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• HPG: Turkish army conducted bombardment with warplanes 

  HPG Central Headquarters Command said that the Turkish army which continuously violated the conditions of ceasefire up to date has completely finished the truce unilaterally.
• YPG: Two ISIS members captured alive 

  YPG Press Office said that 2 members of ISIS gangs were captured alive during a fresh operation launcehed in the hamlet of Mezra Sofî to the south of Kobanê yesterday.
• Turkish warplanes shell guerrilla areas 

  Warplanes of the Turkish army shelled the guerrilla-controlled area of Avashin in Medya Defense Zones.
• YPG: Aziziyah district liberated from ISIS in Hasakah 

  YPG Press Office said that members of the YPG/YPJ launched a range of rescue operations last night in Aziziyah neighborhood and its eastern villages, Hasakah city, Jazira region, Rojava, Syria.
• Kobanê administration calls on UN to investigate the ISIS massacre 

  Kobanê Canton administration has announced that an investigation has been launched into the massacre committed by ISIS gangs and their supporters against civilians in Kobanê town of West Kurdistan, Rojava, on June 25.
• Operation and bombardment by the Turkish army 

  HPG (People's Defense Forces) Press Office has released a statement about the ongoing activity of the Turkish army in Kurdistan territory.
• ‘Êzîdî Kurds fleeing the Middle East policy of AKP' 

  Êzîdîs from Shengal living in Batman, Mardin and Amed who were sent back from Edirne border gate where they went in order to cross into Europe have returned to North Kurdistan.
• YPG/YPJ launch an operation in Hesekê 

  Fighters of the YPG/YPJ (People's/Women's Defense Units) launched an operation in Hesekê, as a part of which the neighborhood of Ezîziyê and some villages to the east of the town have been cleansed of ISIS gangs and liberated.
• YPG/YPJ fighters: Kobanê is the graveyard of ISIS gangs 

  Fighters of the YPG/YPJ told ANF about the most recent savage massacre committed by militants of the so-called Islamic State against the civilians in Kobanê town of West Kurdistan, Rojava.
• Soldiers continue attacking people in Roboski 

  Turkish soldiers have once again attacked the people on their way back to the Roboski village after yesterday's protest at the border against the enhanced military deployment.
• Clashes in Hesekê continue 

  YPG Media Center stated that the YPG/YPJ offensive against ISIS gangs in Êzîziyê neighborhood continue and the number of gang members killed so far is not yet determined.
• New operation in southern Kobanê 

  YPG/YPJ forces launched a new operation in southern Kobanê and killed 4 ISIS gangs.
• Reconnaissance flights over guerrilla zones 

  People’s Defense Forces (HPG) has reported that the Turkish army carried out intense drone activities over Çarçella, Oramar, and Avaşin areas of Medya Defense Zones.
• Guerrilla operations in Shengal 

  HPG Shengal Command reported that the guerrilla forces in Shengal targeted gang groups in different points in Xeyr Nasır neighbourhood, leaving many gang members dead.
• ISIS lays mines in Hesekê 

  It has been reported that the ISIS gangs have started to lay mines in the neighbourhoods that they seized from the regime forces in Hesekê.
• Karayılan: Our martyrs will be avenged 

  PKK Executive Committee Member Murat Karayılan stated that Kobanê martyrs would be avenged and the gangs would pay for their massacre.
• YPG Kobanê Command: We will make ISIS gangs pay for the massacre 

  YPG Kobanê Command stated that all but 7 of the 80-100 ISIS gangs that had attacked Kobanê were killed, and promised to revenge the martyrs of the massacre.
• Efforts to clean Kobanê center from war remains and gang corpses 

  After YPG/YPJ fighters killed ISIS gangs in Kobanê city center, the municipality began the efforts to clean city streets from war remains and gang corpses.
• 3 villages to east of Hesekê liberated from ISIS gangs 

  The attacks launched by ISIS gangs on Hesekê continue and YPG/YPJ forces carried out an operation on the three villages that had previously been taken under control by ISIS.
• Burial ceremonies for 213 of the 231 civilians massacred by ISIS 

  213 of the 231 civilians massacred by ISIS in Kobanê on June 25 have been buried so far.
• Raqqa- Girê Spî operation continues: 38 gang members killed 

  The operations of YPG/YPJ forces on the road between Raqqa and Girê Spî continue and 38 gang members were killed.
• Captured ISIS member: The main group arrived at Kobanê from the Turkish side 

  Among those ISIS members who infiltrated into Kobanê and massacred over 200 civilians, an Egyptian one gang captured alive by YPG/YPJ forces said the main group that started the attack had come into Kobanê from Turkey.
• Ambushes, operations, and aerial activities by Turkish army 

  Turkish army’s ambushes, operations, and aerial activities continue.
• Big explosion and fire in Hesekê 

  A big explosion took place in Hesekê after ISIS gangs’ bombardment of a Syrian army diesel fuel storage facility.
• Before attacking Kobanê, ISIS gangs stayed in Akçakale 

  One of the gangs killed by YPG/YPJ forces in Kobanê carried an ID card for the Süleyman Şah Accommodation Facility located in Urfa’s Akçakale district.