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• Body of Cizre Popular Assembly co-chair identified 

  Body of Cizre Popular Assembly co-chair Asya Yüksel, one of the over 100 people massacred in one of the three basements of savagery, has been identified only today.
• UN seeks access to Cizre for investigation of the massacre 

  U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein said disturbing reports have been delivered to the United Nations of the massacres committed in Cizre and other Kurdish towns.
• 'Take what you need and leave what you don't' campaign in Amed 

  A high school student living in Amed has started a 'Take what you need and leave what you don't' campaign in an effort to help the families victimised by the ongoing onslaught of state forces.
• State forces failing to break the resistance continue bombing Şırnak 

  Continuing their genocidal attacks on Şırnak, state forces failing to break the popular resistance have once again started bombing the neighborhoods of resistance.
• 5 soldiers wounded in explosion on Midyat-İdil road 

  5 soldiers were wounded in an explosion during the passing of their armored vehicle on Midyat-İdil highway.
• Ilısu Dam will also destroy the Iraqi Marshes and cause instability 

  International Coordinator for 'Save the Tigris and Iraqi Marshes Campaign' stated that the Ilısu Dam will not only flood Hasankeyf but also destroy the Iraqi Marshes, which are included in the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List.
• Blast in Van kills 2 special operations police, wounds 2 others 

  An armored vehicle of Turkish forces was hit by a blast in Hacıbekir (Xaçort) neighborhood of Van's central İpekyolu district.
• HPG reports guerrilla action in Bitlis 

  One soldier died as a result of an action of HPG/YJA Star guerrillas against the Turkish army in Bitlis on May 8.
• YPS: At least 20 members of state forces killed in Nusaybin 

  At least 20 members of state forces were killed and one tank was damaged as a result of YPS and YPS-JIN actions in Nusaybin.
• KJAR salutes the struggle of Kurdish revolutionaries executed by Iran 

  KJAR commemorated Kurdish revolutionaries executed by Iran and called upon the people to enhance the struggle for freedom, describing the May 9 Martyrs as exemplary figures of peoples’ freedom struggle, and warning Iran.
• House used by state forces destroyed in Şırnak 

  There has been an explosion in a house state forces entered in Şırnak in the morning. There are reports of dead and wounded units under the rubble.
• Desperate in the face of YPS resistance, Turkish army demolishes Şırnak 

  Second largest in the NATO, the Turkish army continues to demolish the city of Şırnak after failing to advance in the face of the resistance from a group of young people.
• DBP calls for urgent action for Şırnak 

  A group of officials from the HDP and DBP met in the province of Şırnak which witnesses enduring popular resistance against the state's genocidal attacks for almost 2 months now.
• Warplanes bombard guerrilla zones 

  Turkish warplanes bombarded Medya Defense Zones’ Qandil, Gare, Zap and Sergele regions.
• 5 state forces killed in Nusaybin 

  5 state forces were killed during the clashes in Nusaybin.
• 12 people arrested in Çukurca 

  12 people were arrested across the villages of Hakkari’s Çukurca district.
• Turkish warplanes bombard villages in Qandil 

  Turkish warplanes bombarded the villages of Xobyan, Enzê, Suredê, Bêwan and Dola Kalatuka for two hours last night. Villagers’ gardens and properties got damaged during the bombardment.
• Violent clashes in Şırnak 

  Violent clashes have been taking place since this morning in Şırnak as the genocidal attacks on the city enter their 55th day.
• Footage of the action against Eriş Outpost 

  Gerilla TV broadcasted the footage of the action with heavy weaponry against Eriş Outpost.
• Action against armored vehicle in Van 

  An action was carried out against a moving armored vehicle in Van.
• Nusaybin resistance enters its 56th day 

  State forces are heavily bombarding Kışla and Zeynelabidin neighborhoods where the resistance continues.
• Turkish warplanes bombard Qandil 

  Turkish warplanes began to bombard Medya Defense Zones’ Qandil area around 02:15 last night.
• Violent clashes in Nusaybin 

  In Mardin's Nusaybin district where popular resistance for self-rule against the attacks of state forces endures with determination, violent clashes are taking place in Dicle and Yenişehir neighborhoods.
• 16 detained as state forces attack protestors in Terolar 

  Turkish state forces attacked the people joining a vigil led by Alevi citizens in Terolar area of Maraş against the AKP government's attempts at establishing a camp for jihadist groups under the guise of an “AFAD camp”.
• HPG reports guerrilla actions in Dersim, Şemdinli and Gever 

  HPG (People's Defense Forces) Press Office reported guerrilla actions in Dersim, Gever and Şemdinli in memory of the 6 guerrillas who fell in Lice recently.