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• Turkish soldiers kill a youth from Rojava at border 

  A youth from Rojava was killed by Turkish soldiers at the border between Rojava (West) and Bakur (North) Kurdistan.
• At least 10 wounded by the ongoing aggression in Cizre 

  Last night's artillery aggression in Şırnak's Cizre district wounded at least 10 people in a house in Cudi neighborhood. The wounded cannot be taken to hospital due to ongoing gunfire.
• Oran and Seviktek laid to rest amid calls for resistance 

  İsa Oran (Mazlum) and Mesut Seviktek (Delil) who were murdered by Turkish forces in Amed's Sur district on 23 December, have finally been laid to rest.
• Another youth shot by state forces in Cizre 

  Yet another youth has been shot in Şırnak's Cizre district which is being through an uninterrupted onslaught for the past 40 days.
• Cizre co-mayor Leyla İmret taken into custody 

  As a state of siege continues in Şırnak's Cizre for the 40th uninterrupted day, attacks by state forces are getting heavier in an attempt to impose a total evacuation of local people.
• Cizre resistance endures in its 40th day 

  Popular resistance for self-rule endures in Şırnak's Cizre district where a state of siege under a so-called curfew continues for the 40th uninterrupted day.
• DBP and municipality building in Silopi used as military headquarters 

  During the 37 days of curfew and onslaught in Şırnak's Silopi district, Turkish forces deployed in the town turned government offices, places of worship and party offices into military headquarters.
• Police murder a youth in Van 

  Yet another youth has been murdered by police in the province of Van.
• Blast hits police bus in Nusaybin 

  A severe blast has occured as a police service bus passed by Dicle neighborhood in Mardin's Nusaybin district.
• Six families in Kirkuk flee ISIS atrocity, take shelter near Kurdish forces 

  Six families from a village in Kirkuk have fled ISIS atrocity and taken shelter near Kurdish forces.
• Cameraman shot in Cizre: We were battered and dragged on the ground 

  IMC TV cameraman Refik Tekin was shot by police while covering yesterday's developments in Şırnak's Cizre district where police fired on dozens of civilians carrying casualties from Cudi neighborhood.
• Members of the EP: We shouldn't remain silent on the massacre of Kurds 

  During yesterday's plenary session on "the situation in Southeast Turkey” at the European Parliament, MEPs called attention to the “deliberate massacre” perpetrated by the Turkish state against civilians in the Kurdish region.
• Cizre Municipality Council member shot in today's aggression dies 

  Cizre Municipality Council member Abdulhamit Poçal, who was among those wounded in today's aggression by police in Şırnak's Cizre district, has died.
• Sarıyıldız: Wounded civilians are losing blood, denied access to hospital 

  HDP MP Faysal Sarıyıldız, Cizre co-mayor Kadir Konur and a group of people near them have managed to leave the house where they remained trapped together with three wounded civilians after the police attack.
• Police stop an ambulance and batter the wounded in Cizre 

  After an aggression on people carrying casualties from Cudi neighborhood, police forces in Cizre have stopped an ambulance of Cizre Municipality and battered the wounded on the way to hospital.
• Sarıyıldız: The state continues to shoot us and our dead 

  HDP Şırnak MP Faysal Sarıyıldız said they were still under fire, describing the situation in Cizre as a total savagery.
• HDP MP Sarıyıldız and many others under fire by state forces 

  Turkish forces have started to open fire on the house where HDP MP Faysal Sarıyıldız and others with him have taken shelter in the wake of the attack on people carrying casualties.
• Many wounded in police attack on masses in Cizre 

  In Cizre district of Şırnak where an onslaught by state forces continues in its 38th day, the unlawful aggression on civilians is resulting in further casualties and right violations every passing day.
• Another youth dies in Cizre due to obstruction of access to hospital 

  As the military siege in Şırnak's Cizre continues for 38 days now, the unlawful aggression on civilians is resulting in further casualties and right violations every passing day.
• Co-mayors of Amed, Mardin and Van meet EP and EU officials 

  Co-mayors of Amed Mardin and Van Metropolitan Municipalities are having a series of talks with officials from the European Parliament, European Union and the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe.
• DBP Bağlar co-chair heavily wounded in Sur 

  Ongoing attacks by state forces in Amed's Sur district cause further casualties as a state of siege continues in its 49th day.
• Heavy shelling by Turkish army on wheat silos in Girê Spî 

  Turkish military has started a heavy shelling against wheat silos in Girê Spî city of West Kurdistan, Rojava.
• Hüseyin Paksoy laid to rest in Uludere 

  16-year-old Hüseyin Paksoy, who was left on street with wounds after getting shot by special operation in Cizre, has been laid to rest in his hometown Uludere.
• Bodies of two slain youths finally retrieved from Sur and identified 

  Bodies of İsa Oran and Mesut Seviktek who were murdered by Turkish forces in Amed's Sur district on 23 December, have finally been retrieved from the street.
• HPG: 9 police killed in action by guerrillas in Şırnak 

  9 police were killed and 4 others wounded as a result of an action by guerrillas in Şırnak province yesterday evening.