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• QSD General Command releases balance sheet of Tishreen operation 

  An area of 640 square kilometer, 100 villages and hamlets have been liberated in the Tishreen operation started by Syrian Democratic Forces (QSD) to liberate ISIS-occupied areas in the south of Kobanê region on 23 December.
• Two civilians in Silopi missing for two days 

  As the curfew and state of siege continues in Şırnak's Silopi district for the 17th uninterrupted day, state forces continue targeting neighborhoods with artillery fire.
• Man shot by police in Cizre dies 

  In the 17th day of the attacks against popular self-rule resistance in Şırnak's Cizre district, state forces continue terrorizing people under an uninterrupted aggression.
• Another civilian heavily wounded as state terror continues in Cizre 

  In the 17th day of the onslaught against popular self-rule resistance in Şırnak's Cizre district, state forces continue terrorizing people under an uninterrupted aggression.
• Turkish soldiers torture a man to death at Iran border 

  A citizen by the name of Bekir Angi was captured by Turkish soldiers at Turkey-Iran border. The man was first tortured to death, then his body was thrown to the Iranian side of the border.
• Police seize control of Şırnak State Hospital 

  Police forces have seized all the authorities of the Şırnak State Hospital management.
• Another civilian death in Silopi 

  It came out that civilian Seyfettin Sidar whose whereabouts had remained unknown for the last 4 days, was also murdered by special operation police in Şırnak's Silopi district.
• HPG reports attacks by Turkish army and road control by guerrillas 

  HPG (People's Defense Units) Press Office has released a statement about the ongoing attacks by the Turkish military in North and South Kurdistan.
• At least one soldier killed in clash in Cizre 

  In Cizre district of Şırnak which remains under a heavy onslaught for 16 days, state forces tried to enter Nur neighborhood Tuesday afternoon.
• Police shot an elderly amid intensified attacks in Cizre 

  In Cizre district of Şırnak which remains under a heavy onslaught for 16 days, deliberate and arbitrary attacks by state forces are claiming more civilian lives every passing day.
• Thousands in Amed march to Sur under attack 

  Thousands have started to march to Amed's central Sur district where an onslaught by state forces continues for the 28th day.
• Police kill 5-year-old kid in Cizre 

  In Cizre district of Şırnak where a curfew remains in effect since 14 December, intensified attacks by state forces claim more civilian lives every passing day.
• YDG-H: 35 members of security forces killed in Cizre and Silopi 

  As Kurdish people's self-rule resistance in response to the attacks of Turkish forces continues, actions by local self-defense units left 35 members of Turkish military and police forces dead, and 7 others wounded in Cizre and Silopi.
• Tishrin town liberated by YPG led Syrian Democratic Forces 

  After the recent liberation of the strategic Tishrin Dam and its surroundings, Syrian Democratic Forces (QSD) are continuing the second round of their military operations against ISIS in the southern countryside of Kobanê town.
• 16-year-old murdered by police in Cizre 

  In Cizre district of Şırnak where state forces continue attacking the areas of self-rule, police shot a 16 years old youth dead and wounded another. A woman also died after feeling faint due to intensified attacks.
• Self-rule resistance saluted at Roboski commemoration of 34 victims 

  Thousands joined a commemoration ceremony for 34 Kurdish citizens, who were bombed by Turkish F-16s at the border near Roboski village of Şırnak's Qilaban (Uludere) district on 28 December 2011.
• 3-month-old Miray held on mother Teybet's chest in overcrowded morgue 

  Body of 3-month-old baby Miray who was killed in Cizre three days ago, is being held in morgue on the chest of Teybet İnan who was killed in Silopi ten days ago.
• Roboski, 4 years ago 

  On the night of 28 December 2011, Turkish Armed Forces' warplanes bombed an area on the border with South Kurdistan (Iraqi Kurdistan). The bombs killed 34 mostly young men on their way back from the Iraqi border they had crossed for "Border Trade".
• Declaration of political resolution regarding self-rule 

  DTK has released the final resolution of the two-day extraordinary meeting meeting in Amed, titled “Declaration of political resolution regarding self-rule”.
• 562 people detained, 117 jailed in Serhat region in two months 

  As the AKP government continues its all-out attacks across the Kurdish region, operations of political genocide have also reached a record level in the cities in Serhat region of North Kurdistan.
• Syrian Democratic Forces enter Tishrin town 

  After yesterday's liberation of the strategic Tishrin Dam and its surroundings, Syrian Democratic Forces (QSD) are continuing the second round of their military operations against ISIS in the southern countryside of Kobanê town.
• 14th day of popular resistance against attacks in Silopi and Cizre 

  As attacks by state forces continue in Silopi and Cizre districts of Şırnak for the 14th uninterrupted day, local units of self-defense in neighborhoods are responding to the attacks that target their resistance and will for self-rule.
• Police murder a woman in Kızıltepe 

  People in Kızıltepe district of Mardin were hindered and attacked by police yesterday evening as they started a march to Özgürlük (Freedom) Square in protest at the onslaught by state forces across the Kurdish region.
• Two armored vehicles destroyed in Cizre, casualties reported 

  Popular self-defense units have strongly responded to the state forces that attempted to enter Nur and Cudi neighborhoods of Şırnak's Cizre district Saturday evening.
• QSD cross over to the western side of Euphrates 

  Syrian Democratic Forces (QSD) have crossed over to the western side of the Tishrin Dam they have liberated earlier today.