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• Sixth day without news from the Cizre basement 

  It has been 6 days since the last news came from the basement in Cizre's Cudi neighborhood where 15 wounded, 7 slain and 9 exhausted people stuck in a basement for 14 days, still waiting to be rescued and hospitalized.
• Six victims of the deadly fire in Cizre identified 

  The building where 37 people took shelter came under attack of Turkish forces yesterday, which started a huge fire that wasn't allowed to be extinguished, consequently killing 9 heavily wounded people inside.
• 9 people trapped in a building in Cizre burn to death 

  While 15 wounded, 7 slain and 9 exhausted civilians remain trapped in a basement in Cizre for 14 days, it came out yesterday that dozens of people are stuck in another house in the same Cizre neighborhood.
• Turkish army starts operation in Şemdinli 

  Turkish troops have launched an operation in Şemdinli district of Hakkari late Thursday evening.
• 37 other people trapped in another building in Cizre 

  While 15 wounded, 7 slain and 9 exhausted civilians remain trapped in a basement in Cizre for 13 days, it came out today that dozens of people are stuck in another house in the same Cizre neighborhood.
• Turkish jets shell Zap region of guerrilla zones 

  Turkish jets continue conducting airstrikes against guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in South Kurdistan territory since yesterday.
• Families continue vigil for access to their children’s bodies in Sur 

  Families that had been on a hunger strike for 11 days in order to retrieve their children’s bodies criticized the Turkish state for its savagery and disregard for international conventions on war.
• Turkish warplanes bomb villages of Qandil 

  Turkish warplanes bombed villages of Qandil last night for 4 hours. The bombardment did not kill any civilians, but destroyed several houses and killed many livestock.
• Heavy clashes in Sur on the 65th day of the onslaught 

  Amed's central Sur district where a state of siege continues for 65 days is witnessing heavy clashes since early this morning.
• Turkish jets shell guerrilla zones in South Kurdistan 

  Turkish jets have been conducting airstrikes against PKK-held Medya Defense Zones in South Kurdistan territory since last night.
• No news from the Cizre basement for 5 days 

  It has been 5 days since the last news came from the basement in Cizre where wounded people had been waiting for medical care for 13 days now.
• Body of youth killed in Cizre 9 days ago cannot be retrieved 

  In Cizre district of Şırnak where a state of siege continues for 53 days, a youth killed by state forces 9 days ago remains in the neighborhood where he was killed.
• Sarıyıldız calls for UN action for dozens trapped in Cizre basement 

  HDP Şırnak deputy Faysal Sarıyıldız has written a letter to the United Nations Human Rights Council Commissariat to demand action for dozens of people trapped in a basement in Cizre for two weeks.
• Demirtaş calls upon the government to open a human corridor in Cizre 

  In a press release today, HDP Co-President Selahattin Demirtaş said that he was ready to go to Cizre with a team of medics and retrieve the wounded people there to the hospital.
• March to Sur blocked by police forces 

  Thousands in Amed have gathered around the Human Rights Monument in Koşuyolu Park today before a planned march to the central Sur district where a state of siege continues for 64 days.
• HDP-DBP delegation on their way to Nusaybin before heading to Cizre 

  A delegation from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and Party of Democratic Regions (DBP) has left for Mardin's Nusaybin district before heading to Cizre district of Şırnak.
• More evidence on the execution of 6 people in Cizre 

  More evidence emerged on the execution of 6 people, one of whom is a woman, whose bodies were discovered in Cizre 2 days ago.
• Sarıyıldız: Cizre basement is no different than Hitler’s gas chambers 

  The situation of the wounded people waiting for an ambulance in the basement of a building for the past 12 days brings to mind the question of whether these wounded people were executed.
• Were the wounded in Cizre executed? 

  Photos of 8 executed bodies were published in AKP’s social media accounts.
• Curfew extended across entire Sur district in Amed 

  The curfew in force in 11 neighborhoods of Amed's central Sur district has been extended across the entire district.
• YPS: 18 members of Turkish forces killed in Sur and İdil 

  18 special operation police and soldiers were killed as a result of actions conducted by Civil Defense Units (YPS) in Şırnak, İdil and Sur on 31 January and 1 February.
• YPS: No clashes around the Cizre basement where people are trapped 

  Civil Defense Units (Yekîneyên Parastina Sivilan-YPS) said there were no YPS units deployed around the house where dozens remain trapped in a basement in Cizre, and that there was no fighting taking place in the area.
• Harms: EU can no more remain silent on the practices in Kurdish towns 

  MEP Rebecca Harms said the Turkish government's practices in the Kurdish region were unacceptable and constituted a huge violation of human rights, underlining that the situation was a matter of urgency.
• 15 police and soldiers killed in Sur since yesterday 

  In Sur district of Amed where an onslaught continues for the 63rd uninterrupted day, attacks by state forces have intensified today noon.
• Over 150 detained amid a heavy crackdown by state forces in Girêmîra 

  State forces have intensified their aggression on the people joining a vigil of resistance in Girêmîra neighborhood of Mardin's Nusaybin district.