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• Aerial bombardment and military activity in Lice 

  Turkish jets are shelling the rural area of Sisê in Lice district of Amed since early this morning.
• Clash after blast hits military vehicle in Mazıdağı 

  A Turkish military vehicle was hit by a huge blast in Mazıdağı district of Mardin Saturday afternoon.
• Houses set on fire in Şırnak 

  State forces have set dozens of residential and commercial buildings in İsmetpaşa neighborhood of Şırnak where the areas of self-rule are hit continuously with howitzers.
• Heavy clashes in Nusaybin 

  On the 41st day of the “curfew”, intense clashes continue in Nusaybin. Commercial buildings are being torn down in the district and Abdulkadirpaşa, Zeynelabidin and Kışla neighborhoods are under intense bombing.
• 23 civilians killed by regime forces in Qamishlo since April 20 

  Regime forces' attacks on Qamishlo city of Rojava are ongoing since April 20, killing 23 civilians and wounding 68 others since.
• HPG: 7 soldiers killed in Bingöl 

  People's Defense Forces Press Office HPG-BIM has announced the results of actions conducted by guerrillas and the ongoing attacks and activities of Turkish military.
• State forces cannot overcome their fears in Nusaybin 

  Concerns and fears are growing among Turkish state forces in Nusaybin that do not want to participate in ongoing military operations in the face of a continued failure to break the popular resistance led by Civil Defense Units YPS / YPS-JIN.
• Attacks and clashes continue non-stop in Şırnak 

  Turkish state forces' genocidal attacks under the guise of a curfew continue in Şırnak province for 39 days.
• Destruction in Silopi continues on the 18th day of a renewed curfew 

  Destruction by state forces continues in Şırnak's Silopi district which remains under a renewed curfew for 18 days now.
• Three bodies retrieved from Sur identified 

  Bodies of Erhan Keskin, Erdal Tekin and Welat Bilen who lost their lives during the popular resistance in Amed's central Sur district, have been identified finally through DNA tests.
• Ongoing clashes in Qamishlo 

  Clashes between Syrian regime forces and Rojava Asayish (public security) continue since the former one's attack on the city of Qamishlo the day before.
• Blast hits Turkish military convoy on Dersim–Elazığ highway 

  A blast has hit a Turkish military convoy heading on the highway between the provinces of Dersim and Elazığ.
• Reports of casualties as regime forces attack civilians in Qamishlo 

  Syrian regime forces have started to attack civilians in Qamishlo city of Rojava after suffering a heavy defeat in the hands of YPG and Asayish (Public Security) forces during clashes ongoing since yesterday.
• HPG reports guerrilla actions in Bitlis, Amed, Mardin, Şırnak, Hakkari 

  HPG (People's Defense Forces) Press Office has announced the results of actions conducted by guerrillas in Bitlis, Amed, Mardin, Şırnak and Hakkari, as well as the ongoing attacks and activities of Turkish military.
• YPG / Asayish forces seize control of the Elaye prison in Qamishlo 

  YPG / YPJ and Asayish (Public Security) forces in Qamishlo city of Rojava have taken control of the regime-held Elaye prison to the east of the city.
• Thousands march in Kobanê for Öcalan’s freedom 

  Masses marched in Kobanê in demand of freedom for Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan who is jailed in İmralı Prison since his capture as a result of an international conspiracy in February of 1999.
• YPS: 4 special operations officers killed in Nusaybin 

  YPS (Civil Defense Units) General Coordination announced that 4 special operations officers attacking civilians in Nusaybin were killed on April 19-20.
• 45 regime soldiers surrender as clashes continue in Qamishlo 

  45 regime soldiers encircled in Qamishlo’s Elaya prison by Asayish and YPG soldiers surrendered as clashes continue near the Wehdê Intersection.
• 36 people fired from job for participating in a guerrilla funeral 

  AKP’s administrative officials fired 36 people that worked at the tent camp in Viranşehir because of their participation in the funeral of a guerrilla who fell in the Kurdistan Freedom Struggle.
• Clashes in Şırnak: Several police dead and wounded 

  Violent clashes continued through the night between state forces and YPS/YPS-JIN members in Şırnak while neighborhoods where the self-rule resistance continues were bombed with howitzers.
• Curfew and destruction in Gever continue 

  As the state of emergency carried out under the pretense of ‘curfew’ in Gever continues, HDP parliamentarian Abdullah Zeydan stated that the operations were over but state forces were arbitrarily burning civilians’ houses.
• Çarşema Sor celebrated in Shengal 

  The Êzidî New Year's Day, also called Çarşema Sor or the Red Wednesday, is being celebrated by the people on Mount Shengal.
• Turkey's torture of the dead: 12 bodies unidentified for 2 months 

  18 bodies sent to Malatya and Elazığ Forensic Medicine Institutes on various dates have been kept in storage for 2 months. The burned and tortured bodies are intentionally kept unidentified.
• TIHV: 338 civilians died during curfews in the Kurdish region 

  There has been 65 officially confirmed, open-ended and round-the-clock [all daylong] curfews in at least 22 districts of 7 cities in Southeastern Turkey between the dates August 16, 2015 and April 20, 2016.
• Violent clashes in Nusaybin 

  Attacks continue non-stop on the 38th day in Nusaybin. During last night's aggression, Abdulkadirpaşa neighborhood was surrounded and houses were bombed.