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• Assassinations against ISIS gangs in Şengal: 5 gang members killed 

  HPG forces in Şengal organized 5 assassinations against ISIS gangs in Şengal and killed 5 gang members.
• 13 detained in midnight operations in Hakkari and Muş 

  Repression of police and soldiers against Kurdish civilians has remarkably increased three days ahead of the general elections to take place in Turkey and North Kurdistan on June 7.
• KCK: Best response to the attacks should be stronger support for HDP 

  KCK said the murder in Bingöl was perpetrated by counter forces affiliated to JITEM (Gendarmerie Intelligence and Anti-Terror Unit), and that the AKP government was behind all the attacks carried out against the HDP during the election campaign.
• HPG: Counter-guerrilla activities on the increase in North Kurdistan 

  HPG Press Office has reported that counter-guerrilla activities are on the increase in North Kurdistan ahead of 7 June elections, while the operations, ambushes and flights of the Turkish military forces also continue increasingly.
• 30 detained in Şırnak, including 8 children 

  Turkish police arrests increase 4 days before the elections. During this morning’s simultaneous operations in Şırnak, 8 children and 22 adults were arrested.
• New documents unravel ISIS-Turkish state cooperation 

  YPG uncovered Turkish flags, plane tickets of gangs who traveled through Turkey on the way to Syria, Turkish translations of the Koran, and the list of Turkish gang members who participated in the attack against YPG positions in Til Xenzir.
• DBP Artuklu Municipal Council member detained 

  DBP (Party of Democratic Regions, formerly BDP) Artuklu Municipal Council member Ramazan Kavri was taken into custody as a result of a raid in his house early this morning.
• PKK guerrillas a source of hope and trust for the people 

  HPG and YJA Star guerrillas fighting ISIS gangs in South Kurdistan for almost a year now are being welcomed with great interest and love by the local people.
• Conference on Iran and Eastern Kurdistan in EP 

  On June 4th, the European Parliament (EP) will host a conference entitled “The Crisis in Middle East, Iran, and the Kurds”.
• Military activity of the Turkish army in Kurdistan continues 

  HPG (People's Defense Forces) Press Center reported in a written statement that the military activity of the Turkish army in Kurdistan continues.
• YPG military campaign in Cizirê marks a historic development 

  On its 26th day, YPG’s ‘Commander Rubar Qamişlo Initiative’ was expanded 25 km to the southwest of Mebrûka and and 63 km to the southwest of Serêkanîyê.
• 600 Kurdish civilians from Girê Spi remain stuck at Turkish border 

  Girê Spi Civil Society Forum stated that around 600 Kurdish civilians who fled Girê Spî due to an ISIS massacre threat and arrived the border to North Kurdistan have suffered a tear-gas attack by Turkish soldiers.
• 4 YPG fighters laid to rest in Kandil 

  4 YPG fighters who lost their lives in Operation Commander Rubar Qamislo to liberate the rural areas and villages of the western parts of Cizir Canton of Rojava, have been laid to rest in Kandil.
• Struggle of Êzîdîs on Mount Sinjar continues 

  The onset of summer and hot weather has brought along ever more challenging conditions for the Êzîdî people who continue living on Mount Sinjar since the savage ISIS gangs occupied their homeland and committed brutal massacres as of 3 August 2014.
• Heavy blow on ISIS gangs in Serêkaniyê 

  The Operation Commander Rubar Qamishlo launched by the YPG/YPJ forces to cleanse the rural areas and the villages in the western part of the Cizîr canton of Rojava continues in its second stage in the south-western parts of the Serêkaniyê town.
• HPG guerrillas: PKK became people’s banner with the June 1 initiative 

  HPG guerrillas spoke to ANF on the anniversary of the June 1 initiative that emerged in response to the international conspiracy of 1999 when Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan was kidnapped and arrested.
• Turkish military activity increases ahead of elections 

  People’s Defence Forces (HPG) Press Office has reported in a written statement that the military activity of the Turkish forces increasingly continues ahead of general elections to be held one week later, on 7 June.
• Turkish YJA Star guerrilla: HDP represents the true essence of people 

  Turkish guerilla Avaşîn Kütahya from YJA Star stated that the PKK struggle began for the freedom of Kurdish people and became more universal as it transformed into a struggle for all oppressed people such as Laz, Circassian, and Turkish.
• 23 dead in Qamishlo fire 

  Cizîr Canton Council of Health Deputy President Silêman Ehmed stated that 23 people died in yesterday's fire in Meyselun Neighborhood health center in Qamishlo city of West Kurdistan, Rojava.
• YPG: Syrian Coalition acts as collaborator of ISIS 

  The YPG General Command has reacted strongly against the statement of the Syrian Coalition yesterday, which alleged that the YPG attacks Kurdish and Arab villages, throwing them out of their villages.
• Dozens dead and injured in Qamishlo fire 

  Many people died or got injured in the fire that took place in the Meyselun Neighborhood health center in Qamishlo city of West Kurdistan, Rojava
• 7 more villages liberated in Kobanê 

  Burkan Al-Fırat forces have announced in a written statement that they have liberated 7 villages to the south east of Kobanê in the scope of the operation to liberate Girê Spî (Tel Abyad).
• Turkish army attempting further provocation in Ağrı 

  HPG reported that the Turkish army had lunched a military operation in Ağrı province intending provocation, saying; “provocation attempts increased intensively against our guerrilla forces in the area.”
• 5 villages liberated in Rojava 

  YPG Press Centre said that operations to the southwest of Serêkaniyê continue within the second phase of the military campaign Operation Commander Rubar Qamishlo.
• ICOR to build a hospital in Kobanê 

  International Coordination of Revolutionary Parties and Organizations, ICOR, has launched a campaign to build a hospital in the war-torn city of Kobanê in West Kurdistan, Rojava.