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• KNK pays diplomatic visit to Hewler 

  The delegation led by KNK Hewlêr co-chair Zeynep Murad first visited the Kurdistan Parliamentarian Union.
• Guerrillas: We will crush the invading Turkish army here 

  HPG and YJA-Star guerrillas say that they will protect their lands against Turkish invasion attacks; “We will defeat them here. We will achieve success with faith and will."
• Families give blood samples for guerrillas martyred in Amed 

  Families have given DNA samples to receive the mortal remains of the six female guerrillas who were martyred in the air strikes carried out by the Turkish state in the Lice district of Amed.
• Kurdish man dies after self-immolation in Hewler to protest living conditions 

  Before setting his body on fire, 25-year-old Mahmudi said, “Do I have to live as I live because of my political activity? Is this life? We've been living like stray dogs for four years."
• HPG: Seven Turkish soldiers killed in revolutionary offensives 

  The guerrilla resistance against the Turkish occupation operation in South Kurdistan continues. At least seven soldiers have died in recent actions in the Medya Defense Zones.
• HPG announces the names of six guerrillas martyred in Mardin 

  Six fighters of the Kurdish guerrilla forces were martyred in Mardin province.
• Shepherd shot by Turkish soldiers in Hakkari countryside 

  Kurds are considered potential suspects throughout Turkey; in border areas, Kurdish civilians are virtually fair game for Turkish soldiers. In Derecik on the border with Iraq, a shepherd has again been seriously injured by gunfire.
• ‘Shengal people will expand the struggle against invasion plans’ 

  Politicians in the Euphrates Region discussed the threats of the Turkish state against Shengal and stated that people must unitedly expand the struggle and frustrate the attacks.
• Gerîla TV releases footage of actions carried out by Martyr Delal Defense Forces in Zendura 

  Gerîla TV has released footage of the actions carried out by Martyr Delal Defense Forces on 6 and 7 May at Zendura Hill in Metina.
• KCK calls for international solidarity with the Kurdish people and the Kurdish Freedom Movement 

  The KCK issued a call for international solidarity with the Kurdish people and the Kurdish Freedom Movement.
• Soldiers wound a civilian injured in Derecik 

  Mehmet Dinç was injured in his leg as a result of the soldiers opening fire in Derecik.
• Six guerrillas martyred in Avashin 

  Six guerrilla fighters were martyred in Avashin. The HPG published their names and offered their condolences to their families and to the Arab and Kurdish people.
• 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.