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• Tevgera Azadi's Bekir: Foreign powers incite clashes in Xurmatu 

  Kirkuk Tevgera Azadi Co-President Nevzat Bekir stated that foreign powers were inciting the clashes in Xurmatu. Bekir noted that Turkey and Iran were the major powers inciting these clashes, and were receiving support from fractions within Iraq.
• State forces failing to break the resistance continue bombing Şırnak 

  As the bombing of Şırnak province by state forces continues on the 43rd day of the popular resistance for self-rule, tanks, heavy weapons and military personnel were dispatched to the city through the night.
• Xurmatu Peshmerga Commander: We will fight if we receive an order 

  Recurring clashes broke out yesterday in Selahaddin’s Xurmatu district as Heşd El Şebi attacked again without a reason.
• HPG: 4 soldiers killed in actions by guerrillas 

  People's Defense Forces (HPG) Press Office has provided details regarding the ongoing clashes with Turkish forces and actions by guerrillas.
• Gang groups bomb Sheikh Maqsoud 

  Gang groups affiliated to the Syrian National Coalition (SNC), which includes the ENKS, have started to bomb several areas in Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood of Aleppo Monday afternoon.
• YPG reports ongoing attacks and clashes 

  YPG Press Office reported that clashes between YPG forces and gang groups continued on April 24th while Turkish troops targeted the civilians near the village of Dinayek to the east of Kobanê last night.
• KDP refuses to talk with Rojava delegation on closure of border gate 

  KDP officials have rejected Rojava delegation's request for a meeting on the closure of Sêmelka border gate.
• 10 unidentified people killed in Gever buried in cemetery of the nameless 

  10 bodies reportedly belonging to people killed on different dates during the self-rule resistance in Gever were buried in the cemetery of the nameless.
• Anthems of resistance echo in Nusaybin 

  While clashes continue non-stop on the 43rd day of attacks against the popular resistance for self-rule, anthems of resistance played in the neighborhoods where state forces can’t enter echo all around the district.
• State forces can’t break resistance, bomb Şırnak non-stop 

  While clashes focused on İsmetpaşa and Cumhuriyet neighborhoods in Şırnak continue, the neighborhoods have been hit by howitzers constantly for the last 12 hours.
• 12-year-old wounded in gang groups' attack on Sheikh Maqsoud 

  A 12 year old child was wounded in gang groups' ongoing attacks against Şêx Meqsûd neighborhood of Aleppo city on Monday.
• Ceasefire in Xurmatu 

  A ceasefire was announced following the meeting between Shia Bedir Brigades and the Kurdish forces in Xurmatu.
• Blast in Nusaybin leaves casualties among Turkish forces 

  A blast has hit Turkish forces trying to enter Abdülkadirpaşa neighborhood of Mardin's Nusaybin district where popular resistance led by YPS / YPS-JIN against Turkish forces' genocidal attacks endures with determination.
• YPG: Turkish army and jihadist gangs continue their attacks on Rojava 

  YPG announced that the Turkish army and jihadist gangs continue their attacks on Rojava.
• Guerillas carry out sabotage action in Mardin 

  HPG/YJA Star guerillas carried out a sabotage action against a bus carrying special operations police officers from Nusaybin to Amed to commemorate resistance martyrs. Tens of officers died during the action.
• Berekat: Liberated areas in Qamishlo won’t be returned to the regime 

  Cizîr Canton Internal Affairs Council Co-President Kenan Berekat announced that the areas in Qamishlo liberated by Democratic Self-Administration Forces would not be returned to the regime.
• Armored vehicle destroyed in Nusaybin 

  Several armored vehicles were destroyed during the genocidal attacks and siege in Nusaybin over the past two months. ANF reached the photos of an armored vehicle in the district where tens of special operations officers have dies since February.
• Peshmerga commander Şaklaweyi dies in Xurmatu 

  Peshmerga commander Sirwan Şaklaweyi and peshmerga Rayid Ebdullah Kasım died during the on-going clashes in Xurmatu. 10 Hashd al-Shaabi militias died and another 15 were injured during the clashes.
• 8 village guards in Uludere resign 

  8 village guards that refused to participate in genocidal operations laid their arms and resigned in Uludere’s Repin neighborhood.
• Footage of the destruction in Sheikh Maqsoud after yesterday's airstrike 

  ANF cameras recorded the destruction in Aleppo’s Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood caused by the aerial bombardment of the Ba’athist regime’s warplanes.
• Resistance in Şırnak enters its 41st day 

  Clashes and bombardment in Şırnak intensified in 3 neighborhoods. Special operations officers in Silopi were moved to Şırnak after the pause in clashes in Silopi.
• Ceasefire agreement in Qamishlo 

  After the ceasefire between Rojava Asayish forces and regime forces in Qamishlo, the two sides came to an agreement.
• Violent clashes and bombardment in Nusaybin 

  Residents of Nusaybin woke up to the bombardment of armored vehicles positioned along the border as the genocidal attacks against the self-administration resistance enter their 42nd day.
• Curfew’s end exposes state forces’ destruction in Silopi 

  The partial lifting of the curfew in Silopi exposed the state forces’ pillage and destruction.
• Reports of casualties in clashes in Duz Xurmatu 

  Heavy clashes are taking place between PUK peshmerga and the Shia militias in Duz Xurmatu since last night.