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• One child killed, two civilians wounded as gangs bomb Sheikh Maqsoud 

  The bombardment of gang groups on Aleppo's Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood left one child dead and two civilians wounded.
• HPG reports Turkish airstrikes on guerrilla zones 

  HPG/YJA Star guerrillas carried out an action against soldiers in Çukurca, while the Turkish army bombarded guerrilla zones with fighter jets.
• Further military shipment to Kurdish cities 

  Military shipment to Kurdish cities continues as part of the AKP government's war policies against the Kurdish people.
• HDP MP: The people of Diyarbakır won’t recognize the trustee 

  HDP Amed MP Nursel Aydoğan said the trustee appointed in Gültan Kışanak and Fırat Anlı’s stead spent his days drinking tea in his room, and expressed her protest by saying, “He should continue to drink tea.”
• Final Showdown: Raqqa 

  An operation on the most important city in Syria, the ISIS held city of Raqqa, is the talk of the day in Rojava as well.
• Police raid the home of HDP MP Aycan İrmez in Şırnak 

  HDP Şırnak MP Aycan İrmez’s home in Şırnak was raided by special operations units in the early hours of the morning. There is no detention or arrest warrant on İrmez, who said: “They want to intimidate us”.
• Co-mayor of Van's Çaldıran district jailed 

  Co-mayor of Van's Çaldıran district was jailed late yesterday after her detention by police the day before.
• Initial actions of the trustee at Amed Municipality today 

  The trustee appointed to Amed Metropolitan Municipality to replace jailed Co-mayors Gültan Kışanak and Fırat Anlı has taken office Wednesday morning amid an extraordinary presence of police forces.
• Former Co-mayor of Viranşehir jailed after 27 days of custody 

  Former Co-mayor of Urfa's Viranşehir district and 4 other people have been jailed after 27 days of custody.
• Türk: We didn't bow down during the 90'ies, nor will we do so now 

  Mardin Metropolitan Municipality Co-mayor Ahmet Türk stated that AKP has been defeated by Kurds and attacked the Kurdish people for this reason.
• Moslem: YPG to join the Raqqa operation under the umbrella of SDF 

  Democratic Unity Party (PYD) Co-chair Saleh Moslem said the YPG will be joining the Raqqa operation under the umbrella of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
• 45 NGOs in Amed release joint declaration against the AKP coup 

  45 NGOs came together in Amed and held a press conference on the recent developments. In the event, AKP’s attacks on the municipalities was deemed “confiscating by force what they couldn’t win in the election”.
• Amed Metropolitan Municipality website closed 

  The website for the trustee-appointed Amed Metropolitan Municipality has gone "under maintenance".
• 10 people detained in Elazığ 

  10 people including members of the DBP have been detained during house raids in Elazığ province today.
• Amed Municipality turned into an outpost with the arrival of the trustee 

  Hundreds of special operations police surrounded the Amed Metropolitan Municipality building before the arrival of newly appointed trustee Cumali Atilla who will replace the jailed Co-mayors Gültan Kışanak and Fırat Anlı.
• HDP: We will ignore those who ignore the will of the people 

  Regarding the appointment of a trustee to Amed Municipality, HDP Spokesperson Ayhan Bilgen said: “What needs to be done is to ignore those who ignore the will of the people.”
• HPG: 36 soldiers killed on Elişêr Hill in Yüksekova countryside 

  HPG stated that 36 soldiers were killed and many guns and ammunition were seized during the guerrilla action against the Turkish soldiers on Elişêr Hill in Hakkari’s Yüksekova district.
• Co-mayor of Van's Çaldıran district detained 

  Co-mayor of Van's Çaldıran district Suna Atabay has been taken into custody.
• Trustee appointed to Amed Metropolitan Municipality 

  Etimesgut district Governor in Turkish capital Ankara, Cumali Atilla, has been appointed to Amed Metropolitan Municipality to replace Co-mayors Gültan Kışanak and Fırat Anlı who have been jailed two days ago.
• KCK: All peoples should side with the resistance 

  KCK called upon the peoples of Kurdistan and the world to side with the resistance of Rojava Revolutionaries and Syrian peoples with the spirit of November 1 World Kobanê Day and 6-7-8 October events in North Kurdistan.
• What happened in Amed for the last 6 days? 

  Amed experienced a whole range of emergency rule practices. Internet was down in Kurdistan. Several agencies and newspapers were shut down. Despite all obstruction, the resistance, oppression and attacks were made public.
• MLKP Rojava: ISIS is defeated, so will be the Turkish state 

  MLKP Rojava marked World Kobanê Day and said that AKP’s end will not be any different than the end of ISIS.
• November 1 celebrations commence in Kobanê 

  Today is World Kobanê Day. The celebrations in the Kobanê Canton started at 10.00 in the Şehîd Azad school, and dozens attended the activities despite the rain.
• Hundreds of Syrians escaping from ISIS arrive in Manbij 

  Syrians escaping ISIS cruelty look to free Manbij as hundreds of them that have escaped from ISIS in Deyr El-Zor and south Hesekê arrive in Manbij.
• Hashd al-Shaabi: Erdoğan attacks us to hide his defeat in internal politics 

  Hashd al-Shaabi Kirkuk Forces Spokesperson Hacı İmad Ali said “Erdoğan is attacking Iraq to hide the daily deaths of Turkish soldiers. It is Erdoğan that will massacre different sects.”