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• Five political parties in Rojava announce support for YPG/YPJ 

  “In order for a more rapid advance of the Democratic Autonomous Administration, we have to ensure unity of the three cantons by supporting the YPG/YPJ forces”, announced five political parties in Rojava.
• YPG/YPJ: We march towards freedom and victory 

  YPG and YPJ General Commands have marked the anniversary of the July 19 Rojava Revolution in two separate statements, both of which called on all the people to get united around the YPG/YPJ forces as the victory and freedom is near.
• YPG/YPJ fighters: We will defend the revolution to the very end 

  Fighters of the YPG/YPJ (People's/Women's Defense Units) who are defending the Rojava Revolution and every inch of Rojava lands have become the guarantee of the building of free life for peoples.
• YPG/YPJ make further advances in south Hesekê 

  Fighters of the YPG/YPJ have liberated two villages in south Hesekê and two more in southeast Kobanê.
• Mesopotamia Ecology Movement calls for action for Cudi 

  Mesopotamia Ecology Movement called on all the ecologists and defenders of life to defend the entire country against all the attacks targeting the living areas of people, and policies of plundering and destruction.
• Yet another fire in Başağaç village of Şırnak 

  While the forest fire started by artillery fires of Turkish soldiers on Mount Cudi continues, yet another fire has erupted in the rural areas of Başağaç (Mendîkera) village of Şırnak, leaving a large forested area and crop field burned out.
• Turkish reconnaissance flights over guerrilla areas continue 

  People’s Defence Forces (HPG) Press Office has reported in a statement that reconnaissance flights of Turkish unmanned aerial vehicles over the guerrilla controlled areas continue.
• TEV-DEM: Rojava Revolution made significant gains 

  In its July 19 statement, Democratic Society Movement (TEV-DEM) highlighted the political, military and diplomatic successes of Rojava Revolution as well as Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan’s central role in the revolution.
• Clashes intensify in Vilayeti Sor and Felhaya 

  Clashes have intensified in Vilayeti Sor (Red Houses) area and Felhaya village which were liberated by the YPG/YPJ forces from the ISIS gangs yesterday.
• ‘My father does not deserve to die like this’ 

  Êzîdîs in Amed Metropolitan Municipality’s Yenişehir camp are having difficulties because of state hospitals’ refusal to treat them due to the fact that they do not stay in state-controlled AFAD camps.
• PAJK: Rojava revolution is the collapse of the colonial system 

  PAJK (Kurdistan Women's Liberation Party, Partiya Azadiya Jin a Kurdistan) stated that Rojava Revolution was the collapse of the colonial system in Kurdistan, and described the protection of this revolution as the most fundamental task.
• KDP digging a ditch on Shengal-Rojava border 

  Rojnews News Agency reported that the KDP of South Kurdistan has started digging a trench on the border between Shengal and Rojava, West Kurdistan, five days ago.
• Clash between HPG guerrillas and Turkish soldiers in Iğdır 

  Clash broke out between soldiers of the Turkish army and guerrillas of the HPG (People's Defense Forces) near the Mount Pamuk in Suveren village of Iğdır province last night.
• YPG General Command: ISIS used chemical weapons in Hesekê 

  YPG General Command said in a written statement that ISIS used chemical weapons against the fighting positions of the combatants of the YPG and the civilian population in the neighborhood of Salihiya in Hasakah city on June 28, 2015.
• HPG: Turkish army destroying Kurdistan nature by setting forests on fire 

  HPG reported that military activities of Turkish military forces were going on, while the Turkish army also continued the destruction of the Kurdistan nature by setting forests on fire, especially in the Botan region.
• Operations against ISIS continue in Hesekê and Kobanê 

  Constant military operations conducted by joined forces of the People’s Defense Units (YPG) and the Women’s Defense Units (YPJ) continue to confront the ISIS gangs attempting occupation efforts near the city of Hesekê, Rojava.
• Footage from Hesekê front 

  A number of locations have been cleansed of ISIS gangs as part of the ongoing operations of the YPG/YPJ (People's/Women's Defense Units) in and around Hesekê city of West Kurdistan, Rojava.
• Kurdistan to be buried under water with the excuse of ‘security’ 

  Construction projects of guard posts, military bases and dams (HES), that had begun 3 years ago after the ceasefire for the solution of the Kurdish issue, are now being implemented.
• YPG/YPJ continue to take critical areas under control 

  YPG/YPJ forces continue to take control of areas that ISIS uses as headquarters or logistic routes. Guerillas recently seized the biggest power plant in the region.
• Thousands flock to cemeteries in North Kurdistan 

  Thousands in North Kurdistan have flocked to cemeteries on the first day of the Ramadan Eid to visit the graves of the fallen combatants of PKK, YPG and the YPJ.
• Karayılan: Turkish state told Rojava administration to ‘not go any further’ 

  PKK Executive Committee Member Murat Karayılan stated that the Turkish state had told Rojava administration to ‘not go any further.’, and opposed the liberation of Cerablus and the unification of Kobanê and Efrin cantons.
• PYD: Autonomous Administration is the result of July 19 Revolution 

  PYD stated that the Democratic Autonomous Administration, the Social Contract and the democratic solution projects in Rojava, West Kurdistan, were the result of the July 19 revolution.
• Warning action by guerrillas in response to Turkish military activity 

  People’s Defense Forces (HPG) Press Office has said in today’s statement that the military activities of the Turkish forces against the guerrilla areas continue increasingly.
• ‘Öcalan’s freedom is the guarantee for peace in the region' 

  The 'Freedom for Öcalan Campaign' including representatives from institutions such as Freedom for Öcalan Initiative, KNK (Kurdistan National Congress), PUK (Patriotic Union of Kurdistan) and Goran (Change) Movement began in South Kurdistan on July 8.
• Interior Minister of Kobanê: Success of Rojava becoming permanent 

  Kobanê Canton Interior Minister Bozan Xelîl stated that the Rojava Revolution belonged to the people and the success of the revolution was becoming more permanent.