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• HPG: 43 Turkish soldiers and police killed in guerrilla actions 

  HPG Press Office reported that 40 soldiers and 3 policemen of Turkish forces were killed in the actions carried out by guerrillas in Hakkari, Bitlis, Dersim, Erzurum and Hatay.
• Curfew in the countryside of Nusaybin 

  A curfew has been declared in 13 villages and 4 hamlets in Mardin's Nusaybin district.
• HPG: 142 Turkish soldiers killed in the invasion operation on Zap 

  HPG reported that the Turkish army has retreated after suffering heavy blows at the hands of guerrilla forces during the invasion operation launched on Zap on 16 June. 142 soldiers were killed and 18 others were wounded as result of guerillas' actions
• Turkish army retreats from Zap operation 

  The Turkish army has been forced to retreat from the invasion operation on Zap region in the face of the resistance of guerrilla forces.
• Curfew in Varto 

  The Turkish state has declared curfew in 15 areas in Varto district of Muş.
• YBŞ: There have been no attacks on our positions 

  YBŞ General Command has issued a statement refuting the news published on KDP media claiming “Turkish jet fighters bombed YBŞ positions in Shengal” and said: “There have been no attacks on our positions”.
• Residents of Sur: We will not abandon our homes 

  As 80 % of the Alipaşa neighborhood of Amed's Sur district has been evacuated and demolished already, some families have not left their homes, resisting the forced displacement of the state.
• Aerial bombardment on Tendürek 

  Turkish aircraft bombed Mount Tendürek in the countryside of Ağrı province.
• HPG claims the action against Baykan district governor 

  HPG claimed responsibility for the action that targeted Siirt's Baykan district governor yesterday morning.
• "Khanasor is Shengal's most secure region" 

  The Êzidîs who returned from the refugee camps in Southern Kurdistan to Khanasor described their town as the safest region in Shengal.
• Iraqi warplanes strike an ISIS group in Shengal 

  Iraqi warplanes conducted a strike in an area between Shengal and Rabia late Friday evening.
• KDP put YPG’s detained internationalists among ISIS sympathizers 

  KDP has put the internationalist members of YPG they arrested in a ward with 30 ISIS members and sympathizers, lying to both the individuals and their states.
• Six HDP-DBP administrators detained in Van 

  The Turkish state continues with its political genocide operations against the Kurdish people and their elected representatives who it cannot cow into submission.
• Footage of an guerrilla action on Koordine hill in Çukurca 

  Footage of an action carried out by guerrillas in Çukurca in April has been released.
• 9 Kurdish politicians taken into custody in Van 

  Nine administrators of the HDP and DBP have been taken into custody in Gürpınar, Saray and Tuşba districts of Van today.
• Shengal Democratic Autonomy Assembly in solidarity with Efrîn 

  Shengal Democratic Autonomy Assembly issued a written statement condemning the Turkish invasion attacks on Efrîn and Shehba, declaring their solidarity with Efrîn.
• People of Shengal are returning home 

  Shengal’s Khanasor town Council Member Ömer Salih said Êzidîs are returning to their lands in growing numbers and called for support for reconstruction.
• Gerîla TV releases new footage from actions 

  Gerîla TV released footage from the action against Turkish soldiers on May 12 in Çukurca.
• Guerrillas restore vandalized Peshmerga memorial poster in Choman 

  HPG guerrillas restored a vandalized memorial poster of a martyred peshmerga in Choman district of Hewlêr.
• Gerîla TV publishes footage from a sabotage action in Çukurca 

  Gerîla TV published footage from a sabotage action against the Turkish army in Hakkari’s Çukurca district.
• 5 Turkish soldiers killed in Şemdinli 

  An action by guerrillas left 5 contras dead and 1 other wounded in Şemdinli district of Hakkari.
• 32 detained, 3 jailed in Van and Amed 

  As many as 32 people were taken into custody and 3 others were jailed in Van and Amed, Northern Kurdistan.
• Successive actions against the Turkish army in Zap 

  Guerrilla forces have carried out successive actions against the Turkish army in Zap region today.
• Gerîla TV releases footage of another action in Çukurca 

  Gerîla TV continues to unmask the Turkish state with the footage from the blows they inflict on the Turkish army in the ongoing war across Northern Kurdistan territory.
• HDP's Ahmet Yıldırım barred from politics and sentenced to prison 

  HDP Group Deputy Chair Ahmet Yıldırım has been barred from politics and sentenced to 1 year and 2 months in prison for allegedly “insulting the President”.