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• MLKP: We will defend the Revolution with great determination 

  Marxist Leninist Communist Party (MLKP) Rojava branch vowed to protect the gains of the revolution and called on the world’s people to step up solidarity with Rojava.
• HPG reports operation by Turkish army in Muş 

  People’s Defence Forces (HPG) Press Office has reported in today’s statement that Turkish troops carried out an operation in the rural areas of Hesenpaşa, Kanîkorkê and Karsevin villages of Malazgirt district of Muş on June 16.
• Footage from Hesekê front 

  Footage by ANF from Hesekê city of West Kurdistan, Rojava, where fighting with ISIS gangs continue, shows an ISIS supply car destroyed by YPG/YPJ, mine set-ups seized from gangs, and an arm-loaded van hit.
• Muslim: Kobanê attack was a big plan participated by Turkey 

  PYD Co-President Saleh Moslem stated that the June 25 attack on Kobanê was a big plan undoubtedly participated by Turkey on a political or another level. “The attacks were conducted and munitions were brought in over Turkey”, he said.
• Guerrillas: Rojava Revolution became the revolution of all peoples 

  HPG and YJA STAR guerrillas said the Rojava revolution demonstrated to world public that a free life can be be lived only in a free country and only on the basis of the togetherness of the all the peoples, languages and faiths.
• 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.