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• KDP prevents the funeral of YPG/YPJ fighters 

  KDP prevented the passage of 11 YPG/YPJ martyrs’ bodies into South Kurdistan through Sêmalka Border Gate. Civilians protested the KDP stance.
• HDP MP: Soldiers rained bullets on villagers during military deployment 

  HDP Ardahan deputy Taşkın Aktaş strongly reacted against the attribution of Turkish soldiers’ attack on a civil minibus of local people in Gundik (Koyunlu) village of Ardahan’s Göle district to the PKK.
• Who were the armed civilians in the attack site? 

  Harika Morkoç, the daughter of Kamber Morkoç who was killed as he was going to a picnic near the Gundik (Koyunlu) village of Göle, was with her father as he was shot and emphasized the state role in the attack.
• Clash between HPG and Turkish army in Ardahan 

  People's Defense Central Headquarters Command said that yesterday's armed attack by Turkish soldiers against civilians had been planned and organized by the Turkish military.
• Man wounded in armed attack by soldiers taken under surgery 

  Sabri Morkoç who was wounded in yesterday's armed attack by Turkish soldiers, which targeted a civil minibus travelling in Gundik (Koyunlu) village in Göle district of Ardahan, has been taken under surgery.
• HPG reports remarkable increase in Turkish military activity 

  HPG Press Office has drawn attention to the remarkable increase in the operational tendency of the Turkish army against the guerrilla areas, as well as military activities and construction of new military posts.
• YPG/YPJ continue to operate against ISIS near Kobanê 

  Over the past 24 hours in the south and southwest of Kobanê, numerous attacks were carried out by the ISIS gangs, reported YPG Press Office in a written statement on its website.
• Statements of Arabs and Turkmens from Girê Spî reversed in Istanbul 

  The Syrian National Coalition has reversed the statements of the committee it formed to examine in Girê Spî (Tal Abyad), which denied YPG pressures on local Arabs and Turkmens.
• Armed attack by soldiers leaves 1 dead, 2 wounded – UPDATE 

  Soldiers of the Turkish army taking part in a military operation raided bullets on a civil minibus carrying local people in Gundik (Koyunlu) village in Göle district of Ardahan province.
• Isolation of Öcalan protested in Kurdish cities 

  Massive protests have taken place in cities of North Kurdistan against the isolation of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan who has been jailed in Imralı Island Prison since 1999.
• 1 killed, 2 wounded as soldiers raid bullet on civil minibus 

  Soldiers of the Turkish army taking part in a military operation raided bullets on a civil minibus carrying local people in Gundik (Koyunlu) village in Göle district of Ardahan province.
• Bodies of 9 YPG/YPJ fighters brought to North Kurdistan 

  Bodies of 9 YPG/YPJ fighters who have fallen in the struggle against ISIS in Rojava and Shengal have been delivered to their families and MEYA-DER executives at Semelka border gate and taken to Habur border gate in Silopi district of Şırnak.
• KCK: We will not accept the violation of the ceasefire anymore 

  KCK pointed out that unlike guerrilla forces who abidden by the ceasefire and acted with great responsibility within this process, the Turkish state has disobeyed the conditions of truce and failed to avoid practices inciting clashes.
• Operation by the Turkish army in Siirt 

  HPG reported that the Turkish army launched an operation with a large numbers of armoured vehicles aerially supported by Cobra type helicopters in Eruh district of Siirt.
• HDP MPs make an examination at Çukurca border 

  Deputies of the HDP visited Çığlı (Aşût) village at the border with the South Kurdistan in order for an examination at scene after incidents broke up during the protest by local people against military deployment.
• People of Nusaybin to protest the trench dug at Qamishlo border 

  Reactions against the trench being dug at the border between Nusaybin-Qamislo by Turkish military are growing.
• TEV-DEM suspends agreement with Aleppo Regional Assembly 

  TEV-DEM criticized the Aleppo Regional Assembly of Syrian opposition forces for its unfavorable treatment of local people in Sheik Maksoud neighborhood, its efforts to defame YPG and support to the ISIS gangs.
• Three freedom fighters laid to rest in Amûdê 

  YPG fighter Amed Amûdê, who lost his life in Kenterî village of Siluk on 6 June, and Erka Xweparastine (Self Defence Forces) fighters Xelîl Şêxo and Azad Mehmûd, martyred on 8 June, have been laid to rest in Amûdê city of West Kurdistan, Rojava.
• Kurdish lawyer shot dead by Iranian Pasdaran at the border 

  It came out that a Kurdish lawyer by the name of Sîrûs Ehmedî was shot dead by the Iranian Pasdaran two days ago.
• Vedat Aydın commemorated at his graveside 

  Hundreds of people commemorated former HEP (People's Labour Party) Diyarbakır president Vedat Aydın who was found dead on a road near Malatya on July 7, 1991.
• YPG: Operation Rubar Qamishlo completed successfully 

  YPG (People's Defense Units) General Command announced that the Operation Commander Rubar Qamishlo which was launched against ISIS gangs on 6 May has been completed successfully.
• Military operations against ISIS gangs continue in Rojava 

  Military operations of the YPG/YPJ (People's/Women's Defense Units) in ISIS-occupied areas in Hesekê and Kobanê continue.
• Clashes intensify in Hesekê 

  Fighting between YPG/YPJ and ISIS gangs continues in the village of Ferhiye to the south east of Hesekê.
• Turkish military activity continues increasingly 

  Military activity of the Turkish army against guerrilla areas continues increasingly, said the Press Office of the HPG (People's Defense Forces) in a written statement which appeared on its website.
• Iranian army conducted an operation in Shehidan 

  Soldiers of the Iranian army conducted an operation against the Shehidan area. The operation was retreated the same day without any results.