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• KCK: ISIS perpetrates massacres with Turkish state support 

  “The conscience of humanity will not be in peace unless the forces supporting ISIS and its massacres are tried. Those behind ISIS are as guilty as ISIS itself which has become the greatest crime organisation targeting humanity”, KCK said.
• Cizirê Canton Co-President: We will enhance the struggle against attacks 

  A delegation from the Cizirê Canton visited Til Temir city which was hit by triple bomb attacks Thursday evening. 25 people were killed and 122 others were wounded in the series of attacks that targeted the civilian population.
• HPG: Two soldiers killed in Oremar 

  Guerrillas conducted an action against the Turkish troops deployed around Martyr Zerdeşt and Martyr Rahime hills in Oremar region yesterday, as a result of which 2 soldiers were killed.
• Til Temir death toll clarified: 25 killed, 122 wounded 

  Cizire Canton Interior Council President Kenan Berekat stated that 25 people lost their lives and 122 others were wounded as a result of yesterday's triple bomb attacks in Til Temir city of West Kurdistan, Rojava.
• South Kurdistan people: We don't want Turkish occupation in our lands 

  Kurdistan Patriotic Youth's Movement, Kurdistan Free Women's Movement (RJAK), Kurdistan Movement for Free Society (Tevgera Azadi) and Communist Party have staged a joint demonstration in Kirkuk in protest at the deployment of Turkish troops in Mosul.
• Death toll rises in Til Temir 

  Death toll rises in Til Temir city of West Kurdistan, Rojava which was hit by triple bomb attacks yesterday evening.
• 15 killed, 69 wounded in triple bomb attacks in Til Temir 

  Til Temir city of West Kurdistan, Rojava, was hit by triple bomb attacks by ISIS gangs late yesterday evening.
• Police attack demo for Sur in Koşuyolu 

  Masses have started a march from Urfkapı area of Amed to the central Sur district where curfew and onslaught by Turkish forces continue.
• HDP deputies start sit-in at Amed governor's office 

  HDP deputies have started sit-in at the office of Amed governor who didn't answer their demand for the lifting of the curfew in the central Sur district.
• Co-chairs of HDP, DBP, IHD and Eğitim Sen in Urfa detained 

  As AKP government's operations of political genocide continue across Turkey, police forces have conducted yet another expansive operation in Urfa province earlier today.
• Final resolution of the Democratic Syria Congress released 

  Democratic Syria Congress seeking a resolution to the crisis in Syria has ended.The Congress on 8-9 December was held in Derîk under the slogan “Towards building of a free and democratic Syria”, and participated by 103 delegates.
• Democratic Syria Assembly to be comprised of 42 people 

  Participants of the Democratic Syria Congress seeking a resolution to the crisis in Syria have determined that Democratic Syrian Assembly will be comprised of 42 people.
• HPG: Turkish jets hit civilian settlements in Zap 

  HPG Press Office reported that Turkish jets last night targeted and hit civilian settlements in Zap region, as a result of which many houses were demolished.
• Dêrîk congress decides to establish Democratic Syria Assembly 

  Democratic Syria Congress seeking a resolution to the crisis in Syria continues in Dêrîk city in its second day.
• Turkish jets shell Qandil 

  Turkish jets are shelling PKK-held Medya Defense Zones in South Kurdistan territory.
• 5 civilians wounded as Al-Nusra gangs attack Sheikh Maqsoud 

  AKP-backed Al-Nusra and Ahrar Al-Sham gangs have started to attack Aleppo after Efrîn. Mortar attacks by gangs are targeting the Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood and the Pino village.
• QSD Spokesman Eli Silo: Last days of ISIS in our areas 

  Syrian Democratic Forces (QSD) Spokesman Eli Silo said gang groups attacking Sheikh Maqsoud, Afrin and Aleppo are living their last days and are about to lose their last breath.
• Bodies of 5 civilians killed in Nusaybin held in Mardin 

  As an onslaught by Turkish security forces continues across the Kurdish region, 6 civilians have been killed in two days of the fifth curfew in Mardin's Nusaybin district.
• Police in Amed stage crackdown on people marching to Sur 

  Thousands of people have gathered at Koşuyolu Park in Amed to march to Sur in protest against the ongoing siege and onslaught by state forces in the district.
• Hiso: We will work to build a democratic Syria 

  Ekrem Hiso on behalf of the General Coordination of Rojava Cantons said the Democratic Syria Congress is being realised on the basis of an aim to create a common ground of work for a united, contemporary and federal Syria.
• Police attack Nusaybin people marching to neighborhoods under curfew 

  People in Nusaybin district of Mardin have started to march towards the four neighborhoods under curfew in solidarity with the popular resistance against never-ending attacks by state forces.
• Disabled youth found murdered in Silopi 

  A disabled youth by the name of Ferhat Kartal has been found murdered in Silopi district of Şırnak.
• Democratic Syria Congress kicks off in Dêrîk 

  Democratic Syria Congress seeking a resolution to the crisis in Syria has kicked off in Dêrîk city under the slogan “Towards building of a free and democratic Syria”.
• KCK calls for struggle against Turkish occupation in South Kurdistan 

  KCK Executive Council Co-Presidency has called for an enhancement of the struggle in four parts of Kurdistan and all around the world against the occupation of the Turkish state in South Kurdistan.
• DBP and HDP call upon Amed people to protest the state repression 

  Amed branches of the DBP (Party of Democratic Regions) and HDP (Peoples' Democratic Party) have released a joint statement regarding the increasingly ongoing repression by state forces in the city.