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• Struggle of Êzîdîs on Mount Sinjar continues 

  The onset of summer and hot weather has brought along ever more challenging conditions for the Êzîdî people who continue living on Mount Sinjar since the savage ISIS gangs occupied their homeland and committed brutal massacres as of 3 August 2014.
• Heavy blow on ISIS gangs in Serêkaniyê 

  The Operation Commander Rubar Qamishlo launched by the YPG/YPJ forces to cleanse the rural areas and the villages in the western part of the Cizîr canton of Rojava continues in its second stage in the south-western parts of the Serêkaniyê town.
• HPG guerrillas: PKK became people’s banner with the June 1 initiative 

  HPG guerrillas spoke to ANF on the anniversary of the June 1 initiative that emerged in response to the international conspiracy of 1999 when Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan was kidnapped and arrested.
• Turkish military activity increases ahead of elections 

  People’s Defence Forces (HPG) Press Office has reported in a written statement that the military activity of the Turkish forces increasingly continues ahead of general elections to be held one week later, on 7 June.
• Turkish YJA Star guerrilla: HDP represents the true essence of people 

  Turkish guerilla Avaşîn Kütahya from YJA Star stated that the PKK struggle began for the freedom of Kurdish people and became more universal as it transformed into a struggle for all oppressed people such as Laz, Circassian, and Turkish.
• 23 dead in Qamishlo fire 

  Cizîr Canton Council of Health Deputy President Silêman Ehmed stated that 23 people died in yesterday's fire in Meyselun Neighborhood health center in Qamishlo city of West Kurdistan, Rojava.
• YPG: Syrian Coalition acts as collaborator of ISIS 

  The YPG General Command has reacted strongly against the statement of the Syrian Coalition yesterday, which alleged that the YPG attacks Kurdish and Arab villages, throwing them out of their villages.
• Dozens dead and injured in Qamishlo fire 

  Many people died or got injured in the fire that took place in the Meyselun Neighborhood health center in Qamishlo city of West Kurdistan, Rojava
• 7 more villages liberated in Kobanê 

  Burkan Al-Fırat forces have announced in a written statement that they have liberated 7 villages to the south east of Kobanê in the scope of the operation to liberate Girê Spî (Tel Abyad).
• Turkish army attempting further provocation in Ağrı 

  HPG reported that the Turkish army had lunched a military operation in Ağrı province intending provocation, saying; “provocation attempts increased intensively against our guerrilla forces in the area.”
• 5 villages liberated in Rojava 

  YPG Press Centre said that operations to the southwest of Serêkaniyê continue within the second phase of the military campaign Operation Commander Rubar Qamishlo.
• ICOR to build a hospital in Kobanê 

  International Coordination of Revolutionary Parties and Organizations, ICOR, has launched a campaign to build a hospital in the war-torn city of Kobanê in West Kurdistan, Rojava.
• Two wounded in armed attack on HDP convoy in Şırnak 

  Two people were wounded as a result of an armed attack conducted by supporters of the radical Islamist Hür Dava Party Thursday afternoon.
• Burkan al-Fırat: Our operation will continue up to Girê Spî 

  Burkan al-Fırat (Euphrates Volcano Operations Room) announced that they have started an operation which will continue up to Girê Spî (Til Ebyad).
• YPG: 10 more villages liberated 

  YPG Media Center stated that the “Commander Rubar Qamişlo Initiative” aiming to liberate the western parts and villages of Cizîr canton continues successfully on its 23rd day.
• HPG: Military activities of Turkish army continue uninterruptedly 

  Aerial and ground activities of the Turkish army continue increasingly.
• ISIS massacres nearly 100 civilians near the Akçakale border 

  ISIS massacred nearly 100 civilian Arabs who were attempting to escape from Nustel and seek refuge in the village of Arida near the Akçakale border.
• Head of village guards calls on all guards to silence arms 

  The head of the village guards in Şırnak, Alihan Babat, who is in charge of 400 guards, announced that they will work for peace from now on and called on all the village guards to lay down their arms.
• 5 villages and 2 hamlets liberated 

  YPG/YPJ (People's/Women's Defense Units) have liberated 5 villages and 2 hamlets within the ongoing military campaign Operation Commander Rubar Qamishlo.
• Til Xenzîr village liberated 

  YPG/YPJ (People's/Women's Defense Units) have liberated the ISIS-occupied village of Til Xenzîr as part of the ongoing operation to cleanse the border villages in Serêkaniyê region.
• Operation Commander Rubar Qamishlo in its 22nd day 

  YPG / YPJ are continuing their operations against ISIS groups southwest of Serêkaniyê. The liberation of the strategic Mabrûka town was followed by an offensive launched against the gang groups in villages at the border line last night.
• Turkish army enhances provocative activities in Kurdistan 

  HPG Press Office drew attention to the huge increase in the bombardments, ambushes, operations and aerial activity of the Turkish army in North Kurdistan aiming to create conflict with the guerrilla forces ahead of elections.
• Gang groups seeking provocation attack Sheikh Maqsoud 

  Gang groups under the guidance of Turkey have surrounded Sheikh Maqsoud (Şêxmeqsud) neighborhood of Aleppo city of West Kurdistan, Rojava, and started random attacks, in response to which YPG forces have immediately returned fire.
• YPG on guard against threats around Sheikh Maqsoud 

  YPG Aleppo Command stated that some armed groups guided by external powers and led by Al-Nusra, Ahrar Es-Sham and groups affiliated to the Turkish state -Sultan Murad Battalions in the first place- have laid siege to the Şêxmeqsûd neighborhood.
• Tens of thousands bid farewell to YPG/YPJ fighters 

  YPJ Commander Songül Kurt and YPG fighters İsmail Dere and Seraceddin Çelik, who lost their lives in the operation launched in Til Temir and Hesekê by the YPG against the ISIS gangs, were laid to rest yesterday in the Yüksekova district of Hakkari.