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• KCK calls for uprising everywhere for Öcalan's freedom 

  KCK said that Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan has been under isolation in İmralı Closed Prison since 1998, remarking that the 17 years long isolation aimed to disconnect Leader Apo from Kurdish people and eliminate the Kurdish Freedom Movement.
• HDP MPs condemn attack on Roboski people and deputy Encü 

  Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputies have condemned the attacks on peoples of Roboski and on the HDP Şırnak deputy Ferhat Encü at a press conference.
• 14 gang members killed in Shengal 

  People’s Defence Forces (HPG) and Shengal Resistance Units (YBŞ) General Commands have said in a written joint statement that the extensive attacks of ISIS gangs in Shengal were quashed and 14 gang members were killed.
• HPG Maxmur-Kirkuk Front Commander: We are prepared for all attacks 

  HPG (People's Defense Forces) Maxmur-Kirkuk Front Commander Sertav Aso stated that they were prepared for all attacks and threats, and had the power to repel any massacre attempt.
• Turkish borders open for ISIS 

  Residents of Elbeyli district of Kilis province stated that the current military deployment does not aim an attack on Rojava but to extend ISIS rule in the region.
• Yıldırım: Ditch at border is evidence of Turkey's animosity towards Kurds 

  The Turkish state, which is preparing for a new war by making an intense military deployment at the border to Rojava following the liberation of Girê Spî by YPG/YPJ, has accelerated the digging of the ditch at the border between Qamışlo and Nusaybin.
• Soldiers aim their gun at HDP MP in Roboski 

  Turkish soldiers who continue attacking the local people in Roboski village in Uludere district of Şırnak, have targeted HDP MP for Şırnak, Ferhat Encü, and the journalists near him today.
• Sarıyıldız: Roboskî people targeted for protecting the memories of victims 

  HDP Şırnak parliamentarian Faysal Sarıyıldız commented on the recent attacks on Roboskî and the massacre of mules in the village. Sarıyıldız stated that the people of Roboskî were targeted for not having sold out the memories of their children.
• Soldiers continue attacking the people of Roboski 

  Turkish soldiers have today continued attacking the people of Roboski where 34 people, mainly children, were killed in an airstrike of the Turkish army on their way back from cross-border trade on 28 December, 2011.
• Kobanê Aid and Solidarity Institution Co-President: Solidarity must grow 

  Kobanê Aid and Solidarity Institution Co-President Gülistan Etti stated that tens of children lost their parents during the last attack and are in dire need of life supplies.
• ISIS gangs caught preparing for an attack from Ceylanpınar 

  Fascistic ISIS gangs that have resorted to mass killings with bomb attacks after the major defeat they suffered in Kobanê and Girê Spî, have been spotted at Turkish border preparing for an attack on Serêkaniyê city of the Cizîre Canton.
• Operations against ISIS gangs in Rojava continue 

  A large number of ISIS gangs have been killed in the ongoing operations of YPG/YPJ (People's/Women's Defense Units) against gangs of the so-called Islamic State.
• Soldiers attack Roboskî villagers with tear gas and real bullets 

  Soldiers attacked marching protesters in Roboskî with tear gas canisters and real bullets, and injured İsa Encü.
• 2 gang members killed in Shengal 

  HPG Press Office said that guerrillas carried an action against the ISIS gangs that were trying to form new emplacements in the neighborhood of Xeyr Nasır in Shangal.
• Violent blast at Jarablus border gate 

  A violent blast took place in the Syrian part of the Jarablus-Karkamış border gate and an ISIS emir named Abdurrahman died in this explosion.
• People of Roboskî march against bans and attacks 

  Roboskî villagers marched towards Şerit Plateau in order to protest attacks and the bans on accessing plateaus.
• İğrek: People of Shengal will never give up on self-determination 

  Federation of Êzîdî Associations in Europe President Fikret İğrek stated that Êzîdîs in camps in South Kurdistan are under KDP pressure, and the people of Shengal would never give up on their demand for self-determination.
• Second phase begins in rebuilding of Kobanê 

  Kobanê Rebuilding Coordination Member Abdurrahman Hemo stated that works for the reconstruction were continuing and that the basic needs of the city have been met to a large extend. Hemo added that second phase in the reconstruction works has begun.
• Joint operation by guerrilla and peshmerga in Kirkuk 

  HPG Kirkuk-Maxmur Command reported in a written statement that ISIS gangs launched an attack on the villages of Mırê and Şehîdan in Tılwerde district of Kirkuk at 00.00 of 5-6 July night.
• BDP former district chair arrested 

  Former chair of BDP (Peace and Democracy Party) branch in Muradiye district of Van has been arrested.
• ‘Barzani should decide if he will be Mandela or Mubarak’ 

  Kurdish Election Institute representative Aram Cemal stated that the lack of a democratic constitution has been a major problem in South Kurdistan, and called on Masoud Barzani to decide whether he will be Mandela, Mubarak or Bashar al-Assad.
• Bombardments of the Turkish military continue 

  People’s Defence Forces (HPG) Press Office has reported in a written statement that the increased bombardments by Turkish military on Medya Defence Zones continue.
• 4 women and 9 children savagely executed by ISIS 

  It has been reported that ISIS gangs executed 4 women and 9 children by setting their bodies on fire after capturing them during their escape from Fallujah.
• YPG: 483 ISIS gangs killed in June 

  YPG forces carried out 42 operations, killed 483 ISIS gangs, and captured another 6 during the month of June when YPG lost 63 fighters during the operations.
• Suicide attack in Hesekê 

  ISIS gangs have carried out a suicide attack with an explosive-laden vehicle in the south Hesekê city of West (Rojava) Kurdistan at around 10:50 today.