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• Turkish jets strike Manbij 

  Turkish fighter jets have hit the positions of Manbij Military Council fighters.
• First university of Rojava opens in Qamishlo 

  Rojava University has opened in Qamishlo city. The university will provide service with the faculties of oil, petrochemistry, agriculture, education, language and literature.
• Witness from Erciş incident: Soldiers burned her alive 

  The photographs taken in the aftermath of Hediye Ataman’s murder by police and soldiers in Van’s Erciş district display the full range of atrocity. Ataman family say, “The soldiers came here and burned her alive.”
• Death toll in copper mine landslide in Siirt rises to 5 

  The death toll is rising in the landslide in a copper mine in Siirt’s Şirvan district.
• The only Kurdish-teaching school in Van closed 

  Dibistana Seretayî ya Fatma Tokat, the only school providing Kurdish education in the province of Van, has been closed by the trustee appointed to İpekyolu Municipality.
• Former mayor of Dersim Edibe Şahin arrested 

  Former mayor of Dersim and former MP Edibe Şahin was arrested by the court she was referred to in Dersim.
• Soldiers and police burn a house: One woman burned to death in Erciş 

  Turkish soldiers and police set fire to a house in Erciş claiming there were PKK members inside. Nurettin Ataman stated that his wife burned to death inside the house.
• SES Ağrı Branch Co-chair faces 10 year prison sentence 

  SES Ağrı Branch Co-chair Recep Altndağ received a sentence of 10 years on accusations of “membership to a terrorist organisation”.
• New trustee appointed to Derik in place of the one who was killed 

  Mardin Deputy Governor Ali İkram Tuna was appointed as trustee to Derik Municipality.
• Bozova and Malazgirt Municipalities raided by police 

  Urfa’s Bozova Municipality and Muş’s Malazgirt Municipality have been raided by the police.
• Van Co-mayor Bekir Kaya arrested 

  Van Metropolitan Municipality’s Co-mayor Bekir Kaya has been arrested.
• DBP Co-chair Kamuran Yüksek taken into custody in İdil 

  DBP Co-chair Kamuran Yüksek has been taken into custody.
• 41 people detained in Van 

  41 people were detained in midnight house raids in Van.
• Co-mayors of Dersim and Siirt jailed 

  Co-mayors of Dersim and Siirt Municipalities have been jailed.
• Mardin Co-mayor Ahmet Türk: They cannot suppress us, we will resist 

  Mardin Metropolitan Municipality Co-mayor Ahmet Türk, who has been suspended and replaced by a trustee today, said they will never be intimidated by such methods.
• Governor of Van appointed as trustee to the Metropolitan Municipality 

  Turkish Interior Ministry announced that Van Governor has been assigned as Deputy Mayor to Van Metropolitan Municipality.
• Trustee appointed to the municipalities of Mardin and Siirt 

  Turkish Ministry of Interior has appointed trustees to the municipalities of Mardin and Siirt provinces.
• Van Co-mayor Bekir Kaya taken into custody 

  Van Metropolitan Municipality Co-mayor Bekir Kaya has been taken into custody early Thursday morning.
• YPG: 3 SNC gangs killed in Sheikh Maqsoud 

  YPG Media Center announced that 3 SNC gangs were killed in Aleppo’s Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood.
• HPG: 9 soldiers killed during Turkish army operation 

  HPG Media Center announced that 9 soldiers were killed during a Turkish army operation in Hakkari’s Şemzinan district.
• YPS member's body given to his family after 10 months 

  The body of YPS member Abdullah Mutlu who lost his life during the Cizre self-rule resistance was removed from Malatya Cemetery of the Nameless and given to his family.
• YBŞ fighters: We'll resist all attacks, no matter where they come from 

  YBŞ fighters that participate in the defense of Shengal stated that they would resist all attacks no matter where they come from, just like they defended Êzidî people to the death when all other forces turned their back on Shengal.
• Minesweeping continues in liberated areas in Shengal 

  Minesweeping efforts continue in areas liberated in the Operation to Avenge Êzidî Women in Shengal. A total of 103 mines have been defused up to date.
• Turkish soldiers murder a child and severely wound 2 civilians in Shehba 

  Invading Turkish forces murdered a child and severely wounded 2 people in the Al-Biraziya Mountain area in the Shehba region.
• Cizre Co-mayor Kunur arrested 

  Cizre Municipality Co-mayor Kadir Kunur has been arrested on allegations of “membership to a terrorist organization”.