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• Ongoing clashes in Qamishlo 

  Clashes between Syrian regime forces and Rojava Asayish (public security) continue since the former one's attack on the city of Qamishlo the day before.
• Blast hits Turkish military convoy on Dersim–Elazığ highway 

  A blast has hit a Turkish military convoy heading on the highway between the provinces of Dersim and Elazığ.
• Reports of casualties as regime forces attack civilians in Qamishlo 

  Syrian regime forces have started to attack civilians in Qamishlo city of Rojava after suffering a heavy defeat in the hands of YPG and Asayish (Public Security) forces during clashes ongoing since yesterday.
• HPG reports guerrilla actions in Bitlis, Amed, Mardin, Şırnak, Hakkari 

  HPG (People's Defense Forces) Press Office has announced the results of actions conducted by guerrillas in Bitlis, Amed, Mardin, Şırnak and Hakkari, as well as the ongoing attacks and activities of Turkish military.
• YPG / Asayish forces seize control of the Elaye prison in Qamishlo 

  YPG / YPJ and Asayish (Public Security) forces in Qamishlo city of Rojava have taken control of the regime-held Elaye prison to the east of the city.
• Thousands march in Kobanê for Öcalan’s freedom 

  Masses marched in Kobanê in demand of freedom for Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan who is jailed in İmralı Prison since his capture as a result of an international conspiracy in February of 1999.
• YPS: 4 special operations officers killed in Nusaybin 

  YPS (Civil Defense Units) General Coordination announced that 4 special operations officers attacking civilians in Nusaybin were killed on April 19-20.
• 45 regime soldiers surrender as clashes continue in Qamishlo 

  45 regime soldiers encircled in Qamishlo’s Elaya prison by Asayish and YPG soldiers surrendered as clashes continue near the Wehdê Intersection.
• 36 people fired from job for participating in a guerrilla funeral 

  AKP’s administrative officials fired 36 people that worked at the tent camp in Viranşehir because of their participation in the funeral of a guerrilla who fell in the Kurdistan Freedom Struggle.
• Clashes in Şırnak: Several police dead and wounded 

  Violent clashes continued through the night between state forces and YPS/YPS-JIN members in Şırnak while neighborhoods where the self-rule resistance continues were bombed with howitzers.
• Curfew and destruction in Gever continue 

  As the state of emergency carried out under the pretense of ‘curfew’ in Gever continues, HDP parliamentarian Abdullah Zeydan stated that the operations were over but state forces were arbitrarily burning civilians’ houses.
• Çarşema Sor celebrated in Shengal 

  The Êzidî New Year's Day, also called Çarşema Sor or the Red Wednesday, is being celebrated by the people on Mount Shengal.
• Turkey's torture of the dead: 12 bodies unidentified for 2 months 

  18 bodies sent to Malatya and Elazığ Forensic Medicine Institutes on various dates have been kept in storage for 2 months. The burned and tortured bodies are intentionally kept unidentified.
• TIHV: 338 civilians died during curfews in the Kurdish region 

  There has been 65 officially confirmed, open-ended and round-the-clock [all daylong] curfews in at least 22 districts of 7 cities in Southeastern Turkey between the dates August 16, 2015 and April 20, 2016.
• Violent clashes in Nusaybin 

  Attacks continue non-stop on the 38th day in Nusaybin. During last night's aggression, Abdulkadirpaşa neighborhood was surrounded and houses were bombed.
• Turkish soldiers open fire on Rojava villages 

  The AKP state forces continue their attacks on Rojava, West Kurdistan.
• Images from the building where 30 police were killed in Şırnak 

  Two photos have come through from the back side of the building in Şırnak where 30 special operations police (PÖH) died after its collapse yesterday.
• Clashes continue in Qamishlo 

  Clashes between Syrian regime forces and Rojava Asayish (public security) continue since the former one's attack on the city of Qamishlo earlier today.
• HPG: Dozens of soldiers killed in enhanced actions by guerrillas 

  HPG pointed out that the battle waged by their side in response to the attacks of Erdoğan, AKP ruling and Turkish state against the Kurdish people and movement continues in a more comprehensive manner.
• YPS: 45 special operations police killed in Şırnak 

  The General Coordination of Civil Defense Units (YPS) has released a statement reporting about actions conducted by their side which inflicted heavy losses on Turkish forces mobilized in the province of Şırnak.
• 8 Syrian regime soldiers killed during clashes in Qamishlo 

  Paramilitary forces known as Difa Wetenî affiliated to the Ba’athist regime attacked civilians in Qamishlo and clashes broke out when Asayish (public security) forced returned fire.
• HPG sends congratulatory address to YPS 

  HPG Central Headquarters Command congratulated YPS militants for their actions in Şırnak on April 15-16, and praised them for their courage and tactical skills against genocidal occupation forces of the Turkish state.
• Military operation in Ağrı 

  Turkish soldiers and village guards launched a military operation in the Tutak (Dutax) district of Ağrı last night.
• Special operations units trapped under rubble again: Several dead 

  Several special operations members, both dead and alive, were removed from the building that collapsed after an explosion in Şırnak’s Bahçelievler neighborhood yesterday.
• Aerial attack on Qandil 

  Turkish warplanes are bombarding the Qandil region of PKK-held Medya Defense Zones in South Kurdistan territory.