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• Three more DBP-held municipalities in Bitlis seized by the government 

  AKP government has appointed trustees to the Hizan, Mutki and Yolalan district municipalities of Bitlis, the co-mayors of which were jailed four days ago.
• HSM denies HRW report on the recruitment of children by PKK 

  People’s Defense Center (HSM) Headquarters Command denied the HRW report on the recruitment of child soldiers by the Kurdish movement, stressing that they strictly abide by all the agreements they made with international powers.
• Bodies of YPS members discovered among the rubble in Nusaybin 

  YPS members’ bodies are discovered among the rubble created by the demolition efforts the state launched in Nusaybin. Former Co-mayor Kök protested the treatment of the dead and said, “This is trampling the values of humanity”.
• Three new prisons built in Van 

  Three new prisons have been built in Van province one month ago and inmates have been transferred to these prisons although they are still under construction.
• YPG: Turkish army attacked three villages with heavy weapons 

  YPG Press Office reported that the occupant Turkish army attacked two villages to the west of Kobanê on December 20-21.
• 210 people detained in Urfa 10 days ago still kept in sports hall 

  210 people, mostly members of the HDP and DBP who were detained as part of political genocide operations in Urfa 10 days ago, are still held in custody.
• Five more co-mayors from DBP municipalities jailed 

  Five more co-mayors from DBP-held municipalities across North Kurdistan have been imprisoned as part of the Turkish state's increasingly ongoing operations of political genocide.
• Amedspor captain Şehmus Özer loses his life in traffic accident 

  Amedspor captain Şehmus Özer has lost his life in a traffic accident.
• KCK: Barzani's statements won’t benefit Kurd’s struggle for freedom 

  KCK issued a statement on Nechirvan Barzani’s remarks on Shengal and Rojava, and said “such statements will not benefit Kurdish people’s struggle for freedom in any way.”
• Trustee appointed to Baykan Municipality 

  Baykan district governor Mehmet Kocabey has been assigned trustee to the district municipality.
• Curfew in two villages of Nusaybin 

  Curfew has been declared in two villages in Mardin's Nusaybin district.
• YPG reports intensified attacks by Turkish military 

  YPG stated that Turkish army conducted attacks along the western and eastern borders of Kobanê and civilian settlements on the border throughout yesterday.
• KDP delegation meets with PUK and Goran for a solution to the crisis 

  KDP members have met with PUK officials in Sulaimani to discuss the ongoing crisis in Southern Kurdistan.
• HDP report on Gever: Dozens killed, thousands of houses destroyed 

  HDP issued a report on Gever (Yüksekova) and stated that 90 people have been killed and 6770 houses have been destroyed in the district.
• Internal conflict in Van: New trustee appointed in place of the trustee 

  Ministry of Interior Affairs is appointing new trustees as AKP members do not get along with the existing trustees at the DBP-held municipalities in Van province and its districts.
• Trustee appointed to Yüksekova Municipality 

  Yüksekova District Governor Mahmut Kaşıkçı has been assigned as trustee to the district municipality.
• "PKK member" killed by police in Şırnak turns out to be municipal worker 

  Şehmus Uğur who was executed by police in Şırnak as a PKK member the day before turned out to be a municipal worker.
• Call for solidarity with the people of Nusaybin facing ongoing demolition 

  Former co-mayor of Nusaybin pointed to the increasingly ongoing demolition in the district over the past several days, and called for support for the residents amid challenging winter conditions.
• SDF fighters: We will encircle and liberate Raqqa 

  Fighters partaking in the Operation Wrath of Euphrates said: “We aim to clear western Raqqa entirely of ISIS as part of the second stage of the operation to liberate Raqqa”.
• Up to 37-year prison sentence sought for HDP MP Leyla Birlik 

  Up to 37-year prison sentence is sought for jailed HDP MP Leyla Birlik due to press briefings, demonstrations and funerals she attended in Şırnak province.
• Curfew amid ongoing military operations in 21 villages of Amed 

  Curfew has been declared in 21 villages in 4 districts of the mainly Kurdish city Amed.
• KDP asayish seizes the body of US volunteer martyred in Manbij 

  KDP asayish has seized the body of Manbij Military Council's (MMC) international fighter Michael Israel from the U.S. after the delivery of his body from Rojava to Southern Kurdistan.
• Ahmet Türk’s wife: Erdoğan will be responsible for any undesired results 

  İHD’s report issued yesterday on the situation of the arrested MPs and co-mayors included Ahmet Türk refusing treatment in handcuffs and thus not being taken to the hospital.
• Two more DBP municipalities raided by police in Siirt 

  The municipalities of Baykan and Veysel Karani in Siirt province were raided by police and Baykan Co-mayor Selva Erdoğan was detained.
• YBŞ and YJŞ Commanders met with the US Consul 

  YBŞ and YJŞ Commanders met with the Consul of Hewler on December 12 to discuss the situation in Shengal.