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• Two Turkish soldiers killed, two others wounded in Bitlis countryside 

  Two Turkish soldiers were killed and two others were wounded in Bitlis countryside. The soldiers are reported to be from Gendarme Special Forces (JÖH).
• State-appointed trustee targets education, culture and arts in Kayapınar 

  The trustee appointed to Amed’s Kayapınar Municipality transformed free schools into Qoran schools, and is planning to make Zarokistan Xalxalok, which offers pre-school education in Kurdish, a center of assimilation.
• Co-mayors of Nusaybin taken into custody 

  Nusaybin Co-mayors Cengiz Kök and Sara Kaya have been taken into custody alongside 6 other people today.
• After peshmergas, youths from South Kurdistan go to Qandil 

  Hundreds of young people from South Kurdistan are going to Qandil Mountain to support guerrillas and oppose Turkish occupation and collaboration.
• 16 detained as police raid the municipality and houses in Muradiye 

  Turkish police forces raided many houses and the municipality building in Van’s Muradiye district, and detained 16 people.
• 32 areas in Batman declared 'security zone' for one year 

  A total of 32 areas within the boundaries of the Batman province in North Kurdistan have been declared 'military security zone' for one year.
• "The Turkish state has no right to decide where the PKK will be" 

  Tevgera Azadi Co-chair Mihemed Abdullah stated that the Turkish state has no right or responsibility to push the PKK out of Shengal.
• 12 jailed in Siirt's Şirvan district 

  12 people recently detained during house raids in Siirt's Şirvan district, have been jailed.
• PJAK delegation visits Hizba Demokrata Kurdistanê administrators 

  PJAK Co-president Siyamend Muhenî and a delegation accompanying him visited Hizba Demokrata Kurdistanê administrators in Koyê yesterday.
• Trustee appointed to DBP-held Tutak Municipality in Ağrı 

  A trustee was appointed to the DBP-held Tutak Municipality in Ağrı after the police raid on the municipal building late yesterday evening.
• 28 people detained during house raids in Cizre 

  Turkish police detained 28 people during house raids in Şırnak's Cizre district.
• HPG reports ongoing Turkish airstrikes on Medya Defense Zones 

  HPG reported continued airstrikes by Turkish aircraft on guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in South Kurdistan territory.
• Deputies detained in Hewler released 

  Gorran MP Ali Heme Salih and Komala Islam MP Soran Ömer who were taken into custody in Hewler, have been released.
• Two MPs for Gorran and Komala Islam detained in Hewler 

  Gorran MP Ali Heme Salih and Komala Islam MP Soran Ömer have been taken into custody.
• Sakine, Fidan and Leyla commemorated in Makhmur 

  Kurdish revolutionaries Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez, who were murdered in Paris on January 9, 2013, have been commemorated at Martyr Rüstem Cudi Refugee Camp in Makhmur.
• This much “love” is too much for Sur! 

  The streets that once rang with children’s laughter are now vast empty spaces in Sur. Broken doors, streets filled with garbage and and demolished houses carry the weight of a great war.
• AKP starts employing paramilitary forces 

  The Palace regime is expanding the concept of the dirty war they have been waging. 30 thousand “armed village guards” are to be employed to be put on duty in cities in Kurdistan.
• 20 homes raided, at least 7 detained in Van 

  Special operations police have conducted almost 20 house raids in several neighborhoods in Van’s Ipekyolu district. At least 7 people were detained.
• "KDP must explain why Barzani was silent on Turkish PM's comments" 

  PUK Iraqi Parliament Deputy Mihemed Osman said KDP must explain why Masoud Barzani was silent against Binali Yıldırım’s comments of “PKK and PYD are terrorists”.
• 5-year-old dies in explosion in Şemdinli 

  Explosion of an unknown material has left a child dead in Hakkari's Şemdili district.
• Reports of casualties in car bomb attack in Qamishlo 

  A car bomb attack has been carried out in front of the post office in Rojava's Qamishlo city Monday evening.
• Gorran Deputy: The real terrorist is the Turkish state 

  Gorran MP Adil Aziz said PKK and PYD are Kurdish national forces, stressing that the real terrorist is the Turkish state that provides all kinds of support for the ISIS.
• HPG reports military operations and agencification activities in Amed 

  HPG announced that the Turkish army launched further operations with the participation of thousands of soldiers, but still couldn't obtain a result and enhanced its activities of agencification in the region.
• Sakine Cansız commemorated by her grave in Dersim 

  Sakine Cansız, one of the revolutionary Kurdish women murdered in Paris, was commemorated by her grave in Dersim.
• Encü: Removal of the Roboski Monument increased the pain of families 

  Roboski Association Chair Veli Encü: “The murderers of Roboski returned to the scene where the monument for the 34 is, without wiping the blood off their hands.”