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• HPG statement on the blast in Amed's Dürümlü area 

  HPG Press Office has released a statement about the blast that occurred in Dürümlü hamlet in Sarıkamış village of Amed's Sur district earlier this week.
• Violent clashes continue non-stop in Şırnak 

  Clashes intensify in Şırnak after the actions conducted by YPS units against state forces at 5 separate locations last night.
• 22-year-old civilian killed in state forces' attack in Şırnak 

  22-year-old Ali Sümbül died as a result of state forces' attacks in Şırnak province last night.
• 7 special operations members killed, over 20 others wounded in Şırnak 

  At least 7 members of special operations forces were killed and over 20 others were wounded in clashes at 5 separate locations in Şırnak last night.
• HPG: 48 soldiers killed in the Revolutionary Operation in Çukurca 

  At least 48 soldiers were killed and bodies of 15 remained in the clashes area in Hakkari's Çukurca district. Guerrillas downed a Cobra helicopter and seized a large quantity of ammunition belonging to Turkish soldiers.
• Blast in Qamishlo leaves casualties 

  Car-bomb attack in Qamishlo city of Rojava left 1 civilian dead and 3 others wounded, including one seriously.
• HPG: Heavy blow inflicted on Turkish troops in Oremar 

  HPG reported that Turkish military conducted one of its most intense bombardments against guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones after the losses they suffered in Northern Kurdistan on May 13.
• HPG releases footage of the Cobra helicopter downed in Çukurca 

  HPG released the footage of the Cobra helicopter downed by guerrillas in the countryside of Hakkari's Çelê (Çukurca) district at 04:30 on May 13.
• Clashes intensify in Şırnak amid ongoing bombardment 

  The popular resistance for self-rule against the state forces' genocidal attacks has left two months behind in the province of Şırnak.
• TEV-DEM warns that Geneva will be a 'second Sykes-Picot' 

  TEV-DEM warned the Geneva talks will be a 'second Sykes-Picot' and called upon the international powers to back down from this historic mistake.
• Many soldiers killed in Oremar, bodies of 8 remain in guerrilla-held area 

  Heavy clashes are taking place between guerrillas and Turkish military forces in Oremar region of Hakkari's Gever (Yüksekova) district.
• Intense aerial activity in Şemdinli 

  Hakkari’s Şemdinli district on the border line sees intense aerial activity.
• HDP Uludere District Co-chair arrested 

  Battered and detained in a house raid, HDP Uludere District Co-chair Mesut Paksoy has been arrested.
• Dersim-Pülümür road closed to traffic 

  Following the HPG guerillas’ road check, the Dersim-Pülümür road has been closed off.
• Ongoing violent clashes in Nusaybin 

  Intense clashes continue non-stop in Nusaybin on the 62nd day of the self-rule resistance.
• Turkish jets bomb Qandil for 5 hours 

  Turkish jets have today bombed the Qandil area of Medya Defense Zones in South Kurdistan territory.
• KCK: We will defeat the AKP fascism everywhere 

  KCK Executive Council stated that the Kurdish people’s struggle would defeat AKP fascism everywhere, and called upon everyone to join the resistance.
• 3 killed, 1 wounded by police in Viranşehir 

  Turkish police killed 3 people and wounded 1 other in Viranşehir district of Urfa.
• 4 soldiers killed in action by YJA-Star guerrillas in Şırnak 

  HPG Press Office reported that 4 soldiers were killed in an action by YJA-STAR guerrillas against a Turkish troop in the countryside of Şırnak province.
• DİHA reporter Nedim Türfent arrested 

  DİHA reporter Nedim Türfent was arrested on charges of ‘membership in an organization.’
• Barzani pressures Êzidîs to fight against the PKK 

  Masoud Barzani pressured Êzidîs to fight against the PKK. Êzidîs peshmergas and mukhtars criticized this pressure and stated that they would not fight against a force that saved them from a massacre.
• HPG: Guerrillas downed a Cobra helicopter in Çukurca 

  HPG reported that “a Turkish troop deployed in Aşutê (Çığlı) area of Hakkari's Çelê (Çukurca) district was targeted by a revolutionary operation of guerrillas at around 04:30 this morning.”
• Severe clashes and bombardment continue in Şırnak 

  Popular resistance for self-rule against state forces' genocidal attacks in Şırnak has left 2 months behind amid ongoing clashes and bombardment.
• Turkish forces bombard highlands in Uludere 

  Turkish forces have started bombing rural areas in Uludere district of Şırnak.
• ‘Closure of Sêmalka border harms the unity of the Kurds’ 

  People of South Kurdistan said that the South Kurdistan government’s closure of Sêmalka border gate in collaboration with the Turkish state harms the unity of the Kurds, and demanded the immediate opening of the crossing.