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• Human shield demonstration in Qandil leaves one month behind 

  The human shield demonstration launched by the youth in Qandil against the Turkish state’s invasion attacks has completed one month.
• Qandil Delegation: We might go to Baghdad 

  Qandil Co-mayor Gulale Osman said, “We are waiting for the Parliament’s response. If the Parliament doesn’t take a stand against the invasion, we will go to Baghdad.”
• Shengal Assembly: KDP’s approach is unacceptable 

  The Shengal Democratic Autonomous Assembly has stated that issues will deepen if Turkey is allowed to enter the region.
• KNK’s Umer: Barzani’s statement does not serve the Kurdish people 

  KNK Abdulkerim Umer said Barzani should condemn occupation by Turkey.
• Father of Cemile, murdered by state forces in Cizre, jailed 

  Father of Cemile, who was murdered by state forces in Cizre and whose dead body was kept in a fridge due to denial of burial, has been imprisoned.
• Delegation from Qandil holds talks in KRG parliament 

  A delegation from Qandil has visited the Kurdistan Region Parliament to discuss the invasion attacks of the Turkish state.
• HPG reports guerrilla actions in Lelikan and Bitlis 

  HPG said guerrillas punished two contras named Remzi Güler and Mahmut Güler in Amed.
• Kurdish politician Vedat Aydın commemorated in Amed 

  Aydın disappeared and was murdered while in JITEM custody .
• Gerîla TV releases footage of action in Siirt 

  Guerrillas hit Turkish military units in the countryside of Siirt province on March 30.
• Turkish army bombs a village in South Kurdistan 

  The occupant Turkish army continues its attacks against northern Iraq, southern Kurdistan.
• Turkish soldiers kill a civilian in Kanimasi, South Kurdistan 

  Mortar fired by the occupant Turkish army from Kanimasi outpost killed a civilian in South Kurdistan.
• Xakurkê summit: Epics of resistance in every position 

  Guerrilla Roza Bager, fighting in Xakurkê against the Turkish state invasion, said: “The enemy says Xakurkê is done. But now, there are epics of resistance in every position in Xakurkê.”
• People of South Kurdistan to march against Turkish invasion 

  Protest marches will be held in 9 centers in Bashure (Southern) Kurdistan tomorrow under the lead of the National Front. The people will protest the Turkish state’s invasion attacks in the marches.
• "Barzani should stand against Turkish invasion, not the PKK" 

  Gorran Movement MP Şêrko Heme Emin criticized KRG Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani’s statement which -he said- should have been directed against Turkish invasion, not the PKK.
• Curfew in Mardin's Talatê village under military siege 

  Curfew has been declared in Talatê and Kovanlı villages amid a military siege and Turkish army operation.
• Wildfire in the forested area between Lice and Genç 

  Fire erupted in 10 areas in between Amed’s Lice district and Bingöl’s Genç district.
• Military siege in a village of Mardin 

  Turkish troops have laid a siege on Talatê village of Nusaybin.
• Turkish jets bomb Bradost region in South Kurdistan 

  The occupant Turkish state continues its attacks against southern Kurdistan, northern Iraq.
• “Barzani is legitimizing the Turkish state invasion” 

  Former Iraqi Parliament MP Rengîn Ebdullah said, “PKK fought against ISIS gangs in Shengal and protected the border of the Kurdistan Region. Barzani should give an explanation about what he said.”
• National Front to protest against Turkish invasion on July 7 

  The Resistance Front Against Invasion will hold protests against the Turkish state attacks against Bashure (Southern) Kurdistan on July 7. The Front visited unions and NGOs as part of preparations today.
• Villagers in Qandil: We won’t let the invaders pass 

  Residents of the Sinemokan village, one of the villages of Qandil targeted by the Turkish state’s invasion attacks, say they won’t leave their village and they won’t allow the invasion.
• HPG reports guerrilla action in South Kurdistan 

  HPG Press Office reported that guerrillas hit the Turkish forces in northern Iraq, southern Kurdistan.
• Barzani congratulates Erdoğan, calls PKK “occupant” 

  Nechirvan Barzani congratulated Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan, and accused PKK of being “occupant” in Kurdistan region.
• Ava sûsê, the marvellous drink in Amed 

  Ava sûsê is one of the most consumed beverages in Kurdistan during the summer.
• HPG: 20 Turkish soldiers killed in Yüksekova 

  HPG announced that at least 20 soldiers of the Turkish army were killed as a result of guerrilla action that targeted a Turkish military convoy in Yüksekova, Hakkari on June 2.