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• Reconnaissance flights over guerrilla zones 

  People’s Defense Forces (HPG) has reported that the Turkish army carried out intense drone activities over Çarçella, Oramar, and Avaşin areas of Medya Defense Zones.
• Guerrilla operations in Shengal 

  HPG Shengal Command reported that the guerrilla forces in Shengal targeted gang groups in different points in Xeyr Nasır neighbourhood, leaving many gang members dead.
• ISIS lays mines in Hesekê 

  It has been reported that the ISIS gangs have started to lay mines in the neighbourhoods that they seized from the regime forces in Hesekê.
• Karayılan: Our martyrs will be avenged 

  PKK Executive Committee Member Murat Karayılan stated that Kobanê martyrs would be avenged and the gangs would pay for their massacre.
• YPG Kobanê Command: We will make ISIS gangs pay for the massacre 

  YPG Kobanê Command stated that all but 7 of the 80-100 ISIS gangs that had attacked Kobanê were killed, and promised to revenge the martyrs of the massacre.
• Efforts to clean Kobanê center from war remains and gang corpses 

  After YPG/YPJ fighters killed ISIS gangs in Kobanê city center, the municipality began the efforts to clean city streets from war remains and gang corpses.
• 3 villages to east of Hesekê liberated from ISIS gangs 

  The attacks launched by ISIS gangs on Hesekê continue and YPG/YPJ forces carried out an operation on the three villages that had previously been taken under control by ISIS.
• Burial ceremonies for 213 of the 231 civilians massacred by ISIS 

  213 of the 231 civilians massacred by ISIS in Kobanê on June 25 have been buried so far.
• Raqqa- Girê Spî operation continues: 38 gang members killed 

  The operations of YPG/YPJ forces on the road between Raqqa and Girê Spî continue and 38 gang members were killed.
• Captured ISIS member: The main group arrived at Kobanê from the Turkish side 

  Among those ISIS members who infiltrated into Kobanê and massacred over 200 civilians, an Egyptian one gang captured alive by YPG/YPJ forces said the main group that started the attack had come into Kobanê from Turkey.
• Ambushes, operations, and aerial activities by Turkish army 

  Turkish army’s ambushes, operations, and aerial activities continue.
• Big explosion and fire in Hesekê 

  A big explosion took place in Hesekê after ISIS gangs’ bombardment of a Syrian army diesel fuel storage facility.
• Before attacking Kobanê, ISIS gangs stayed in Akçakale 

  One of the gangs killed by YPG/YPJ forces in Kobanê carried an ID card for the Süleyman Şah Accommodation Facility located in Urfa’s Akçakale district.
• YPG/YPJ operations on the Raqqa-Girê Spî road continue 

  YPG Media Center reported that the Commander Rubar Qamışlo Initiative continues as YPG/YPJ forces advance along the Raqqa-Girê Spî road.
• YPG: 80 ISIS gangs killed in Kobanê 

  YPG Media Center stated that 60 gang members were killed in Kobanê city center and another 20 were killed near the village of Şexler a Jorin.
• Funeral for 32 civilians massacred by ISIS in Kobanê 

  32 people massacred by ISIS gangs were buried today in Kobanê.
• Ethnic cleansing by ISIS in Tebqa 

  ISIS gangs gave 24 hours to Kurdish people living in Tebqa to leave the town, after ISIS expelled Kurdish civilians from Raqqa.
• 60 years old YPG fighter from Sinop massacred during ISIS attack 

  60 years old YPG fighter Karker Kobanê from Sinop was massacred during the ISIS attacks on June 25-26.
• Reconnaissance flights and operation by Turkish military 

  HPG Press Office said that the reconnaissance flights of Turkish forces over Medya Defense Areas continue while the Turkish army's operation in Amed yesterday ended without any results this morning.
• Burkan El-Fırat calls for international investigation 

  Burkan Al-Fırat Operation Centre issued a statement condemning the massacre of civilians by ISIS gangs and called on the international community, primarily the UN, to launch an international investigation into the attacks.
• Kobanê fully cleansed of ISIS gangs 

  YPG/YPJ forces fully cleansed Kobanê of ISIS gangs after an operation launched following the massacre in the town perpetrated by gang groups on June 25. The operation of YPG/YPJ forces now continues in villages to the south of Kobanê.
• Death toll in Kobanê massacre rises to 201 

  The number of civilians massacred by ISIS in Kobanê city center and Berx Botan village rose to 201.
• PYD calls for international trial of those responsible for the massacre 

  PYD Executive Committee condemned the massacre perpetrated by ISIS gangs in Kobanê and urged international agencies to set up an investigation committee and put those who are responsible on trial in accordance with international law.
• Fierce clashes in Hesekê 

  Fierce clashes are taking place between the regime forces and the ISIS gangs in the neighbourhoods of Sekin Şebabi-Neşwa Xerbi in Hesekê.
• Miştenur Hospital liberated from ISIS gangs 

  YPG/YPJ fighters liberated Miştenur Hospital from ISIS gangs.