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• People in Maxmur protest Turkish state's attacks on Rojava  

  The people of Martyr Rustem Cûdî Camp, Maxmur, protested the Turkish state's attacks on Rojava with a march.
• South Kurdish women gather in Sulaymaniyah to protest Turkish state's attacks 

  South Kurdish women gathered in Sulaymaniyah to protest the murder of Yusra Darwish, Lîman Shiwesh and Firat Tuma by the Turkish state.
• Remains of 39 Yazidi victims buried in mass graves handed over to families 

  The bodies of 39 Yazidis who were killed and buried in mass graves during the genocidal attacks of ISIS in 2014 have been handed over to their families after identification.
• Guerrillas confiscate wreckage of Turkish combat drone that crashed in Qandil 

  A Bayraktar TB2 has crashed in the Qandil region in southern Kurdistan. The wreckage of the Turkish combat drone was confiscated by the guerrillas.
• Three people in Beytüşşebap sent to prison 

  Three of the 7 people detained in house raids in Beytüşşebap were sent to prison.
• Kurdistan Freedom Guerrillas carry out actions in Metina and Xakurkê 

  The Kurdistan Freedom Guerrillas carried out actions against the Turkish soldiers in Metina and Xakurkê, in the Medya Defense Areas.
• Mazlum Dağ and Abdurrahman Er go on hunger strike 

  Mazlum Dağ and Abdurrahman Er, sentenced to death in Hewlêr, are again on hunger strike to resist their prison conditions.
• YRK calls on Iran to respect the ceasefire and stop military movements 

  YRK commander Şiyar Şevger warned the Iranian regime to stop its military movements towards the guerrilla areas, saying: "We obey the ceasefire, we expect the same from the Iranian state."
• PUK Politburo member Ferman: Turkey wants to invade Rojava and South Kurdistan 

  Bîlêse Cebar Ferman, a member of the PUK Politburo, said that the Turkish state established 100 years ago has now come to an end and therefore it now wants to expand its territory.
• 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.