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• Fire started by soldiers in Bitlis four days ago continues 

  The forested area that Turkish soldiers set on fire during military operation in Bitlis four days ago, continues burning.
• Three more HPC battalions established in Efrîn 

  Three more battalions of Popular Self-Defense Forces (HPC) have been established in Efrîn city of Rojava, West Kurdistan.
• Turkish soldiers shoot a civilian from Girê Spî 

  A civilian from Girê Spî was wounded by Turkish soldiers while working in his field on the border between Rojava and Bakurê Kurdistan.
• Heavy clashes in Shehba region 

  ISIS gangs attacked Um Al-Hosh and Um Al-Qura villages in Shehba region and clashes erupted upon the response of Revolutionary Forces.
• 8 soldiers killed, 8 others wounded in Tendürek area 

  Van Governorate stated that 8 soldiers were killed and 8 others were wounded as a result of an action that targeted a Turkish military unit partaking in the operation around Mount Tendürek.
• State forces raze Nusaybin's historic Kanîka neighborhood to the ground 

  Turkish 'security forces' have razed to the ground the Kanîka neighborhood, the first settlement of Nusaybin which houses remains from the School of Nisibis, the first university known on the world.
• Many soldiers killed in Çukurca, bodies under control of guerrillas 

  HPG reported that clashes between soldiers and guerrillas intensify around the Martyr Cihat Hill near the Ertuş Castle in Hakkari's Çukurca district.
• Aggression by Turkish soldiers on Kobanê border kills two youths 

  Two youths have lost their lives as a result of today's aggression by Turkish soldiers on the border where a vigil by Kobanê citizens continues in its seventh day.
• Guerrillas destroy a tank of Turkish army in Çukurca 

  HPG reported that one digger and one tank of the Turkish army were destroyed in Çukurca.
• Number of Kobanê citizens injured by Turkish soldiers rises to 80 

  Turkish soldiers continue their attack on Kobanê citizens who continue their vigil on the border in protest at the Turkish army building a wall of occupation in the border area.
• Turkish soldiers murder a civilian on Kobanê border 

  Turkish soldiers have murdered a 17 years-old civilian on the Kobanê border.
• Demos against Öcalan's isolation spread across Southern Kurdistan 

  Demonstrations for the freedom of the Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan spread across Southern Kurdistan.
• People of Til Koçer protest isolation of Öcalan and occupation of Rojava 

  People of Til Koçer protested Turkey’s isolation of Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan and occupation of Rojava.
• Thugs caught in Jarablus confess to Turkey’s ISIS game 

  Ehmed Mehemed Casim and Elî Mehemed Ehmed from Sultan Murat Brigade, who were caught in a YPG Anti-Terror Units operation, made significant confessions.
• Turkish soldiers injure 40 civilians from Kobanê - UPDATE 

  Turkish soldiers are attacking the people of Kobanê, who have been on protesting Turkey’s construction of a wall on the border, with machine guns and tear gas canisters. 40 civilians were injured during the Turkish soldiers' attack.
• Violent clashes between ISIS gangs and Jaysh Al-Thuwar forces 

  Violent clashes broke out near Afrin today when Jaysh Al-Thuwar forces responded to ISIS gangs’ shelling of Um-Al-Hosh and Um-Al-Qura villages in Shehba region.
• Many soldiers killed in Van 

  Guerilla forces encircled the Turkish soldiers on an operation in Van’s Çaldıran district. Many soldiers were killed during the clashes. YPS forces had destroyed 2 armored vehicles and several police officers were killed in Van yesterday.
• Violent clashes in Çukurca 

  Violent clashes are taking place in the Ertuş region of Hakkari’s Çukurca district, where the Turkish army had launched an operation. Many soldiers were killed during the actions guerillas carried out against the soldiers on the operation.
• 'People's Democracy Front' declared in South Kurdistan 

  'People's Democracy Front' to activate as a political organisation in search of a solution to the political and economic crisis in South Kurdistan has been declared in Kirkuk city.
• Gang members who tortured YPG fighters captured by YAT 

  YPG Anti-Terror Units (YAT) captured 2 gang members in Sultan Murat Brigade under MİT control.
• Police raid DTK headquarters after declaration by Kurdish politicians 

  Turkish police raided the Democratic Society Congress (DTK) headquarters building in Amed last night.
• HPG reports intensified clashes in Çukurca area 

  Clashes that erupted with the operation of Turkish army in Hakkari's Çukurca district on August 30, continue.
• Manbij people protest Turkish occupation and massacre of civilians 

  Residents of the recently liberated Manbij town staged a march to protest the Turkish state occupation and massacre of civilians.
• Turkish army fires cluster bombs on a village of Efrîn 

  Occupant Turkish army attacked a village in Rojava's Efrîn Canton with cluster bombs Wednesday evening.
• HPG reports clashes in Turkish military operation area in Çukurca 

  HPG Press Office stated that bombardment by Turkish military forces and clashes with guerrillas continue in several locations in Hakkari's Çukurca district where an operation by Turkish army continues since yesterday.