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• Onslaught by state forces and resistance by people continues in Nusaybin 

  The curfew and onslaught by Turkish state forces in Nusaybin district of Mardin continues in its tenth day.
• Fresh reports reveal another civilian death in Silvan 

  Updated reports from Silvan district of Amed reveal further details regarding the consequences of the military aggression in the district where all means of communication had been blocked during the course of the 12-day curfew.
• HPG reports ongoing attacks by the Turkish military 

  HPG-BIM reported ongoing attacks by the Turkish army against guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones, and operations in the countryside of Bitlis and Amed provinces in North Kurdistan.
• YPG: Attacks by the Turkish army and ISIS groups continue 

  YPG (People's Defense Units) has reported ongoing attacks by ISIS gangs against villages near the Euphrates and by the Turkish army against Girê Spî and Kobanê.
• Another civilian killed by police in Nusaybin 

  In Nusaybin district of Mardin where a curfew remains in effect in its ninth day, aggression by state forces against civilians continues.
• 2 civilians killed, 3 others injured by state forces in Yüksekova 

  Turkish 'security forces' continue attacking civilians in Kurdish towns.
• HPG: Six soldiers killed in Oremar 

  HPG said guerrillas conducted an action against a Turkish troop on Hill Martyr Bager earlier this morning, which left 6 soldiers dead.
• Snipers shot a woman dead in Nusaybin 

  In Nusaybin district of Mardin where a curfew remains in effect in its eight day, aggression by state forces against civilians continues.
• Two villagers go missing in “security zone” in Çatak 

  Whereabouts of two civilians who disappeared in a “military security zone” near Van's Çatak district 5 days ago, remain unknown.
• Another youth murdered by police in Nusaybin 

  In Nusaybin district of Mardin where a curfew remains in effect in its eight day, aggression by state forces against civilians continues.
• Turkish army shells wheat silos in Girê Spî 

  Turkish army has attacked the wheat silos in Girê Spî (Tal Abyad) with A4 heavy machine guns.
• Police kill a youth, wound a woman in Nusaybin 

  As the curfew in Mardin's Nusaybin district continues in its seventh day, today's attacks by police and special operation teams have left a youth dead and a woman wounded.
• HPG: Bombardments by the Turkish army continue 

  People's Defense Forces Press Office (HPG-BIM) reported in a written statement that the Turkish army's bombardments against guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones continue.
• Êzîdî House official: KDP left us into the arms of the enemy last August 

  Êzîdî House official Pîr Qero said the Êzîdî people were left alone in 3 August 2014 genocide, and KDP means nothing to Êzîdîs.
• SDF combatants rescue an old woman left to death by ISIS 

  Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) continue their operations in south Hesekê after the accomplishment of the Hawl offensive on 16 November.
• Co-mayor of Cizre detained in Amed 

  Co-mayor of Cizre, Leyla İmret, has been detained by police in Amed province late Wednesday afternoon.
• One civilian murdered, another wounded by police in Nusaybin 

  Attacks by Turkish 'security forces' against Kurdish civilians continue in Mardin's Nusaybin district where a curfew remains in effect for the sixth uninterrupted day.
• Operation in Shengal villages continues 

  The operation to liberate Shengal villages continues in the wake of the town's liberation by Kurdish and Êzîdî forces on 13 November.
• AKP's 'moral' of war and marks of chemical weapon on guerrilla bodies 

  Practices perpetrated by JITEM during the 90's, which mainly included torture and crime against humanity on the bodies of Kurdish guerrillas and civilians, continue to be committed by the AKP government today.
• HPG: Bodies of three guerrillas burned in Turkish bombardment in Zîlan 

  People's Defense Forces Press Office HPG-BIM reported in a written statement that bodies of three guerrillas were all burned and became unrecognizable as a result of an intense bombardment by Turkish troops.
• 15 more military groups join Syrian Democratic Forces 

  15 more military groups in Aleppo and İdlib have released an official statement announcing their participation in the ranks of Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF or QSD) to fight the gang groups.
• HPG-YBŞ call for support for the reconstruction of Shengal 

  HPG Shengal Command and YBŞ General Command have released a statement calling for support for the reconstruction of Shengal town in the wake of its liberation by Kurdish and Êzîdî forces on 13 November.
• Footage from Shilo Valley where HPG/YBŞ make further advances 

  Footage by ANF shows the latest situation in Shilo Valley where an operation by HPG, YJA-Star, YBŞ and YPJ-Shengal forces continues.
• Curfew claims another life in Nusaybin 

  Curfew in effect in Nusaybin district of Mardin for four days, has claimed yet another civilian life.
• HPG: Turkish troops demolished a cemetery and mosque in Beytüşşebap 

  Turkish troops attacked the 'Martyr Rojin Gevda and Martyr Mehmet Goyi Cemetery' and demolished the graves and the mosque in the graveyard in Faraşin region of Şırnak's Beytüşşebap district.