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• Another woman dies in Cizre 

  Yet another civilian has died in Şırnak's Cizre district where a curfew and onslaught continues in its ninth day.
• People walking to Cizre targeted by artillery fire 

  Masses walking to Cizre on the foothills of Mount Cudi are being targeted by artillery fire from Hisar Tank Battalion.
• Two minors wounded in Cizre referred to Şırnak for treatment 

  In Cizre district of Şırnak where attacks by state forces are getting heavier, Mevlit Şimşek (11) and Yakup Yıldırım (17) got wounded as a result of gunfire by security forces earlier today.
• Police force people out of their houses in Silopi 

  In Silopi district of Şırnak where the state terror is getting heavier, special operation police teams are raiding civilian houses in Barbaros, Nuh and Başak neighborhoods and forcing people to leave.
• Tank attacks on Cizre's Cudi neighborhood intensify 

  Turkish troops have intensified the artillery attacks on Cudi neighborhood of Şırnak's Cizre district where an onslaught and curfew continues for the eight day.
• 11-year-old killed in tank strikes in Silopi 

  Ongoing aggression by state forces has claimed yet another life in Silopi district of Şırnak.
• Resistance spreads to other neighborhoods in Nusaybin 

  As the curfew in 4 neighborhoods of Mardin's Nusaybin district continues in its eight day, the remaining 11 neighborhoods in the town have also been placed under curfew as of 10:00 this morning.
• Turkish soldiers kill a Rojava citizen near the border 

  Turkish soldiers have killed a 36-year-old man from Rojava, West Kurdistan, near the border.
• Kurdish people determined to march to Cizre and Silopi 

  Thousands of people from Şırnak and its districts have earlier today started a march towards Cizre and Silopi, both of which remain under a siege and onslaught by state forces.
• State forces attack masses marching from Şırnak to Cizre and Silopi 

  Thousands have gathered in Şırnak earlier today before starting a march to Cizre and Silopi districts where an onslaught under the name of curfew is getting heavier every passing day.
• Curfew in 4 neighborhoods of Nusaybin extended to the whole town 

  The curfew in 4 neighborhoods of Mardin's Nusaybin district has been extended to the whole town this morning.
• One-year-old baby wounded in Cizre 

  Attacks by state forces are getting heavier in Cizre district of Şırnak which remains under a curfew and onslaught for seven days.
• Three women killed by state forces in Nusaybin, Cizre and Silopi 

  As the onslaught by Turkish state forces continues across the Kurdish region, increasingly ongoing attacks are claiming more civilian lives every day.
• Soldiers rake a civilian house with gunfire in Dargeçit 

  Onslaught by state forces continues in Mardin's Kerboran (Dargeçit) district for the 10th uninterrupted day.
• Dozens detained, at least 3 injured in police crackdown in Van 

  Thousands in Van province have gathered for a march in protest at the isolation of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and the state terror in the Kurdish region.
• Two civilians killed in Silopi 

  As the state of siege continues in Şırnak's Silopi district in its seventh day, special operation teams continue targeting houses of civilians.
• 4 wounded YPG fighters denied access into South Kurdistan for treatment 

  Four wounded combatants of Rojava's YPG (People's Defense Units) have been denied permission to cross into South Kurdistan for urgent treatment.
• Ongoing artillery attacks in Sur leave three houses on fire 

  Bombshells fired by state forces have left three houses on fire in Amed's central Sur district where an onslaught under the name of curfew is getting heavier in its 18th day.
• 250 civilians in Silopi remain stuck in a basement and under fire 

  As many as 250 civilians remain stuck in a basement and under artillery fire in Silopi district of Şırnak since yesterday without power, water and food.
• Youth shot by state forces in Silopi dies 

  An 18-year-old civilian who was shot by state forces in Şırnak's Silopi district, has lost his life.
• At least 30 detained in Batman 

  HDP Batman provincial co-chair Abdulbari Karaağaç reported that at least 30 people have been taken into custody in the popular resistance ongoing in the city.
• 3 special operation police wounded in Nusaybin 

  At least 3 special operation police have been wounded as a result of a rocket attack in Nusaybin district of Mardin.
• Police and soldiers attack the people marching to Silopi from villages 

  Police and soldiers have attacked the people marching to Silopi district of Şırnak where attacks by state forces are getting heavier in the fifth day of the curfew.
• Another civilian heavily wounded in Cizre 

  Turkish state forces are conducting intense artillery strikes against the areas of self-rule in Cizre district of Şırnak where an onslaught under the name of a curfew is going on for the fifth day.
• Two civilians killed in Silopi not buried for 3 days 

  Two civilians who lost their lives as a result of artillery attacks in Silopi two days ago, couldn't be buried yet due to the ongoing siege and attacks.