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• Rêdur Xelil: Over 100 Assyrians massacred by ISIS in Til Temir 

  Rêdur Xelil said: “After suffering heavy blows in Til Hemis, the gangs headed for Til Temir and committed a massacre against the Assyrian people here, killing over 100 Assyrian civilians and abducting dozens of others.”
• HDP calls for urgent action for Assyrian-Syriac people in Khabour 

  HDP Mardin MP Erol Dora held a press conference calling for urgent action from international agencies and democratic powers against the recently intensified attacks of ISIS gangs on Assyrian/Syriac people in Kurdistan territory.
• HSM: Turkish army attempting to end the non-conflict situation 

  People's Defense Central Headquarters Command reported in a written statement that the Turkish army has in recent days made critical attempts to end the non-conflict situation.
• ISIS base taken on South Kurdistan border 

  YPG/YPJ operations are continuing against ISIS gangs to the south of the village of Tal Hamis. A broad area has been liberated and fighters say the operation will continue until all Kurdistan is liberated from the occupiers.
• Turkish soldiers ask journalists not to take photos of YPG/YPJ in Ashma 

  Journalists taken to the village of Ashma, the new site of the Tomb of Suleyman Shah, have been asked by Turkish soldiers not to take photos of YPG/YPJ fighters and flags and posters of Abdullah Öcalan.
• 5,500 children from Kobanê being educated in Suruç 

  While education is restarting in Kobanê, Kurdish primary schools have now been opened in 6 tent cities in Suruç for children from Kobanê, with over 5 thousand children attending these schools.
• Operation in south Qamishlo continues 

  YPG (People's Defense Units) Press Centre said that the operation launched in south Qamishlo in order for the elimination of the terrorist threat in the Cizire Canton of Rojava continued on the third day.
• Over a thousand people returned to Kobanê 

  More people from Kobanê who were forced by ISIS attacks to take shelter in North Kurdistan are turning back to their hometown.
• HPG/YBŞ: 12 gang members killed in Sinjar 

  12 ISIS members were killed and 13 others were wounded in clashes in Sinjar.
• Tel Hemis operation continues 

  Extensive operations by YPG/YPJ fighters in the Tel Hemis, Jazaa and Tel Temir districts of the Cizîrê (Jazireh) Canton of Rojava are continuing.
• YPG: 18 villages liberated, 73 terrorists killed 

  18 villages were liberated and 73 ISIS terrorists were killed on the second day of the operation of YPG/YPJ fighters in Qamishlo, Til Hamis and Hedad triangle.
• Dersim is being encircled by security dams 

  The Dersim area, which has been declared a national park because of its natural beauty and endemic species, is now being destroyed through the construction of military posts and security dams.
• YPG: Our forces actively participated in the operation for Suleyman Shah tomb 

  YPG pointed out that the operation which was conducted with armored vehicles and joined by soldiers of the Turkish army was carried out within the knowledge of YPG Command and with the participation of YPG forces in Kobanê.
• HPG: Turkish military activity continues 

  Military activity and mortar attacks by the Turkish army targeting Medya Defense Zones is continuing, reported People's Defense Forces Press and Communication Centre (HPG-BIM).
• DTK strongly condemns executions by the Iranian regime 

  Democratic Society Congress (DTK) has issued a statement strongly condemning the execution of three Kurdish activists by the Iranian regime, and calling on the international community to take actions against the fascist attacks and murders of Iran.
• YBŞ urges KDP to end restrictions on Yazidi people and youths 

  Yekineyen Berxwedana Şengalê (Sinjar Resistance Units,YBŞ) General Command has issued a statement urging the KDP to immediately end all the restrictions it imposed on the people of Sinjar.
• 22 villages liberated in Qamişlo 

  YPG/YPJ forces carried out an operation against ISIS gangs to the south east of Qamişlo (Qamishli) last night, completely liberating 22 villages.
• YPG: Six villages liberated, 18 terrorists killed 

  YPG/YPJ fighters have liberated six villages and killed 18 ISIS terrorists in the ongoing operation to liberate Kobanê.
• KNK condemns the execution of Kurdish prisoners in Iran 

  Calling attention to the executions in East Kurdistan and the Iranian regime's terror against the Kurdish people, KNK stressed that: “The people of Kurdistan will be in existence everywhere.”
• KCK: Iran has started a dangerous process 

  The KCK Executive Council has vehemently condemned the execution of 3 Kurdish activists by Iran, emphasising that the Iranian government has initiated a dangerous process with its hostility to Kurds and its use of executions.
• Body of HPG guerrilla taken from the border 

  The body of HPG guerrilla Mehmet Korkmaz (Bawer Garzan), who lost his life in clashes in Sinjar, has been received today at the Senyurt border gate in the Kızıltepe district of Mardin.
• YPG: More villages and strategic points liberated 

  YPG/YPJ fighters have liberated a number of occupied villages and points as part of the operation to liberate Kobanê which is going on on the 158th day of resistance to the occupation attempt of ISIS gangs.
• IHD: Iraq and UNHCR must fulfil obligations for refugees 

  A Human Rights Association (IHD) delegation that visited the Hewler and Makhmur refugee camps has called on the Iraqi government and the UNHCR to resolve the problems at the camps.
• 4 villages liberated, 16 gang members killed in Kobanê 

  While the operations of the YPG/YPJ forces continue in rural areas to liberate the villages of Kobanê, 4 more villages have been cleansed of ISIS gangs
• What is going on around Aleppo? 

  When around 2 months ago the UN envoy De Mistura announced plans for a ‘freeze zone’ in Aleppo, the second city of Syria, to halt the conflict, the Al Nusra Front went into action.