KURDISTAN

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• Turkish warplanes bombard the villages of Manbij 

  Turkish warplanes are bombarding Qurtwêran village to the west of Manbij.
• ‘No place for the occupant Turkish state and SNC gangs in Rojava’ 

  Bab Military Council fighter Brusk Türkmeni and Manbij Military Council fighter Agit Türkmeni stated that their main goal has always been to ensure the equal and free coexistence of all Syrian peoples.
• Co-mayors of Şemdinli arrested, Kayapınar and Yenişehir detained 

  Şemdinli Co-mayor Seferi Yılmaz was arrested in Hakkari for "being a member of an organization" and Kayapınar and Yenişehir Co-mayors Mehmet Ali Aydın and Selim Kurbanoğlu were detained in Amed.
• Attacks of the Turkish army and affiliate gang groups continue 

  YPG Media Center issued a written statement on the attacks of the Turkish army and affiliate gang groups.
• Turkish army massacres 3 people on the Rojava border 

  The Turkish army massacred 3 people on the Rojava-North Kurdistan border. The fate of 14 other attacked civilians remains unknown.
• Trustee appointed as headman 

  After the Kurucan neighborhood headman İbrahim Acar in Van’s Saray district was arrested, 4th associate Hekim Tekin has been appointed as trustee.
• Şemdinli Municipality under siege of police officers 

  Police officers besieged Şemdinli Municipality and prevented municipal workers from starting to work.
• Turkish army and affiliated gangs shell villages in Manbij 

  Turkish army and affiliated gang groups are shelling villages of Manbij with howitzer and artillery fire.
• Explosion in Sulaymaniyah: 110 injured 

  110 workers got injured during an explosion that took place in Sulaymaniyah’s Bazyan neighborhood this morning.
• Trustee appointed in place of the Özalp trustee 

  District Governor Serdar Karal had been as trustee to Özalp municipality in Van in September by the Turkish Ministry of the Interior. Karal was reappointed as Artvin Governorate Legal Counsel and replaced by Uluca District Governor Ferhat Vardar .
• Explosion in Sur: Two children injured 

  Two children got injured after an object that they had found exploded in Diyarbakır’s Sur district.
• Four people formally arrested in Pervari 

  Four people including HDP district co-chair were formally arrested in Siirt's Pervari district.
• Two soldiers killed in Uludere 

  Two soldiers were killed as a result of an action by HPG guerrillas in the countryside of Şırnak's Uludere district.
• Manbij residents: We don't want the Turkish state and gangs on our lands 

  Manbij residents stated that they do not want the Turkish state and SNC gangs on their lands, reacting to their occupation attempts and attacks.
• Two people wounded by village guards in Lice 

  Two people were wounded as a result of fire opened by village guards in Amed's Lice district yesterday evening.
• Four people including two women executed by police in Viranşehir 

  Police raided a house and executed 4 people in Viranşehir last night.
• Three thousand immigrants in Sheikh Maqsoud in need of treatment 

  Three thousand immigrants that have taken refuge in Aleppo's Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood are in need of urgent treatment.
• YPS: Two policemen killed in Urfa 

  YPS reported that two policemen were killed in a sabotage action in Urfa province.
• Turkish army and affiliated gangs shell villages in western Manbij 

  Turkish army and affiliated gangs are shelling villages to the west of Manbij.
• Co-mayors of Yüksekova and Çukurca detained 

  A number of people including co-mayors have been detained during house raids in Yüksekova and Çukurca districts of Hakkari.
• Co-mayors of Kızıltepe arrested 

  Kızıltepe co-mayors Leyla Salman and İsmail Asi have been remanded in custody.
• 15 guerrillas martyred in Hakkari, Mardin and Şırnak 

  HPG reported that three guerrillas were martyred in the countryside of Hakkari's Çukurca (Çele) district, 5 guerrillas in Mardin's Omerya area and 7 others in Şırnak's Cudi area.
• HPG: 34 soldiers killed in Çukurca countryside 

  HPG reported that at least 34 soldiers were killed as a result of an action by guerrillas in the countryside of Hakkari's Çukurca (Çele) district.
• 163 more workers dismissed from Van Municipality 

  163 more workers have been dismissed from Van Metropolitan Municipality seized by the government through a trustee.
• Trustee appointed to Malazgirt Municipality 

  Trustee has been appointed to the municipality of Malazgirt district of Muş.