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• Urfa Governor: Attack in Suruç carried out by suicide bomber 

  Urfa Governor İzzettin Küçük confirmed that a suicide bomber carried out that attack, and declared the number of casualties to be 28.
• Witness Garip Çelik describes the explosion in Suruç 

  Kurdish director Garip Çelik who was filming during the explosion in Suruç spoke to ANF and said that the explosion happened inside the group that was issuing a press statement.
• Explosion in Suruç - UPDATE 

  An explosion took place in the garden of Amara Cultural Center located in Urfa’s Suruç district, where 300 Socialist Youth Associations Federation (SGDF) members from İstanbul met before going to Kobanê to join reconstruction efforts.
• KCK: AKP’s policies and psychological warfare ended the ceasefire 

  KCK stated that AKP ended the two and a half years-old ceasefire with its isolation of Leader Apo and implementation of psychological warfare.
• HDP MP Dilek Öcalan: Some 30 people have died in Suruç 

  HDP Urfa deputy Dilek Öcalan said around 30 people have died, adding that they cannot provide an exact figure of casualties as many bodies have been scattered around in pieces.
• Bomb attack in Kobanê concurrent with the one in Suruç 

  ISIS gangs have attempted a major attack with an explosive-laden vehicle against a YPG checkpoint in Kobanê town of West Kurdistan.
• Dozens killed or wounded in Suruç 

  DBP Urfa co-chair İsmail Kaplan said that a suicide bomb caused the blast in Suruç district of Urfa, which targeted around 300 members of Socialist Youth Associations Federation (SGDF) before their cross into Kobanê.
• Casualties reported in blast in Suruç 

  A blast has occurred at the Amara Culture Center in Suruç district of Urfa where members of the Socialist Youth Associations Federation (SGDF) have been staying before crossing into Kobanê to help the reconstruction works today.
• New period in Hesekê 

  ISIS gangs took advantage of the Syrian regime’s security weakness and attacked Hesekê from three different directions a month ago. They got the results they wanted in an unexpectedly short period of time.
• 16 injured as police attack celebration for Rojava Revolution in Van 

  Police staged crackdown on people who celebrated the third anniversary of the Rojava Revolution in Xaçort neighborhood in İpekyolu district of Van.
• Bayık: Our people should lead the Middle East revolution 

  “July 19 Rojava Revolution is the revolution of peoples and the century. It is a major revolution for both revealing the reality of everyone, and determining their fate", said KCK Executive Council Co-President Cemil Bayık.
• YPG: ISIS gangs entirely encircled in Hesekê 

  YPG Press Office has reported that constant military operations conducted by joined forces of the YPG and the YPJ continue to confront the ISIS gang group attempting occupation efforts near the city of Hesekê, Rojava.
• MLKP: We will defend the Revolution with great determination 

  Marxist Leninist Communist Party (MLKP) Rojava branch vowed to protect the gains of the revolution and called on the world’s people to step up solidarity with Rojava.
• HPG reports operation by Turkish army in Muş 

  People’s Defence Forces (HPG) Press Office has reported in today’s statement that Turkish troops carried out an operation in the rural areas of Hesenpaşa, Kanîkorkê and Karsevin villages of Malazgirt district of Muş on June 16.
• Footage from Hesekê front 

  Footage by ANF from Hesekê city of West Kurdistan, Rojava, where fighting with ISIS gangs continue, shows an ISIS supply car destroyed by YPG/YPJ, mine set-ups seized from gangs, and an arm-loaded van hit.
• Muslim: Kobanê attack was a big plan participated by Turkey 

  PYD Co-President Saleh Moslem stated that the June 25 attack on Kobanê was a big plan undoubtedly participated by Turkey on a political or another level. “The attacks were conducted and munitions were brought in over Turkey”, he said.
• Guerrillas: Rojava Revolution became the revolution of all peoples 

  HPG and YJA STAR guerrillas said the Rojava revolution demonstrated to world public that a free life can be be lived only in a free country and only on the basis of the togetherness of the all the peoples, languages and faiths.
• Five political parties in Rojava announce support for YPG/YPJ 

  “In order for a more rapid advance of the Democratic Autonomous Administration, we have to ensure unity of the three cantons by supporting the YPG/YPJ forces”, announced five political parties in Rojava.
• YPG/YPJ: We march towards freedom and victory 

  YPG and YPJ General Commands have marked the anniversary of the July 19 Rojava Revolution in two separate statements, both of which called on all the people to get united around the YPG/YPJ forces as the victory and freedom is near.
• YPG/YPJ fighters: We will defend the revolution to the very end 

  Fighters of the YPG/YPJ (People's/Women's Defense Units) who are defending the Rojava Revolution and every inch of Rojava lands have become the guarantee of the building of free life for peoples.
• YPG/YPJ make further advances in south Hesekê 

  Fighters of the YPG/YPJ have liberated two villages in south Hesekê and two more in southeast Kobanê.
• Mesopotamia Ecology Movement calls for action for Cudi 

  Mesopotamia Ecology Movement called on all the ecologists and defenders of life to defend the entire country against all the attacks targeting the living areas of people, and policies of plundering and destruction.
• Yet another fire in Başağaç village of Şırnak 

  While the forest fire started by artillery fires of Turkish soldiers on Mount Cudi continues, yet another fire has erupted in the rural areas of Başağaç (Mendîkera) village of Şırnak, leaving a large forested area and crop field burned out.
• Turkish reconnaissance flights over guerrilla areas continue 

  People’s Defence Forces (HPG) Press Office has reported in a statement that reconnaissance flights of Turkish unmanned aerial vehicles over the guerrilla controlled areas continue.
• TEV-DEM: Rojava Revolution made significant gains 

  In its July 19 statement, Democratic Society Movement (TEV-DEM) highlighted the political, military and diplomatic successes of Rojava Revolution as well as Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan’s central role in the revolution.