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• HDP South Kurdistan representative condemns killing of Mehmet Zeki Çelebi 

  The HDP South Kurdistan representative condemned the killing of Mehmet Zeki Çelebi in Sulaymaniyah.
• Rojava Administration holds talks with parties in South Kurdistan 

  The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria continues to hold talks with various political parties and institutions in Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region against the Turkish invasion attacks.
• Footage of guerrilla action destroying a Turkish tank in Bamerne 

  Guerrillas continue inflicting blows on the Turkish army that has been conducting an invasion operation in the guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq) since April 14.
• North Kurdish man killed in the streets of Sulaymaniyah 

  Mehmet Zeki Çelebi was fatally injured by gunshots on the street in Sulaymaniyah. The Turkish secret service MIT is suspected to be behind the attack.
• HPG: Chemical weapons attacks are not a normal state of affairs 

  Turkey used chemical warfare agents 44 times against guerrilla positions in southern Kurdistan on Tuesday. HPG demand that Turkish war crimes not be downplayed as a normal state of affairs.
• Former peshmerga of 26 years: "Side with those who fight for the people" 

  Criticizing the KDP's support for Turkey, Former Peshmerga Süleyman Demir, said, "Now that the betrayers do not come to reason, everyone should stand by whoever is fighting for the benefit of this people."
• Turkish army launches large-scale operation in Doğubayazıt district 

  A large-scale operation was launched in the Ağrı Mountain region of Doğubayazıt district.
• 'We will defeat the enemy with the resistance we carry out in Zap and Avaşîn' 

  Guerrillas carrying out the resistance in the Medya Defense Areas underlined their determination to defeat the Turkish army. They appealed to the collaborators to lay down their arms and join the resistance.
• HPG: 24 soldiers killed in guerrilla actions dedicated to the martyrs of May 

  Guerrilla operations in the Medya Defense Zones left 24 soldiers of the Turkish army dead. The guerrillas destroyed several Turkish military positions and seized ten kilos of TNT. In addition, a drone was shot down.
• Kurojahro, an area of resistance 

  Only “a pair of mekap (guerrilla shoes and the patience of the guerrillas” can endure Kurojahro. A guerrilla who stays there has a will of steel with a flowing pace and a heart that fits the whole world into its heart.
• HPG/YJA Star guerrillas in Zap kill 15 Turkish soldiers 

  In the actions carried out by HPG/YJA Star guerrillas in Zap, 15 Turkish soldiers were killed.
• Five activists from Behdinan sentenced to prison in Hewler 

  Imprisoned for 17 months, five young men from Sheladize have been sentenced to two-year jail time each in Hewler (Erbil), capital of the Iraqi Kurdistan region.
• 15 more Turkish soldiers killed in guerrilla actions in South Kurdistan 

  Chemical warfare agents continue to be used in Turkey's war of aggression against parts of South Kurdistan. Guerrilla resistance against it also continues unabated.
• YJA Star Commander: The Turkish military is stuck in Zap 

  "The Turkish army is confused and is having a hard time figuring out where to do what and in what place,” said Guerrilla commander Hêzil Özgür regarding the current situation in the Zap region of southern Kurdistan.
• PKK: We fight in the footsteps of Haki Karer 

  In commemoration of the assassination of the leading revolutionary of the Kurdish Freedom Movement Haki Karer and the leader of the Revolutionary Movement in Turkey, Ibrahim Kaypakkaya, the PKK recalls the importance of the common struggle.
• Iranian forces arrest 7 South Kurdish people 

  It was reported that Iranian forces detained seven South Kurdish people who were going to collect grass in the Qandil highlands.
• At least 8 soldiers killed in Zap 

  Guerrillas continue inflicting heavy blows to the Turkish occupation army in Kurdistan territory.
• Ban on access to villages in Şırnak countryside 

  In Şırnak, access to several villages in the vicinity of Mount Cudi has been banned. The background to this is a military operation that has been ongoing since April 24.
• HPG: 23 Turkish soldiers killed in guerrilla actions 

  HPG stated the guerrillas carried out several successful actions against the Turkish forces in southern Kurdistan, killing 23 soldiers and injuring ten others. In addition, the guerrillas were able to secure twenty kilograms of explosives.
• Turkish army and village guards destroy trees in Şırnak countryside 

  Nature is among the primary targets of the Turkish state in its annihilation campaign against the Kurdish people and their lands.
• Aysel Doğan commemorated in Maxmur 

  Aysel Doğan has been commemorated in Maxmur. The Kurdish politician, who died in Cologne, spent some time in the refugee camp in southern Kurdistan and was personally known to the residents.
• HPG Commander: No one can destroy the PKK 

  “Even if a single Kurd remains on earth, he will fight for the freedom of Kurdistan. This is very clear to us,” said HPG Commander Dr. Mazlum.
• Turkish troops depopulate a village in Hakkari 

  The Turkish state continues its annihilation attacks against the Kurdish people and their lands in the Kurdistan territory.
• Refugees in Maxmur Camp protest isolation imposed on Öcalan  

  The isolation imposed upon Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan was protested in Martyr Rûstem Cûdî (Maxmur) Refugee Camp.
• HPG releases one-month war balance sheet: 427 Turkish soldiers killed 

  The HPG announced its one-month war balance sheet. According to the guerrillas, 427 Turkish soldiers were killed, many military vehicles and materials were destroyed, including 1 Skorsky and 1 tank. 25 guerrillas fell as martyrs in the invasion attacks.