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• Clashes continue in Cizîr and Kobanê as YPG/YPJ make further advances 

  YPG Press Centre reported in a written statement that the ISIS threat on the western boundaries of the Cizîr Canton, and the operations of YPG/YPJ fighters continued.
• Turkish army shells guerrilla areas 

  HPG (People's Defense Forces) Press Office said that the Turkish army shelled Medya Defense Zones.
• Footage from Til Eshra village liberated by YPG/YPJ 

  Fighters of the YPG/YPJ (People's/Women's Defense Units) are continuing their operations against ISIS gangs deployed between Hesekê and Til Temir.
• 'The Leader's Garden' built in Sinjar 

  The ''Leader's Garden', dedicated to Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan, is a joint work of HPG, YJA Star, YBŞ and Yazidi people in Sinjar, and represents a new life in Sinjar.
• Turkish military activity continues in Şemdinli 

  While HPG guerrillas continue abiding by the ceasefire declared two years ago, Turkish army on the other hand continues its attempts to derail the process with further provocations.
• PYD Congress announces final declaration 

  The PYD has issued the final declaration of the congress it held in the Cizir Canton on 8 May attended by 450 delegates. The congress was organised under the slogan: “A Free Rojava and a Democratic Syria”.
• Military activity continues in North Kurdistan 

  People’s Defence Forces (HPG) Press Office has reported in a statement that the Turkish military activity against the guerrilla controlled areas increasingly continues in North Kurdistan.
• Blow inflicted on ISIS gangs in Sinjar 

  HPG Sinjar Command and YBŞ General Command said in a joint statement that forces of resistance inflicted heavy blows on the ISIS gangs in the ongoing fighting in Sinjar town of South Kurdistan.
• 4 villages liberated in Til Temir 

  Fighters of the YPG/YPJ (People's/Women's Defense Units) have liberated 4 villages on Til Temir-Hesekê road.
• Special troops deployed at border with Serêkaniyê 

  The Turkish army deployed special troops last night in Ceylanpınar, the district opposite the town of Serêkaniyê in the Cizir canton of Rojava.
• Heavy blow to gangs in Cizîr: 63 dead 

  The YPG Press Centre has announced that YPG/YPJ fighters have killed 63 ISIS gang members in a continuing operation in Cizîr Canton.
• KHRN reports heavy military presence in Kurdish cities in Iran 

  Kurdistan Human Rights Network has released a report regarding the situation in the Mahabad city of East Kurdistan, Rojhilat, where a young Kurdish woman committed suicide to avoid rape by Iranian intelligence agents.
• In memory of Shirin, Ferzad, Ferhad and Ali… 

  On 9 May 2010 history once again repeated itself for Kurds in East Kurdistan. In the notorious Evin prison outside Tehran 4 Kurdish ‘rebels’ were taken to the gallows early in the morning. They were asked to ‘repent’.
• PYD to organise according to the cantonal system 

  At the Democratic Union Party’s (PYD) first congress in the Cizîre (Jazireh) region the party organisation and constitution was revised in accordance with the cantonal system and a Cizîre canton party assembly established.
• Til Mecder Nesret, Mehmud Kurd and Ezam liberated 

  The villages of Til Mecder Nesret, Mehmud Kurd and Ezam, and a hill in Til Mecdel village in Cizirê Canton of West Kurdistan, Rojava, have been liberated from ISIS gangs.
• KCK: Policies of execution will backfire and hit the offender 

  KCK Executive Council Co-Presidency has released a statement to mark the anniversary of Şirin Elemhuli, Ali Hayderyan, Ferzad Kemanger and Ferhad Vekili who were executed by the Iranian regime on 9 May 2010.
• Clash reported as Iranian army targets guerrilla areas 

  Iranian army has launched an operation in Soma area of East (Rojhilat) Kurdistan city of Urmiya.
• KJAR: Let us take ownership of Ferinaz Xosrawanî 

  The KJAR (Free Women’s Communities of Kurdistan) Coordination has issued a call to the Kurdish people to take ownership of Ferinaz Xosrawani, the young woman who threw herself from a 4th floor balcony in Mahabad yesterday to avoid being raped.
• State of emergency in Mahabad amidst reports of casualties 

  Protests continue in Mahabad city of Rojhilat (East) Kurdistan after a young Kurdish woman committed suicide to avoid rape by intelligence officers.
• Kurdish woman commits suicide to avoid rape by Iranian intelligence 

  Kurds poured out into the streets in anger in Mahabad city of Rojhilat (East) Kurdistan after a young Kurdish woman committed suicide to avoid rape by Iranian intelligence officers.
• YPG: 15 villages liberated in Cizirê and Kobanê 

  YPG/YPJ (People's/Women's Defense Units) have liberated 9 villages and 4 hamlets in Cizirê Canton of West Kurdistan, Rojava, and six other villages in Kobanê.
• HPG: Turkish army continues provocative operations 

  People’s Defence Forces (HPG) Press Office has reported in a statement that the Turkish army increased its operations against guerrilla areas in the last 2 days with an aim to create provocation.
• Clashes continue in Sinjar 

  The resistance against ISIS gangs in Sinjar town of South Kurdistan continues.
• 8 villages and 4 hamlets liberated in Aliya region of Til Temir 

  YPG/YPJ (People's/Women's Defense Units) carried out an offensive against gang groups upon the demand of local people in Aliya region between Serêkaniyê and Til Temir last night.
• International mobilisation for Kobanê 

  Reconstruction process and international solidarity campaign for Kobanê has gained momentum following the conference held in Amed last week.