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• TEVDA President calls on Yazidis to vote for HDP 

  TEVDA President Seid Hesen has called on Yazidi Kurds to vote for the HDP to help it exceed the 10 percent threshold in the general elections to take place in Turkey and North Kurdistan on 7 June.
• Lord Hylton: Autonomy the best solution to problems of Middle East 

  A member of the House of Lords, Lord Hylton, spoke at a press conference yesterday after a two-day visit to the Cizîr Canton of Rojava.
• Coalition strikes kill 15 Nusra jihadists, most of them Turks 

  SOHR reported that that 15 fighters of the Nusra Front, most of them are Turk, died due to aerial bombardment carried out by US- led coalition warplanes.
• HPG reports intensive ambush activities by the Turkish army 

  HPG (People's Defence Forces) press and communication center has issued a written statement regarding the increasingly ongoing military activity of the Turkish army against guerrilla areas.
• YPG: Mount Kizwan completely cleansed of ISIS 

  Operation Commander Rubar Qamishlo that was initiated on May 6 with the objective of liberating the western rural areas of Canton Cizîre from ISIS threats, endures in its 14th day achieving significant successes, reported YPG Media Center.
• Military operation in Yüksekova 

  HPG (People's Defense Forces) Press Center said in a written statement that the Turkish army has launched an operation in Esendere town of Hakkari's Yüksekova district early this morning.
• Mount Abd 'al Aziz entirely cleansed of ISIS groups 

  YPG/YPJ fighters have entirely cleansed the Kezwan (Abd 'al Aziz) mountain, a principal ISIS base, as a result of an operation started this morning.
• YPG/YPJ fighters reach summit of 'Abd al Aziz 

  YPG/YPJ fighters have reached the summit of ‘Abd al Aziz mountain (Jebel ‘Abd al Aziz), a principal ISIS base.
• YPG: 180 gang members killed in the last 24 hours 

  A military campaign that was initiated on May 6 with the objective of liberating the rural district of Canton Cizîre from ISIS threats, endures in its 13th day achieving significant successes, reported YPG Media Center.
• Six villages liberated in Canton Cizîrê 

  YPG/YPJ have liberated six villages in the ongoing operation to cleanse the western rural area and villages of the Canton Cizîrê of West Kurdistan, Rojava.
• İmralı delegation meets KCK executives in Kandil 

  İmralı delegation has gone to Kandil for a meeting with executives of the KCK (Kurdistan Communities Union) yesterday evening.
• 28 people slain in Adıyaman in 1994 commemorated 

  28 young people massacred by Turkish soldiers on Bêzar mountain in the Çelikhan district of Adıyaman province in 1994 were commemorated today in a ceremony attended by HDP MPs.
• Thomas Schmidinger explains Rojava revolution 

  Austrian political scientist and cultural anthropologist Thomas Schimidinger took part in a discussion at the Amed Book Fair yesterday entitled: “The Rojava Revolution from the viewpoint of a foreign journalist”.
• Intensive ambush attacks from the Turkish army 

  In their latest press release, HPG Press Center reported six cases of provocative ambush attacks carried out by the Turkish army across Northern Kurdistan.
• Police and soldiers clash in Gever: 3 sergeants and 5 police dead 

  20 days ago, the Turkish state attempted a major provocation in the rural parts of Gever (Yüksekova), Hakkari.
• ISIS gangs set Assyrian village on fire 

  ISIS gangs set the Assyrian village of Til Hirmiz on fire after suffering heavy blows in clashes with YPG/YPJ (People's/Women's Defense Units) of Rojava, West Kurdistan.
• PYD preparing for second congress in Efrîn after Cizîre 

  PYD (Democratic Union Party) of West Kurdistan, Rojava, held a preliminary meeting for the first congress it will organise in the Efrîn Canton.
• 5 gang members killed in Sinjar 

  HPG Sinjar Command and YBŞ Sinjar Command reported in a written statement that forces of resistance continued their actions against the ISIS gangs.
• Third group from North Kurdistan municipalities in Kobanê 

  Bakur (North Kurdistan) Municipalities Coordination and Kobanê Public Municipality released a joint statement regarding the ongoing works to clean up the ruins of the war-torn town in West Kurdistan, Rojava.
• Karayılan: Isolation of Öcalan is justification for war 

  KCK Executive Council member and People’s Defence Centre Commander, Murat Karayılan, has made crucial evaluations regarding the process of resolution.
• YPG/YPJ make further advances in Cizîrê and Kobanê 

  YPG Press Centre said in a written statement that a military campaign to eliminate ISIS threats and to liberate the rural district of Canton Cizîrê, Rojava, abundantly continues on its 8th day.
• HPG: Turkish military activity on the increase 

  HPG (People's Defense Forces) Press and Communication Centre said in a written statement that Turkish military activity was going on increasingly.
• Iranian army shells Kandil 

  Iranian army has shelled the Dola Kokê and Hill Şehit (Martyr) Ronahî areas of Medya Defense Zones.
• Municipalities to lead the reconstruction of Kobanê 

  After an epic 136-day resistance against ISIS that put Kobanê on the world’s agenda, the municipalities of Van and Diyarbakır have mobilised to repair urgent facilities in the city, such as drinking water and the sewage system.
• HPG reports operation and military activity by Turkish army 

  HPG (People's Defense Forces) Press and Communication Centre has reported in a written statement that the Turkish army continued operations and military activities in Kurdistan territory.