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• PKK: Embracing self-administration necessary to defeat the conspiracy 

  PKK announced that embracing self-administration, avenging Turkish state massacres, and struggling to create a free society were necessary for defeating the conspiracy that targeted Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• HDP deputy injured by police in Batman 

  Masses gathered in the province of Batman today to stage a march in protest at the February 15 international plot against Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• 12-year-old murdered by state forces in Nusaybin 

  State forces have launched an aggression on Dicle neighborhood of Mardin's Nusaybin district Sunday evening.
• State forces demolish cemetery of PKK guerrillas in Cizre 

  Turkish state forces continue their attacks in Cizre district of Şırnak where a state of siege remains in force for 62 days.
• Two civilians killed in Turkish military attack on Efrîn 

  As Turkish military continues to shell the rural areas of Azaz and Efrîn Canton with heavy weaponry since yesterday, gang groups are also attacking the emplacements of Jaysh Al-Thuwar (The Army of Revolutionaries).
• YPG Spokesman denies Turkey's claims of shelling from Rojava side 

  YPG Official Spokesman for Efrîn Canton, Firat Xelîl refuted the Turkish state claims that YPG and Jaysh Al-Thuwar attacked the Turkish military outpost in the border area.
• Sarıyıldız calls for an urgent visit by a UN Delegation to Cizre 

  HDP parliamentarian for Şırnak, Faysal Sarıyıldız has written a letter on Cizre massacre addressed to the United Nations Secretariat General, International Criminal Court and Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe.
• Turkish army attacks Rojava for second day 

  Attacks conducted by the Turkish military and jihadist groups in cooperation are going on in the wake of last night's Turkish aggression on Manegh and Maranas villages of Azaz city.
• Autopsy of Cizre basement victims performed secretly from families 

  Details remain unclear regarding the massacre committed by Turkish forces against wounded people trapped in several basements in Şırnak's Cizre district.
• KCK's Bayık: We will fulfill the demand of freedom at any cost 

  Kurds from across Europe have gathered in the French city of Strasbourg today to condemn the 15 February plot against Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Turkish army attacks two villages of Azaz 

  Turkish army has attacked Maranaz and Mınıh villages of Azaz city Saturday afternoon.
• Turkey digs a trench between Nusaybin and Qamishlo 

  Turkish army has once again started to dig a trench at its border to Rojava.
• Kurds flock to Strasbourg to condemn the international plot 

  Kurds in Europe flock to Strasbourg today to join a march and rally under the main slogan “Freedom for Öcalan, Status for Kurdistan” on the 17th anniversary of the international plot against the Kurdish leader.
• State forces in Cizre burn buildings where they committed massacre 

  Details still remain unclear regarding the massacre Turkish state forces committed in several neighborhoods of Şırnak's Cizre district.
• 26 people in the first Cizre basement were all massacred 

  While details of the savage massacre committed by Turkish forces in Şırnak's Cizre district are not clear yet due to the ongoing blackout, it came out that 26 people trapped in the first basement of atrocity had all been massacred.
• YPS: One lieutenant and 14 Turkish security members killed 

  General Coordination of Civilian Defense Units (YPS) stated that one lieutenant and at least 14 members of Turkish security forces were killed as a result of effective actions conducted by their side in Şırnak, Gever, Sur and Nusaybin.
• Crisis Desk: Some 100 people massacred brutally in Cizre 

  Crisis Desk has been formed to provide assistance to the families of basement victims has released a statement regarding the identification of dozens massacred by state forces in Şırnak's Cizre town.
• Two journalists, including one foreign, detained in Nusaybin 

  French photojournalist Gael Cloarec and Siyasihaber.org reporter Duygu Yıldız were taken into custody by police in Nusaybin district of Mardin Friday noon.
• Cizre families detained by police on their way to the basements 

  Police detained families marching to basements in Cizre to reach the trapped people feared massacred by Turkish forces
• DIHA reporter detained in Cizre 

  As the Turkish state's war against the Kurdish people continues, members of Kurdish press are also targeted by state forces in an effort to hinder the exposure of truths of the ongoing coflict in the Kurdish region.
• 30 more corpses brought from Cizre to Urfa for autopsy 

  Bodies of 30 more victims of Cizre basement massacre have been brought to Urfa province last night.
• Families of basement victims still prevented from entering Cizre 

  Families of wounded people trapped in the basements of savagery in Cizre were prevented from entering the town once again.
• 31 more corpses retrieved from the scene of Cizre massacre 

  31 more corpses have been recovered from the area of the basements in Cizre's Cudi neighborhood where dozens of trapped people were massacred while awaiting evacuation 3 days ago.
• HDP invites EU institutions to protect values and universal principles 

  HDP Co-chairs have written a letter inviting European Union institutions to protect democratic values and universal principles all together in the face of the recent developments and escalating conflict in the Kurdish region of Turkey.
• Has another massacre been committed in the third basement in Cizre? 

  Turkish Minister's statement “Operations in Cizre have ended”, and the ongoing failure of access to the third basement strengthen doubts over a massacre like what happened in the other two basements in which state forces killed dozens in mass.