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• 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."
• HPG reports ongoing guerrilla actions and Turkish attacks in southern Kurdistan 

  The guerrillas continue their resistance to the Turkish invasion of southern Kurdistan unabated. Three soldiers were killed in the Zap, and a drone sent into the air from a KDP base for reconnaissance was shot down in Gare.
• Tribute to YBŞ fighter killed in Iraqi attack in Şengal 

  YBŞ fighter Şervan Êzidxan fell a martyr during the resistance to the occupation attacks carried out by the Iraqi army against Shengal on May 2.
• Footage of KDP drone downed by guerrillas in Gare 

  Guerrillas downed a drone operated by South Kurdistan’s ruling party KDP in the region of Gare.
• People in Shengal: Nobody but ourselves will protect us 

  After days of escalation, calm has returned to the Shengal region for the time being. Leaving the resistance positions is out of the question. "Because nobody but ourselves will protect us," as an activist puts it.
• HPG reports massive use of chemical weapons by the Turkish army 

  The Turkish army continues to try to break guerrilla resistance in southern Kurdistan through the use of chemical weapons and incessant bombardment.
• KDP imposes a final and permanent genocide on Yazidis 

  The aim of the KDP is not only to return Şengal to its pre-2014 conditions. The KDP’s ultimate goal is to put the Yazidis through a final and permanent genocide.
• KDP conducts black propaganda in Şengal 

  The Şengal Democratic Autonomous Assembly warned that the KDP is conducting black propaganda to win the local people over the occupation of Şengal.
• Guerrillas record clashes with their cameras 

  The clashes between the Kurdistan Freedom Guerrillas and the Turkish army were recorded on camera.
• Murat Karayilan: The heart of Kurdistan beats in Zap 

  “In the tunnel war last year, we were like children learning to walk. We now have experience and knowledge,” said HPG commander Murat Karayilan in a speech to the guerrillas in the Zap and Avaşîn regions.
• 14 Turkish soldiers killed in guerrilla actions 

  The People's Defense Forces (HPG) announced that 14 Turkish soldiers were killed in the actions carried out against the Turkish occupation forces under the guidance of YJA Star.
• Qasim: Even if a single Yazidi remains, we will not give up on autonomy 

  Xelef Qasim, Executive Member of the Shengal Democratic Autonomous Assembly, stated, "Even if a single Yazidi remains, we will not give up our right to self-determination. We will continue to fight."
• Şengal Autonomous Administration urges Iraq not to fall for the machinations of the KDP and Turkey 

  There is still no solution in sight in the Yazidi settlement area of Şengal. The Iraqi Kadhimi government is relying on military escalation, and according to the Şengal Autonomous Administration, and all talks so far have been fruitless.
• Final farewell to YBŞ fighter killed in Iraqi attack in Şengal 

  YBŞ fighter Şervan Êzidxan fell a martyr during the resistance to the occupation attacks carried out by the Iraqi army against Shengal on May 2.
• PUK: It is the KDP that handed Şengal over to ISIS 

  The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Politburo said that “When ISIS attacked Şengal, it was the KDP that handed Şengal over to ISIS after a military withdrawal.”
• Survivor of Dersim massacre: Betrayal and genocide against Kurds continue 

  Hayri Pilavcı, one of the survivors of the Dersim massacre in 1937-38, spoke about the KDP-Turkey cooperation and said: "They massacred us in 38, and now they are murdering us again... Betrayal and genocide against the Kurds continues."
• HPG guerrilas: "We will never abandon Zap. We are writing history there" 

  HPG guerrillas resisting the Turkish invasion in the Zap region declared: "We will never abandon the Zap region. We are convinced that we will make history.”
• YBŞ announces identity of a fighter who fell defending Shengal from the Iraqi army attacks 

  The YBŞ announced the identity of a fighter who fell a martyr as the result of the Iraqi army's attack on Shengal.
• YBŞ says that they promote dialogue and democracy to solve problems 

  The YBŞ General Command said that they promote dialogue and democracy for the solution to problems in Shengal and added: "We will use our right of legitimate defense against any kind of attack."
• 13 more Turkish soldiers killed in ongoing guerrilla resistance 

  13 soldiers of the Turkish army have been killed in Southern Kurdistan in the past two days. The invading forces used chemical weapons three times at Kuro Jahro and carried out hundreds of artillery and air strikes.
• Dayê Kinê: Yazidis will never renounce their gains 

  People of Shengal stand against the increasingly ongoing attacks against their security forces that were established after the ISIS genocide in 2014.
• Gerîla TV publishes footage of YJA Star action in Avaşin 

  Gerîla TV has published footage of an action by YJA Star in Avaşîn, in which at least three members of the Turkish forces were killed and two positions were destroyed.
• TAJÊ Diplomacy member Suham Şengalî says they will resist simultaneous attacks against Shengal 

  TAJÊ Diplomacy member Suham Şengalî said that they will resist the simultaneous attacks launched by KDP, Ankara, Baghdad.
• HPG: 16 Turkish soldiers were killed in actions by guerrillas 

  Seven Turkish military personnel were killed in the Botan region in retaliation by Kurdish women guerrillas for resistance martyrs in Zap and Avaşin. Nine other soldiers were killed in southern Kurdistan.
• YBŞ Commander: We are ready for any possible attack, we defend ourselves 

  “The autonomous Şengal was built at the cost of martyrs. We defend our existence as a force as well as our honor,” said YBŞ Commander Xebat Ereb after the Iraqi military aggression on the Yazidi town.