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• 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. 
• Rojava youth in South Kurdistan on the way to Qandil 

  Rojava youth living in South Kurdistan have left for Qandil in protest at the Turkish state’s invasion attacks.
• Şırnak: Housing in return for votes 

  After the large-scale destruction of Şırnak, the state housing association TOKİ plans to hand over newly built accommodation in the city on 20 June, right before the elections, in an attempt to get the people’s votes.
• Turkish gendarmerie threatens people to not vote for HDP 

  Residents of the village of Gülveren in the northern Kurdistan province of Mardin have been threatened by the gendarmerie, so they do not vote for the HDP in the parliamentary and presidential elections on 24 June.
• “HDP will succeed no matter where they move the ballot boxes” 

  In Van, the polling stations were relocated for the June 24 election. Centenarian Meryem Ayaz announces that she will walk to the polling station six kilometers away.
• Demonstration in Qandil against Turkey's attacks 

  People from Ranya and Qeladizê towns of Sulaymaniyah protested against the Turkish state’s attacks on South Kurdistan.
• National Front against Turkish occupation meets with Iraqi MPs 

  The National Front against Turkish occupation called on the Iraqi Parliamentarians to condemn Turkish attacks.
• KCK call for Bashur and the KDP: Take a stand against invasion 

  KCK issued a written statement about the Turkish state’s invasion attacks against Southern Kurdistan and called on the KDP and Southern Kurdistan (Bashur) forces to take a stand against these attacks.
• Footage from guerrilla action against secret Turkish unit 

  Guerrillas continue their actions against the invading Turkish troops in southern Kurdistan, northern Iraq.
• Deserted the Turkish army, joined the guerilla 

  Unable to bear any more pressure by the officers, young Kurdish man deserted the Turkish army during his mandatory service and joined the ranks of the guerilla.
• Reactions from South Kurdistan: KDP greets the invaders 

  Reactions continue to pour in from Bashur (South Kurdistan) against the invasion maneuvers of the Turkish sate. Politicians and representatives of institutions protested the greeting of invasion forces who defy international law and issued a warning.
• Aerial attack against Qandil villages 

  The invading Turkish army has bombed the Bokriskan and Dola Bedrana territories in Qandil today.
• People of Qandil: We will frustrate Turkey’s attacks 

  Qandil residents stated that they will be protecting their lands against Turkey’s invasion attempt.
• Turkish jets bomb villages in South Kurdistan 

  The invading Turkish army continues its attacks against southern Kurdistan, northern Iraq.
• Two more kolbars killed by Iranian forces in East Kurdistan 

  Iranian regime forces have killed two more kolbars in Rojhilat, East Kurdistan.
• South Kurdistan youth start ‘human shield’ action in Qandil 

  Youth from South Kurdistan went to Qandil and started ‘human shield’ action against Turkish invasion.
• People of southern Kurdistan march to Qandil againt invasion 

  The people and the youth of Bashure (southern) Kurdistan have started marching towards Qandil against the invasion.
• South Kurdistan youth on the way to Qandil against invasion 

  Youth from southern Kurdistan, northern Iraq, have left for Qandil from Sulaymaniyah in protest at the Turkish invasion.
• Turkey deploys 150 armored vehicles at Şemdinli border 

  The Turkish army has deployed dozens of armored vehicles around Derecik and Museka outposts in Şemdinli district of Hakkari.
• 4 HDP members detained in Gürpınar 

  Police detained HDP members running election campaign in Van’s Gürpınar district.
• HDP flags removed in Silvan 

  In Amed’s Silvan district, municipal workers removed the HDP flags on the grounds that “there is no election office on that street”.
• ‘National Front’ founded against Turkish invasion of Bashur 

  As reactions are growing against the Turkish state’s invasion attempts of South Kurdistan, ‘National Front Against Invasion’ has been declared in Sulaymaniyah.
• Police vehicle hits and injures an old man in Amed 

  An armored police vehicle hit and severely injured a man in his 70’s in Amed. Police forces threatened the people that gathered at the scene and protested the incident.