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• Gever under ongoing bombardment by state forces 

  Rural areas of Gever's Alekanan and Kadyan villages and the Orşe area were bombed with Cobra type helicopters through the night.
• 7 policemen killed, 27 injured in Amed 

  In an action on a police shuttle bus in Amed, 7 people died and 27 were injured in Bağcılar neighborhood in Amed’s central Bağlar district.
• Gang groups bomb Sheikh Maqsoud 

  Gang groups affiliated to Syrian National Council (SNC) and the National Council of Syrian Kurds (ENKS) are bombing the areas of Cendûl, Riya Kasêlo and Benî Zeyd in Sheikh Maqsoud (Şêxmeqsûd) neighborhood of Aleppo.
• ID details of father and son martyred in YPG ranks announced 

  YPG announced the identity details of the father and son who lost their lives fighting in the ranks of the People's Defense Units.
• Residents not allowed back in İdil 

  The residents of İdil wanting to return after the curfew has been lifted are not allowed through. Hundreds of vehicles are lined up on Cizre and Midyat roads and the people are waiting still.
• Operations of political genocide in four cities 

  In line with the political genocide operations, 1 person was arrested in Hakkari, while many were detained in Bingöl, Batman and Siirt.
• 2 children killed by crane working on police station in Amed 

  In Amed, a crane carrying concrete slabs to the police station hit a school wall and tore it down yesterday. 2 children were crushed under the rubble and died, while 1 child was seriously injured.
• Co-mayor of Dargeçit remanded in custody 

  Detained yesterday at the check point set up in Midyat’s entrance, Dargeçit Municipality Co-mayor Zeynep Sipçik was remanded in custody with allegations of “membership to a terrorist organisation”.
• Clashes and bombardments continue in Şırnak 

  Neighborhoods were continuously bombed as clashes continue in the province of Şırnak with ongoing genocidal attacks and the continued popular resistance against them.
• Yet another curfew in Gever's Vezirava village 

  A curfew has been put in place in Vezirava village and Çimenli area in Hakkari’s Gever district that have been under attack from state forces for the last two days.
• First images from İdil after 44 days of curfew 

  After the 44 day long curfew was lifted in Şırnak’s İdil district earlier today, the scope of the destruction caused by state forces is coming to light.
• Turkish jets bomb guerrilla areas 

  Turkish military attacks against guerrilla areas in South Kurdistan territory continue.
• YPS: 21 members of Turkish forces killed in Şırnak, Nusaybin and Gever 

  21 members of Turkish forces were killed in recent actions and clashes in Gever, Şırnak and Nusaybin.
• 2 civilians killed in missile attack on Kobanê's Qubê village 

  ISIS gangs have launched 2 missiles on the village of Qube, 35 km to the southwest of Kobanê, at around 10:15 Wednesday morning.
• Gendarmerie brigade and police centre in Şırnak hit by armed actions 

  Şırnak Çakırsöğüt Gendarmerie Brigade and the building of Directorate of National Education, which currently serves as headquarters for special operation police, have been targeted by simultaneous actions.
• YBŞ Commander talks about the 'Operation for Martyrs of Shilo' 

  YBŞ Commander Ciger Guyi talked about the 'Operation Vengeance for Martyrs of Shilo' which -he said- was started to "avenge our martyrs and our people who lost their lives in the massacre”.
• “AKP wants to isolate Sur and force people to accept TOKİ” 

  Amed Chamber of Architects board member Melik Aslan criticized AKP’s occupation plan for Sur and said, “Once they legitimize the demolition, they will force the people to accept TOKİ’s ‘freak’ houses.”
• Nusaybin resistance in its 17th day 

  The besieged neighborhoods in Nusaybin are being shelled by state forces popular resistance against intensifying attacks continues in its 17th day.
• Clashes continue non-stop in Şırnak 

  Genocidal attacks by state forces have entered the 16th day in the province of Şırnak.
• Co-mayors detained, 7 arrested in ongoing political operations 

  As political genocide operations continue under orders from AKP and the Palace, who can’t break the resistance of the Kurdish people, 7 people have been arrested and 6 detained in Batman, Mardin and Şırnak.
• 21 more political prisoners face exile 

  Three female political prisoners in Van M Type Closed Prison were exiled to Ankara Sincan Closed Prison. 18 prisoners in Ağrı M Type Closed Prison were also exiled with no explanation on the reason.
• State forces continue the destruction in Cizre 

  State forces still remaining in Cizre continue demolishing the houses that survived the shelling with diggers. The debris from the second basement where 60 people were massacred is being removed by diggers.
• 2 HPG guerrillas martyred in Hatay 

  Clashes broke out with Turkish soldiers at 21:00 on March 25 in the Bektaşlı region of Hatay’s Kırıkhan district as two guerrillas were on a mission in the region. After three hours of fighting, 2 HPG guerrillas lost their lives.
• 13 people killed in Sur buried in gardens due to the ongoing siege 

  Mothers of 13 people killed in Sur had to bury their beloved ones in the gardens of two houses due to the ongoing siege and attacks on the district.
• AKP terror in Gever continues 

  Heavy bombing continues on Cumhuriyet and Güngör neighborhoods of Gever as the popular resistance enters its 17th day.