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• Campaign to delist the PKK reaches 100,000 signatures in South Kurdistan 

  Within the framework of the campaign launched to remove the PKK from the "list of terrorist organisations", more than 100 thousand signatures were collected in South Kurdistan.
• KJAR remembers the Sêdar revolutionaries executed in Iran 12 years ago 

  Remembering the five revolutionaries executed in Iran 12 years ago, KJAR called on the Kurdish people and women to enhance the struggle for freedom.
• HPG denies responsibility in explosion that killed a Danish tourist in Kani Masi 

  A landmine explosion in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq killed a Danish bicycle tourist on Thursday. Authorities immediately pointed to the PKK guerrillas as responsible. The PKK rejects any responsibility.
• Amed Malazgirt: Guerrillas are resisting in the PKK spirit 

  Launched on April 17, the Turkish invasion operation in Medya Defense Zones focuses on the Zap and Avaşin regions.
• Ten minors detained in Cizre 

  The Turkish regime’s political annihilation campaign against the Kurdish people continues unabated.
• Iraqi army attacks people in Duhol, Shengal 

  Escalating tension in Shengal region after Iraq’s military action against the Yazidi people.
• Yazidi representative: “Where was the Iraqi army when ISIS attacked us?” 

  Cizire Region Yazidi House Co-Chair said that the reason why the KDP supported the Iraqi army in its latest attacks against Şengal was its phobia of the Şengal Autonomous Administration. Hemo asked the KDP: "Where were you when ISIS attacked us?"
• Village guards deployed to Metina: We cannot move forward, we are mentally down 

  The village guards deployed to Metina by the invading Turkish state stated that they were unable to make any progress in the areas where the attacks continued and that their psychological state had deteriorated.
• Dr. Tîjda Amed: Our people in all four parts of Kurdistan should react to use of chemical weapons 

  Stating that the Turkish state did not get any results from the invasion attacks, Dr. Tîjda Amed said: "Our people in all four parts of Kurdistan should react to the use of chemical weapons by the Turkish state."
• HPG reports ongoing guerrilla actions and Turkish attacks in southern Kurdistan 

  The guerrillas continue their resistance to the Turkish invasion of southern Kurdistan unabated. Three soldiers were killed in the Zap, and a drone sent into the air from a KDP base for reconnaissance was shot down in Gare.
• Tribute to YBŞ fighter killed in Iraqi attack in Şengal 

  YBŞ fighter Şervan Êzidxan fell a martyr during the resistance to the occupation attacks carried out by the Iraqi army against Shengal on May 2.
• Footage of KDP drone downed by guerrillas in Gare 

  Guerrillas downed a drone operated by South Kurdistan’s ruling party KDP in the region of Gare.
• People in Shengal: Nobody but ourselves will protect us 

  After days of escalation, calm has returned to the Shengal region for the time being. Leaving the resistance positions is out of the question. "Because nobody but ourselves will protect us," as an activist puts it.
• HPG reports massive use of chemical weapons by the Turkish army 

  The Turkish army continues to try to break guerrilla resistance in southern Kurdistan through the use of chemical weapons and incessant bombardment.
• KDP imposes a final and permanent genocide on Yazidis 

  The aim of the KDP is not only to return Şengal to its pre-2014 conditions. The KDP’s ultimate goal is to put the Yazidis through a final and permanent genocide.
• KDP conducts black propaganda in Şengal 

  The Şengal Democratic Autonomous Assembly warned that the KDP is conducting black propaganda to win the local people over the occupation of Şengal.
• Guerrillas record clashes with their cameras 

  The clashes between the Kurdistan Freedom Guerrillas and the Turkish army were recorded on camera.
• Murat Karayilan: The heart of Kurdistan beats in Zap 

  “In the tunnel war last year, we were like children learning to walk. We now have experience and knowledge,” said HPG commander Murat Karayilan in a speech to the guerrillas in the Zap and Avaşîn regions.
• 14 Turkish soldiers killed in guerrilla actions 

  The People's Defense Forces (HPG) announced that 14 Turkish soldiers were killed in the actions carried out against the Turkish occupation forces under the guidance of YJA Star.
• Qasim: Even if a single Yazidi remains, we will not give up on autonomy 

  Xelef Qasim, Executive Member of the Shengal Democratic Autonomous Assembly, stated, "Even if a single Yazidi remains, we will not give up our right to self-determination. We will continue to fight."
• Şengal Autonomous Administration urges Iraq not to fall for the machinations of the KDP and Turkey 

  There is still no solution in sight in the Yazidi settlement area of Şengal. The Iraqi Kadhimi government is relying on military escalation, and according to the Şengal Autonomous Administration, and all talks so far have been fruitless.
• Final farewell to YBŞ fighter killed in Iraqi attack in Şengal 

  YBŞ fighter Şervan Êzidxan fell a martyr during the resistance to the occupation attacks carried out by the Iraqi army against Shengal on May 2.
• PUK: It is the KDP that handed Şengal over to ISIS 

  The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Politburo said that “When ISIS attacked Şengal, it was the KDP that handed Şengal over to ISIS after a military withdrawal.”
• Survivor of Dersim massacre: Betrayal and genocide against Kurds continue 

  Hayri Pilavcı, one of the survivors of the Dersim massacre in 1937-38, spoke about the KDP-Turkey cooperation and said: "They massacred us in 38, and now they are murdering us again... Betrayal and genocide against the Kurds continues."
• HPG guerrilas: "We will never abandon Zap. We are writing history there" 

  HPG guerrillas resisting the Turkish invasion in the Zap region declared: "We will never abandon the Zap region. We are convinced that we will make history.”