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• State forces attack masses marching from Şırnak to Cizre and Silopi 

  Thousands have gathered in Şırnak earlier today before starting a march to Cizre and Silopi districts where an onslaught under the name of curfew is getting heavier every passing day.
• Curfew in 4 neighborhoods of Nusaybin extended to the whole town 

  The curfew in 4 neighborhoods of Mardin's Nusaybin district has been extended to the whole town this morning.
• One-year-old baby wounded in Cizre 

  Attacks by state forces are getting heavier in Cizre district of Şırnak which remains under a curfew and onslaught for seven days.
• Three women killed by state forces in Nusaybin, Cizre and Silopi 

  As the onslaught by Turkish state forces continues across the Kurdish region, increasingly ongoing attacks are claiming more civilian lives every day.
• Soldiers rake a civilian house with gunfire in Dargeçit 

  Onslaught by state forces continues in Mardin's Kerboran (Dargeçit) district for the 10th uninterrupted day.
• Dozens detained, at least 3 injured in police crackdown in Van 

  Thousands in Van province have gathered for a march in protest at the isolation of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and the state terror in the Kurdish region.
• Two civilians killed in Silopi 

  As the state of siege continues in Şırnak's Silopi district in its seventh day, special operation teams continue targeting houses of civilians.
• 4 wounded YPG fighters denied access into South Kurdistan for treatment 

  Four wounded combatants of Rojava's YPG (People's Defense Units) have been denied permission to cross into South Kurdistan for urgent treatment.
• Ongoing artillery attacks in Sur leave three houses on fire 

  Bombshells fired by state forces have left three houses on fire in Amed's central Sur district where an onslaught under the name of curfew is getting heavier in its 18th day.
• 250 civilians in Silopi remain stuck in a basement and under fire 

  As many as 250 civilians remain stuck in a basement and under artillery fire in Silopi district of Şırnak since yesterday without power, water and food.
• Youth shot by state forces in Silopi dies 

  An 18-year-old civilian who was shot by state forces in Şırnak's Silopi district, has lost his life.
• At least 30 detained in Batman 

  HDP Batman provincial co-chair Abdulbari Karaağaç reported that at least 30 people have been taken into custody in the popular resistance ongoing in the city.
• 3 special operation police wounded in Nusaybin 

  At least 3 special operation police have been wounded as a result of a rocket attack in Nusaybin district of Mardin.
• Police and soldiers attack the people marching to Silopi from villages 

  Police and soldiers have attacked the people marching to Silopi district of Şırnak where attacks by state forces are getting heavier in the fifth day of the curfew.
• Another civilian heavily wounded in Cizre 

  Turkish state forces are conducting intense artillery strikes against the areas of self-rule in Cizre district of Şırnak where an onslaught under the name of a curfew is going on for the fifth day.
• Two civilians killed in Silopi not buried for 3 days 

  Two civilians who lost their lives as a result of artillery attacks in Silopi two days ago, couldn't be buried yet due to the ongoing siege and attacks.
• Attacks by state forces leave two minors dead in Silopi 

  As the heavy onslaught continues in Şırnak's Silopi district for the fourth uninterrupted day, state forces are conducting increasing attacks on neighborhoods where people continue to resist.
• 15-year-old murdered in Cizre 

  As heavy attacks by state forces continue in Cizre district of Şırnak, strikes by tanks and artillery attacks also hit civilian houses in Yafes, Sur, Cudi and Nur neighborhoods.
• DTK, HDK, HDP, DBP co-chairs: We will resist and win 

  Co-chairs of DTK, HDK, DBP and HDP held a joint press conference in Amed regarding the growing conflict in the Kurdish region of Turkey.
• Attacks by state forces leave dozens of houses burned in Silopi 

  Intense artillery strikes by state forces are going on in Silopi district of Şırnak where an onslaught under the name of curfew is executed for the fourth day.
• Another civilian wounded as attacks target houses in Dargeçit 

  Onslaught by state forces under the pretence of a curfew continues in Dargeçit district of Mardin.
• Turkish soldiers fire on Rojava people saluting self-rule at border 

  Turkish soldiers have fired on Rojava people who marched to the border today in solidarity with the self-rule resistance in North Kurdistan cities and towns.
• 3 special operation police reported killed in clashes in Sur 

  In the seventeenth day of the curfew in Amed's heart, central Sur district, state forces continue attacking the people, which is confronted by popular resistance.
• 11-year-old shot by police in Cizre 

  State forces continue their attacks with heavy arms which target civilian areas under the name of a fight against PKK in Kurdish towns.
• Police attack Amed people marching to Sur 

  Police forces staged a crackdown on thousands of people who wanted to march to the central Sur district where a heavy onslaught by Turkish forces continues for the 17th uninterrupted day.