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• HPG: Turkish army carried out a pinpoint raid at Tendürek 

  HPG stated that the operation of the Turkish army at Tendürek was a preplanned pinpoint raid, and that it was the Turkish soldiers that opened the first fire.
• DBP youth organise protest march against Ilısu dam 

  The Party of Democratic Regions (DBP) Youth Assembly is organising a big march on 13 April in Hasankeyf in protest at the construction of the Ilısu dam.
• KCK: AKP will burn itself if keeps playing with fire 

  KCK stated that in order to implement the presidential system in Turkey, the AKP would do anything, including all kinds of provocation, to prevent further loss of power and disintegration among themselves.
• YPG: Goktepe and Goçekmen villages liberated 

  Clashes between ISIS gangs and YPG/YPJ (People's/Women's Defense Units) are continuing in Kobanê and Cizîrê cantons of Rojava, West Kurdistan.
• Turkish military activity continues in North Kurdistan 

  People's Defense Forces Press Centre HPG-BIM reported in a written statement that the Turkish army continued its aerial and land activities in North Kurdistan territory.
• Clash reported between HPG and Turkish army in Ağrı 

  Clash has been reported between HPG (People's Defense Forces) guerrillas and Turkish soldiers in a rural area in Ağrı province of North Kurdistan today.
• 27 ISIS corpses seized in Til Temir 

  ISIS gangs routed by YPG forces in villages around Til Temir abandoned dozens of dead bodies as they fled. A total of 27 corpses were found by the YPG forces.
• YPG: 36 gang members killed in Kobanê and Cizîrê 

  YPG Press Centre said that heavy clashes on the western boundaries of the Cizîrê Canton continued since the ISIS attacks on 23 February.
• Howitzer and mortar attack by Turkish army in Şırnak 

  Turkish army has carried out howitzer and mortar attacks on some areas in Şırnak province of North Kurdistan.
• Battlefield extending in Rojava: 152 gang members killed in 2 days 

  152 ISIS gang members have been killed in the ongoing clashes between the YPG/YPJ forces and the ISIS in the villages to the south and west of Til Temir.
• Warning action by HPG in response to increasing military activity 

  People's Defense Forces Press and Communication Centre (HPG-BIM) has released a statement on the increasingly ongoing activities of the Turkish army in North Kurdistan.
• Father and son fighting together in YBŞ in Sinjar 

  Members of Yazidi families in Sinjar are fighting shoulder to shoulder to protect their land and belief against ISIS attacks going on since early August 2014.
• Cavalli: YPG will ensure liberation of peoples in Middle East 

  Prof. DR. Franco Cavalli, the head of the UICC, a Switzerland-based International organisation committed to fighting cancer worldwide, said the YPG and YPJ were the only forces fighting obscurantism in the Middle East.
• YPG releases balance sheet of war in Cizîrê Canton 

  YPG (People's Defense Units) Press Centre has released the balance sheet of war in Cizîrê Canton of West Kurdistan, Rojava, for the month of March.
• HPG: Operations of the Turkish army providing basis for conflict 

  People's Defense Forces Press Office HPG-BIM reported in a written statement that the Turkish army increasingly continued its operations against the areas of guerrillas in ceasefire position in order to provide basis for conflict.
• 28 Yazidis escape from ISIS captivity in Sinjar 

  28 Yazidi people comprised of women, children and elderly, who had formerly been abducted by the ISIS gangs in Herdan village of Sinjar, have escaped and reached the area controlled by the Kurdish forces.
• MSF building a hospital in Kobanê 

  Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has started the construction of a hospital with a capacity of 13 beds in Kobanê.
• Al-Nusra gangs kidnap 300 Kurds 

  Jabhat Al-Nusra gangs have kidnapped more than 300 Kurds on Aleppo-Efrîn road.
• 4 April celebrations continue in mountains of Kurdistan 

  The birthday of the Kurdish Leader Abdullah Öcalan was celebrated in the Medya Defence Zones by hundreds of guerrillas.
• Protestants visit Kobanê to contribute to the reconstruction 

  A delegation from the Protestant Churches Union of Turkey is paying a visit to Kobanê in order to assess its needs and to contribute to the reconstruction of the town.
• Azadiya Welat journalist laid to rest 

  A journalist from the Kurdish newspaper Azidiya Welat, Metin Dursun, who had a motorcycle accident 3 months ago, has lost his life in the Diyarbakır Selahattin Eyyubi Hospital.
• Military blockade continues in Roboskî 

  Following the killing of more mules in Roboskî last night, the military blockade is continuing. Local people, who fear more slaughter, say that they have no alternative to carrying out cross-border trade.
• Magnificent finale in Amara 

  The celebrations of the birthday of the Kurdish Leader Abdullah Öcalan concluded in Amara yesterday with a magnificent rally attended by tens of thousands of people.
• Old borders exceeded to the south of Kobanê 

  The operations of YPG/YPJ forces to liberate the rural areas of Kobanê following the liberation of the town continue. YPG/YPJ forces have cleansed an entire area to the south of the town of the gangs.
• Thousands at 4 April celebration in Kandil 

  Thousands of people have attended a celebration of the 66th birthday of Abdullah Öcalan in Kandil.