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• Guerrillas strike Turkish occupation forces in Zap region 

  Three soldiers of the Turkish occupation forces were killed in a guerrilla assauly in the Zap region of southern Kurdistan.
• KCK: A great struggle based on the June offensive 

  In the course of the last 17 years, the Kurdish freedom movement has gone through far-reaching changes, said the KCK Executive Council at the anniversary of the guerrilla offensive on June 1, 2004, and commemorated the martyrs of the liberation struggle.
• KCK: The KDP enables the expansion of Turkish occupation 

  KCK Foreign Relations Committee criticized the KDP for its collaboration with Turkish fascism and warned that the Turkish invasion of the Medya Defense Zones, which started on April 23, serves to destroy all achievements in South Kurdistan.
• Turkey is alleged to have purchased lands in South Kurdistan 

  Radio Politic Press, broadcasting in South Kurdistan, has voiced important allegations over the plunder of nature by the Turkish state in Kurdish soils.
• Murat Karayilan: Guerrillas are foiling Turkey's attacks with creativity and determination 

  “The Turkish state cannot fully implement its occupation plan in South Kurdistan. Some places have been occupied, but even there the army does not have complete control,” said Murat Karayilan (PKK).
• Elif Ronahî: The guerrillas are not fighting an ordinary war  

  Elif Ronahî from the KCK Presidential Council spoke about the current situation in Kurdistan in a TV interview.
• Gerîla TV broadcasts footage of action carried out in Metina 

  Guerrillas continue inflicting blows on the occupant Turkish army in Kurdistan territory.
• KNK delegation visits five parties in the parliament of Kurdistan region 

  KNK Hewlêr co-chair Zeynep Murad stressed that the parliament of Kurdistan region should convene to discuss Turkey’s attacks and fulfill its responsibility.
• Growing reaction against invasion attacks and forest destruction in South Kurdistan 

  The new invasion attacks and forest plundering carried out by the Turkish state in South Kurdistan since April 23 have sparked reactions in Kurdistan, Europe and beyond.
• Turkish army injures a villager in Kani Masi 

  A villager has been injured in a howitzer attack on a village in Kani Masi amid Turkish state's ongoing invasion attacks in South Kurdistan.
• HPG guerrilla Dilgêş Farqîn: We will increase our struggle and achieve victory 

  HPG guerrilla Dilgêş Farqîn said that they will increase the struggle to counter the attacks of the Turkish state and added: "We will deal a great blow to the Turkish state and its supporters.”
• 13 Turkish soldiers killed in Avashin 

  13 Turkish soldiers were killed as a result of the action carried out by guerrillas against the invaders in Avashin, in Medya Defense Areas.
• Five sons in prison 

  Şemsixan Ertunç lives in Hakkari with her daughter-in-law and a grandson. She has five sons, all of whom are in Turkish prisons. "The state owes me five children," she says, "It stole my life."
• Six ISIS members arrested, five rockets seized in Kirkuk 

  Iraqi security forces arrested six ISIS members and seized five rockets in Kirkuk governorate. The rockets were already on their launch pads ready to be fired.
• HPG: Turkish army plunders Kurdistan nature, we should not remain silent 

  HPG said that the Turkish state is targeting the nature of Kurdistan. The Turkish state cuts down the trees in Kurdistan and drops bombs in the areas it cannot reach.
• Government extends ban in Van 

  The arbitrary and systematic ban on meetings and demonstrations in Van province which has been in place for four and a half years has been extended for another 15 days by the Turkish government.
• Edhem Barzani: I can't live under Turkish occupation 

  Edhem Barzani, a former member of the KDP Board of Directors, said he could not live under Turkish occupation and was leaving but added: "My work on the Revolutionary People's Movement continues and I will return to Kurdistan soon."
• HPG: 14 Turkish soldiers killed in latest guerrilla actions 

  Fourteen Turkish soldiers have died in retaliatory actions against the Turkish occupation operation in South Kurdistan. Six members of HPG and YJA-Star were martyred in resistance.
• KDP stops demonstration by "human shields" 

  A demonstration of "human shields" against the Turkish occupation operation in South Kurdistan has been stopped by KDP security on its way to the Behdinan region.
• The Kalashnikov and the bullets of the guerrillas 

  "The Kurdish movement is against war. We want a free and fraternal coexistence of all peoples. However, the only language the enemy understands is the Kalashnikov and the bullets of the guerrillas," says HPG fighter Bengîn Barmanî.
• Gerîla TV releases footage of an action carried out by the guerrillas in Zendura 

  Gerîla TV released footage of the action carried out by the guerrillas in the area of Zendura in Metina on 4 May.
• Edhem Barzani: It is time to act together to prevent the Turkish occupation 

  Edhem Barzani Iraq sent an open letter to the Kurdistan Regional Presidency, Iraq, the United Nations, political parties and civil society organizations about the Turkish state's occupation of South Kurdistan.
• Turkish army launches military operation in Hizan 

  The Turkish army launched a military operation in the region covering 5 areas in Hizan, province of Bitlis. The operation sees the participation of village guards.
• Prison guard shoots teenager in the leg in the middle of the street 

  In Van, a 16-year-old has been shot in the leg by a prison guard in the middle of the street. "We were just playing," says the teenager.
• South Kurdistan youth mobilize against Turkish occupation  

  Young people from South Kurdistan announced that they would join the mobilization campaign against the invading Turkish state, saying, "We will stand shoulder to shoulder with the guerrilla against occupation."