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• Two wounded in armed attack on HDP convoy in Şırnak 

  Two people were wounded as a result of an armed attack conducted by supporters of the radical Islamist Hür Dava Party Thursday afternoon.
• Burkan al-Fırat: Our operation will continue up to Girê Spî 

  Burkan al-Fırat (Euphrates Volcano Operations Room) announced that they have started an operation which will continue up to Girê Spî (Til Ebyad).
• YPG: 10 more villages liberated 

  YPG Media Center stated that the “Commander Rubar Qamişlo Initiative” aiming to liberate the western parts and villages of Cizîr canton continues successfully on its 23rd day.
• HPG: Military activities of Turkish army continue uninterruptedly 

  Aerial and ground activities of the Turkish army continue increasingly.
• ISIS massacres nearly 100 civilians near the Akçakale border 

  ISIS massacred nearly 100 civilian Arabs who were attempting to escape from Nustel and seek refuge in the village of Arida near the Akçakale border.
• Head of village guards calls on all guards to silence arms 

  The head of the village guards in Şırnak, Alihan Babat, who is in charge of 400 guards, announced that they will work for peace from now on and called on all the village guards to lay down their arms.
• 5 villages and 2 hamlets liberated 

  YPG/YPJ (People's/Women's Defense Units) have liberated 5 villages and 2 hamlets within the ongoing military campaign Operation Commander Rubar Qamishlo.
• Til Xenzîr village liberated 

  YPG/YPJ (People's/Women's Defense Units) have liberated the ISIS-occupied village of Til Xenzîr as part of the ongoing operation to cleanse the border villages in Serêkaniyê region.
• Operation Commander Rubar Qamishlo in its 22nd day 

  YPG / YPJ are continuing their operations against ISIS groups southwest of Serêkaniyê. The liberation of the strategic Mabrûka town was followed by an offensive launched against the gang groups in villages at the border line last night.
• Turkish army enhances provocative activities in Kurdistan 

  HPG Press Office drew attention to the huge increase in the bombardments, ambushes, operations and aerial activity of the Turkish army in North Kurdistan aiming to create conflict with the guerrilla forces ahead of elections.
• Gang groups seeking provocation attack Sheikh Maqsoud 

  Gang groups under the guidance of Turkey have surrounded Sheikh Maqsoud (Şêxmeqsud) neighborhood of Aleppo city of West Kurdistan, Rojava, and started random attacks, in response to which YPG forces have immediately returned fire.
• YPG on guard against threats around Sheikh Maqsoud 

  YPG Aleppo Command stated that some armed groups guided by external powers and led by Al-Nusra, Ahrar Es-Sham and groups affiliated to the Turkish state -Sultan Murad Battalions in the first place- have laid siege to the Şêxmeqsûd neighborhood.
• Tens of thousands bid farewell to YPG/YPJ fighters 

  YPJ Commander Songül Kurt and YPG fighters İsmail Dere and Seraceddin Çelik, who lost their lives in the operation launched in Til Temir and Hesekê by the YPG against the ISIS gangs, were laid to rest yesterday in the Yüksekova district of Hakkari.
• Handicap International finds Kobanê a city of unexploded weapons 

  Handicap International mine action experts have assessed the beleaguered city of Kobanê, Syria, in April, and discovered an alarming level of unexploded ordnance contamination.
• YPG/YPJ fighters continue to advance 

  YPG Press Office said in a written statement that the Commander Rubar Qamishlo Operation which was launched 21 days ago to liberate the rural areas and the villages in the western parts of Cizîrê Canton of Rojava continues with success.
• HPG reports ongoing activity by Turkish army 

  People’s Defence Forces (HPG) Press Office drew attention in a written statement to the increase in the military activity carried out by the Turkish army in North Kurdistan ahead of elections.
• YPG announces balance sheet of Operation Rûbar Qamishlo 

  YPG General Command has announced the outcomes of the Operation Commander Rûbar Qamishlo the first stage of which has been successfully finalized between 6-21 May.
• SOHR: YPG expels ISIS from 4000 square km in al-Hasakah in 20 days 

  The YPG (People's Defense Units) took control on the strategic town of al-Mabrouka in the southern western countryside of Serêkanîyê (Ras al-Ein) after violent clashes against ISIS which controlled the town earlier, reported SOHR today.
• Mabruka town liberated by YPG/YPJ 

  Fighters of the YPG/YPJ (People's/Women's Defense Units) have liberated the town of Mabruka, an ISIS base of strategic importance.
• YPG: A probable attack will be responded most fiercely 

  YPG Efrîn Canton Command reported that Jabhat al Nusra and gang groups affiliated to it have recently increased provocative attacks and the crime of abducting civilians in Şêx Meqsud district of Aleppo and Efrîn city.
• Aid collected by Kurds in Germany reach Sinjar 

  A lorry of aid collected by Kurdish people in Germany for the Yazidi people in Sinjar has reached the Mount Sinjar where a challenging struggle for life is going on since the beginning of the ISIS presence and attacks in the region early last August.
• 10 gang members killed in Sinjar 

  10 gang members have been killed in Sinjar in the last two days of the operations by People’s Defence Forces (HPG), Sinjar Resistance Units (YBŞ) which are also joined by the MLKP (Marxist Leninist Communist Party) fighters.
• Police attack people in Yüksekova 

  Police attacked the people who gathered in Yüksekova (Gever) district of Hakkari to protest Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu who will be joining the opening of an airport in the afternoon.
• Military mobilisation in Yüksekova before Erdoğan and Davutoğlu visit 

  Shopkeepers in the Yüksekova district of Hakkari have closed their shops today in protest at the visit of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu.
• Consecutive actions by HPG/YJA STAR and MLKP guerrillas in Sinjar 

  Guerrillas defending Sinjar against ISIS have carried out consecutive actions against gang groups on Sinjar-Kızılkent road at 5.30 am local time this morning.