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• Asya Abdullah: Enmity towards Rojava is useless 

  PYD Co-President Asya Abdullah spoke to ANF regarding the ongoing investigation into the massacre committed by ISIS against civilians in Kobanê on June 25.
• YPG: Heavy blows inflicted on ISIS gangs 

  Operations of the YPG/YPJ (People's/Women's Defense Units) in ISIS-occupied areas in south Kobanê continue.
• Peoples in Girê Spî will govern themselves 

  Kurds, Arabs, Turkmens and Armenians living in Girê Spî came together at the Girê Spî Constituent Assembly Meeting held by TEV-DEM.
• Turkish army deployments intensify 

  HPG Media Center stated that the Turkish army’s military deployment, guard post construction, and airplane and drone activities intensified.
• Impressions and updates from Hesekê 

  As clashes between the Syrian regime and ISIS gangs continue in Hesekê, the YPG/YPJ’s defense circle reduced the threats against the city but the dangers of ISIS presence persist here.
• 20 detained in soldiers' attack on demonstrators against military activity 

  In the border village of Çığlı (Aşût) in Çukurca district of Hakkari, where Turkish army has recently made intense deployment, local people dug a ditch to protest the recently increasing military activity. -
• 'Freedom for Öcalan' campaign initiated in South Kurdistan 

  Freedom for Öcalan Initiative has initiated a campaign for the freedom of the Kurdish people’s leader Abdullah Öcalan in Hewler city of South Kurdistan.
• YPG: Ayn Îsa entirely liberated from ISIS 

  YPG Press Office reported that the town of Ayn Îsa has been taken under control by forces of the YPG/YPJ (People's/Women's Defense Units).
• Operation Commander Rubar Qamislo continues in its 63rd day 

  The operations launched by YPG/YPJ (People's/Women's Defense Units) against ISIS gangs as part of the 'Operation Commander Rubar Qamislo' continue.
• Warning action by guerrillas against dam construction in Amed 

  While the aerial activity of the Turkish forces continues increasingly over the guerrilla controlled zones, guerrillas carried out a warning action in Farqin (Silvan) district of Amed.
• KCK calls for uprising everywhere for Öcalan's freedom 

  KCK said that Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan has been under isolation in İmralı Closed Prison since 1998, remarking that the 17 years long isolation aimed to disconnect Leader Apo from Kurdish people and eliminate the Kurdish Freedom Movement.
• HDP MPs condemn attack on Roboski people and deputy Encü 

  Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputies have condemned the attacks on peoples of Roboski and on the HDP Şırnak deputy Ferhat Encü at a press conference.
• 14 gang members killed in Shengal 

  People’s Defence Forces (HPG) and Shengal Resistance Units (YBŞ) General Commands have said in a written joint statement that the extensive attacks of ISIS gangs in Shengal were quashed and 14 gang members were killed.
• HPG Maxmur-Kirkuk Front Commander: We are prepared for all attacks 

  HPG (People's Defense Forces) Maxmur-Kirkuk Front Commander Sertav Aso stated that they were prepared for all attacks and threats, and had the power to repel any massacre attempt.
• Turkish borders open for ISIS 

  Residents of Elbeyli district of Kilis province stated that the current military deployment does not aim an attack on Rojava but to extend ISIS rule in the region.
• Yıldırım: Ditch at border is evidence of Turkey's animosity towards Kurds 

  The Turkish state, which is preparing for a new war by making an intense military deployment at the border to Rojava following the liberation of Girê Spî by YPG/YPJ, has accelerated the digging of the ditch at the border between Qamışlo and Nusaybin.
• Soldiers aim their gun at HDP MP in Roboski 

  Turkish soldiers who continue attacking the local people in Roboski village in Uludere district of Şırnak, have targeted HDP MP for Şırnak, Ferhat Encü, and the journalists near him today.
• Sarıyıldız: Roboskî people targeted for protecting the memories of victims 

  HDP Şırnak parliamentarian Faysal Sarıyıldız commented on the recent attacks on Roboskî and the massacre of mules in the village. Sarıyıldız stated that the people of Roboskî were targeted for not having sold out the memories of their children.
• Soldiers continue attacking the people of Roboski 

  Turkish soldiers have today continued attacking the people of Roboski where 34 people, mainly children, were killed in an airstrike of the Turkish army on their way back from cross-border trade on 28 December, 2011.
• Kobanê Aid and Solidarity Institution Co-President: Solidarity must grow 

  Kobanê Aid and Solidarity Institution Co-President Gülistan Etti stated that tens of children lost their parents during the last attack and are in dire need of life supplies.
• ISIS gangs caught preparing for an attack from Ceylanpınar 

  Fascistic ISIS gangs that have resorted to mass killings with bomb attacks after the major defeat they suffered in Kobanê and Girê Spî, have been spotted at Turkish border preparing for an attack on Serêkaniyê city of the Cizîre Canton.
• Operations against ISIS gangs in Rojava continue 

  A large number of ISIS gangs have been killed in the ongoing operations of YPG/YPJ (People's/Women's Defense Units) against gangs of the so-called Islamic State.
• Soldiers attack Roboskî villagers with tear gas and real bullets 

  Soldiers attacked marching protesters in Roboskî with tear gas canisters and real bullets, and injured İsa Encü.
• 2 gang members killed in Shengal 

  HPG Press Office said that guerrillas carried an action against the ISIS gangs that were trying to form new emplacements in the neighborhood of Xeyr Nasır in Shangal.
• Violent blast at Jarablus border gate 

  A violent blast took place in the Syrian part of the Jarablus-Karkamış border gate and an ISIS emir named Abdurrahman died in this explosion.