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• People in curfewed Nusaybin take to the streets to protest state terror 

  In Nusaybin district of Mardin where a curfew remains in effect for the 13th uninterrupted day, people have taken to the streets to protest the terror and onslaught by Turkish state forces.
• YPG: Attacks by the Turkish army and gang groups continue 

  YPG Press Office has released a statement providing details about the ongoing clashes and attacks in Rojava, West Kurdistan territory.
• One civilian shot by police after imposition of a curfew in Cizre 

  Yet another curfew has been imposed on Sur and Yafes neighborhoods of Şırnak's Cizre district Tuesday evening.
• 22-year-old killed by police in Nusaybin 

  The curfew and onslaught by Turkish state forces continues in Nusaybin district of Mardin province in its 12th day.
• HPG: Four soldiers killed, six others wounded in Varto 

  People's Defense Forces (HPG) Press Office has released a statement about the ongoing attacks and military activities of the Turkish army.
• Turkish state keeps demolishing cemeteries of PKK guerrillas 

  Turkish troops participating in an operation in the triangle area between Amed's Lice-Hani districts and Bingöl's Genç district have completely demolished the 'Martyr Harun Cemetery' in Speynî village of Lice district.
• HPG reports ongoing bombardments by the Turkish army 

  HPG (People's Defense Forces) Press Office has released a statement reporting ongoing attacks by the Turkish military against guerrilla areas.
• YPG: 20 ISIS members killed in Ayn Îsa 

  YPG Press Office has released a statement regarding the ongoing attacks of ISIS gangs and the actions conducted by combatants affiliated to YPG/YPJ (People's/Women's Defense Units).
• Images from Melebiya village liberated by QSD 

  Combatants of the joint Syrian Democratic Forces (QSD or SDF) have liberated the Melebiye village and cotton factory in south Hesekê city of West Kurdistan, Rojava.
• Fourth day of hunger strike by HDP deputies for Nusaybin 

  The hunger strike started by HDP (Peoples' Democratic Party) in solidarity with Nusaybin, continues for the fourth day.
• Onslaught by state forces and resistance by people continues in Nusaybin 

  The curfew and onslaught by Turkish state forces in Nusaybin district of Mardin continues in its tenth day.
• Fresh reports reveal another civilian death in Silvan 

  Updated reports from Silvan district of Amed reveal further details regarding the consequences of the military aggression in the district where all means of communication had been blocked during the course of the 12-day curfew.
• HPG reports ongoing attacks by the Turkish military 

  HPG-BIM reported ongoing attacks by the Turkish army against guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones, and operations in the countryside of Bitlis and Amed provinces in North Kurdistan.
• YPG: Attacks by the Turkish army and ISIS groups continue 

  YPG (People's Defense Units) has reported ongoing attacks by ISIS gangs against villages near the Euphrates and by the Turkish army against Girê Spî and Kobanê.
• Another civilian killed by police in Nusaybin 

  In Nusaybin district of Mardin where a curfew remains in effect in its ninth day, aggression by state forces against civilians continues.
• 2 civilians killed, 3 others injured by state forces in Yüksekova 

  Turkish 'security forces' continue attacking civilians in Kurdish towns.
• HPG: Six soldiers killed in Oremar 

  HPG said guerrillas conducted an action against a Turkish troop on Hill Martyr Bager earlier this morning, which left 6 soldiers dead.
• Snipers shot a woman dead in Nusaybin 

  In Nusaybin district of Mardin where a curfew remains in effect in its eight day, aggression by state forces against civilians continues.
• Two villagers go missing in “security zone” in Çatak 

  Whereabouts of two civilians who disappeared in a “military security zone” near Van's Çatak district 5 days ago, remain unknown.
• Another youth murdered by police in Nusaybin 

  In Nusaybin district of Mardin where a curfew remains in effect in its eight day, aggression by state forces against civilians continues.
• Turkish army shells wheat silos in Girê Spî 

  Turkish army has attacked the wheat silos in Girê Spî (Tal Abyad) with A4 heavy machine guns.
• Police kill a youth, wound a woman in Nusaybin 

  As the curfew in Mardin's Nusaybin district continues in its seventh day, today's attacks by police and special operation teams have left a youth dead and a woman wounded.
• HPG: Bombardments by the Turkish army continue 

  People's Defense Forces Press Office (HPG-BIM) reported in a written statement that the Turkish army's bombardments against guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones continue.
• Êzîdî House official: KDP left us into the arms of the enemy last August 

  Êzîdî House official Pîr Qero said the Êzîdî people were left alone in 3 August 2014 genocide, and KDP means nothing to Êzîdîs.
• SDF combatants rescue an old woman left to death by ISIS 

  Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) continue their operations in south Hesekê after the accomplishment of the Hawl offensive on 16 November.