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• Footage of destroyed Kobra vehicle released 

  Gerilla TV released the footage of the sabotage action against a Kobra armored vehicle in Van’s Qelqeli (Özalp) road on August 19.
• “Trustees targeted women first, two centers were closed’ 

  HDP Women’s Assembly Spokesperson Konca said AKP’s trustee coup targeted women’s centers first and said efforts will continue for a pro-women life in the localities despite the trustees.
• Violent clashes in Şemdinli 

  Violent clashes are taking place near the village of Dêman in Hakkari’s Şemdinli district. Many ambulances are reported to arrive at the Dûrak outpost near the site of the clashes.
• Goran Movement: We will not attend the upcoming meeting 

  Goran Movement spokesperson Şoreş Haci announced that they would not be attending the upcoming meeting proposed by the president of Kurdistan Regional Government.
• 3 peshmergas die during ISIS attack in Xazir and Bashiqa 

  3 peshmergas died and 7 others were injured during the attack of ISIS gangs on peshmerga positions in Xazir and Bashiqa.
• 5 soldiers killed and 5 YPS/YPS JIN members martyred in Hakkari 

  YPS General Coordination announced that 5 soldiers, one of whom was a high-ranking official, were killed and 5 YPS/YPJ JIN members were martyred during the clashes that broke out in Hakkari.
• 6 soldiers killed during recent guerilla actions 

  6 Turkish soldiers were killed during recent guerilla actions in Hakkari, Mardin, Amed, Dersim and Van.
• DBP officials: People should stand up for their will 

  DBP co-mayors and parliamentarians announced that the appointment of trustees would be protested across Kurdistan tomorrow, and called upon civilians to stand up for their will and show solidarity with their municipalities.
• 28 soldiers killed in Tendürek 

  HPG Media Center announced that 28 Turkish soldiers and counter-guerillas were killed and 4 soldiers were injured during the guerilla action against Teperız outpost.
• YPG reports ongoing attacks by Turkish army and gang groups 

  YPG Press Office reported that Syrian Coalition-affiliated groups and Turkish army continued their assaults on Rojava-Northern Syria Federation despite the ongoing ceasefire.
• 31 more Arab youths join the ranks of resistance in Kobanê 

  The first training cycle commenced for Arab fighters in Kobanê, has been completed with a military ceremony.
• KCK calls on Kurds to develop own democratic education system 

  KCK Education Committee called on Kurdish people to protest the assimilative education policies and cultural genocide policies of the Turkish state at the beginning of the 2016-2017 school year.
• ISIS attacks Um Al-Qura village with toxic shells 

  ISIS gangs attacked the Um Al-Qura village in Shehba region with toxic shells.
• Iranian army hits PDKI forces in Sidekan with mortars 

  Iranian army is hitting PDKI forces with mortars.
• HPG: Heavy blow inflicted on Turkish army in Tendürek 

  HPG reported that more than 30 soldiers and counter-guerrillas were killed as a result of an expansive action conducted by guerrillas in Tendürek area yesterday.
• Over 30 soldiers and counter-guerrillas killed in Tendürek 

  HPG guerrillas have conducted an effective action targeting Turkish soldiers and counter-guerrillas joining the operation in Tendürek area.
• 20 detained in police raid on DBP building in Hakkari 

  Police detained 20 people after raiding the DBP office in Hakkari where an indefinite – reversible hunger strike against the seizure of the municipality through the appointment of a trustee is ongoing.
• Muslim: Kobanê resistance a basis for federal system and future of Syria 

  Kobanê Executive Assembly Co-President Enwer Muslim stated that Kobanê resistance was a basis for federal system and future of Syria.
• US delegation in Southern Kurdistan for official talks 

  A delegation led by USA Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Hewler, Southern Kurdistan.
• Gerilla TV releases footage of action targeting helicopter pad in Çukurca 

  Gerilla TV has released footage of the action in which guerrillas targeted the helicopter pad in Çukurca Land Forces Command Brigade on September 5.
• Kirkuk residents visit guerillas for Eid 

  Representatives from Tevgera Azadî, RJAK and Komalên Ciwan and local people visited the guerillas in the Kirkuk front and celebrated their Eid.
• HPG: Barrel bomb fired by Turkish army detonated in the action in Van 

  HPG reported that yesterday's action in Van province left 18 police and special operations members dead.
• Italian YPG fighter calls on peoples to defend the Rojava revolution 

  YPG’s Italian fighter Tirej Gabar said the Turkish state and the KDP are moving in sync to eliminate the Rojava revolution and called on all peoples to take active part in defending the Rojava revolution.
• Erciş and Hınıs municipalities under police siege 

  Police forces have laid a siege around Erciş and Hınıs municipalities which were recently seized by trustees appointed by the state.
• Armed attack by police leaves a youth heavily injured in Ağrı 

  Police shot fires at a civilian car and heavily injured a young civilian called Caner Tayfun in Bazîd, Ağrı.