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• Names of the Hesekê martyrs determined 

  The names of people martyred in yesterday’s suicide attack in Hesekê have been determined.
• Death toll rises to 30 in Hesekê suicide attack 

  Cizîr Canton Health Council Co-chair Sileman Ehmed said the death toll in the suicide attack has risen to 30.
• Curfew in three villages of Çukurca 

  Yet another curfew has been declared in three villages in Çukurca district of Hakkari.
• Death toll in Hesekê rises to 29 

  Death toll from last night's suicide attack in Hesekê city of Rojava rose to 29.
• 15 killed as suicide attack targets a wedding in Hesekê 

  15 people died as a wedding in Hesekê city of Rojava was hit by a suicide attack Monday night.
• HPG reports ongoing guerrilla actions and Turkish army attacks 

  Actions by HPG/YJA Star guerrillas continue without a pause as the Turkish army continues its operations.
• YPG: Turkish army attacked Rojava 26 times during September 

  YPG stated that 81 enemy fighters were killed and 4 others were taken as prisoner during September when Turkish army violated the Rojava border and carried out attacks 26 times.
• 16-year-old prisoner who got injured during Şırnak Prison revolt dies 

  16-year-old inmate Seyit Rıza Şaran who got heavily injured during last week's revolt in Şırnak T Type Prison has lost his life.
• Kızıltepe-based Radio Rengîn raided and sealed by police 

  Radio Rengîn broadcasting in Mardin's Kızıltepe district has been sealed by police forces that raided the radio station Monday afternoon.
• Clerks and state employees launch a boycott in Sulaymaniyah 

  Clerks and state employees in and around Sulaymaniyah launched a boycott because they have not received their salaries.
• Monument for YPJ fighter Rêwan Rojava erected in Kobanê 

  A statue of YPJ fighter Medine Mamo (Rêwan Rojava) who carried out an action of self-sacrifice against ISIS during the Kobanê resistance has been erected in Kobanê city center.
• ISIS gangs continue their attacks on Um Al-Hosh village 

  Revolutionary forces repelled the attack of ISIS gangs on Um Al-Hosh village once again.
• 2 soldiers killed in explosion hitting a military vehicle in Oremar 

  There was an explosion during the passing of a military vehicle in Oremar region in Gever. Reports say there are casualties.
• Shengal Coordination statement on the murder of two peshmergas 

  Shengal Coordination issued a written statement about the death of two volunteer peshmergas in their 60s in Shengal, and emphasized that the peshmergas’ bodies were found between two KDP Asayish checkpoints.
• YPS ambush action in Siirt 

  YPS General Coordination stated that 2 armored vehicles were hit during the action of YPS/YPS-Jin units in Siirt’s Çakmak neighborhood on the evening of September 29.
• Azad Qêrani: Only the PKK defended Shengal 

  Azad Qêrani, an HPG guerilla who was a peshmerga from the Sibe village of Shengal’s Heloşiqal region when ISIS gang groups had begun their attack on Shengal, stated that PKK was the only force that protected Shengal.
• Action against the army base in Rûbarok 

  An action was carried out against the army base in the Rûbarok region of Hakkari’s Şemdinli district.
• HPG: At least 15 soldiers killed 

  At least 15 Turkish soldiers were killed in recent HPG/YJA Star guerilla actions. 5 guerillas also lost their lives during the clashes.
• Euphrates Liberation Brigade announces its establishment 

  Euphrates Liberation Brigade (Tehrîr-El-Firat), made up of the 250 fighters that received training at the Martyr Commander Faysal Ebu Leyla Academy in Manbij, announced its establishment.
• Curfews declared in 10 neighborhoods of Dicle and Hani 

  Curfews were announced in 10 neighborhoods of Dicle and Hani.
• Democratic Syria Debate Platform ends 

  North Syria Democratic Federal System Founding Assembly Co-President Mensur El- Selum spoke at the closing of the Democratic Syria Debate Platform, and emphasized that a federal system was the only solution option for the current crisis in Syria.
• Karakoçan Co-Mayors arrested 

  Turkish police arrested Karakoçan Co-Mayors Cennet Ayık and Burhan Kocaman.
• Turkish soldiers hand six civilians from Rojava over to Al-Nusra gangs 

  Occupant Turkish army has handed six people from Rojava over to Al-Nusra gangs, including parents of a kid killed by Turkish soldiers on the border two days ago.
• Turkish army bombing rural areas of villages in Lice 

  Turkish army is bombing the rural areas of villages in Lice district of Amed.
• HPG: 13 soldiers killed in ongoing actions by guerrillas 

  HPG reported that 13 soldiers of the Turkish army were killed in the most recent actions conducted by guerrillas in North Kurdistan.