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• 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.
• Four people shot by state forces in Cizre since last night 

  State forces continue to target civilians upon a continued failure to break the popular resistance in Şırnak's Cizre district where an onslaught continues for 37 days.
• Police fire on ambulance on its way to get wounded civilians in Cizre 

  As the military siege in Şırnak's Cizre continues for 37 days now, the unlawful aggression on civilians is resulting in further casualties and right violations every passing day.
• Civilians not heard from amid intensified aggression in Sur 

  As the onslaught in Amed's central Sur district continues in its 49th day, artillery and tank strikes by Turkish state forces have remarkably intensified since early this morning.
• Another youth left to die of wounds in Cizre 

  Civilian Orhan Tunç who was shot shot in Cizre's Cudi neighborhood has been left to die of wounds.
• Two police vehicles targeted by missile attack in Nusaybin 

  Two police vehicles have been hit by a missile attack in Mardin's Nusaybin district.
• 5 consecutive blasts result in police casualties in Şırnak 

  Şırnak's Yeni neighborhood has been shaken by 5 consecutive blasts Monday evening. According to some local sources, at least 5 special operation police have died.
• Clashes between Kurdish forces and ISIS in south Kirkuk 

  Clashes are taking place between Kurdish forces and ISIS groups in the southern side of Kirkuk city in South Kurdistan.
• One civilian killed another wounded in Cizre 

  In Şırnak's Cizre district where a state of siege remains in place for over a month now, genocidal attacks by Turkish state forces are resulting in further civilian casualties every day.
• Heavy artillery aggression in Sur 

  Huge blasts are taking place in Amed's central Sur district where attacks by state forces ongoing since last night have intensified as of early morning hours.
• Cizre People's Council calls for uprising as attacks kill another civilian 

  In Cizre district of Şırnak where genocidal attacks by state forces are getting heavier every day, yet another civilian has died as a result of the intensified aggression.
• Turkish forces rake İdil Municipality with gunfire after last night's blast 

  Turkish state forces shelled Yeni and Turgut Özal neighborhoods for hours, and raided the municipality building with gunfire in the wake of last night's blast in Şırnak's İdil district.
• Three police killed, four others wounded in İdil 

  İdil district of Şırnak was hit by a huge explosion last night.
• 4 special operation police killed in Cizre 

  Four special operation police were killed and one other was wounded in clashes in Cizre Sunday afternoon.
• Many detained in police crackdown in Amed 

  A number of people have been taken into custody in Amed as a result of the police crackdown on thousands who wanted to stage a march from Ofis to the central Sur district to break the siege ongoing in its 47th day.
• 10-year-old wounded in mortar attack in Cizre dies 

  Today's mortar attack in Cizre has killed a 10-year-old kid.
• YPS respond to intensified attacks by state forces in Cizre 

  Turkish forces have Sunday afternoon launched a huge wave of attacks on Cudi neighborhood in Şırnak's Cizre district where an onslaught by military and police forces continues in its 35th day.
• Three heavily wounded by mortar attack in Cizre 

  While popular resistance in the areas of self-rule endures on the 35th day of an onslaught in Şırnak's Cizre district, state forces have started to conduct mortar attacks on all neighborhoods Sunday afternoon.
• Police block and attack masses marching to Sur in Amed 

  Thousands have gathered in the main Kurdish city Amed today to join a march to the central Sur district in solidarity with the enduring resistance against a heavy military aggression by state forces for the 47th uninterrupted day.
• Mortar attack in Cizre leaves many wounded 

  In Cizre district of Şırnak where a military aggression continues for the 35th uninterrupted day, attacks against civilian areas are getting heavier every day.
• Ambulance couldn't reach the youth suffering wounds for days in Cizre 

  In Cizre district of Şırnak where an onslaught and siege remains in place for 35 days, local people are suffering from further violations of basic rights every passing day.
• Ongoing attacks by state forces kill two more civilians in Cizre 

  Two more civilians have died as a result of the onslaught by state forces in Cizre district of Şırnak where a heavy military aggression continues for the 34th uninterrupted day.
• HPG: Over 30 police killed in Çınar action 

  People's Defense Forces Press Office HPG-BIM said the expansive action against Çınar police HQ was conducted in retaliation to the savage execution of 12 guerrillas by the Turkish state in Van on 10 January.
• Chomsky replies to HDP's invitation to Kurdistan 

  American philosopher Professor Noam Chomsky has replied to the invitation of Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Şırnak MP Faysal Sarıyıldız to Kurdistan to see the situation at scene.
• Youth wounded in Cizre denied access to hospital for 16 hours 

  A youth who got wounded in yesterday evening's aggression in Cizre, remains in critical condition due to ongoing denial of ambulance access.