KURDISTAN

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• Karayılan: Historic spring process begins 

  Kurdistan People’s Defense Forces Central Headquarters Commander Murat Karayılan said that Kurdistan guerrillas should put the historic spring process to use and the Kurdish people would come out victorious at the end of this process.
• Cizre Public Hospital occupied by state forces 

  State forces, using every facility in Cizre Public Hospital including the cafeteria, have banned even the hospital personnel from going up to the third floor.
• Co-mayor of Cizre calls for solidarity 

  Cizre Municipality Co-mayor Kadir Kunur spoke to the ANF and called for solidarity from Kurdish people so Cizre can adapt to daily life. Kunur stated that house wares were deliberately plundered as well during the massacre.
• Nusaybin under ongoing bombardment by state forces 

  On the 16th day of the curfew, Nusaybin’s Kışla and Zeynelabidin neighborhoods remain under intense mortar shelling.
• Fire in tent city: 3 children lose their lives 

  Three children lost their lives and six people were injured in the fire that broke out before dawn in the tent city housing Syrian refugees in Mardin’s Derik district.
• Police execute a youth in Van 

  Police executed one young man in a raid on a football field in Vali Mithat Bey Neighborhood in Van’s İpekyolu district yesterday evening.
• 8 soldiers killed in guerrilla action in memory of Commander Egîd 

  HPG guerrillas carried out an action in memory of the Kurdish Commander Egîd (Mahsum Korkmaz).
• 20 more village guards resign from duty in response to massacres 

  20 guards from Sümer (Deywan) village of Mardin's Dargeçit district have submitted their resignation letters in protest at the state’s genocidal attacks in Northern Kurdistan.
• State forces bomb Gever from 3 sides 

  It is the 16th day of the popular resistance against the unfettered attacks of state forces in Gever. Bombing continues from 3 sides in Cumhuriyet and Güngör neighborhoods where the resistance is going strong.
• Turkish army continues damaging the nature of Kurdistan 

  Turkish miltary aircrafts are damaging the nature in Kurdistan with every attack they carry out against Kurds. Hundreds of years old trees were destroyed in a bombing in Gare region.
• Bombardment by state forces continues through the night in Nusaybin 

  The besieged town of Nusaybin was shelled by state forces continuously from last night until the early hours of this morning.
• State forces shell neighborhoods they can’t enter in Şırnak 

  While bombardments by state forces in Şırnak continued throughout the night, the neighborhoods that don’t have the trenches or barricades were raked all night from armored vehicles.
• ISIS ammunition captured by YBŞ in Mediban operation 

  YBŞ (Shengal Resistance Units) General Command announced the results of the Mediban operation and stated 107 ISIS members were killed.
• At least 3 soldiers wounded in blast in Siverek 

  A blast has occurred during the passage of a military vehicle in Siverek district of Urfa Monday morning.
• Relations between Turkey and ISIS documented once again 

  Documents seized by YPG and SDF refute Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s claims that Turkey prevents the passage of ISIS and Al-Nusra gangs into Syria.
• 2 major explosions in Gever 

  2 consecutive major explosions took place in Gever’s Cumhuriyet neighborhood, where fighting had recently intensified. Ambulances flocked to the neighborhood after the explosions.
• 1 soldier and 1 police die in Nusaybin 

  YPS forces carried out a bombing action against a Kobra-type vehicle attempting to enter a neighborhood in Nusaybin. One police and one soldier died, and 2 police got critically injured during the action.
• Bekir: Participation of YBŞ and HPG in Mosul operation is a positive step 

  Freedom Action (Tevgera Azadî) Kirkuk City Organization Co-President Nevzat Bekir described the participation of YBŞ and HPG in Mosul operation as a positive step.
• Bombardment and clashes in Şırnak intensify 

  State forces continue bombarding and attacking neighborhoods in Şırnak as genocidal attacks enter their 13th day.
• State forces pillage houses in Gever 

  State forces unable to break the resistance in Gever are pillaging civilians’ houses.
• State forces bomb neighborhoods in Nusaybin 

  State forces burning houses but failing to make an advance in Nusaybin have restarted shelling neighborhoods.
• HPG: 7 soldiers killed in Oremar and Silvan 

  HPG (People's Defense Forces) Press Office has reported guerrilla action in Oremar and ongoing Turkish military operation and clash in Silvan.
• DTK Extraordinary Congress kicks off in Amed 

  The 1st Extraordinary Congress of Democratic Society Congress (DTK) has kicked off in the Conference Hall of Amed Metropolitan Municipality.
• Intensified attacks by state forces in Gever 

  State forces have yet made no advance into the areas of self-rule despite the heavy aggression conducted by their side against civilian areas in Gever (Yüksekova) district of Hakkari.
• Attacks and clashes continue in Nusaybin 

  Clashes are ongoing in Mardin's Nusaybin district which remains under the siege of state forces for 13 days.