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• Power struggle within the PUK affecting the party 

  The power struggle within the Talabani dynasty is affecting the PUK.
• YJA Star carries out actions in memory of July 14 Prison Resistance 

  The Free Women's Troops (YJA Star) guerrillas have carried out actions in memory of the July 14 Great Death Fast Resistance. 4 soldiers were killed, 2 positions and 2 surveillance cameras were destroyed during the actions.
• YJA Star guerrilla Destina: The strength of women will lead us to success 

  YJA Star guerrilla Destina said: "Our goal is to drive the enemy out of Kurdistan and live freely in these mountains. The strength that will lead us to success against these attacks is the strength of women."
• HSM: We will crown resistance with victory 

  The People's Defense Centre (HSM) Headquarter has released a written statement to commemorate the Great Death Fast resistance in Amed prison on July 14, 1982.
• "Victory of the guerrillas will be a second revolution of humanity" 

  A commander of the women's guerrilla force YJA Star, Melsa Muş, talks about the developments in the Medya Defense Zones and about the successful resistance against the Turkish invasion.
• HPG: People are forced to leave their villages in Van countryside 

  HPG said that the Turkish state puts pressure on the local people in the Geliyê Masiro area in Çatak district of Van to leave their villages and highlands. The HPG urged the public to take a stand.
• YJA Star guerrilla Mizgin Amed says the hunger strike in prison is a source of strength 

  Speaking about the 14 July resistance, YJA Star guerrilla Mizgin Amed drew attention to the situation of the prisoners on hunger strike and said that the tradition of resistance continues and that this is a source of strength for them.
• HPG guerrilla Amed: Success will be ours 

  HPG guerrilla Dijraber Amed takes part in the Cenga Xabur resistance and says that the war and resistance in the region has reached its peak guided by the philosophy of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• HPG announces identity of guerrilla who fell a martyr in Medya Defense Areas 

  Guerrilla Emrah Yıldızer (Dewran Gilîdax) fell a martyr in a Turkish air strike on the Medya Defense Areas. The HPG express their condolences to his family.
• HPG: Two Turkish soldiers killed in Avashin 

  Guerrillas carried out multiple actions against the occupiers in Werxele area of Avashin. The occupiers received a nasty blow and were forced to retreat one level back.
• Kurdish intellectuals: History won’t forgive those preventing Kurdish unity 

  160 Kurdish intellectuals and writers said, “Let's not remain silent against the brutal occupation,” adding that “Whoever prevents Kurdish unity, history will not forgive them.”
• Political prisoner jailed for 26 years passes away 

  Political prisoner Hüseyin Idiğ, who was imprisoned for 26 years, has passed away in Kurtalan State Hospital.
• "We are making history", says guerrilla Evîndar Zagros 

  The guerrillas are making history with two revolutionary campaigns they are carrying out against the invasion attacks launched by the Turkish state against the Medya Defense Areas on 23 April.
• Still no news from PYD and Autonomous Administration representatives detained in Hewler 

  On June 10, a representative of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria and two PYD members were arrested at the airport in Hewlêr. There is still no information on their whereabouts.
• Eight Turkish invaders killed in Lelikan 

  Eight invaders detected in an action carried out by guerrillas against the Reo-type military vehicle in Lelikan, a district of Medya Defense Zones, were killed.
• Gerîla TV broadcasts footage of action in Metina 

  Gerîla TV broadcast the footage of the action carried out by guerrillas in Metina on 2 June, which resulted in 4 invaders being killed, 2 posts and 1 radar destroyed.
• HPG statement on guerrilla actions and Turkish occupation attacks 

  Resistance against the Turkish invasion of Southern Kurdistan continues. The HPG reported that one soldier was killed during an action in Metina. Air strikes were carried out in Xakurke, Zap and Avashin, and a military operation is underway in Yüksekova.
• Drugs and prostitution as a means of Turkish special warfare in Gever 

  In the Kurdish resistance stronghold of Gever, the Turkish state uses drug trafficking, extortion and prostitution as means of counterinsurgency.
• Another kolbar killed by Iranian forces 

  Iranian regime forces continue their attacks on kolbars (load carriers for daily wage) at the border between Eastern and Southern Kurdistan.
• Guerrilla Sêrt: Our struggle will be worthy of the Kurdish people 

  Stêrk Sêrt said that the HPJ guerrillas will fight and be worthy of the Kurdish people. “The enemy is carrying out massacres in 4 parts of Kurdistan. For this reason, all of our youth should join the guerrillas.”
• HPG: 4 invaders killed in Avaşin and Zap 

  The HPG Press Centre has announced that 4 invaders were killed during guerrilla countermoves against the invading Turkish forces in Avaşin and Zap regions.
• YRK guerrilla calls for resistance against Turkish invasion 

  YRK guerrilla Deniz Serxwebûn Garzan calls for broad participation in the resistance against the Turkish invasion in the Medya Defense Zones and recalls the "spirit of Kobanê".
• Guerrilla Zagros: We won't allow the Turkish army to invade our lands 

  Guerrilla Nuda Zagros, who takes part in the Cenga Xabur offensive, said that the Turkish army is deployed in the Metina and Zagros regions, but the guerrilla resistance would not allow the invasion.
• Cumali İnce was a pioneering revolutionary 

  People’s Defense Forces (HPG) guerrilla Şoreş Roni talked about HPG guerrilla Cumali İnce who was martyred in Şemdinli in 2016. Şoreş Roni said, “Cumali was a pioneering guerrilla leader for us with his comradeship and attitude in life.”
• HPG: 6 Turkish soldiers killed in revolutionary military campaigns 

  HPG Press Centre has announced that 6 invaders were killed in Metina and Xakurkê in the revolutionary campaigns launched against the invading Turkish state.