KURDISTAN

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• AKP forces’ attack on neighborhoods in Gever repelled 

  People repelled state forces’ attack on the Esentepe and Yenimahalle neighborhoods of Hakkari’s Gever district.
• Neighborhoods in Nusaybin under fire 

  State forces kept neighborhoods in Nusaybin where the self-administration resistance continues in full force under fire until the morning hours.
• Turkish jets shell Gare and Zap areas of guerrilla zones 

  Turkish jets have shelled Gare and Zap areas of guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in South Kurdistan territory Monday evening.
• PUK: Turkey seized the petroleum income of South Kurdistan 

  PUK Central Committee Secretary stated that the Turkish state has been seizing the petroleum income of South Kurdistan in order to change the stances of the PUK and the Goran Movement on Western and Northern Kurdistan.
• Demirtaş: We never surrendered and will remain here 

  DTK, HDK, HDP and DBP Co-Presidents issued a statement in Sur, where the resistance against state forces’ attacks enters its 90th day.
• TEV-DEM: AKP and its gangs attack Rojava 

  TEV-DEM called upon the international community in regards to the attacks of the Turkish state and its ISIS gangs on Rojava.
• Bodies of Tunç brothers identified 

  The bodies of Cizre People’s Assembly Co-President Mehmet Tunç and his brother Orhan Tunç, massacred in the basement of savagery in Cizre, were identified through a DNA test.
• Turkish military continues shelling Girê Spî 

  Turkish military is attacking the southern countryside of Girê Spî (Tal Abyad) town of Rojava, West Kurdistan.
• YPG: Attacks by gang groups constitute a breach of ceasefire 

  Efrîn and Aleppo General Command of People's Defense Forces (YPG) has released a written statement reporting a breach of ceasefire against Efrîn and Sheikh Maqsoud.
• HDP MP battered, 3 journalists detained by police in İdil 

  In Şırnak's İdil district where a state of siege continues for 13 days, police forces have raided the house where HDP Şırnak MP Ferhat Encü and Kurdish journalists are staying.
• HPG: 3 soldiers killed in action against Fındıkê outpost 

  HPG Press Office reported that 3 soldiers were killed in an action conducted by guerrillas in Şırnak province. On the other hand, one guerrilla fell in a clash with Turkish forces in Mardin.
• AKP-ISIS defeated once again in Girê Spî 

  Turkish PM Davutoğlu's remarks “We won't recognize the truce in Syria” was followed by a dispatchment of gang groups from İdlip to Azaz and Jarablus, and a fresh occupation campaign against Girê Spî (Tal Abyad).
• No news from trapped civilians under ongoing fire in Sur 

  Turkish forces continue their murderous attacks on Amed's historic Sur district where a state of siege remains in force for 89 uninterrupted days.
• State forces shell and demolish the municipality building in İdil 

  As the onslaught in Şırnak's İdil district continues for 13 days, state forces have now targeted the building of DBP-held district municipality.
• AKP working on a law draft to legalize the murder of Kurds 

  The ruling AKP government of Turkey has taken an action to grant legal assurance for the state forces committing a massacre in the Kurdish region.
• Language of struggle and atrocity 

  Peace will come when the Kurdish mothers mourning for their dead are understood and supported in their demand for the ending of the bloodshed and ongoing fire which harms and burns all in the person of Kurds.
• Girê Spî cleansed of ISIS gangs after 16 hours of clashes 

  The town of Girê Spî in Rojava, West Kurdistan, has been cleansed of ISIS gangs that started an expansive aggression with Turkish state support last night.
• 22-year-old shot in police crackdown in Amed dies 

  Turkish police forces have staged a crackdown on thousands in the main Kurdish city Amed who started a march from Koşuyolu Park to the central Sur district to break the siege ongoing for 88 days.
• One wounded amid police crackdown on thousands marching to Sur 

  Turkish police forces have staged a crackdown on thousands in the main Kurdish city Amed who started a march from Koşuyolu Park to the central Sur district to break the siege ongoing for 88 days.
• YPS: 9 members of Turkish forces killed in İdil and Sur 

  The General Coordination of Civilian Defense Units (Yekîneyên Parastina Sivîl, YPS) has released a statement reporting enduring resistance against the attacks of Turkish state forces targeting the castles of resistance.
• Thousands gather for a march to Sur to break the siege 

  People in Amed will stage a march to the central Sur district
• State forces attack the areas of self-rule in Şırnak and İdil 

  Turkish military and police forces have started a fresh wave of attacks on Şırnak's Yeni neighborhood and İdil's Turgut Özal neighborhood this morning.
• Sur shaken by 10 consecutive blasts amid the ongoing aggression 

  As the state of siege and onslaught continues in Amed's historic Sur district for the 88th uninterrupted day, 10 consecutive huge blasts have occurred in the areas of clashes as of 10:00 this morning.
• Turkey continues building a wall and trench at Rojava border 

  The Turkish state continues its activities at the border between Mardin's Nusaybin district and Qamishlo city of Rojava, West Kurdistan.
• Heavy clashes in the wake of ISIS aggression on Girê Spî from two sides 

  YPG Press Office reported that ISIS gangs carried out attacks aimed at the southern and eastern parts of Girê Spî from the directions of Turkey and Raqqa at around 23:00 last night.