillance of guerrilla areas.
• 11 more corpses found in Cizre, bringing death toll in massacre to 158 

  11 more corpses have been found in Cizre's Cudi neighborhood where state forces killed over a hundred people in two basements 10 days ago.
• Amed people to take to the streets for Sur today 

  People in the main Kurdish city Amed will take to the streets today for the district of Sur where people are facing a threat of imminent massacre like the one perpetrated in Şırnak's Cizre district 10 days ago.
• Babies and wounded among 200 people trapped in basements in Sur 

  DİHA reporter Mazlum Dolan stated that nearly 200 people including wounded civilians and babies were trapped in basements across the Sur district of Amed.
• Attacks by state forces intensify in İdil 

  Turkish state forces shell the streets of İdil as more than 4 thousand police officers and soldiers accompanied by armored vehicles continue to blockade the town.
• Journalist in Sur warns against an imminent massacre like in Cizre 

  It came out today that people in Amed's Sur district where a state of siege continues for 78 days are facing a threat of an imminent massacre like the one perpetrated in Şırnak's Cizre district 10 days ago.
• Two more corpses found in Cizre 

  Two more dead bodies have been found in Şırnak's Cizre district which remains under a siege for over 2 months now.
• ECtHR just watched Turkey’s massacre of Kurds in Cizre 

  In their response to the ECtHR’s inquiry into the massacre in the basement of savagery in Cizre’s Sur Neighborhood, Turkish state officials confirmed the execution of people whom it described as ‘terrorists.’
• Body of Derya Koç in the 3rd Cizre basement identified 

  Many of the Cizre basement victims are yet to be identified from among burnt and dismembered corpses sent to 4 different cities and towns in the Kurdish region.
• Naples Municipality awards Öcalan with ‘honorary citizenship’ 

  Naples Municipality in Italy held an award ceremony in honor of Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan on the anniversary of the February 15 conspiracy.
• SDF liberate two villages southwest of Al-Hawl 

  Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have liberated two villages in Al-Hawl town of Hesekê city in Rojava, West Kurdistan.
• MEPs: We will continue to make efforts for delisting of PKK 

  102 members of the European Parliament have launched a signature campaign calling on the European Union to remove the PKK (Kurdistan Worker's Party) from the list of terrorist organizations.
• HPG: 5 special operation police killed in Kızıltepe 

  HPG guerrillas conducted an action in Mardin's Kızıltepe district in retaliation to the massacre of Kurdish people in Cizre and other Kurdish towns.
• Civilian shot by state forces in Şırnak dies 

  Ongoing attacks by Turkish forces across the Kurdish region are claiming more civilian lives every day.
• Families of Cizre victims not allowed to see corpses for identification 

  Practices and obstructions by Turkish officials and institutions are increasingly being commented as efforts to hinder the exposure of the savagery committed on the bodies of Cizre basement victims.
• Yet another curfew in Şırnak's İdil district 

  As the Turkish state's all-out war against the Kurdish population continues uninterruptedly, more living areas of the civilian people go under a siege by military and police forces every day.
• Over 100 MEPs call upon EU to remove PKK from the terrorist list 

  More than a hundred members of the European Parliament have launched a signature campaign for the removal of PKK (Kurdistan Worker's Party) from the EU list of terrorist organizations.
• Crisis Desk: Death toll of Cizre massacre reaches 145 

  The Crisis Desk on the state massacres in Şırnak's Cizre district announced that the number of casualties increased to 145.
• Two children killed in ongoing Turkish aggression on Rojava 

  Turkish military continues attacking the rural areas of Azaz and Efrîn city of Rojava, West Kurdistan for the third uninterrupted day.
• People of Shengal condemn the international conspiracy 

  People of Shengal marched in Shengal Mountain in order to protest the capture of Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan through an international conspiracy.
• HPG reports action by YJA-Star guerrillas against Şkêr outpost 

  HPG Press Office reported ongoing attacks by the Turkish army and actions by guerrillas in response.
• Only 10 out of 115 Cizre basement victims identified 

  Families of people massacred in the basements of savagery in Cizre were able to identify only 10 out of the 115 bodies that had recently been taken to Silopi, Antep, Urfa, and Mardin.