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• Civilians wait for the clearance of landmines before their return 

  People from Rojava trying to return to Girê Spî wait at the border gate as YPG continues its minesweeping efforts.
• Enwer Muslim: Girê Spî will be a model city of fraternity of peoples 

  Administrators of the Kobanê Canton of West Kurdistan, Rojava, visited the town of Girê Spî liberated by YPG/YPJ and Burkan Al Fırat forces on June 15.
• Bodies of 12 YPG/YPJ fighters brought to Silopi 

  Bodies of 12 martyred YPG/YPJ fighters, and a YJA Star guerrilla have been brought to Silopi district of Şırnak.
• PKK congratulates Girê Spî victory 

  PKK (Kurdistan Worker's Party) Executive Committee has released a statement congratulating the Girê Spî victory over ISIS.
• YPG: 22 villages liberated 

  YPG said their forces since the evening of yesterday, June 17, from the town of Silûk and nearby are advancing from two axis towards the south.
• Euphrates River entrusted to Kurdish female fighters 

  As the YPG-YPJ initiatives targeting ISIS gangs continue, parts of Euphrates River that run through Rojava are under Kurdish female fighters' control.
• Syriac Union Party member: We will work for Öcalan's freedom 

  Syriac Union Party Cizîrê Canton member Gabriel Shamon stated that the HDP's election victory has obstructed the monist policies of the AKP government, and that the resolution process could be kept going only with the HDP.
• Coalition aircraft strikes ISIS on Maxmur front 

  International coalition has carried out several airstrikes against ISIS gangs in the village of Kerkirde near Maxmur this morning.
• Military ceremony and victory celebration in Kobanê 

  After their liberation of Girê Spî, YPG-YPJ Cizîr forces that participated in Commander Rubar Qamişlo Initiative and the joint forces that participated in Martyr Gelhar Operation arrived at Kobanê to hold a military ceremony.
• Rojava Coordination celebrates liberation of Girê Spî 

  The General Coordination of Rojava Cantons has celebrated in a written statement the victory gained in Girê Spî against the ISIS gangs, describing it as an important step in building democratic Syria.
• KCK calls for the beginning of a new period with the Girê Spî victory 

  KCK called upon all peoples in Syria to initiate a new period and strengthen peoples’ joint struggle in order to establish a democratic Syria that would then democratize the entire Middle East.
• Hundreds of YPG/YPJ fighters in Kobanê after victory in Girê Spî 

  Hundreds of fighters of YPG/YPJ (People's / Women's Defense Units) have turned back to Kobanê after liberating Girê Spî in Operation Commander Rubar Qamishlo.
• Karayılan: Success against ISIS is a victory for humanity 

  People’s Defense Center Headquarters Commander Murat Karayılan spoke to ANF on the war against ISIS.
• Girê Spî people return home after liberation 

  The people of Girê Spî who had to flee away from their lands in the face of ISIS persecution have started to return to the town in groups.
• YJA STAR guerrilla martyred in Eruh 

  A YJA STAR guerrilla by the name of Maxzume Muhammedzade (Sarya Onur) has lost her life in a short clash that took place following an ambush laid by Turkish soldiers in Eruh district of Siirt.
• PKK member Andrea Wolf commemorated 

  Andrew Wolf alongside 40 PKK (Kurdistan Worker’s Party) militants were murdered and buried in the village of Andiçen (Kelahêrê) in Van's Çatak district by the Turkish army in a massacre on 23rd October 1998.
• Saleh Moslem: ISIS’ lifeblood is cut 

  In his evaluation of Gire Spî’s liberation to ANF, PYD Co-President Saleh Moslem stated that ISIS gangs’ lifeblood has been cut with the victory.
• Girê Spî victory celebrated in Maxmur 

  Liberation of Girê Spî by YPG/YPJ from ISIS has been marked with celebrations across the Kurdistan territory, including the Martyr Rüstem Refugee Camp in Maxmur where youth's movement held an event in support of the historic victory.
• TEV DEM celebrates liberation of Girê Spî 

  The Movement for Democratic Society (Kurdish: Tevgera Civaka Demokratîk‎, TEV-DEM) Executive Assembly has celebrated in a written statement the liberation of Girê Spi which it described as an important step for building democratic nation.
• YPG: 124 gang members killed in the last 24 hours 

  YPG has announced that the ISIS occupation in Girê Spî has been terminated while the operations of the YPG/YPJ forces continue against the gang groups in the area.
• Burkan Al-Fırat: Liberation of Girê Spî is the victory of humanity’s will 

  Burkan Al- Fırat Operation Room stated that the liberation of Girê Spî is the victory of humanity’s will and conscience against barbarism and terror.
• Turkish military activity continues increasingly 

  People’s Defence Forces (HPG) Press Office has reported that the aerial activity of the Turkish forces continues increasingly over guerrilla controlled zones.
• Regime provocation in Qamishlo fails 

  Clashes broke out between Baathist Syrian Regime forces and Rojava Public Security and Self-Defense units yesterday when regime officials forcibly enlisted numerous Arab and Kurdish young men into the Syrian army.
• Kalkan: It is no longer possible to keep the status quo 

  PKK Executive Committee Member Duran Kalkan said that the pro-nation state and cultural-genocidal regime in Turkey collapsed after June 7 elections, and emphasized that it was no longer possible to keep the status quo.
• YPG flags wave in Girê Spî 

  Flags of the YPG wave in the Girê Spî city which was liberated within the operation started by YPG/YPJ (People's/Women's Defense Units) to cleanse the western front of the Cizîrê Canton of West Kurdistan, Rojava, of ISIS gangs on 6 May.