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• Guerrillas strike Turkish soldiers in ambush: 2 dead  

  HPG Press Center announced that soldiers who laid an ambush for the guerrilla in Dersim were taken under surveillance and later struck, killing 2 soldiers.
• Family of Yazidi man killed by Turkish attack: Stop the invasion 

  The family of Emin Salih, who was murdered by the Turkish army, called on the Iraqi Government to stop the invasion.
• KNK: Stop the Turkish invasion of South Kurdistan 

  KNK called upon all governments and international organisations (the UN, NATO, the EU and the Arab League) as well as the world’s democratic peoples, to oppose Turkish aggression against Kurdistan.
• Earthquake in East Kurdistan  

  Kermanshah was hit by an earthquake.
• Four villagers wounded in Turkish warplanes attack on Xakurke 

  Turkish warplanes targeted peasants in the Sheikh Zade valley early in the morning, and four villagers were wounded.
• “Turkish state engages in espionage in Kirkuk through the MIT” 

  YNK Kirkuk Office Administrator Xazi Kerkuki said the Turkish state has increased the number of MIT operatives in Kirkuk.
• Bradost people on Turkish attacks: We won’t leave our homes 

  Villagers in the Bradost region targeted by the Turkish state’s invasions protested the attacks and said, “The Turkish state wants to evacuate our villages but whatever happens, we won’t leave our homes.”
• Jalalian’s lawyer sentenced to 30 years 

  Iran has sentenced Zeynab Jalalian’s lawyer Emir Salar Dawodi to 30 years in prison.
• Visit to martyrs’ cemetery in Maxmur 

  The residents of Martyr Rustem Cudi (Maxmur) Refugee Camp visited the martyrs’ cemetery after the early morning Eid prayers.
• Another HDP councilor removed from office in Sirnak 

  The AKP continues to steal from the HDP wherever HDP has won the elections. Another member of the City Council in Sirnak has been removed from office.
• Kurdish martyrs’ cemetery attacked in Lice 

  Families who went to the martyrs’ cemetery in Lice for Eid visits found the graves vandalized with sledgehammers.
• Turkish army “games”: Operation Claw 

  The Turkish army released videos as footage from the “Operation Claw” that turned out to be from video games.
• Turkish state defeated in Serhat and Xakurke 

  Several armored vehicles were destroyed and 37 invaders were killed in actions by HGP/YJA Star and HBDH guerrillas against the Turkish army in Serhat and Xakurke.
• Guerrillas launched attacks in Iğdır 

  HPG / YJA Star guerrillas destroyed a large number of armored vehicles as the result on an action in Iğdır on 1 June. Many soldiers were killed in the action.
• People reacted angrily to Turkish army invasion attempt 

  The attempt of the Turkish army to invade the Xakurkê area is confronted by the great resistance by guerrillas. The people of South Kurdistan are very angry at the Turkish state's invasion attacks and collaborators.
• KCK congratulates Nechirvan Barzani 

  KCK Executive Council Co-presidency congratulated Nechirvan Barzani for his election as the Bashure Kurdistan Federal President.
• Footage released from guerrilla action in Avashin 

  HPG and YJA-STAR guerrillas continue inflicting blows against the Turkish army in Kurdistan territory.
• KCK: Stand up against invasion attacks with the Sheladize spirit 

  KCK Executive Council Co-presidency: “With the Sheladize uprising, the Kurdish people have shown that they don’t accept the invasion attacks and that all the nation must stand up whenever there is an attack against anywhere in Kurdistan.”
• South Kurdistan: Turkish attacks kill dozens of animals 

  The Turkish army killed dozens of animals during air and artillery attacks on the village of Xelîfan in the Bradost region.
• Turkey occupation attacks: KDP sent peshmergas to Sidekan 

  The occupying Turkish state has extended its attacks against the Bradost area on 28 May by reaching Şekif mountain and Martyr Derviş hill.
• Turkish state threatens villagers to evacuate villages in Sidekan 

  The Turkish state has threatened the Xelifan villagers in Sidekan, Southern Kurdistan with UAVs so they evacuate the village.
• Binarê Qandil people: Turkish attacks put our lives in danger 

  Women in Binarê Qandil protest against the Turkish bombing of the region and see their lives threatened.
• HPG: 16 Turkish soldiers killed in Xakurke and Hakkari 

  At least 16 soldiers of the Turkish army were killed as a result of guerrilla actions on Xakurkê-Hakkari line.
• 3,000 Yazidis still missing 

  While thousands of Yazidis were freed from ISIS during SDF operations, 2966 of them are still missing.
• ISIS attack on villages of Kirkuk repelled by people 

  One civilian was killed and 9 others wounded as a result of ISIS aggression in Kirkuk.