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• First images from guerrilla zones targeted by Turkish airstrikes 

  ANF has obtained images from the guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones targeted by airstrikes of the Turkish army throughout the night.
• Turkish bombardments start fires in guerrilla areas 

  Bombardments of the Turkish army in guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones have started forest fires in the areas of Sergele, Çemço and Zap valley.
• Turkish army launches operation in Cizre 

  Turkish army has started an operation in the area of Gıte Bespin and thermal power plant in Cizre district of Şırnak early Saturday morning.
• Four civilians wounded in airstrikes of Turkish army 

  The airstrikes of the Turkish army in Kandil and Gare regions of guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones also targeted civilian villages.
• Turkish aircraft hit three locations in Bergare area 

  Turkish warplanes have hit three locations in Bergare area of guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones at between 4-6 a.m. This morning.
• Turkish warplanes shell guerrilla zones throughout the night 

  Warplanes of the Turkish army shelled the guerrilla-held Media Defense Zones throughout the night. The strikes by Turkish warplanes targeted the areas of Kandil, Gare and Metina.
• HPG reports clashes during Turkish army operations 

  Turkish army’s reconnaissance flights and warplane activities continue increasingly. Clashes took place during the Turkish army’s recent operations.
• YPG: Siege around Sirîn completed 

  YPG/YPJ fighters took control of the road between Sirîn and Raqqa, and besieged the town of Sirîn.
• Sirîn people held by ISIS as hostage to be used as human shields 

  After the heavy defeats they experienced at the hands of YPG/YPJ fighters, ISIS gangs are holding the people of Sirîn as hostage in order to use them as human shields.
• Officials from Kobanê Canton visit the site of Suruç Massacre 

  Officials from Kobanê Canton visited Amara Culture and Arts Center in Suruç where 31 people were massacred on July 20.
• Lice-Amed road closed to traffic 

  Demonstrations protesting the Suruç massacre, which left 31 people dead and over a hundred wounded, continue in Lice district of Amed.
• Armed ISIS gangs with bombs caught in Saray 

  16 armed ISIS gangs with bombs were caught in Van’s Saray district as they were trying to enter Turkey.
• 15 detained in house raids in Kızıltepe 

  As part of the increasingly ongoing operations of political elimination, police raided 15 houses in Kızıltepe district of Mardin early Friday morning.
• Reconnaissance flights over guerilla zones, forest fire in Dersim 

  Turkish army intensified its drone reconnaissance flights over Medya Defense Zones.
• Turkish soldiers raid houses in Xızroki village of Tatvan 

  Turkish soldiers raided houses in Xızroki village in Tatvan district of Bitlis yesterday.
• YPG/YPJ operations continue in Hesekê 

  Constant military operations conducted by joined forces of the YPG and the YPJ continue to confront the ISIS gangs attempting occupation efforts near the city of Hesekê, Rojava (West) Kurdistan.
• One specialist sergeant killed, two soldiers wounded in Adıyaman 

  HPG (People's Defense Forces) Press Office said in a written statement that a clash took place between HPG guerrillas and Turkish soldiers participating in a military operation in Adıyaman province on July 20.
• HPG: Two police officers punished by Apoist team of self-sacrifice 

  HPG Press Office said that a punishment action has been carried out against two police officers who were in cooperation with ISIS gangs in Ceylanpınar district of Urfa today.
• Identity of Suruç suicide bomber clarified 

  Identity of Suruç massacre’s perpetrator has been clarified. 20 years-old Şeyh Abdurrahman Alagöz carried out the suicide attack.
• TEV-DEM Co-President: Those who fell in Suruç will live in Kobanê 

  TEV-DEM Co-President Ruken Ehmed said that the spirit and ideals of the socialist youth massacred in Suruç would live in Kobanê, and those who fell in Suruç were martyrs of Kobanê.
• KCK's Cemil Bayık: AKP is ISIS, and ISIS is AKP 

  Holding the AKP responsible for the massacre in Suruç, KCK Executive Council Co-President Cemil Bayık said the information, data and documents revealed so far have proved that AKP is ISIS, and ISIS is AKP.
• Turkish army launches an operation in Silopi 

  Turkish military continues its operations against the areas of HPG (People's Defense Forces) guerrillas.
• MLKP: Young Communists are immortal 

  The Central Committee of the MLKP (Marxist Leninist Communist Party) has vowed to ask account for the Suruç Massacre from the fascist ISIS and its collaborators.
• The circle around ISIS gangs in Hesekê tightens 

  YPG reported that the circle around the gangs in Neşwê and Xwêran neighborhoods tightened during the operations against ISIS in Hesekê.
• KONGRA GEL: Self-defense must be organized immediately 

  KONGRA GEL harshly criticized the massacre in Suruç and pointed at Turkish President Erdoğan and ISIS as the perpetrators of the attack.