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• Turkish soldiers fire on Rojava people saluting self-rule at border 

  Turkish soldiers have fired on Rojava people who marched to the border today in solidarity with the self-rule resistance in North Kurdistan cities and towns.
• 3 special operation police reported killed in clashes in Sur 

  In the seventeenth day of the curfew in Amed's heart, central Sur district, state forces continue attacking the people, which is confronted by popular resistance.
• 11-year-old shot by police in Cizre 

  State forces continue their attacks with heavy arms which target civilian areas under the name of a fight against PKK in Kurdish towns.
• Police attack Amed people marching to Sur 

  Police forces staged a crackdown on thousands of people who wanted to march to the central Sur district where a heavy onslaught by Turkish forces continues for the 17th uninterrupted day.
• Nearly a hundred civilians remain stuck in a basement in Silopi 

  Attacks by state forces are getting heavier in Silopi district of Şırnak where nearly a hundred civilians are currently stuck in a basement and under artillery fire.
• Municipality worker heavily wounded by state forces in Cizre 

  In Cizre district of Şırnak where a state of siege is getting severer, yet another civilian was shot by state forces.
• State forces in Cizre seize houses and force people to leave 

  In Cizre district of Şırnak where attacks on civilians get heavier on the fifth day of the curfew, Turkish forces are seizing houses and forcing people to leave.
• One civilian murdered, another wounded by police in Cizre 

  Yet another civilian has been murdered in Cizre district of Şırnak where onslaught by Turkish forces continues in its fourth day.
• More military deployment in Gever 

  Three buses of special teams and a large convoy of military vehicles have been dispatched to Gever (Yüksekova) district of Hakkari today.
• Police and soldiers assault HDP deputies on their way to Cizre 

  A delegation of HDP officials was obstructed and assaulted by police and soldiers while leaving Şırnak for Cizre where a curfew and onslaught by state forces is going on for 3 days.
• Artillery strike by state forces target houses in Sur, leaving 7 wounded 

  Onslaught by state forces continues against civilian people in Amed's central Sur district which remains under a heavy curfew for 16 days.
• Special operation police occupy municipality building in Silopi 

  Turkish state forces have conducted a raid into the municipality building in Silopi district of Şırnak where a curfew remains in effect for the third day.
• Two youths wounded as attacks in Sur get heavier 

  Onslaught by state forces in Amed's central Sur disrict continues under the pretence of a curfew in its 16th day.
• Encü: Attacks intensify, resistance grows in Silopi 

  HDP Şırnak deputy Ferhat Encü who is currently in Silopi district stated that attacks by state forces have intensified since last night, to which people continue responding with resistance.
• Peshmerga fighters: We stand by guerrillas against Turkish military 

  Peshmerga fighters who spoke to ANF stated that they do not accept or want the presence of Turkish troops in South Kurdistan, and will be standing by guerrillas against Turkish military in Kurdistan lands.
• Another civilian dies in Silopi 

  As intensified attacks by state forces continue in Şırnak's Silopi district, bombs fired by police hit three civilian houses in Başak neighborhood.
• 27-year-old heavily wounded by police in Amed 

  Special operation teams blockaded the Kaynartepe neighborhood in Bağlar district of Amed where a youth was shot and heavily wounded soon later.
• Bağlar police station in Amed targeted by bombed action 

  The police station in Bağlar district of Amed was targeted by a bombed action late Wednesday evening.
• Civilian wounded in attack by state forces in Silopi 

  A civilian got wounded as a result of ongoing attacks by state forces in Şırnak's Silopi district.
• One youth killed, one kid wounded by police in Nusaybin 

  A youth from Rojava by the name of Hüseyin Ahmet was killed and a kid by the name of İbrahim Bulca was wounded as a result fire opened by police in Nusaybin district of Mardin.
• Police murder 30-year-old woman in Cizre 

  30-year-old Hediye Şen, mother of two, has been murdered as the onslaught by military and police forces continues in Cizre district of Şırnak.
• Silopi people take to the streets to break the siege 

  In Silopi district of Şırnak where onslaught by Turkish state forces is getting heavier in the second day of the curfew, people have poured out into the streets to break the siege.
• HPG: Six special operation police killed in Amed 

  HPG Press Office reported attacks by Turkish forces and actions by HPG and YJA-Star guerrillas in response.
• 13 students detained in a police raid at Hakkari University 

  13 students have been detained as a result of a raid by special operation police in Hakkari University today.
• 11-year-old murdered by police in Cizre / UPDATE 

  In Cizre district of Şırnak attacks by state forces are getting heavier since the imposition of a curfew two days ago.