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• Cizre Municipality Council member shot in today's aggression dies 

  Cizre Municipality Council member Abdulhamit Poçal, who was among those wounded in today's aggression by police in Şırnak's Cizre district, has died.
• Sarıyıldız: Wounded civilians are losing blood, denied access to hospital 

  HDP MP Faysal Sarıyıldız, Cizre co-mayor Kadir Konur and a group of people near them have managed to leave the house where they remained trapped together with three wounded civilians after the police attack.
• Police stop an ambulance and batter the wounded in Cizre 

  After an aggression on people carrying casualties from Cudi neighborhood, police forces in Cizre have stopped an ambulance of Cizre Municipality and battered the wounded on the way to hospital.
• Sarıyıldız: The state continues to shoot us and our dead 

  HDP Şırnak MP Faysal Sarıyıldız said they were still under fire, describing the situation in Cizre as a total savagery.
• HDP MP Sarıyıldız and many others under fire by state forces 

  Turkish forces have started to open fire on the house where HDP MP Faysal Sarıyıldız and others with him have taken shelter in the wake of the attack on people carrying casualties.
• Many wounded in police attack on masses in Cizre 

  In Cizre district of Şırnak where an onslaught by state forces continues in its 38th day, the unlawful aggression on civilians is resulting in further casualties and right violations every passing day.
• Another youth dies in Cizre due to obstruction of access to hospital 

  As the military siege in Şırnak's Cizre continues for 38 days now, the unlawful aggression on civilians is resulting in further casualties and right violations every passing day.
• Co-mayors of Amed, Mardin and Van meet EP and EU officials 

  Co-mayors of Amed Mardin and Van Metropolitan Municipalities are having a series of talks with officials from the European Parliament, European Union and the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe.
• DBP Bağlar co-chair heavily wounded in Sur 

  Ongoing attacks by state forces in Amed's Sur district cause further casualties as a state of siege continues in its 49th day.
• Heavy shelling by Turkish army on wheat silos in Girê Spî 

  Turkish military has started a heavy shelling against wheat silos in Girê Spî city of West Kurdistan, Rojava.
• Hüseyin Paksoy laid to rest in Uludere 

  16-year-old Hüseyin Paksoy, who was left on street with wounds after getting shot by special operation in Cizre, has been laid to rest in his hometown Uludere.
• Bodies of two slain youths finally retrieved from Sur and identified 

  Bodies of İsa Oran and Mesut Seviktek who were murdered by Turkish forces in Amed's Sur district on 23 December, have finally been retrieved from the street.
• HPG: 9 police killed in action by guerrillas in Şırnak 

  9 police were killed and 4 others wounded as a result of an action by guerrillas in Şırnak province yesterday evening.
• Four people shot by state forces in Cizre since last night 

  State forces continue to target civilians upon a continued failure to break the popular resistance in Şırnak's Cizre district where an onslaught continues for 37 days.
• Police fire on ambulance on its way to get wounded civilians in Cizre 

  As the military siege in Şırnak's Cizre continues for 37 days now, the unlawful aggression on civilians is resulting in further casualties and right violations every passing day.
• Civilians not heard from amid intensified aggression in Sur 

  As the onslaught in Amed's central Sur district continues in its 49th day, artillery and tank strikes by Turkish state forces have remarkably intensified since early this morning.
• Another youth left to die of wounds in Cizre 

  Civilian Orhan Tunç who was shot shot in Cizre's Cudi neighborhood has been left to die of wounds.
• Two police vehicles targeted by missile attack in Nusaybin 

  Two police vehicles have been hit by a missile attack in Mardin's Nusaybin district.
• 5 consecutive blasts result in police casualties in Şırnak 

  Şırnak's Yeni neighborhood has been shaken by 5 consecutive blasts Monday evening. According to some local sources, at least 5 special operation police have died.
• Clashes between Kurdish forces and ISIS in south Kirkuk 

  Clashes are taking place between Kurdish forces and ISIS groups in the southern side of Kirkuk city in South Kurdistan.
• One civilian killed another wounded in Cizre 

  In Şırnak's Cizre district where a state of siege remains in place for over a month now, genocidal attacks by Turkish state forces are resulting in further civilian casualties every day.
• Heavy artillery aggression in Sur 

  Huge blasts are taking place in Amed's central Sur district where attacks by state forces ongoing since last night have intensified as of early morning hours.
• Cizre People's Council calls for uprising as attacks kill another civilian 

  In Cizre district of Şırnak where genocidal attacks by state forces are getting heavier every day, yet another civilian has died as a result of the intensified aggression.
• Turkish forces rake İdil Municipality with gunfire after last night's blast 

  Turkish state forces shelled Yeni and Turgut Özal neighborhoods for hours, and raided the municipality building with gunfire in the wake of last night's blast in Şırnak's İdil district.
• Three police killed, four others wounded in İdil 

  İdil district of Şırnak was hit by a huge explosion last night.