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• Delegations in Qandil against the Turkish state 

  The delegations that went to Qandil against the Turkish state invasion visited the human shield activists.
• Heavy blows inflicted on Turkish troops in Hakkari and Amed 

  Guerrilla forces continue hitting and inflicting blows on Turkish troops in Kurdistan territory.
• Families denied the remains of Kurdish martyrs exhumed in Garzan 

  Only two bodies have been delivered to families after being exhumed from Garzan Martyrs’ Cemetery.
• PKK’s Engin: There is a need for national unity 

  PKK Central Committee Member Kasım Engin said the people of Kurdistan are resisting everywhere
• Young internationalists from France go to Qandil for solidarity 

  Internationalist youth from France have come to South (Bashur) Kurdistan to support the Human Shield action against the invasion threats of Qandil region by Turkey.
• National Front and KNK members to go to Qandil tomorrow 

  The National Front will go to Qandil tomorrow with a KNK delegation against the Turkish state’s invasion attacks against southern Kurdistan, northern Iraq.
• YJA-Star commander: Guerrilla will protect our people and Bashur 

  YJA-Star commander Sorxwîn Zagros said the resistance of guerrillas will continue everywhere.
• Air-supported operation in Cudi 

  Turkish army has started an air-supported operation in Cudi region of Şırnak.
• Internationalist youth on the way to Qandil against invasion 

  A group of internationalist youth has left for Qandil to support the ‘Human Shield’ action of South Kurdistan youth against Turkish invasion.
• HPG refutes Turkish media reports on guerrilla losses 

  Guerrilla forces continue their actions against the Turkish army in Kurdistan territory.
• Thousands gather in Hakkari for the HDP rally 

  Chants and slogans met the HDP candidates for Hakkari.
• Qandil people: We are not afraid of Turkey 

  Turkey is bombing villages of Qandil.
• Thousands attend the HDP rally in Cizre 

  HDP continues its election campaign across Turkey and North Kurdistan.
• HPG Commander: Guerrilla will retaliate attacks in kind 

  HPG Commander Serhildan Rugeş Hêvi stressed that HPG and YJA-STAR guerrillas will continue defending South Kurdistan under all circumstances.
• HPG actions in Hakkari and Lêlîkan 

  Kurdish guerrillas carried out actions against Turkish occupyers
• Bakurê Kurdistan Council visits human shield initiative in Qandil 

  The Council called on unity of all people to defend Qandil from Turkish invasion.
• Artists from South Kurdistan: Stand up for Qandil 

  Artists support the human shield initiative launched by the Patriotic Youth movement.
• Participants of ‘Human Shield’ action visit Qandil residents 

  Participants of the ‘Human Shield’ action launched by Kurdish youth from southern Kurdistan in Qandil, have visited people in villages of Qandil on occasion of the Eid on Friday.
• 301 bodies still in cemeteries of the nameless 

  It has been years, and DNA samples have been submitted, but bodies of 301 people who lost their lives in Kurdistan have still not been identified. The bodies are still in cemeteries of the nameless in Eid this year.
• People of Northern Kurdistan head to Qandil for Eid 

  On the first day of Eid, people from Northern Kurdistan who live in the South have taken off from Sulaymaniyah to visit the human shield action in Qandil against the Turkish state’s invasion attacks.
• The AKP’s ‘hospital lie’: open and close when election nears 

  Erciş State Hospital has been officially inaugurated 10 times.
• Gorran supports the National Front against Turkish invasion 

  The Gorran Movement announced support to the National Front against the Turkish state’s invasion attacks.
• Operation and clash in Lice countryside 

  Turkish troops launched an operation in the countryside of Amed’s Lice district. Reports are coming through of clashes.
• Youth in Qandil: We will fight against invasion 

  Rojava Patriotic Youth visited the human shield action launched in Qandil by patriotic youth from South Kurdistan in protest at the Turkish state’s invasion attacks.
• HPG refutes Turkish media: No casualties in air strikes 

  HPG Press Center (HPG-BIM) refuted claims that AKP-controlled media published regarding heavy casualties for the guerrilla in air strikes against Qandil.