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• Van HDP demands release of Hakkari deputy Leyla Güven 

  HDP deputy Leyla Güven remains in prison despite being elected to parliament.
• The Spirit of July 14 will prevail against genocidal colonialism 

  KCK Executive Council Co-presidency commemorates July 14 Great Death Fast resisters Mehmet Hayri Durmuş, Kemal Pir, Akif Yılmaz and Ali Çiçek.
• “Qandil will be a dream for the enemy as long as Xakurkê stands" 

  The guerrillas resisting Turkish state attacks say Xakurkê is known for resistance and that “Qandil will remain a dream for the enemy as long as Xakurkê stands.”
• Footage of action against Turkish ‘Special Operations Teams’ 

  Gerîla TV has released footage from an action in which a bus transporting Turkish ‘Special Operations Teams’ was destroyed.
• Turkish aerial attacks against Southern Kurdistan continue 

  The occupant Turkish state continues its aerial bombardments against Southern Kurdistan, northern Iraq as part of its efforts to occupy the region in its all-out war against the Kurdish people and their gains.
• Village guards set fire to forested land in Cudi 

  No intervention is allowed to the fire started by village guards in Mount Cudi three days ago.
• PKK pays tribute to the Great Resistance of 14 July 1982 

  PKK prisoners carried out a hunger strike to defeat fascism in Amed prison.
• Occupying Turkish Army hit in Hakkari, Şirnak and Mardin 

  HPG guerrillas continued operations against Turkish army
• Young Harun killed by the state trustee's practice in Van 

  A child lost his life when a wall fell in Van’s Creamery Market, which Governor Zorluoğlu had said would be turned into a center of attraction. 11-year-old Harun was a victim of the invaders’ practices and negligence.
• Tevgera Azadî member arrested in Hewler 

  Tevgera Azadî member Hevrest Şiwan has been arrested for unknown reasons.
• KODAR and PJAK present road map 

  The road map provides solution to problems in Eastern Kurdistan and Iran.
• Roboski families: Those responsible for the massacre are awarded 

  General Yasar Guler presided the meeting that decided to launch air strikes on Roboski.
• Turkish bombing starts fire in Lis Mountain in Amed countryside 

  Fires started in the forest areas in the Lis Mountain in Kulp due to Turkish army bombings. Soldiers don’t allow anybody to intervene.
• “Hewler and Sulaymaniyah will fall if Qandil falls” 

  The Dêrin peshmerga pointed out that the Kurdish people should object to the invasion attacks with the spirit of national unity and stressed that the invasion of Qandil means the invasion of Hewler and Sulaymaniyah.
• Did the KRG Parliament say “Presidency” again? 

  The Kurdistan Parliament convened yesterday to discuss the proposal on the Kurdistan Region Presidential office.
• Gerîla TV publishes footage from sabotage action 

  Footage from the sabotage action carried out by HPG guerrillas on May 21 in Şemdinli was published on Gerîla TV.
• Arrests after raid on condolence house for YPG fighter 

  In Amed (Diyarbakir), Turkish soldiers stormed the condolence house for the YPG fighter Volkan Bayka who died fighting in Afrin. During the raid, father Bayka and the village chief were arrested.
• HPG reports Turkish air attacks on Medya Defense Zones 

  HPG announced continued actions by guerrillas against the Turkish army in North Kurdistan and air attacks by the Turkish army against guerrillas in South Kurdistan.
• KODAR and PJAK to announce road map 

  The Eastern Kurdistan Freedom and Democracy Movement (KODAR) and the Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK) issued a joint statement on July 8 and announced that they will pose a road map on the solution of issues in Iran and Rojhilate Kurdistan.
• Turkish airstrikes against civilian areas in Qandil continue 

  Turkish warplanes continue bombing civilian settlements in Qandil region of southern Kurdistan, northern Iraq.
• Turkish military operations intensify in Şırnak countryside 

  The operations launched by the occupant Turkish army in Gabar, Cudi, Besta and Kato Jîrka regions in Şırnak countryside are ongoing, having caused wildfires in many areas.
• Turkish airstrikes target countryside of Hewler 

  Aerial bombardments by the Turkish army against southern Kurdistan, northern Iraq, continue increasingly.
• Mine explosion kills a youngster in Shengal 

  Explosion of a mine planted by ISIS claimed the life of a civilian in Shengal.
• Turkish jets bomb villages of Qandil 

  The occupant Turkish state continues its attacks against northern Iraq, southern Kurdistan.
• Youth from Shengal: We’ll defend South Kurdistan 

  Yazidi youth join the human shields initiative in Qandil.