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• Police take 5 people into custody in Yüksekova 

  Following house searches in the Kurdish city of Yüksekova and the surrounding villages of Bilindbasan and Birdik, five people were arrested under terrorism laws on Sunday.
• PJAK: Iranian regime’s insistence on war deepens the existing crises 

  PJAK remarked that these operations and attacks did not offer a solution to the Kurdish question and criticized the Iranian state for acting with its old mentality in the face of the major problems suffered by the people, such as poverty and inequality.
• HPG: 18 Turkish soldiers were killed in Xakurke 

  At least 18 members of the Turkish occupation forces were killed in the Xakurke region of Medya Defense Zones where the Turkish army is bombarding the guerrilla areas without interruption.
• YRK reports ongoing Iranian attacks in Kosalan 

  Iranian forces are continuing the military operation in the Kosalan region of Mariqan, which was launched on June 12.
• HPG announces the death of four YJA Star press workers 

  HPG Press Office announced that four female guerrilla fighters working in press relations were martyred in the Medya Defence Zones last September.
• Lawyers: Turkish attacks on Shengal and South Kurdistan are against international law 

  Lawyers from Koye said that the Turkish state's attacks on Shengal and South Kurdistan were against international law.
• YRK: Iranian military operation continues 

  According to the YRK, the Iranian army is continuing its military operation in Kosalan, which started earlier this week.
• Van Metropolitan Municipality trustee hires relatives of AKP and MHP executives 

  Van Metropolitan Municipality, which is governed by a state-appointed trustee, recruited 60 people, and they were all relatives of AKP and MHP executives.
• Hundreds of people forced to act as informers 

  The Human Rights Association has registered 952 attempts to recruit informers in the years 2015-2021 alone. The real number is likely to be much higher.
• Sinunê martyrs commemorated in Shengal 

  Institutions and associations affiliated with the Shengal Autonomous Administration commemorated the martyrs of Sinunê.
• HPG: Armored vehicle destroyed, 12 soldiers killed in Metina 

  12 members of the Turkish occupation forces were killed in a guerrilla action in the Metina region of the guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq).
• Two imams in Rojhilat sentenced to 12 years in prison 

  The East Kurdistan Political Prisoners Assembly announced that an Iranian court sentenced two Kurdish imams to 12 years in prison.
• Eleven provinces in Sirnak declared "security" areas for 15 days  

  Eleven provinces in Sirnak were declared "security" areas for 15 days by the Şirnak Governor's Office.
• HPG releases balance sheet for the period of inaction 

  The Turkish state continued its deadly attacks against the guerrilla forces after the latter declared inaction for humanitarian reasons in the aftermath of the devastating earthquakes in February.
• 15 jailed in Cizre, 2 detained in Bitlis 

  Out of the 18 people detained in Cizre last Friday, 15 were imprisoned for allegedly being members of a "terrorist organisation", meaning the PKK.
• HPG reports 83 attacks on guerrilla areas in Zap 

  The Turkish army has bombed the Medya Defense Zones more than eighty times in the past three days.
• YRK reports large-scale Iranian operation in Mariwan region 

  Iranian forces have been deploying troops and weapons to the border regions of Kurdistan and carrying out operations in recent days. The Iranian military activity along the border continues.
• YRK publishes identity of guerrilla commander martyred in Turkish attack in Asos 

  YRK commander Erdal Amed from the Mariwan city in East Kurdistan fell a martyr in a Turkish UAV attack on June 4.
• KCK calls off unilateral ceasefire  

  The KCK Executive Council Co-Presidency announced that it has called off the unilateral ceasefire which was announced after the earthquake on 6 February and extended until after the elections, due to the attacks by the Turkish state.
• Number of detainees in Beytüşşebap rises to 12 

  The Turkish regime continues its political genocide operations against the Kurdish population unabated.
• HPG announces the death of guerrilla commander Zerdeşt Agir  

  Guerrilla commander Zerdeşt Agir was martyred in an attack by the Turkish army in the Gare region of southern Kurdistan after 22 years of revolutionary struggle.
• Hüseyin Arasan laid to rest in Qandil 

  Hüseyin Arasan, a political refugee from Mardin, was assassinated in Sulaymaniyah and laid to rest in Qandil.
• ‘Resistance in Sida is a dagger stabbed into the heart of the enemy’ 

  “The resistance in Sida is a dagger stabbed into the heart of the enemy,” said HPG guerrilla Felat Hîwa Sine, who had spoken to ANF before his martyrdom in resistance.
• ‘Turkish state terror in South Kurdistan must be stopped’ 

  Offering condolences to the family of Hüseyin Arasan who was killed in Sulaymaniyah, Tevgera Azadî criticized the silence and action of political parties, human rights organisations and the United Nations.
• Farewell to Hüseyin Arasan in Sulaymaniyah 

  A funeral service was held in Sulaymaniyah for Huseyin Arasan, who fell victim to a political assassination and will be buried in Qandil.