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• Fire started by Turkish attacks on Mount Cudi spreads 

  As the Turkish army continues bombardments on Mount Cudi, the fire caused by the artillery attacks still spreads over the region.
• HPG refutes the slander of KDP’s media organs 

  HPG has announced that they have nothing to do with the armed attack on civilians Faris Newaf Mihemed and Xidir Eziz Hesen in Sinune.
• Turkish artillery attacks start a fire on Mount Cudi 

  Fire broke out on Mount Cudi due to the artillery attacks of the Turkish army.
• “The UN shouldn’t be a party to KDP’s plans on Shengal” 

  Middle East expert Niyaz Hemîd pointed to claims that the UN officials in Hewlêr are acting under the control of KDP with regard to the reconstruction of Shengal, and said: “The UN shouldn’t be a party to this plan of the KDP”.
• Iranian regime forces kill another kolber 

  Iranian regime forces have killed a kolber by the name of Ferhad Zerdî.
• The Shengal report hidden by Barzani 

  An unpublished report by the government of Southern Kurdistan reveals that an 18.000 peshmerga force of the KDP was on the spot and retreat without mounting any defense when ISIS attacked Shengal on 3 August, 2014.
• Guerrillas: We protected our people, and we will free them 

  HPG guerrillas performed a remembrance ceremony on the occasion of the third anniversary of the 73rd genocide of the Êzidî community. During the ceremony tribute was paid to the martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the liberation of Shengal.
• People of Shengal march to protest the 73rd genocide 

  Hundreds of Êzidîs staged a march on the occasion of the Shengal genocide's 3rd anniversary. Êzidîs who wanted to join the march from Southern Kurdistan were obstructed by the KDP.
• PADÊ: Freedom fighters frustrated the plans on Shengal 

  Freedom and Democracy Party of Êzidîs (PADÊ) described 3 August as “day of disgrace” for the forces that opened the way for the mass killings by ISIS.
• Footage of a guerrilla action against gendarmes in Hakkari 

  Gerîla TV has released footage from an action that targeted Turkish gendarmerie special forces in Hakkari on July 17.
• HPG: We will continue our mission to defend Shengal 

  The HPG Shengal Field Command issued a statement on the 3rd anniversary of the Shengal massacre and said that they will continue the mission to defend the Êzidî people.
• YBŞ: The Êzidî people won’t forget those who betrayed them 

  The Shengal Resistance Units (YBŞ) Command stressed that the Êzidî people will never forget those who carried out the Êzidî massacre, their co-conspirators and those who supported them.
• PYD statement on Shengal genocide 

  The General Council of Rojava's PYD released a statement on the occasion of the 3rd anniversary of the Shengal genocide, and saluted the HPG guerrillas and YPG/YPJ fighters for frustrating the genocidal plans.
• HDP MP detained in Van 

  HDP Van MP Lezgin Botan has been taken into custody at Van Airport.
• Another Kurdish political prisoner executed in Iran 

  The Iranian regime has reportedly executed Kurdish political prisoner Morteza Rahmani.
• Guerrilla action and Turkish military operation in Şemdinli 

  HPG guerrillas carried out actions yesterday in Şemdinli where the Turkish army had launched an operation two days ago.
• İrmez: The state wants to evacuate Şırnak and efface its identity 

  HDP Şırnak deputy Aycan İrmez pointed out that the 'curfews' and the siege on Şırnak and other Kurdish cities are part of a wider plan of annihilation and said: "I am proud to be a deputy of Şırnak."
• Guerrillas hit Turkish military convoy on Çukurca-Hakkari road 

  Guerrillas hit a Turkish military convoy heading from Çukurca to Hakkari. According to reports, two armored vehicles in the convoy were destroyed.
• Turkish soldiers set forests on fire in Lice countryside 

  After rural areas in Lice’s Dibek (Derxust) village were bombed, this morning helicopters dispatched soldiers in the Aliye hamlet of Yalımlı (Xosor) and a large scale operation was launched.
• Êzidîs expelled from the AFAD camp out on the streets 

  The state-run AFAD camp authorities in Mardin’s Midyat district threw the Êzidîs out of the camp yesterday evening. The Êzidîs settled in a park in Midyat and are calling on the Kurdish people to protect them.
• Six out of ten people detained in Yüksekova jailed 

  The AKP regime of Turkey continues its political genocide operations against the Kurdish people alongside their elected political representatives.
• Guerrilla Kendal: I do not want to fight my Kurdish folk 

  Guerrilla Kendal Kanîreş, who was born into a family of state loyal so called 'village guards', has betaken himself to the free mountains to not become a tool of fratricide and said: "As a guerrilla of Kurdistan, I do not want to fight my Kurdish folk."
• Military activity in Beytüşşebap 

  Reports are coming through of increased Turkish military activity in the countryside of Şırnak’s Beytüşşebap district.
• Turkish helicopters shell the countryside of Lice 

  The Turkish army is shelling the countryside of Amed’s Lice district with helicopters.
• YPS announces action on a police station in Amed 

  YPS released a statement on an action undertaken against the police station in Amed's Yenişehir district.