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• HPG reports ongoing actions by guerrillas in Northern Kurdistan 

  HPG Press Office reported ongoing actions by guerrillas and operations by Turkish army in Northern Kurdistan.
• Bombing hits police check point in front of AKP office in Van 

  The police check point in front of AKP Van provincial office was hit by a bombing which has reportedly left casualties.
• KCK: Trustees appointed for political reasons based on Kurdish enmity 

  KCK pointed out that the colonial Turkish state appointed trustees to the municipalities in Kurdistan because it does not recognise the existence and will of the Kurdish people.
• Öcalan's message to be announced in Amed today 

  Details of the Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan's meeting with his brother Mehmet Öcalan on İmralı Island yesterday will be announced in Amed today.
• ‘We will resist the AKP’s seizure of municipalities’ 

  Turkish police raided the 24 DBP municipalities to which the AKP government had appointed trustees. Cizre Co-Mayor Leyla İmret was detained during the raids, and DBP officials stated that they would resist the AKP’s seizure of the municipalities.
• Turkish army continues to attack Rojava 

  YPG Media Center announced that the Turkish army and jihadist gangs continue their attacks on Rojava-North Syria Federation, and 6 gangs were killed during recent clashes.
• HPG action in Genç 

  As part of the “Martyr Çekdar Mahir Serbest Revolutionary Initiative,” HPG guerillas carried out an action against the Suveren outpost in Bingöl’s Genç district at 18:00 on September 10 from four different directions.
• PYD: Barzani supported Turkey’s invasion of Rojava 

  PYD condemned the statements in which Massoud Barzani supported the Turkish state’s invasion of Rojava.
• HBDH action against armored vehicle in Sivas 

  HBDH announced that its fighters carried out an action against the soldiers at an armored vehicle near Tank hill between Sivas’ İmralı and Zara districts on September 9.
• Turkish warplanes bombard Qandil 

  Turkish warplanes bombard the Qandil area of Medya Defense Zones.
• Agreement for the future of Syria 

  Rojava Democratic Autonomous Administration and Teyar El-Xed El-Sûrî (Morning Wave Movement) reached an agreement for the political solution of the deepening problems in Syria.
• Jihadist gangs shell Cindirêsê 

  SNC and Jabhat al-Nusra gangs shell Efrin’s Cindirêsê district with Katyusha rockets.
• Hunger strike in Amed enters its 7th day 

  The hunger strike 50 volunteers entered in Amed for communication with Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan continues to receive support as it enters its 7th day.
• 16 soldiers killed in guerrilla action in Şemdinli 

  HPG guerrillas carried out an expansive action against Turkish soldiers on Ronahi Hill in Şemdinli, which left 16 soldiers dead.
• Thousands rally in Rojava for freedom for Öcalan 

  Thousands of people protested the isolation of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan and occupation of the Turkish state in Çilaxa town of Girkê Legê, Rojava (West) Kurdistan.
• DBP Çukurca district co-chair detained 

  DBP Çukurca district co-chair Naif Kara has been taken into custody.
• Turkish fighter jets bomb Sideka town in Hewler 

  Turkish fighter jets have bombed Sideka town in Soran territory last night. Orchards and gardens of villagers suffered great damages and widespread fires broke out on the landscape.
• Three hamlets liberated in Shehba region 

  Revolutionary forces have cleansed three hamlets of ISIS groups in an offensive in Shehba region of Northern Syria.
• KDP blocks rally for freedom for Öcalan in Hewler 

  KDP security forces blocked the crowd wanting to enter Hewler for the rally to be held with the demand freedom for the Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan yesterday.
• Syriac people support the hunger strike: Öcalan is our leader too 

  Syriac people from Amed and Mardin also visited the hunger strike activists demanding immediate meeting with Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Trustee appointed to Bulanık Municipality 

  A trustee has been appointed to the DBP-held municipality of Bulanık district of Muş.
• Mass demo for Öcalan in South Kurdistan 

  South Kurdistan people will hold a demonstration to protest the isolation of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan in Hewler at 17:00 today.
• YPG reports ongoing attacks by Turkish army and SNC-ISIS gangs 

  YPG reported that Turkish army and SNC-ISIS gangs continued their attacks on the lands of Rojava-Northern Syria Federation.
• Increasing Turkish military activity along Efrîn border 

  Turkish army is increasing its military activity on Efrîn border which witnesses an ongoing construction of walls in addition to drone activities.
• Turkish soldiers murder a civilian on Efrîn border and kidnap his body 

  Turkish soldiers have killed yet another civilian on the border with Efrîn city of Rojava, and kidnapped the slain man's body.