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• Handicap International finds Kobanê a city of unexploded weapons 

  Handicap International mine action experts have assessed the beleaguered city of Kobanê, Syria, in April, and discovered an alarming level of unexploded ordnance contamination.
• YPG/YPJ fighters continue to advance 

  YPG Press Office said in a written statement that the Commander Rubar Qamishlo Operation which was launched 21 days ago to liberate the rural areas and the villages in the western parts of Cizîrê Canton of Rojava continues with success.
• HPG reports ongoing activity by Turkish army 

  People’s Defence Forces (HPG) Press Office drew attention in a written statement to the increase in the military activity carried out by the Turkish army in North Kurdistan ahead of elections.
• YPG announces balance sheet of Operation Rûbar Qamishlo 

  YPG General Command has announced the outcomes of the Operation Commander Rûbar Qamishlo the first stage of which has been successfully finalized between 6-21 May.
• SOHR: YPG expels ISIS from 4000 square km in al-Hasakah in 20 days 

  The YPG (People's Defense Units) took control on the strategic town of al-Mabrouka in the southern western countryside of Serêkanîyê (Ras al-Ein) after violent clashes against ISIS which controlled the town earlier, reported SOHR today.
• Mabruka town liberated by YPG/YPJ 

  Fighters of the YPG/YPJ (People's/Women's Defense Units) have liberated the town of Mabruka, an ISIS base of strategic importance.
• YPG: A probable attack will be responded most fiercely 

  YPG Efrîn Canton Command reported that Jabhat al Nusra and gang groups affiliated to it have recently increased provocative attacks and the crime of abducting civilians in Şêx Meqsud district of Aleppo and Efrîn city.
• Aid collected by Kurds in Germany reach Sinjar 

  A lorry of aid collected by Kurdish people in Germany for the Yazidi people in Sinjar has reached the Mount Sinjar where a challenging struggle for life is going on since the beginning of the ISIS presence and attacks in the region early last August.
• 10 gang members killed in Sinjar 

  10 gang members have been killed in Sinjar in the last two days of the operations by People’s Defence Forces (HPG), Sinjar Resistance Units (YBŞ) which are also joined by the MLKP (Marxist Leninist Communist Party) fighters.
• Police attack people in Yüksekova 

  Police attacked the people who gathered in Yüksekova (Gever) district of Hakkari to protest Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu who will be joining the opening of an airport in the afternoon.
• Military mobilisation in Yüksekova before Erdoğan and Davutoğlu visit 

  Shopkeepers in the Yüksekova district of Hakkari have closed their shops today in protest at the visit of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu.
• Consecutive actions by HPG/YJA STAR and MLKP guerrillas in Sinjar 

  Guerrillas defending Sinjar against ISIS have carried out consecutive actions against gang groups on Sinjar-Kızılkent road at 5.30 am local time this morning.
• Turkish MIT agent within ISIS captured in Mosul 

  It has been reported that an agent of Turkish intelligence within ISIS was captured by the peshmerga during a clash with ISIS gangs in Mosul on 24 April.
• Operation and ambushes by the Turkish army 

  HPG (People's Defense Forces) Press and Communication Centre has released a statement regarding the ongoing activities of the Turkish military.
• YPG: 6 more villages liberated in Kobanê and Cizîrê 

  YPG Press Office has said in a written statement that 6 more villages have been liberated in the scope of the operations in Kobanê and Cizîr cantons of Rojava.
• HPG reports military activity by Iranian and Turkish army 

  HPG (People's Defence Forces) Press and Communication Center issued a written statement reporting ongoing military by Iranian and Turkish army.
• HPG statement on clash with Iranian KDP peshmerga 

  HPG (People's Defense Forces) has denied allegations put forward by pro-KDP media which argued that HPG guerrillas attacked a group of KDP-I (Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran) peshmergas in the border area of Kelashin.
• YPG: Commander Rubar Qamishlo Operation continues successfully 

  YPG Press Office said that the Commander Rubar Qamishlo Operation, launched in the western side of Cizîre canton of Rojava to liberate the villages in that region, is successfully continuing in its 17th day.
• Reconnaissance flights over Heftanin 

  The People’s Defence Forces (HPG) Press Office has said in a statement that the military activities and operations of the Turkish army are continuing in North Kurdistan.
• Turkish army steps us repression against people in Kurdish region 

  While the Turkish army has remarkably increased its operations in North Kurdistan over the last weeks, Turkish soldiers have stepped up repression against the local people.
• HPG: Turkish army increases its military activities each day 

  HPG reported that the military activity of the Turkish forces increasingly continues, stressing that it was due to the responsible and attentive attitude of the guerrilla forces that these activities haven't reach a dangerous level.
• YPG: 15 villages liberated 

  YPG Press Office has reported that 15 villages have been liberated in the last 24 hours within the scope of “Operation Commander Rubar Qamishlo”, adding that the operation continues successfully in its 16th day.
• Military activities of the Turkish army continue 

  HPG (People's Defence Forces) Press and Communication Center stated that aerial and ground military activities of the Turkish army continued.
• HPG reports bombardment and reconnaissance flights by Iranian army 

  The Iranian army has performed reconnaissance flights over Kandil border line and has bombarded two areas in Medya Defense Zones yesterday.
• Footage from Mount Kizwanan liberated by YPG/YPJ 

  ANF has obtained footage from the mountain where YPG/YPJ fighters planted their flag on the summit after achieving another historical victory through a resolute operation against the ISIS in Heseke countryside, Cizire Region, Rojava.