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• YPG/YPJ fighters: We are after ISIS everywhere 

  YPG/YPJ fighters participating in the Kobanê Martyrs Revenge Initiative called upon young people to join their ranks and stated that ISIS gangs would pay heavily for each woman and children they massacred in the streets of Kobanê.
• Guerrillas the only hope of the Êzîdî people in Shengal 

  Guerrillas are the only source of hope for the Êzîdîs who are giving a struggle of life and maintaining their lives in the mountains.
• Bombardment and aerial activity over guerrilla areas continue 

  People’s Defence Forces (HPG) Press Office has reported in a statement appeared on its official website that the bombardments and the aerial activity of the Turkish military over the guerrilla controlled areas continue increasingly.
• YPG: 2 villages liberated, many gang members killed 

  YPG Press Office has reported that two more villages were liberated, while large numbers of gang members were killed in the operations in Rojava.
• AKP's plan to protect ISIS; Jarablus... Amed Dicle 

  It is impossible for Turkey to send troops to Jarablus or any other region of Syria under the current circumstances. This has no political, military, economic and diplomatic ground.
• HPG releases balance sheet of war over the past 3 months 

  HPG reported that the Turkish army increased its attacks and the ISIS gangs in Shengal experienced heavy losses over the past 3 months.
• Dozens detained in house raids in Antep, Şırnak and Adana 

  The detention wave in the Kurdish cities or in settlements where mostly Kurdish people live continues increasingly in the last days.
• Kobanê Health Council President: Most urgent need is a hospital 

  Kobanê Canton Health Council President Welat Omer stated that they lived in conditions where tens of people may get injured in one moment, and the canton’s most urgent need was a hospital.
• Children detained in Roboski tortured by soldiers 

  The four children who had been detained in Roboski village after soldiers' attack on people with arms two days ago, have been released. One among them, S.E., told that soldiers tortured them while in custody.
• Australian YPG fighter martyred in Mişêrfa 

  YPG Press Office has announced in a written statement that Australian YPG fighter Reece Harding with nom de guerre Bagok Serhed, lost his life in Mişêrfa on 27 June 2015.
• KCK: Karker’s revolutionary spirit will be kept alive in Kurdistan revolution 

  KCK said the revolutionary determination of fighter Karker Kobanê will be kept alive in the revolution Rojava and the whole Kurdistan, and that this spirit will unite people under a democratic communal life based on fraternity and freedom of peoples.
• HSM: Right to retaliate will be used against any attack by Turkish forces 

  People's Defense Central Command (HSM) underlined that; “Within the scope of the right of self defence, our guerrilla forces will defend themselves and retaliate against any attack by Turkish state forces.”
• YPG: Revenge Operation for Kobanê Martyrs launched 

  YPG Press Office has announced in a written statement that fighters of the YPG/YPJ (People's/Women's Defense Units) have launched last night “Revenge Operation for Kobanê Martyrs” in the southern parts of the town.
• Who attacked Kobanê, and why... Amed Dicle 

  On June 25, a savage attack was conducted on Kobanê. One of the groups involved in the attack crossed into Kobanê from Turkey. An ISIS member captured alive confessed that the plan had been made in Turkey.
• 3 YPG members brought to Urfa hospitals lost their lives 

  3 YPG (People's Defense Units) members who were brought to hospitals in Urfa after they getting wounded in clashes in Girê Spî and Kobanê have lost their lives.
• 5 detained in house raids in Batman 

  5 persons have been detained in house raids early this morning in Batman province on grounds of participating Kobanê protests, 15 February protests at anniversary of Öcalan’s capture, and Newroz celebrations.
• PYD: Wherever attacks may come from, we are ready for defense 

  The Co-Presidency of the PYD reacted to a probable military intervention by Turkey, and urged Turkish authorities to give an end to provocative politics.
• YPG/YPJ clear the Aziziyah neighborhood 

  Against the attacks of ISIS gangs on Hesekê city of Rojava (West) Kurdistan, fighters of the YPG/YPJ (People's/Women's Defense Units) continue ensuring safety in the areas under their control.
• YPJ fighter: It is not only that people died in Kobanê 

  "We are combatants, heval. We are defending our land and revolution, we may fall a martyr", says YPJ fighter Laleşin who took part in the operations against the ISIS gangs that massacred civilians on June 25.
• Three ISIS members attempting to attack Girê Spî killed 

  Out of the 6 ISIS gangs that attempted to attack the town of Girê Spî from the eastern front yesterday, 3 were killed, while 2 others fled to Turkey after suffering injuries.
• Gangs attempting to attack Girê Spî encircled 

  Fighters of the YPG/YPJ (People's/Women's Defense Units) have encircled the ISIS gangs that attempted to attack the recently liberated town of Girê Spî from the eastern front.
• Turkish soldiers open fire on the bordering village of Efrîn 

  Turkish soldiers have opened fire on the local people in the village of Çeqela in Shiyê district of Efrîn bordering Turkey.
• HPG: Turkish army conducted bombardment with warplanes 

  HPG Central Headquarters Command said that the Turkish army which continuously violated the conditions of ceasefire up to date has completely finished the truce unilaterally.
• YPG: Two ISIS members captured alive 

  YPG Press Office said that 2 members of ISIS gangs were captured alive during a fresh operation launcehed in the hamlet of Mezra Sofî to the south of Kobanê yesterday.
• Turkish warplanes shell guerrilla areas 

  Warplanes of the Turkish army shelled the guerrilla-controlled area of Avashin in Medya Defense Zones.