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• Besê Hozat: Nothing will save this fascist government 

  KCK Executive Council Co-Chair Besê said that "neither the closure of HDP nor the invasion attack of the Zap will save this fascist government."
• HPG: Eight Turkish soldiers were killed in guerrilla actions 

  Eight soldiers have been killed in guerrilla actions against the Turkish invading forces in southern Kurdistan in the last two days, and the Turkish army is using chemical weapons.
• 80-year-old couple arrested in Van for "supporting the PKK" 

  In Van, an 80-year-old woman and her husband, who is a year younger, have been arrested on the basis of a final sentence of two and a half years in prison. They are accused of "supporting a terrorist organization."
• HPG Guerrillas: We must not limit resistance to Zap 

  Guerrilla Welat Agir said from the combat area in the South Kurdish Zap region that resistance to this war must not be limited to the region, but must lead to an uprising throughout Kurdistan.
• Martyr Bedran Gundikremo Unit teams carry out action against Turkish state in Sheladize 

  Martyr Bedran Gundikremo Unit teams carried out an action against the Turkish state's Sîre military base in Sheladize. While 3 Turkish mercenaries were killed, 2 were injured.
• Shengal Democratic Autonomous Assembly says KDP and Baghdad government are deepening problems 

  The Shengal Democratic Autonomous Assembly, responded to the KDP's attempts to send a delegation to Baghdad on behalf of Shengal saying that such a delegation would not represent Shengal.
• Besê Hozat: KDP is trying to turn South Kurdistan into a Turkish province 

  Besê Hozat said that "the KDP is trying to turn South Kurdistan into a Turkish province."
• Turkish soldiers evacuate a hamlet in Hakkari countryside 

  As the Turkish invasion attacks continue in Kato, Turkish troops evacuated the Kûtos hamlet in the countryside of the Hakkari province in North Kurdistan.
• HPG: 13 Turkish soldiers killed in guerrilla actions in Zap and Avaşin 

  The Turkish army continues to suffer heavy losses in its invasion of southern Kurdistan. HPG reported that 13 soldiers killed in recent actions, and the occupation forces carried out a targeted attack on villagers in Xakurke.
• Women clean streets in cities run by gov’t-appointed mayors 

  Women are cleaning their own streets in Van province and its districts since trustee mayors appointed by the AKP-MHP government do not provide municipal services.
• YJA Star guerrillas: Turkey would not dare to attack without KDP cooperation 

  YJA Star guerrillas in the Kurojahro area said that “the Turkish state would not dare to attack our areas without the cooperation of the KDP. We will not let the enemy pass.”
• HPG pays tribute to guerrillas Mizgîn Ronahî and Rûmet Amed  

  Guerrillas Mizgîn Ronahî and Rûmet Amed fell in the resistance against the Turkish occupation of the Zap region.
• HPG reports resolute resistance against occupiers 

  According to HPG, at least another eleven Turkish army soldiers have died in guerrilla resistance operations in the past two days.
• PJAK remembers 9 May martyrs 

  PJAK remembers the five revolutionaries executed in Iran 12 years ago, calling upon all the advocators of freedom to enhance the freedom struggle and choose the path of people’s liberation.
• Gulan Avaşin: The Turkish army will see what Zap is like 

  Gulan Avaşin, one of the commanders of the Bazên Zagrosê Revolutionary Campaign, said that war is continuing with all its intensity and will escalate further in the future.
• Footage of guerrilla action that killed 8 Turkish soldiers in Werxele, Avashin 

  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 17.
• Campaign to delist the PKK reaches 100,000 signatures in South Kurdistan 

  Within the framework of the campaign launched to remove the PKK from the "list of terrorist organisations", more than 100 thousand signatures were collected in South Kurdistan.
• KJAR remembers the Sêdar revolutionaries executed in Iran 12 years ago 

  Remembering the five revolutionaries executed in Iran 12 years ago, KJAR called on the Kurdish people and women to enhance the struggle for freedom.
• HPG denies responsibility in explosion that killed a Danish tourist in Kani Masi 

  A landmine explosion in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq killed a Danish bicycle tourist on Thursday. Authorities immediately pointed to the PKK guerrillas as responsible. The PKK rejects any responsibility.
• Amed Malazgirt: Guerrillas are resisting in the PKK spirit 

  Launched on April 17, the Turkish invasion operation in Medya Defense Zones focuses on the Zap and Avaşin regions.
• Ten minors detained in Cizre 

  The Turkish regime’s political annihilation campaign against the Kurdish people continues unabated.
• Iraqi army attacks people in Duhol, Shengal 

  Escalating tension in Shengal region after Iraq’s military action against the Yazidi people.
• Yazidi representative: “Where was the Iraqi army when ISIS attacked us?” 

  Cizire Region Yazidi House Co-Chair said that the reason why the KDP supported the Iraqi army in its latest attacks against Şengal was its phobia of the Şengal Autonomous Administration. Hemo asked the KDP: "Where were you when ISIS attacked us?"
• Village guards deployed to Metina: We cannot move forward, we are mentally down 

  The village guards deployed to Metina by the invading Turkish state stated that they were unable to make any progress in the areas where the attacks continued and that their psychological state had deteriorated.
• Dr. Tîjda Amed: Our people in all four parts of Kurdistan should react to use of chemical weapons 

  Stating that the Turkish state did not get any results from the invasion attacks, Dr. Tîjda Amed said: "Our people in all four parts of Kurdistan should react to the use of chemical weapons by the Turkish state."