KURDISTAN

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• State forces shell civilian areas in Sur 

  Onslaught by Turkish military and police forces continues in Amed's central Sur district where a state of siege remains in force for 92 uninterrupted days.
• Governor bans entrances to Sur before today's march to break the siege 

  Governor of the main Kurdish city Amed has banned entrances to the central Sur district before the mass march planned for today afternoon to break the siege ongoing for 3 months.
• HPG reports actions by guerrillas in Şırnak and Mardin 

  HPG Media Center has reported ongoing attacks by the Turkish military against guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones.
• Turkish jets demolish 976 year old tomb in Amediye 

  Turkish warplanes bombarded the village of Dereshê in Amediye district of Duhok between 20:00 and 21:00 yesterday evening.
• Violent explosions in Sur 

  The terror of AKP and Erdoğan continues in Amed’s Sur district, where explosions and gunfire shots intensified over the past hour and can be heard from all across the city.
• Intense fighting in Şırnak's İdil district 

  Intense fighting continues in İdil as state forces’ curfew attacks intensify. Many ambulances reached Turgut Özal Neighborhood where the most intense fighting takes place.
• Demirtaş and Yüksekdağ call upon international institutions to act for Sur 

  HDP co-chairs called upon all national and international democratic institutions and platforms to express a solid reaction against the current political and humanitarian crisis in Sur and act in solidarity with the people of Sur.
• Families denied bodies of their slain children in Sur to go on death fast 

  Families on vigil to receive the bodies of their children killed in Sur for 37 days will go on death fast if the on-going siege is not lifted and their children’s bodies are not evacuated.
• ICC to process the REPAK application on war crimes in North Kurdistan 

  The International Criminal Court stated that REPAK Kurdish Women’s Relations Office application for action against the war crimes committed in North Kurdistan will be reviewed processed.
• DBP, HDP and DTK co-chairs on vigil for Sur 

  Co-chairs of DBP, HDP and DTK are on vigil for Amed's historic Sur district which remains under a state of siege and onslaught for 91 days now.
• Irish poet writes 'For The Kurdish People in Diyarbakır and Beyond' 

  Irish poet Seamas Carraher who lives in Dublin has written a poem for the Kurdish people addressing to the extrajudicial killings of Kurdish citizens by the Turkish state under the name of curfews.
• AKP forces’ attack on neighborhoods in Gever repelled 

  People repelled state forces’ attack on the Esentepe and Yenimahalle neighborhoods of Hakkari’s Gever district.
• Neighborhoods in Nusaybin under fire 

  State forces kept neighborhoods in Nusaybin where the self-administration resistance continues in full force under fire until the morning hours.
• Turkish jets shell Gare and Zap areas of guerrilla zones 

  Turkish jets have shelled Gare and Zap areas of guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in South Kurdistan territory Monday evening.
• PUK: Turkey seized the petroleum income of South Kurdistan 

  PUK Central Committee Secretary stated that the Turkish state has been seizing the petroleum income of South Kurdistan in order to change the stances of the PUK and the Goran Movement on Western and Northern Kurdistan.
• Demirtaş: We never surrendered and will remain here 

  DTK, HDK, HDP and DBP Co-Presidents issued a statement in Sur, where the resistance against state forces’ attacks enters its 90th day.
• TEV-DEM: AKP and its gangs attack Rojava 

  TEV-DEM called upon the international community in regards to the attacks of the Turkish state and its ISIS gangs on Rojava.
• Bodies of Tunç brothers identified 

  The bodies of Cizre People’s Assembly Co-President Mehmet Tunç and his brother Orhan Tunç, massacred in the basement of savagery in Cizre, were identified through a DNA test.
• Turkish military continues shelling Girê Spî 

  Turkish military is attacking the southern countryside of Girê Spî (Tal Abyad) town of Rojava, West Kurdistan.
• YPG: Attacks by gang groups constitute a breach of ceasefire 

  Efrîn and Aleppo General Command of People's Defense Forces (YPG) has released a written statement reporting a breach of ceasefire against Efrîn and Sheikh Maqsoud.
• HDP MP battered, 3 journalists detained by police in İdil 

  In Şırnak's İdil district where a state of siege continues for 13 days, police forces have raided the house where HDP Şırnak MP Ferhat Encü and Kurdish journalists are staying.
• HPG: 3 soldiers killed in action against Fındıkê outpost 

  HPG Press Office reported that 3 soldiers were killed in an action conducted by guerrillas in Şırnak province. On the other hand, one guerrilla fell in a clash with Turkish forces in Mardin.
• AKP-ISIS defeated once again in Girê Spî 

  Turkish PM Davutoğlu's remarks “We won't recognize the truce in Syria” was followed by a dispatchment of gang groups from İdlip to Azaz and Jarablus, and a fresh occupation campaign against Girê Spî (Tal Abyad).
• No news from trapped civilians under ongoing fire in Sur 

  Turkish forces continue their murderous attacks on Amed's historic Sur district where a state of siege remains in force for 89 uninterrupted days.
• State forces shell and demolish the municipality building in İdil 

  As the onslaught in Şırnak's İdil district continues for 13 days, state forces have now targeted the building of DBP-held district municipality.