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• 28 specialist sergeants refusing to fight in Sur resign from duty 

  28 specialist sergeants serving under the command of Brigadier General Aydoğan Aydın have resigned from duty refusing to participate in the operation in Amed's central Sur district.
• YPG takes control of Menagh Military Airbase and Minîh village 

  YPG and Jaysh Al-Thuwar forces took control of Menagh Military Airbase and the village of Minîh.
• One youth killed amid attacks by state forces in Gever 

  One youth has been killed in Gever (Yüksekova) district of Hakkari where attacks by state forces continue since late yesterday.
• Two identified victims of Cizre massacre from the 1st basement 

  2 of the 8 bodies sent from Cizre to Urfa for autopsy have been idetified as Sultan Irmak and Fehmi Dinç.
• Latest situation in Cizre: 66 massacred, no news from 73 others 

  While people trapped in basements are being massacred by state forces in Cizre town of Şırnak, dozens of corpses have been taken to hospital and no news is received from many others facing a threat of imminent execution.
• People in the 3rd basement cannot breathe due to tear gas fired by police 

  20 slain and 25 wounded people trapped in a building in Cizre's Sur neighborhood remain under fire by state forces.
• 12 more corpses retrieved from the scene of Cizre massacre 

  Death toll is increasing in the massacre committed by Turkish state forces against dozens trapped in a basement in Cudi neighborhood of Şırnak's Cizre district 2 days ago.
• Bodies of Cizre basement victims dismembered and unidentifiable 

  A total of 27 burnt and fragmented corpses were retrieved from the scene of the massacre committed by Turkish state forces in a basement in Şırnak's Cizre district 2 days ago.
• HDP calls upon international organizations to take urgent action for Sur 

  HDP MP Sibel Yiğitalp wrote a letter to international organizations calling for urgent action against the ongoing denial of families retrieval of bodies of their children killed in the central Sur district of Diyarbakır.
• Turkish airstrikes against guerrilla areas in South Kurdistan continue 

  Turkish military continues to conduct airstrikes against PKK-held Medya Defense Zones in South Kurdistan territory.
• Derya Koç in the third basement: We could be massacred anytime 

  It came out that Turkish forces committed yet another savagery in another basement in Şırnak's Cizre district where as many as 40 people had taken shelter and remained trapped for days.
• Another savagery in Cizre: 20-25 people burned to death 

  It came out that Turkish forces committed yet another savagery in Şırnak's Cizre district following the savage massacre of dozens in two basements in Cudi neighborhood two days ago.
• Autopsy begins on 8 corpses brought to Mardin from Cizre basement 

  Out of the 27 burnt and fragmented corpses retrieved from the scene of Cizre massacre yesterday, 8 have been brought to Mardin and taken under post-mortem examination.
• Sarıyıldız: Some 50 corpses taken to Cizre hospital in recent days 

  Details are still not clear regarding the mass murder of dozens by Turkish state forces in Cizre district of Şırnak where a state of siege continues since 12 December.
• Turkish jets shell guerrilla areas 

  Turkish military continues the recently increased airstrikes against PKK-held Medya Defense Zones in South Kurdistan territory.
• YPG: Çetel Zaret village bombed by an unidentified jet 

  Efrîn Command of YPG (People's Defense Units) has released a statement reporting bombardment by an unidentified jet on a village within the borders of Rojava, West Kurdistan.
• Corpses taken to Cizre State Hospital burnt and fragmented 

  Two ambulances of Cizre Municipality went earlier today to Cudi neighborhood to retrieve the bodies of people massacred by state forces in a basement two days ago.
• 27 corpses taken to Cizre State Hospital 

  Two ambulances of Cizre Municipality went to Cudi neighborhood to retrieve the bodies of people massacred by state forces in a basement where they had been awaiting evacuation for days.
• Families of civilians in Cizre basement: We won't kneel down 

  Families of civilians massacred in the basement of savagery stated that they would bring the AKP to justice through resistance.
• TEV-DEM: All Kurds should resist the Turkish state 

  TEV-DEM representative Abdulselam Ehmed called upon all Kurds to resist the AKP massacres in Cizre.
• Rojava Canton Representation Office to open in Moscow tomorrow 

  Rojava Autonomous Administration Representation Office will be opened at 15:00 tomorrow in Russia’s capital city Moscow.
• 16-year-old murdered in police crackdown in Amed 

  Police forces staged a crackdown on masses staging a march in Amed province in protest at the Cizre massacre, killing a 16-year-old youth by the name of Mahmut Bulak.
• Spoliation on Cizre massacre continues 

  AKP government and its media continue to spoil the evidence on the Cizre massacre that targeted the basement where 52 wounded people and 10 dead bodies had been awaiting evacuation. Details cannot be clarified due to the ongoing siege.
• State forces in Sur announce imminent airstrikes 

  In Amed's central Sur district where popular resistance endures genocidal attacks for 70 days, heavy artillery aggression by state forces against the areas of self-rule continues ceaselessly.
• Mehmet Tunç believed to be among those massacred in Cizre 

  Cizre Peoples’ Assembly Co-President Mehmet Tunç, who informed the world about Cizre massacre from the basement of savagery, is believed to be among the massacred civilians.