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• Municipality of Mardin's Savur district usurped 

  The government of Turkey has usurped yet another municipality held by the Democratic Regions' Party (DBP) in North Kurdistan.
• Turkish warplanes attack Qandil 

  The Turkish state's aerial attacks against Medya Defense Zones in South Kurdistan continue.
• 'YPG is our will' demo in Qamishlo against smear campaigns 

  Rojava Free Press Union and the Union of Intellectuals and Writers held a demonstration in Qamishlo and declared the YPG as their will. Internationalist fighters in the ranks of the YPG also joined the demonstration.
• What is happening in Xerabê Bava and Talatê? 

  The Omeryan zone in Nusaybin, one of the fortresses of resistance in Kurdistan, has been under state forces’ blockade and attack for the last 17 days and is resisting executions, torture and destruction.
• Preparations for a military operation in Dersim 

  Reports are coming through of intense Turkish military and aerial activity in Dersim province.
• State pillaging continues in Sur under partial curfew 

  As the “curfew” partially continues in Sur, the black stones transported to Dicle Valley in trucks are witness to the pillaging in Sur.
• Three people from Nusaybin's Xerabê Bava village jailed 

  Three people who were taken into custody in Nusaybin's Xerabê Bava village have been formally arrested.
• Military deployment in Mardin's Qurdisê village under curfew 

  Turkish state forces are preparing to attack another village in Mardin while three villages, Xerabê Bava, Talatê and Cibilgirav, are already under a siege and aggression for days.
• Tortured Xerabê Bava resident held in custody after incomplete treatment 

  Xerabê Bava resident Abdi Aykut, who was tortured and detained by state forces, has been taken back to police station before the completion of his treatment at hospital.
• First YPG Regiment declared in Efrîn 

  Establishment of the Martyr Xebat Dêrik Regiment affiliated to the YPG has been declared in Efrîn Canton of Rojava, West Kurdistan.
• Religious scholars from Southern Kurdistan visit Qandil for solidarity 

  Religious scholars and Qadiri Tarikat members from Southern Kurdistan visited Qandil to condemn the Turkish state's attacks on Medya Defense Zones and to express solidarity with guerrillas.
• Blast hits a freight train in Amed 

  A blast has occurred during the passing of a freight train on Karpuzlu-Seyfülmülük route in Amed's central Sur district Monday afternoon.
• YPG reports attacks and violations by the Turkish army against Rojava 

  YPG said that the Turkish army and affiliated gang groups are continuing their attacks against the lands of Rojava, West Kurdistan.
• Reports on the atrocities in Cizre submitted to the UN Security Council 

  Reports on the Turkish state’s massacres in Northern Kurdistan have been submitted to the United Nations Security Council.
• Turkish state forces prepare to attack another village in Mardin 

  Turkish state forces are preparing to attack another village in Mardin while three villages, Xerabê Bava, Talatê and Cibilgirav, are already under a siege and aggression for days.
• Turkish army and affiliated gangs bomb villages in Shehba and Manbij 

  Turkish troops and gang groups acting under their command have bombed villages in Shehba and Manbij while conducting reconnaissance activities over villages of Efrîn.
• YPG: Turkish army's attacks continue 

  YPG Media Center announced that the Turkish army and its affiliate gang groups have increased their attacks on Rojava and North Syria.
• Talatê villager: Turkish state forces continue to destroy our houses 

  A villager from Talatê called İbrahim stated that they had experienced a similar cruelty in the past and said "They could will not yield any results with this cruelty, just like they did not in the past."
• YPS: 2 police officers killed in Kerboran 

  YPS General Coordination announced that its forces carried out an action against a police vehicle on a patrol in Mardin's Kerboran (Dargeçit) district.
• Second MSD congress ends 

  The second Syrian Democratic Council congress ended. In its final declaration, the congress said “The war in Syria continues because of the mentality that profits from the crisis and the lack of a true representation of the will of Syrian peoples.”
• HPG sabotage action in Mardin 

  HPG Media Center announced that guerrillas carried out a sabotage action against a Kobra-type armored vehicle on the Mardin-Amed road on February 25.
• Important Wrath of Euphrates statement on Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor 

  Wrath of Euphrates Operation Room Command announced its weekly balance sheet of war and made an important statement on the recent developments in Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor.
• Arrest warrant for journalist Rohat Aktaş murdered in Cizre last year 

  Arrest warrant has been issued for Kurdish daily Azadiya Welat Editor in chief Rohat Aktaş who was murdered in a basement after getting shot in Cizre where he was covering the attacks of state forces.
• Police raid the municipality and detain the co-mayor of Savur 

  Co-mayor of Mardin's Savur district, Mehmet Aydın Alökmen has been taken into custody simultaneously with a raid on the municipality.
• Residents of Nusaybin's Talatê village tortured in custody 

  A resident from Nusaybin's Talatê village who was released from custody by state forces said that three people whose detention is denied by the state were taken into custody and tortured alongside him.