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• Raqqa Operation and the new strategic period - Analysis 

  The Raqqa operation is the start of a new and strategic period. Balances will be disrupted and new developments will emerge.
• 2 villages liberated during Raqqa Operation 

  QSD fighters have liberated two fields in the Liberate Northern Raqqa Operation.
• 6 soldiers, one of whom a commander, killed in Van 

  6 soldiers, one of whom a commander, were killed and 2 soldiers got injured during a guerilla action in Van.
• HPG statement on guerrilla actions 

  HPG announced that state forces received heavy blows and many soldiers were killed during the dirty war they carry out in Kurdistan.
• YPG statement on gangs’ attacks 

  YPG Media Center announced that gang groups attacked Aleppo’s Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood and several villages across Kobanê.
• Raqqa Operation began - updated 

  Led by Rojda Felat and Ebu Feyyad, Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) launched its operation for the liberation of Raqqa around 14:00 today.
• Military operation in Varto 

  State forces launched an operation in the Badan, Corsan and Kasima villages of Muş’s Varto district.
• Şırnak under constant bombardment 

  As the self-administration resistance in Şırnak enters its 71st day, Turkish army tanks and panzers have been shelling neighborhoods constantly since last night.
• Tens of people detained during political genocide operations 

  The AKP government’s political genocide operations continued today as tens of people including HDP members were detained.
• Towards the finalization of the Federation's social contract 

  Rojava and Northern Syria Democratic Federal Constituent Assembly is reaching finalizing the discussions on the social contract of the Federation. The resulting text is expected to be published soon.
• Turkish warplanes bombard Nusaybin once again 

  Unable to break the resistance in Nusaybin, the Turkish armed forces bombarded Nusaybin with warplanes this morning.
• Turkish General Staff: 3,342 state forces either dead or injured 

  Turkish General Staff issued a statement yesterday and announced that 483 soldiers and police officers died and 2,859 state forces got injured during the clashes in North Kurdistan since last summer.
• 4 special operations forces injured in Nusaybin 

  4 special operations forces got injured during the clashes in Nusaybin, and one of the officers is in critical condition.
• KONGRA-GEL calls for strengthening the anti-fascist front 

  KONGRA-GEL Co-Presidency issued a written statement on the AKP ‘immunity coup’ against the HDP supported by the CHP and MHP.
• Heavy blow against state forces in Nusaybin 

  Two special operations officers, one of whom is a lieutenant, got heavily injured and several special operations forces died during the clashes between YPS/YPS-JIN members and state forces in Nusaybin today.
• Rojava Coordination takes key decisions 

  Rojava Cantons Coordination took key decisions during its meeting yesterday.
• Detainments in Dersim and Adana 

  Many people were detained during the genocidal operations in Dersim and Adana.
• 3 soldiers killed in Bitlis 

  HPG Media Center announced that 3 soldiers were killed during a guerilla action in Bitlis on May 22.
• Resistance in Şırnak enters its 70th day 

  The self-administration resistance against the state’s genocidal attacks in Şırnak entered its 70th day.
• Turn to Sur to see the cruelty 

  The extent of the cruelty in Amed’s Sur district has come to light with the lifting of the curfew. Rushing to their neighborhoods after the end of the curfew, people were met with police barricades on the side streets.
• Violent clashes in Nusaybin 

  Violent clashes between state forces and YPS/YPS-JIN members continue in Nusaybin as the people’s self-administration resistance enters its 71st day.
• Two ISIS gangs killed and one vehicle destroyed in Eyn Îsa 

  SDF announced that two ISIS gangs were killed and one military vehicle was destroyed to the southeast of Eyn Îsa.
• Turkish soldiers cross the border and start digging ditches 

  Breaching the Rojava border, Turkish soldiers crossed over to Qamishlo and started digging ditches.
• Migrant flow to Efrîn 

  782 more migrants escaping the gangs in Shehba, Raqqa and Aleppo and the clashes in these regions, have left their living areas and taken refuge in Efrîn.
• Operation in Tendürek 

  Helicopter activity over Ağrı’s Tendürek Mountain continued until the morning hours, and the police and the gendarme set up checkpoints at the entrances and the exits of Ağrı’s Diyadin district.