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• Footage from the demolition of houses in Talatê village 

  Residents have recorded the demolition of houses by state forces in Nusaybin's Talatê village.
• Son of a resident detained in Talatê: They want to disappear my father 

  Necat Yıldız was detained in Talatê village, and his son Rıfat Yıldız said the state forces don’t accept that his father is under custody. Yıldız pointed out that the state wants to disappear his father in custody.
• Turkish jets bomb civilian zones in Qandil 

  Turkish fighter jets bombed the Kortek area in Qandil last night around 22:45. The bombing targeted civilian zones once more.
• HPG reports retaliatory action in Viranşehir 

  HPG reported that a retaliatory action was organized by a local unit in memory of the 3 resistance fighters murdered by the Turkish state in the Viranşehir district of Urfa province.
• KCK calls for all-out struggle against the Turkish state atrocity 

  KCK has released a statement calling for all-out struggle against the atrocity of the Turkish state forces in Northern Kurdistan territory.
• State forces intensify their attacks on Nusaybin's Talatê village 

  Reports are coming through that Turkish state forces have intensified their attacks on Talatê (Doğanlı) village of Nusaybin as of early Friday morning.
• Turkish jets bomb Qandil 

  Turkish warplanes have bombed the Qandil region of Medya Defense Zones in South Kurdistan territory.
• Residents of Qandil condemn the attacks of the Turkish state 

  Residents of Binarê Qandil area condemned the airstrikes carried out by Turkish jets on Qandil region of Medya Defense Zones in South Kurdistan territory.
• State forces attack Nusaybin's Talatê village again 

  Turkish forces have once again attacked the Talatê village 7 km to the Xerabê Bava village in Mardin's Nusaybin district.
• Qandil youth replaces the Öcalan poster destroyed by Turkish airstrikes 

  Youths in Qandil replaced the poster of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan that was targeted and destroyed by Turkish jets during yesterday's strikes.
• KONGRA-GEL calls for solidarity with the villages under attack 

  KONGRA-GEL Co-Presidency has called on the people to not leave the villages under the siege and attack of Turkish forces alone.
• DBP urges international organizations to act for Xerabê Bava 

  DBP Deputy Co-chair Şimşek called international human rights organizations to urgent action for Xerabê Bava.
• The Turkish state burning down homes in Nusaybin's Talatê village 

  The Turkish state forces entered the Talatê village with diggers and are reported to demolish houses, then set fire to them. Meanwhile 4 people are reported to be detained.
• Another delegation heads for Xerabê Bava village under siege 

  A delegation made up of representatives of NGOs and unions has left for Xerabê Bava village of Mardin's Nusaybin district.
• Footage of state forces' attack on Nusaybin's Talate village 

  Turkish state forces have started an aggression in the Nusaybin's Talate village which they placed under a siege today. Reports are coming through of bombardments and detentions.
• State forces bomb houses in Talate village 

  Turkish forces have started an aggression in the Talate village which they placed under a siege today. Reports are coming through of bombardments and detentions.
• Heavily tortured Xerabê Bava resident held in Mardin Hospital 

  It came out that Abdi Aykut, a resident of Xerabê Bava from whom no news was received for 5 days since his detention after torture by state forces, is held at Mardin State Hospital.
• PKK's Karayılan: We must do all we can for Xerabê Bava 

  Murat Karayılan: "There is cruelty and a massacre in Xerabê Bava, tomorrow these will happen in other villages. As Kurdish society, we mustn't be silent in the face of cruelty. We must embrace one another. We must react and do all we can."
• Photo emerges of the 57-year-old man tortured in Xerabê Bava 

  A latest photo has emerged of 57-year-old Abdi Aykut, who was taken into custody after torture by state forces in Xerabê Bava village of Mardin's Nusaybin district.
• Turkish jets shell civilian areas in Qandil 

  Turkish jets are shelling civilian areas in Qandil region of Medya Defense Zones in South Kurdistan territory.
• Man tortured in Xerabê Bava disappeared in custody 

  Whereabouts is not known of civilian Abdi Aykut who was taken into custody after getting tortured by state forces in Xerabê Bava village of Nusaybin. Aykut's wife says he might have been executed.
• Turkish aerial activity over Qandil 

  Reports are coming through of Turkish aerial activity over Qandil region of PKK-held Medya Defense Zones in South Kurdistan territory.
• State forces lay siege on two more villages in Nusaybin 

  Turkish state forces that execute a siege and attacks in Xerabê village of Mardin's Nusaybin district for 12 days now have also laid a siege on the villages of Talate and Cibilgirav in the same region this morning.
• Aerial activity over Xerabê Bava on the 12th day of the siege 

  Turkish state forces continue their siege in Xerabê Bava village of Mardin's Nusaybin district for the 12th day.
• Turkish army and affiliated gangs shell Til Rifet and Sheikh Îsa 

  Turkish military forces and affiliated gangs are bombing the Til Rifet town and Sheikh Îsa village in Shehba region with Katyusha-type missiles.