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• Turkish MIT agent within ISIS captured in Mosul 

  It has been reported that an agent of Turkish intelligence within ISIS was captured by the peshmerga during a clash with ISIS gangs in Mosul on 24 April.
• Operation and ambushes by the Turkish army 

  HPG (People's Defense Forces) Press and Communication Centre has released a statement regarding the ongoing activities of the Turkish military.
• YPG: 6 more villages liberated in Kobanê and Cizîrê 

  YPG Press Office has said in a written statement that 6 more villages have been liberated in the scope of the operations in Kobanê and Cizîr cantons of Rojava.
• HPG reports military activity by Iranian and Turkish army 

  HPG (People's Defence Forces) Press and Communication Center issued a written statement reporting ongoing military by Iranian and Turkish army.
• HPG statement on clash with Iranian KDP peshmerga 

  HPG (People's Defense Forces) has denied allegations put forward by pro-KDP media which argued that HPG guerrillas attacked a group of KDP-I (Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran) peshmergas in the border area of Kelashin.
• YPG: Commander Rubar Qamishlo Operation continues successfully 

  YPG Press Office said that the Commander Rubar Qamishlo Operation, launched in the western side of Cizîre canton of Rojava to liberate the villages in that region, is successfully continuing in its 17th day.
• Reconnaissance flights over Heftanin 

  The People’s Defence Forces (HPG) Press Office has said in a statement that the military activities and operations of the Turkish army are continuing in North Kurdistan.
• Turkish army steps us repression against people in Kurdish region 

  While the Turkish army has remarkably increased its operations in North Kurdistan over the last weeks, Turkish soldiers have stepped up repression against the local people.
• HPG: Turkish army increases its military activities each day 

  HPG reported that the military activity of the Turkish forces increasingly continues, stressing that it was due to the responsible and attentive attitude of the guerrilla forces that these activities haven't reach a dangerous level.
• YPG: 15 villages liberated 

  YPG Press Office has reported that 15 villages have been liberated in the last 24 hours within the scope of “Operation Commander Rubar Qamishlo”, adding that the operation continues successfully in its 16th day.
• Military activities of the Turkish army continue 

  HPG (People's Defence Forces) Press and Communication Center stated that aerial and ground military activities of the Turkish army continued.
• HPG reports bombardment and reconnaissance flights by Iranian army 

  The Iranian army has performed reconnaissance flights over Kandil border line and has bombarded two areas in Medya Defense Zones yesterday.
• Footage from Mount Kizwanan liberated by YPG/YPJ 

  ANF has obtained footage from the mountain where YPG/YPJ fighters planted their flag on the summit after achieving another historical victory through a resolute operation against the ISIS in Heseke countryside, Cizire Region, Rojava.
• TEVDA President calls on Yazidis to vote for HDP 

  TEVDA President Seid Hesen has called on Yazidi Kurds to vote for the HDP to help it exceed the 10 percent threshold in the general elections to take place in Turkey and North Kurdistan on 7 June.
• Lord Hylton: Autonomy the best solution to problems of Middle East 

  A member of the House of Lords, Lord Hylton, spoke at a press conference yesterday after a two-day visit to the Cizîr Canton of Rojava.
• Coalition strikes kill 15 Nusra jihadists, most of them Turks 

  SOHR reported that that 15 fighters of the Nusra Front, most of them are Turk, died due to aerial bombardment carried out by US- led coalition warplanes.
• HPG reports intensive ambush activities by the Turkish army 

  HPG (People's Defence Forces) press and communication center has issued a written statement regarding the increasingly ongoing military activity of the Turkish army against guerrilla areas.
• YPG: Mount Kizwan completely cleansed of ISIS 

  Operation Commander Rubar Qamishlo that was initiated on May 6 with the objective of liberating the western rural areas of Canton Cizîre from ISIS threats, endures in its 14th day achieving significant successes, reported YPG Media Center.
• Military operation in Yüksekova 

  HPG (People's Defense Forces) Press Center said in a written statement that the Turkish army has launched an operation in Esendere town of Hakkari's Yüksekova district early this morning.
• Mount Abd 'al Aziz entirely cleansed of ISIS groups 

  YPG/YPJ fighters have entirely cleansed the Kezwan (Abd 'al Aziz) mountain, a principal ISIS base, as a result of an operation started this morning.
• YPG/YPJ fighters reach summit of 'Abd al Aziz 

  YPG/YPJ fighters have reached the summit of ‘Abd al Aziz mountain (Jebel ‘Abd al Aziz), a principal ISIS base.
• YPG: 180 gang members killed in the last 24 hours 

  A military campaign that was initiated on May 6 with the objective of liberating the rural district of Canton Cizîre from ISIS threats, endures in its 13th day achieving significant successes, reported YPG Media Center.
• Six villages liberated in Canton Cizîrê 

  YPG/YPJ have liberated six villages in the ongoing operation to cleanse the western rural area and villages of the Canton Cizîrê of West Kurdistan, Rojava.
• İmralı delegation meets KCK executives in Kandil 

  İmralı delegation has gone to Kandil for a meeting with executives of the KCK (Kurdistan Communities Union) yesterday evening.
• 28 people slain in Adıyaman in 1994 commemorated 

  28 young people massacred by Turkish soldiers on Bêzar mountain in the Çelikhan district of Adıyaman province in 1994 were commemorated today in a ceremony attended by HDP MPs.