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• YPS: 21 members of Turkish forces killed in Şırnak, Nusaybin and Gever 

  21 members of Turkish forces were killed in recent actions and clashes in Gever, Şırnak and Nusaybin.
• 2 civilians killed in missile attack on Kobanê's Qubê village 

  ISIS gangs have launched 2 missiles on the village of Qube, 35 km to the southwest of Kobanê, at around 10:15 Wednesday morning.
• Gendarmerie brigade and police centre in Şırnak hit by armed actions 

  Şırnak Çakırsöğüt Gendarmerie Brigade and the building of Directorate of National Education, which currently serves as headquarters for special operation police, have been targeted by simultaneous actions.
• YBŞ Commander talks about the 'Operation for Martyrs of Shilo' 

  YBŞ Commander Ciger Guyi talked about the 'Operation Vengeance for Martyrs of Shilo' which -he said- was started to "avenge our martyrs and our people who lost their lives in the massacre”.
• “AKP wants to isolate Sur and force people to accept TOKİ” 

  Amed Chamber of Architects board member Melik Aslan criticized AKP’s occupation plan for Sur and said, “Once they legitimize the demolition, they will force the people to accept TOKİ’s ‘freak’ houses.”
• Nusaybin resistance in its 17th day 

  The besieged neighborhoods in Nusaybin are being shelled by state forces popular resistance against intensifying attacks continues in its 17th day.
• Clashes continue non-stop in Şırnak 

  Genocidal attacks by state forces have entered the 16th day in the province of Şırnak.
• Co-mayors detained, 7 arrested in ongoing political operations 

  As political genocide operations continue under orders from AKP and the Palace, who can’t break the resistance of the Kurdish people, 7 people have been arrested and 6 detained in Batman, Mardin and Şırnak.
• 21 more political prisoners face exile 

  Three female political prisoners in Van M Type Closed Prison were exiled to Ankara Sincan Closed Prison. 18 prisoners in Ağrı M Type Closed Prison were also exiled with no explanation on the reason.
• State forces continue the destruction in Cizre 

  State forces still remaining in Cizre continue demolishing the houses that survived the shelling with diggers. The debris from the second basement where 60 people were massacred is being removed by diggers.
• 2 HPG guerrillas martyred in Hatay 

  Clashes broke out with Turkish soldiers at 21:00 on March 25 in the Bektaşlı region of Hatay’s Kırıkhan district as two guerrillas were on a mission in the region. After three hours of fighting, 2 HPG guerrillas lost their lives.
• 13 people killed in Sur buried in gardens due to the ongoing siege 

  Mothers of 13 people killed in Sur had to bury their beloved ones in the gardens of two houses due to the ongoing siege and attacks on the district.
• AKP terror in Gever continues 

  Heavy bombing continues on Cumhuriyet and Güngör neighborhoods of Gever as the popular resistance enters its 17th day.
• Karayılan: Historic spring process begins 

  Kurdistan People’s Defense Forces Central Headquarters Commander Murat Karayılan said that Kurdistan guerrillas should put the historic spring process to use and the Kurdish people would come out victorious at the end of this process.
• Cizre Public Hospital occupied by state forces 

  State forces, using every facility in Cizre Public Hospital including the cafeteria, have banned even the hospital personnel from going up to the third floor.
• Co-mayor of Cizre calls for solidarity 

  Cizre Municipality Co-mayor Kadir Kunur spoke to the ANF and called for solidarity from Kurdish people so Cizre can adapt to daily life. Kunur stated that house wares were deliberately plundered as well during the massacre.
• Nusaybin under ongoing bombardment by state forces 

  On the 16th day of the curfew, Nusaybin’s Kışla and Zeynelabidin neighborhoods remain under intense mortar shelling.
• Fire in tent city: 3 children lose their lives 

  Three children lost their lives and six people were injured in the fire that broke out before dawn in the tent city housing Syrian refugees in Mardin’s Derik district.
• Police execute a youth in Van 

  Police executed one young man in a raid on a football field in Vali Mithat Bey Neighborhood in Van’s İpekyolu district yesterday evening.
• 8 soldiers killed in guerrilla action in memory of Commander Egîd 

  HPG guerrillas carried out an action in memory of the Kurdish Commander Egîd (Mahsum Korkmaz).
• 20 more village guards resign from duty in response to massacres 

  20 guards from Sümer (Deywan) village of Mardin's Dargeçit district have submitted their resignation letters in protest at the state’s genocidal attacks in Northern Kurdistan.
• State forces bomb Gever from 3 sides 

  It is the 16th day of the popular resistance against the unfettered attacks of state forces in Gever. Bombing continues from 3 sides in Cumhuriyet and Güngör neighborhoods where the resistance is going strong.
• Turkish army continues damaging the nature of Kurdistan 

  Turkish miltary aircrafts are damaging the nature in Kurdistan with every attack they carry out against Kurds. Hundreds of years old trees were destroyed in a bombing in Gare region.
• Bombardment by state forces continues through the night in Nusaybin 

  The besieged town of Nusaybin was shelled by state forces continuously from last night until the early hours of this morning.
• State forces shell neighborhoods they can’t enter in Şırnak 

  While bombardments by state forces in Şırnak continued throughout the night, the neighborhoods that don’t have the trenches or barricades were raked all night from armored vehicles.