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• Once again, Dersim is burning while intervention is prevented 

  The forest fires under the guise of “operations” have raged on for months. The people want to intervene by their own means but are prevented by the state forces.
• Deir ez-Zor Military Council launches “Cizre Storm” Operation 

  The Deir ez-Zor Military Council announced the launch of the Cizre Storm Operation to liberate the east of the Euphrates and Deir ez-Zor.
• Destruction continues in Sur 

  Police forces attacked the people who refused to evacuate their houses in the Alipaşa neighbourhood of Amed's Sur district. Demolition of the houses continued forcibly afterwards, while the residents were still sitting inside their homes.
• State of emergency in Sine 

  A state of emergency is being implemented in Sine province after demonstrations in solidarity with Banê people against the killings of border porters.
• Whereabouts of Kirmanshan activists unknown 

  The whereabouts of 5 Kurdish activists arrested during demonstrations in Kirmanshan in solidarity with the resistance of Banê are unknown.
• State of emergency does not bother Kurdish children  

  Despite the repressions and violence of the Turkish state amid the ongoing state of emergency, Kurdish children are singing anthems and songs on the streets and defy the state's prohibitive mentality.
• People of Qandil in solidarity with Eastern Kurdistan 

  The inhabitants of Qandil expressed their solidarity with the people of Rojhilat (Eastern Kurdistan) against the oppression and violence of the Iranian regime.
• Gerilla TV releases footage of action in Herekol 

  Footage of the action in which guerrilla forces targeted the Turkish soldiers in Siirt’s Herekol region, has been released.
• 29 regions of Hakkari declared 'security zone' 

  Hakkari Governorate has declared 29 regions 'security zones' for 15 days.
• A party should lead a revolution in Rojhilat like in Rojava 

  Kurdish novelist Eli Kerimi, called all political actors in East Kurdistan to fill the political gap and lead society to a revolution like the revolution in Rojava.
• Police detain three people protesting demolition in Diyarbakir 

  Reaction grows against the demolition in Sur: Police fired shots in the air and detained 3 people
• Armenian cemeteries pillaged after the churches 

  The historic legacy and churches left by the Armenians after the genocide are being destroyed one by one.
• Military operation, bombardment and clash in Tendürek 

  Reports suggest that Turkish army has intensified bombardments in the zone of the military operation in Ağrı’s Tendürek region.
• The guerrilla's heart 

  There were many moments which we left to silence, there were many moments in which we hearkened to their memories... But there were also many moments in which they overwhelmed us and took us with them...
• People of Sinê protest the Iranian regime 

  People of Sinê took to the streets on Thursday to protest the killing of two kolbers (border porters) by Iranian regime forces in Banê.
• Rising anger in Eastern Kurdistan against the Iranian regime 

  Protest demonstrations continue in many cities of Rojhilat (Eastern Kurdistan) for the fourth day following the killing of two kolbers by Iranian regime forces.
• Alipaşa Mourning House in Sur demolished amid police siege 

  Alipaşa Mourning House in Amed’s Sur district, the demolition of which was not allowed by the residents yesterday, is now being demolished with scoops amid the siege of riot police and armored vehicles.
• HDP: Attack on civilians violates the Geneva Convention 

  On 31 August 2017, a Turkish drone bombed four villagers who went on picnic in Tale (Ogul) village of Hakkari, killing Mehmet Temel (35) and wounding İsmail Aydın (43), İbrahim Sak (54) and Musa Tarhan (56).
• Suruç victim’s grave in Yüksekova vandalized 

  Süleyman Aksu was a teacher who lost his life in the Suruç Massacre. Aksu’s grave in Yüksekova has been vandalized.
• The tide will turn one day… 

  I’ve seen it for the first time but I feel a kinship with Nusaybin. The sound of demolition, the empty feeling in the people and the bullet holes remind me of Sur.
• HPG: 10 Turkish soldiers killed in Semdinli 

  10 Turkish soldiers killed during an 11-day offensive by Turkish army against Kurdish guerrillas in Hakkari, People’s Defence Forces (HPG) said.
• More police deployment; shops remain closed in East Kurdistan  

  Iranian state deployed more police and troops in Kurdish cities as tensions rise after violent demonstrations to protest the killing of two Kurds by Iranian soldiers.
• Two Iranian soldiers killed in Bane 

  Kurdish YRK fighters killed two Iranian soldiers in Bane in response to killings of two kolbers in the same region.
• Protestors clash with Iranian police in East Kurdistan, 5 wounded 

  Thousands of Kurds protesting the killing of two kolbers (*) by Iranian army clashed with police in Bane, local sources reported.
• Forest fires started after military operation in Dersim 

  Forest fires in four separate areas started after Turkish military conducted operations in Dersim.