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• Armored vehicles rake municipality building in Gever 

  The Yüksekova Municipality building and a fire truck was raked by fire from armored vehicles.
• Rojava and Northern Syria United Democratic System document accepted 

  Rojava and Northern Syria United Democratic System document text has been accepted in the Constituent Assembly Meeting.
• Tanks dispatched to Amed's Bağlar district 

  Armored vehicles and tanks were dispatched last night to Amed's central Bağlar district which remains under a curfew.
• 12 victims of Cizre massacre buried in the Cemetery of the Nameless 

  Civillians killed in Cizre in Turkish forces’ genocidal attacks were buried in Yafes Neighborhood without being returned to their families.
• Heavy clashes in Şırnak city center 

  On the third day of the curfew, state forces are shelling Şırnak city center continuously.
• HDP and DBP co-chairs of Adıyaman detained 

  9 people including co-chairs of HDP (Peoples' Democratic Party) and DBP (Party of Democratic Regions) provincial branches have been detained in Adıyaman today.
• DBP co-chair Yüksek detained in Kars 

  Party of Democratic Regions (DBP) co-chair Kamuran Yüksek has been detained in the province of Kars early this morning after arriving in the city for Newroz celebrations yesterday.
• KDP closes Sêmelka and Welid border gates 

  South Kurdistan's KDP (Kurdistan Democratic Party) has closed Sêmelka and Welid border gates for all of commercial and ordinary crossing.
• Popular resistance against attacks endures in Şırnak 

  As the state of siege under the name of 'curfew' has left two days behind in Şırnak province, neighborhoods protected by popular resistance for self-rule are being targeted by heavy shelling.
• 200 civilians in Gever under bombardment of Turkish forces 

  Civilians in Zagroz neighborhood of Hakkari's Gever (Yüksekova) district are under bombardment by Turkish military and police forces.
• Memorial service for martyrs of Halabja massacre 

  The memorial services for the 28. anniversary of the Halabja Massacre started today at 09.00 and will go on for 3 days. Thousands have attended the memorial.
• Nesrîn Abdullah: Federation will be declared at a suitable time 

  At the Newroz reception held in Brussels, YPJ Commander Nesrîn Abdullah stated a commission was working on a federation where all peoples can express themselves in Rojava.
• HPG reports heavy shelling by Turkish army at the border 

  People's Defense Forces Press Office HPG-BIM has released a statement reporting intense bombardments by Turkish troops at the border line.
• Intensified attacks by state forces in Şırnak under curfew 

  With the curfew declaration, state forces have started to hit neighborhoods and rural areas surrounding the city with tanks.
• YPG: Turkish army attacked our positions 

  YPG General Command issued a message to the Ceasefire Watch Coordination in Syria declaring that Turkish soldiers attacked YPG positions in Rojava, West Kurdistan.
• Curfew expanded in Bağlar, resistance spreads 

  As the curfew put in place in Bağlar’s Kaynartepe Neighborhood expands from Gürsel and Cemiloğlu Avenues to the area up to Bağlar Dörtyol and Nükhet Coşkun Avenue, one child has been shot in his back.
• YPS/YPS-JIN retaliate attacks by Turkish forces in Nusaybin 

  Turkish forces attacked the neighborhoods protected by popular resistance in Nusaybin district of Mardin where genocidal attacks continue. With the YPS/YPS-JIN forces’ immediate retaliation, heavy clashes took place.
• People resist against state forces' attacks in Bağlar 

  In Amed's Kaynartepe Neighborhood where sporadic clashes occur, the youth resisting behind barricades are not letting state attacks get through.
• Letter from Mehmet Tunç’s daughter Nalin 

  “After my father and those who were killed there, I made a decision. I will carry on the struggle my father gave his life for. And I will never give up.”
• Two killed by police in Amed 

  Two people have been killed as a result of ongoing police attack on youths protesting in Amed the genocidal attacks of Turkish forces in North Kurdistan.
• Mortar attack on neighborhoods in Gever 

  State forces are conducting mortar attacks on neighborhoods in Yüksekova (Gever) district of Hakkari where a curfew is in force since yesterday.
• At least 20 detained in police raid on DBP Ağrı office 

  Police teams have conducted a raid on DBP (Party of Democratic Regions) office in the province of Ağrı.
• People of Rojava march for Öcalan’s freedom 

  Thousands of people marched through 3 different routes in Rojava’s Cizir canton and met in Dirbesiyê for the freedom of Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• HPG reports airstrikes and bombardments by Turkish army 

  People's Defense Forces (HPG) Press Office reported ongoing attacks by Turkish military against guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in South Kurdistan territory.
• Gangs affiliated to ENKS: We will not allow Azaz and Jarablus to fall 

  Footage proving the cooperation between the KDP-linked ENKS in Rojava and the jihadist gangs attacking Kurdish people emerged.