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• Airport in Amed closed after HPG attack 

  Following the HPG attack on the Turkish Army Tactical Air Command, the military and civilian airport in Amed will be closed for a month.
• Serhat Giravî and the impregnable Zagros Mountains 

  Serhat Giravî was commander in Mamreşo when the Turkish invasion of the Zagros Mountains started in April. His determination at the very beginning of the operation was decisive for the guerrilla offensive against the occupation.
• Number of soldiers killed in Avashin increases to seven 

  The number of soldiers killed on Friday as a result of thecoordinated action carried out by guerrillas on Conference Hill in Avashin increased to seven,.
• Action by guerrillas leave six soldiers dead in Avashin 

  Six soldiers were killed as a result of a coordinated guerrilla action on the Conference Hill in the Avashin region in the afternoon.
• Two guerrillas martyred in Çukurca 

  Guerrilla fighters Mizgîn Berçem and Bahoz Cilo were martyred in a Turkish army bombardment in Çukurca. HPG expressed its condolences to the families of the martyrs and the Kurdish people.
• Three detained in Van and Hakkari 

  The Turkish regime’s political genocide operations continue uninterrupted.
• Sabotage action by HBDH targets police vehicle in Mardin 

  HBDH carried out a sabotage action against the vehicle of a Turkish police officer in Mardin province on Friday.
• Gerîla TV releases footage of action targeting Çukurca District Governorship 

  Gerîla TV published the footage of an action carried out by Martyr Delal Air Defense Forces on Çukurca District Governorship on May 3.
• Turkey transfer mercenaries from Libya to Derecik 

  It was reported that the Turkish army, which suffered serious losses in the invasion operations in South Kurdistan, brought mercenaries from Libya to Derecik to use them in the attacks against the Medya Defense Areas.
• Turkish army bombs villages in South Kurdistan 

  The invading Turkish state continues its genocidal attacks in various parts of Kurdistan.
• Turkish soldiers injure two civilians with gunfire 

  In the Derecik district in the Kurdish province of Hakkari, soldiers of the Turkish army fired at a shepherd and a teenager. 17-year-old Celil Ekinci was seriously injured.
• HPG air strike targets military airport in Amed 

  HPG Air Defense Forces struck a military airport in Amed last night.
• Young man who self-immolated in Hewler was a former peshmerga fighter 

  It is reported that the young man from East Kurdistan, who burned himself in front of the UN office in Hewler, Kurdistan Region on May 18, was a former peshmerga and protested the poor living conditions.
• YJA Star guerrillas kill 2 Turkish invaders in Avashin 

  YJA Star guerrillas killed 2 Turkish invaders in Avashin region of Medya Defense Zones in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq).
• Gerilla TV releases footage of action in Xantur 

  Gerilla TV released the footage of the action carried out in Xantur, Heftanin.
• Four guerrillas martyred in Iranian attack in Salmas 

  HPG announced that four guerrillas were martyred in an attack of Iranian forces in Salmas area on May 11. While guerrillas continued their actions against Turkish forces, latest airstrikes by the Turkish army did not result in casualties among guerrillas.
• KODAR calls for a boycott of upcoming elections in Iran 

  Ario Berzen, board member of the East Kurdistan liberation movement KODAR, calls for a boycott of the presidential elections in Iran on June 18.
• HPG: News targeting our forces and our command has nothing to do with the facts 

  "Having failed to achieve military success against the Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla, the fascist Turkish state is disseminating fake news based on special war methods," said the HPG.
• HBDH militia burn property belonging to a village guard in Mardin 

  HBDH Kurdistan Committee reported that its fighters set fire to a property belonging to a village guard in Mardin's Kızıltepe district.
• 7 people including a 72-year-old woman detained in Mardin 

  Turkish forces have detained several Kurds, including a 72-year-old woman, in Mardin.
• Young man self-immolates in front of UN office in Hewler 

  A young man from East Kurdistan set his body on fire in front of the UN office in Hewler, the capital of the Kurdistan Region, to protest the poor living conditions.
• KNK co-chair: We have taken the first practical step towards national attitude 

  KNK co-chair said that the workshop, which was organized to determine a national attitude against the Turkish state's occupation in South Kurdistan and brought together more than 200 people from four parts of Kurdistan, was the first practical step.
• KCK spokesman warns of ethnic cleansing in Metina 

  KCK spokesman Zagros Hîwa warns against the settlement of Islamist mercenaries and their families in the Metina region. Those who do not want the Turkish "Afrin model" to be installed in South Kurdistan as well must act now, he said.
• HPG Press Centre pays tribute to martyrs of Garzan and Amed  

  The HPG released the names of four guerrillas who fell as martyrs following attacks carried out by the Turkish army in Garzan and Amed.
• Clashes in the Derarê and Koordine areas in Metina 

  Clashes are taking place in the Derarê and Koordine areas. The Turkish army threw howitzer on the village of Seraro.