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• KCK: Perpetrators of the Kobanê massacre will be brought to account 

  KCK Executive Council Co-Presidency stated that peoples of Turkey, the Middle East and the entire world should be assured that the perpetrators of the massacre in Kobanê that claimed the lives of Kurdish men and women would be brought to account.
• YPG/YPJ fighters rescue 80 hostages – NEW 

  Fighters of the YPG/YPJ and asayesh forces have rescued 80 civilians held hostage by ISIS gangs as a result of intense clashes in the wake of an operation launched by Kurdish forces after the bloody attack yesterday.
• ISIS savagery in Kobanê 

  Photos picturing the ISIS savagery in Kobanê have emerged.
• ‘It is impossible to attack the border gate from anywhere but Turkey’ 

  All findings on the ISIS attack on Kobanê in which tens of civilians were brutally massacred point at Turkey’s central role in the attack.
• YPG/YPJ fighters rescue the hostages 

  Fighters of the YPG/YPJ (People's/Women's Defense Units) have rescued 80 civilians held hostage by ISIS gangs in city center since yesterday.
• Fighting between ISIS and regime forces ongoing in Hesekê 

  While fighting between ISIS and regime forces continues in Hesekê town of West Kurdistan, Rojava, regime forces are striking some locations in Neshwa with aircraft and mortars.
• Clashes continue in Kobanê 

  Fighting continues in Kobanê town of West Kurdistan, Rojava, since yesterday's attack by ISIS gangs which left dozens of civilians dead or wounded.
• 12 detained in Ergani 

  Special operation teams carried out air-supported raids in a number of houses in Ergani district of Amed at around 4 am this morning.
• 3 gang members captured alive, clashes continue in Kobanê 

  Fighters of the YPG/YPJ (People's/Women's Defense Units) who have launched an operation against ISIS gangs that infiltrated into Kobanê today, have taken control of the points where ISIS gangs were present.
• YPG: 30 ISIS gangs killed in Kobanê 

  YPG Media Center informed the public on today’s ISIS attacks on Kobanê and said that 30 gang members have been killed in the clashes so far.
• Earthquake of 3.5 magnitude in Ağrı 

  An earthquake with 3.5 Richter scale magnitude took place in Ağrı.
• DTK calls on people to raise their voices against ISIS attacks 

  Democratic Society Congress (DTK) held a press conference in Amed and called on the people to take action in order to protest the attacks of ISIS gangs.
• NAV-DEM: Lets embrace the Rojava Revolution against ISIS 

  Germany Democratic Kurdish Society Center NAV-DEM condemned today’s ISIS massacre and criticized Turkey’s support for the gangs. NAV-DEM called on revolutionary and democratic forces as well as international powers.
• Cizîr Canton Co-Presidency strongly condemns attacks on civilians 

  Cizîr Canton Co-Presidency has strongly condemned the attacks on civilians in Kobanê and Hesekê and described the attacks as cowardly.
• ISIS gangs in Turkish military uniforms 

  It has been discovered that the ISIS gangs who launched this morning's attacks were dressed in Turkish miltary uniforms and shaved themselves in order to pass as soldiers.
• 42 civilians massacred in Kobanê 

  The death toll of civilians massacred by ISIS gangs that had infiltrated into Kobanê early this morning has increased to 42, while the number of the wounded has been reported as 55.
• Operation and ambushes by the Turkish military 

  Turkish drones carry out scouting missions over guerilla areas and the army undertakes operation and ambushes.
• Yüksekdağ: The Turkish government must prove that it is not involved in attack on Kobanê 

  HDP Co-President Figen Yüksekdağ held a press conference in the party headquarters regarding the ISIS attacks on Kobanê this morning, and said that the Turkish government must prove that it is not involved in the attacks,
• Operations on the encircled gangs continue in Kobanê 

  YPG/YPJ forces completely encircled the ISIS gangs who had infiltrated into Kobanê, and the operations against the encircled gangs continue.
• First images from Kobanê 

  ISIS gangs' attack on Kobanê and the clashes that broke out afterwards continue intensely, while the treatment of the wounded continues in the town.
• How could the state run AA capture the moment of explosion in Kobanê? 

  The images broadcasted by the state run and AKP controlled Anatolian Agency surprised many people as doubts arose whether the attacking ISIS gangs serviced the images to AA.
• DBP and KJA called civilians to the border 

  After ISIS gangs’ infiltration into Kobanê this morning, DBP and KJA called on civilians to come to the border between Kobanê and Turkey in order to support the resistance against the gangs.
• ISIS gang members take refuge in the Turkish army 

  3 ISIS gang members, who had infiltrated into Kobanê in the early morning hours and attacked civilians, took refuge in the Turkish army after escaping from the encirclement of YPG/YPJ forces.
• ISIS opens fire on Kurdish people in Raqqa 

  ISIS gangs opened fire on the Kurdish civilians who were trying to escape from Raqqa after the 72 hours gangs had given to people to leave the town came to an end. In the fire opened by ISIS gangs, 1 person died and 9 others were wounded.
• ISIS gangs massacred civilians in Kobanê 

  It has been reported that the ISIS gangs who infiltrated into Kobanê from Turkish side have killed many civilians. The clashes continue in the town and YPG/YPJ forces have encircled the gangs.