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• Bombardments by Turkish army and actions by guerrillas continue 

  HPG (People's Defense Forces) Press Office reported that the Turkish army increasingly continued its bombardments against guerrilla areas with howitzer, mortar, tank and heavy weaponry attacks.
• Turkish jets striking Metina area 

  Jets of the Turkish army are shelling the Metina area of the guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in South Kurdistan.
• DTK announces participation in the march to Gemlik for Öcalan's freedom 

  DTK announced its participation in Gemlik March, and stated that Öcalan’s freedom could end war and chaos.
• Turkish jets flying over Kobanê 

  Turkish jets have been performing interrupted flights over Kobanê town of West Kurdistan, Rojava, since earlier today.
• Notes from Sirrîn 

  YPG/YPJ and Burkan El Fırat had launched an operation to liberate Sirrîn as part of the “Kobanê Martyrs Revenge Operation” nearly a month ago. The joint forces entered the town after five days long siege.
• Protest at border against Turkey denying the delivery of martyrs' bodies 

  Families who are not being allowed to reclaim the bodies of their children who fell in the ranks of HPG, YPG/YPJ, are staging a sit-in at Habur border gate in Şırnak for three days now.
• International donation campaign for reconstruction of Kobanê 

  An international online donation campaign has been started by FireFund, which is endorsed officially by the Kobanê Reconstruction Board, after an extensive and comprehensive analysis of the most essential needs of the canton.
• Two killed in gun attack in Çınar 

  A gun attack by unidentified person(s) targeted a patrolling police vehicle in Çınar district of Amed last night.
• Turkish police kill another youth in Cizre 

  Turkish policemen in an armored vehicle intercepted a civilian car and forced those inside to get off, on whom they later rained bullets and killed a youth.
• Clashes between soldiers and guerrillas intensify in Doğubayazıt 

  Clashes between Turkish soldiers and HPG guerrillas have intensified in the region of Yaygınyurt (Zoravakır), Gölyüzü (Şexxuli), Barındı (Tapuya) and Birnê Reş villages in Doğubayazıt district of Ağrı.
• Specialist sergeant wounded in Doğubayazıt dies 

  A specialist sergeant from the Turkish army who was wounded in clashes with guerrillas in Doğubayazıt district of Ağrı, has died.
• HPG details actions by guerrillas 

  HPG (People's Defense Forces) guerrillas have carried out effective actions in response to the ongoing attacks against the Kurdish movement and people by the Turkish state.
• Internationalist statement for peace in Kurdistan and Turkey 

  The EH Bildu Coalition, Puyalón, Galician Nationalist Bloc and Popular Unity Candidates released a joint statement calling on the Turkish state to immediately end the harassment and the strategy of repression against Kurdish movement and people.
• Police attack families demanding the bodies of their children 

  Police attacked families who were about to apply to Silopi Prosecution office in order to demand the bodies of their YPG/YPJ fighter children held at Habur Border Gate.
• New period in Hesekê 

  After liberating Hesekê, YPG/YPJ forces initiated a new period in the city.
• Turkey establishes ‘special security zone’ on Kilis-Efrîn border 

  Kilis Governor's Office announced the establishment of a special security zone in four locations on the border with Rojava’s Efrîn Canton for a period of 7 days, and tanks and heavy weaponry are being positioned in the region.
• Sergeant shot in gun attack in Erzurum 

  A Turkish sergeant by the name of Nazım Altun was targeted by a gun attack on his way to the 34th Ammunition Division of 9th Corps Command where he serves in Horasan district of Erzurum.
• Trenches dug against police in Amed 

  People took to the streets in Sur, Bağlar districts and Huzurevleri neighborhood in Amed to protest the warfare policy pursued by the AKP against Kurds, and the isolation imposed on Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan in İmralı prison.
• Turkish soldiers shoot civilians crossing the Rojava border 

  Turkish soldiers have shot members of a family from Rojava, West Kurdistan, as they crossed the border into Kobanê illegally.
• Three vehicles set on fire in Dersim 

  Unidentified person(s) set three vehicles on fire in Dersim province.
• Police officer detained in Lice 

  HPG guerrillas have detained a police officer after closing the Amed-Bingöl road in Lice district of Amed this evening.
• Ongoing airstrikes by Turkish army in Kandil 

  Jets of the Turkish army are now shelling the Kandil area of the guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in South Kurdistan.
• Rocket attacks target police and courthouse lodges in Yüksekova 

  Two rocket attacks have targeted the lodges of courthouse and special operation police teams in Yüksekova district of Hakkari late Tuesday evening.
• Turkish jets shelling guerrilla areas 

  Jets of the Turkish army are shelling the areas of Gare and Metina in the guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in South Kurdistan.
• Rocket attack targets Dicle police headquarters 

  A rocket attack has been carried out against the police headquarters in Dicle district of Amed (Diyarbakır) late Tuesday evening.