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• 21 inmates transferred from Siirt unbeknownst to lawyers and families 

  21 inmates held in Siirt E Type Closed Prison have been transferred to various prisons unbeknownst to their lawyers and families.
• Trustee appointed to Van's Muradiye district municipality 

  Yet another DBP-held municipality in North Kurdistan has been seized by a state-appointed official.
• 76-year-old Êzidî exiled by trustee from Amed to Mardin dies 

  One of the Êzidîs exiled to the AFAD camp in Midyat by a trustee in Amed, has lost his life. Turkish authorities didn’t allow his family to cross the border for his funeral.
• Military operation in Dersim's Munzur Valley 

  Turkish army has launched a military operation in Munzur Valley in the province of Dersim.
• Blast in Amed leaves casualties among police forces 

  A blast near the Dicle University in central Amed province has left casualties.
• Another body found during ongoing excavation work in Nusaybin 

  Yet another body has been found during excavation work in Nusaybin district of Mardin.
• Turkey-affiliated gang groups attack Kobanê's Şêxler town from Jarablus 

  Gang groups affiliated with the Turkish army attacked the town of Şêxler in Kobanê from Jarablus.
• HDP MP Birlik: Thousands are homeless and living in tents in Şırnak 

  HDP Şırnak MP Birlik said that the state confiscates the aid sent to Şırnak and wanted Şırnak emptied. Birlik stressed that resistance and solidarity will be increased against this situation.
• Co-mayor of Van’s Muradiye district detained 

  Van’s Muradiye District Municipality Co-mayor Dr. Mehmet Ali Tunç was detained in a raid conducted on the municipality building.
• Car bomb attack foiled in northwest Raqqa 

  Wrath of Euphrates Operation Room fighters foiled ISIS gang groups’ car bomb attack on Western Suwediye village to the northwest of Raqqa.
• ISIS attack repelled near Raqqa 

  Wrath of Euphrates Operation Room fighters repelled ISIS gangs groups’ attack on the Odyan village of Raqqa today.
• ‘Astana talks will fail’ 

  North Syria Democratic Federal System Execution Council announced that Astana talks are bound to fail and they would not be bounded by the results of a meeting that excludes them.
• Êzidî youths: We demand an autonomous and free Shengal 

  Youths from the Êzidî town of Shengal, South Kurdistan stated that they want an autonomous Shengal in order that their security and defense be secured.
• South Kurdistan youths: Qandil means honour and identity to us 

  Hundreds of youths from South Kurdistan went to Qandil to show support to guerrillas against the Turkish state's occupation attempts and collaboration and and gave the message “We are the guerrillas, guerrillas are us”.
• Turkish jets bomb villages and martyrs' cemetery in South Kurdistan 

  HPG reported that Turkish jets bombed Golika and Seferi villages in Amadiya district of Duhok city, South Kurdistan.
• Shengal Constituent Assembly: Our people demand to govern themselves 

  Shengal Constituent Assembly said preparations are underway for the autonomy of Shengal, urging that the legitimate demands of the Êzidî people must be recognized.
• 107 locations in 18 regions of Mardin declared 'security zone' for one year 

  The Turkish state continues to declare numerous territories as so-called security zones across North Kurdistan amid ongoing military and political operations against the Kurds.
• Two Turkish soldiers killed, two others wounded in Bitlis countryside 

  Two Turkish soldiers were killed and two others were wounded in Bitlis countryside. The soldiers are reported to be from Gendarme Special Forces (JÖH).
• State-appointed trustee targets education, culture and arts in Kayapınar 

  The trustee appointed to Amed’s Kayapınar Municipality transformed free schools into Qoran schools, and is planning to make Zarokistan Xalxalok, which offers pre-school education in Kurdish, a center of assimilation.
• Co-mayors of Nusaybin taken into custody 

  Nusaybin Co-mayors Cengiz Kök and Sara Kaya have been taken into custody alongside 6 other people today.
• After peshmergas, youths from South Kurdistan go to Qandil 

  Hundreds of young people from South Kurdistan are going to Qandil Mountain to support guerrillas and oppose Turkish occupation and collaboration.
• 16 detained as police raid the municipality and houses in Muradiye 

  Turkish police forces raided many houses and the municipality building in Van’s Muradiye district, and detained 16 people.
• 32 areas in Batman declared 'security zone' for one year 

  A total of 32 areas within the boundaries of the Batman province in North Kurdistan have been declared 'military security zone' for one year.
• "The Turkish state has no right to decide where the PKK will be" 

  Tevgera Azadi Co-chair Mihemed Abdullah stated that the Turkish state has no right or responsibility to push the PKK out of Shengal.
• 12 jailed in Siirt's Şirvan district 

  12 people recently detained during house raids in Siirt's Şirvan district, have been jailed.