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• HPG: Two Turkish soldiers killed in Avashin 

  Guerrillas carried out multiple actions against the occupiers in Werxele area of Avashin. The occupiers received a nasty blow and were forced to retreat one level back.
• Kurdish intellectuals: History won’t forgive those preventing Kurdish unity 

  160 Kurdish intellectuals and writers said, “Let's not remain silent against the brutal occupation,” adding that “Whoever prevents Kurdish unity, history will not forgive them.”
• Political prisoner jailed for 26 years passes away 

  Political prisoner Hüseyin Idiğ, who was imprisoned for 26 years, has passed away in Kurtalan State Hospital.
• "We are making history", says guerrilla Evîndar Zagros 

  The guerrillas are making history with two revolutionary campaigns they are carrying out against the invasion attacks launched by the Turkish state against the Medya Defense Areas on 23 April.
• Still no news from PYD and Autonomous Administration representatives detained in Hewler 

  On June 10, a representative of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria and two PYD members were arrested at the airport in Hewlêr. There is still no information on their whereabouts.
• Eight Turkish invaders killed in Lelikan 

  Eight invaders detected in an action carried out by guerrillas against the Reo-type military vehicle in Lelikan, a district of Medya Defense Zones, were killed.
• Gerîla TV broadcasts footage of action in Metina 

  Gerîla TV broadcast the footage of the action carried out by guerrillas in Metina on 2 June, which resulted in 4 invaders being killed, 2 posts and 1 radar destroyed.
• HPG statement on guerrilla actions and Turkish occupation attacks 

  Resistance against the Turkish invasion of Southern Kurdistan continues. The HPG reported that one soldier was killed during an action in Metina. Air strikes were carried out in Xakurke, Zap and Avashin, and a military operation is underway in Yüksekova.
• Drugs and prostitution as a means of Turkish special warfare in Gever 

  In the Kurdish resistance stronghold of Gever, the Turkish state uses drug trafficking, extortion and prostitution as means of counterinsurgency.
• Another kolbar killed by Iranian forces 

  Iranian regime forces continue their attacks on kolbars (load carriers for daily wage) at the border between Eastern and Southern Kurdistan.
• Guerrilla Sêrt: Our struggle will be worthy of the Kurdish people 

  Stêrk Sêrt said that the HPJ guerrillas will fight and be worthy of the Kurdish people. “The enemy is carrying out massacres in 4 parts of Kurdistan. For this reason, all of our youth should join the guerrillas.”
• HPG: 4 invaders killed in Avaşin and Zap 

  The HPG Press Centre has announced that 4 invaders were killed during guerrilla countermoves against the invading Turkish forces in Avaşin and Zap regions.
• YRK guerrilla calls for resistance against Turkish invasion 

  YRK guerrilla Deniz Serxwebûn Garzan calls for broad participation in the resistance against the Turkish invasion in the Medya Defense Zones and recalls the "spirit of Kobanê".
• Guerrilla Zagros: We won't allow the Turkish army to invade our lands 

  Guerrilla Nuda Zagros, who takes part in the Cenga Xabur offensive, said that the Turkish army is deployed in the Metina and Zagros regions, but the guerrilla resistance would not allow the invasion.
• Cumali İnce was a pioneering revolutionary 

  People’s Defense Forces (HPG) guerrilla Şoreş Roni talked about HPG guerrilla Cumali İnce who was martyred in Şemdinli in 2016. Şoreş Roni said, “Cumali was a pioneering guerrilla leader for us with his comradeship and attitude in life.”
• HPG: 6 Turkish soldiers killed in revolutionary military campaigns 

  HPG Press Centre has announced that 6 invaders were killed in Metina and Xakurkê in the revolutionary campaigns launched against the invading Turkish state.
• Turkish attack injures villager in Metina, South Kurdistan 

  A villager has been injured by artillery attacks carried out by the Turkish state on the villages in the Metina region in northern Iraq.
• Gerîla TV releases footage of action carried out Hakkari 

  Footage of guerrilla action targeting a Turkish military outpost in Çukurca district of Hakkari.
• Guerrilla Sine: Leader Öcalan was the main motivation for me joining the HPG 

  HPG guerrilla Hîwa Sine said that the philosophy presented by Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan to the peoples is based on equality and democracy: "The biggest factor that made me join the party was the leadership."
• Guerrilla Şameri: I went to the mountains to find free life 

  Guerrilla fighter Baran Şameri comes from Kuwait. From there he set out for Syria and the mountains of Kurdistan. Şameri believes in the common struggle of the Kurds, Arabs and Syriacs and describes his new life among guerrillas.
• HPG guerrilla Germiyan: We won't allow Turkey to carry out a genocide against our people 

  Talking about the ongoing invasion attacks carried out by the Turkish state, HPG guerrilla Botan Germiyan said that they will not allow a new genocide against the Kurdish people.
• US soldiers deployed at Hewlêr airport attacked 

  The airport where the US soldiers are staying in Hewlêr was attacked by drones.
• Human bones found during construction work in Cizre 

  Two human skeletons have been found during construction work in Cizre district of Şırnak province.
• Number of those detained in Mardin rises to 29 

  The Turkish regime’s political genocide operations against the Kurdish people and their elected representatives continue unabated.
• HPG: 4 Turkish soldiers killed in Metina 

  4 Turkish soldiers were killed in an action carried out by the People’s Defense Forces (HPG) and Free Women’s Units (YJA Star) guerrillas in Metina.