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• State forces' attacks continue in Lice 

  Occupying numerous locations in the countryside of Amed's Lice district, Turkish military forces have started to conduct field search in Sîse, Derxus and Cenezûr areas.
• Fighters: We are transferring our people to free areas 

  The rush of Manbij residents escaping ISIS into the areas liberated by Manbij Military Council continue. The fighters take civilians to safe zones.
• Sarıyıldız: We will create public awareness for Lice in Europe 

  HDP Şırnak MP Faysal Sarıyıldız expressed that they will take AKP’s massacres in Kurdistan and Lice to the European public opinion.
• Fighters continue making advances and helping civilians in Manbij 

  Fighters of the Manbij Military Council are distributing bread, water and other supplies to the civilians they have liberated from ISIS gangs and enabled access into liberated areas.
• Heavy clashes in Manbij city center 

  Heavy clashes are taking place between Manbij Military Council combatants and ISIS gangs in the Al-Hezawîn neighborhood in Manbij city center.
• Armored police vehicle damaged in Van 

  An armored vehicle of Turkish police forces was targeted by an action with missiles in Van province.
• Neighborhood of Commander Martyr Abu Layla liberated 

  Manbij Military Council fighters have liberated the Al-Asadiyê neighborhood in Manbij city center.
• Death toll in Girê Spî attack rises to 11 

  Death toll has risen to 11 in the car bomb attack near Mala Gel (People's House) in Girê Spî town of Rojava (West) Kurdistan.
• Turkish soldiers kill a youth from Kobanê on the border 

  Turkish border guards have killed a youth from Kobanê on the border with Rojava (West) Kurdistan.
• 12 civilians wounded as SNC affiliated gangs attack Sheikh Maqsoud 

  SNC affiliated gangs attacked Sheikh Maqsoud Wednesday evening, leaving 12 civilians wounded, 6 of whom are children.
• Rojava General Coordination condemns Turkey's attack on Girê Spî 

  Rojava Cantons General Coordination has condemned the deadly attack of Turkish soldiers targeting civilians in eastern Girê Spî.
• 3 policemen killed in action by YJA-Star guerrillas in Dicle 

  The Press Office of YJA-Star (Free Women's Troops) announced that 3 policemen died as a result of an action targeting a police car in Amed's Dicle district.
• 10-year-old among those wounded by Turkish attack on Rojava dies 

  Turkish soldiers conducted an aggression on Girê Spî town of Rojava (West) Kurdistan Tuesday evening, wounding many civilians.
• Street to street fighting in the southern side of Manbij 

  Heavy clashes are taking place between Manbij Military Council fighters and ISIS gangs in the southern side of the Manbij city center.
• Soldiers seize the food supplies of villagers in Lice 

  While the attacks of state forces continue in Lice and edge towards Silvan and Kulp, the villagers are stopped at the entrances of their villages and their food supplies are seized, because they will “take it to the terrorists”.
• Heavy clashes 1 km north of Manbij 

  Combatants of the Manbij Military Council are making further advances as the operation to liberate Manbij city and surroundings continues successfully in its 29th day.
• Death toll in Girê Spî car bomb attack rises to 7 

  Death toll has risen to 7 in the car bomb attack near Mala Gel (People's House) in Girê Spî town of Rojava (West) Kurdistan.
• Villages in Lice, Silvan and Kulp evacuated and turned into outposts 

  Dozens of villages in Amed’s Lice, Silvan and Kulp districts have been surrounded by soldiers, village guards and special operations units.
• Suicide attack in Girê Spî kills 4 civilians, injures 10 others 

  A suicide attack has been conducted near the Mala Gel (People's House) in Girê Spî town of Rojava (West) Kurdistan.
• Dozens of civilians wounded as Turkish soldiers attack Girê Spî 

  Turkish soldiers conducted an aggression on Girê Spî town of Rojava (West) Kurdistan Tuesday evening, wounding many civilians.
• Attacks of Turkish military forces in Lice continue 

  Attacks of the state forces continue in Amed's Lice district which is witnessing an increased military deployment and activity.
• State forces bomb houses in Şırnak with tanks 

  State forces have bombed some houses in a neighborhood in central Şırnak province on Tuesday.
• One policeman dies in blast in Dicle 

  A huge blast has occurred as a police vehicle passed by Dicle (Pîran) district of Amed on Tuesday.
• Turkish artillery strikes start another fire in Gabar 

  Alongside the ongoing onslaught of state forces in the cities and towns of Northern Kurdistan, recently enhanced military operations in rural areas are inflicting a growing damage on the Kurdish territory.
• 17 parties and organisations in Cizîr sign petition for Öcalan's freedom 

  In Cizîr canton, 17 political parties and organisations signed the petition led by the Kongre Star for the physical freedom of Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan and an end to the aggravated isolation imposed upon him.