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• Call from Ömeryan: Volunteers wanted to fight the fire 

  The forest fire that broke out following clashes in the Ömeryan region in the Nusaybin countryside is spreading. The firefighters and local residents are not allowed to fight the fire by Turkish soldiers, and have called for volunteers to go to the area.
• Villagers fight fire set by Turkish army in Nusaybin 

  The fire department wasn’t allowed to intervene to a fire that broke out during a Turkish army operation in the Ömeryan region of Mardin’s Nusaybin district. Villagers and volunteers took action to put the fire out.
• HPG: Attacks against civilians are part of the invasion plan 

  HPG said the Turkish state has been bombing civilian residential areas in Southern Kurdistan deliberately and systematically, and added that these attacks are part of an invasion plan.
• Human shields take action against invasion 

  A group of young people from Southern Kurdistan set out to be human shields against invasion attacks.
• NGOs in Mardin: Forests are burned down deliberately 

  NGOs in Mardin protested the fires the Turkish army started and said the fire in Omeryan must be put out.
• Clash and fire reported in Mardin countryside 

  Armed confrontation and wildfire reported in the rural areas of Mardin province.
• PYD Co-chair: We must stand against attacks in unity 

  A delegation made up of representatives of political parties in Rojava visited the Goran Movement in Sulaymaniyah.
• Herbo: "Öcalan's message to the Yazidi people invaluable" 

  "Today, the epic of Dewreshê Evdî is being experienced. We will continue this epic in a resisting and organized way."
• Turkish warplanes' bombing of South Kurdistan continues 

  Turkish warplanes bombed the road from Amadiya to Kanê in South Kurdistan.
• YBS operation against ISIS continues in Shengal 

  YBS forces’ operation against ISIS gangs continues expanding in Shengal countryside.
• KNK: All of Kurdistan is under threat of Turkish invasion 

  KNK said the Turkish state invaded a large area from Jarablus to Azaz and Afrin to keep Rojava landlocked, and added that they are employing a new strategy against Southern Kurdistan now.
• Guerrillas vowed to defend South Kurdistan from Turkish attacks 

  Guerrillas vowed to defend South Kurdistan from the Turkish state attacks.
• Komalên Ciwan called on youth to oppose Turkish attacks 

  Komalên Ciwan Coordination issued a written statement about the Turkish state's invasion attacks in South Kurdistan and stated that “the most radical attitude” is necessary.
• YBS repelled ISIS attack in Shengal 

  ISIS attack was repelled by YBS in Shengal countryside last night.
• HPG: Two Turkish soldiers were killed in Mardin 

  HPG Press Office announced that two soldiers were killed in a clash in the countryside of Mardin province.
• ISIS attack on YBS position in Shengal repelled 

  The Turkish-backed terrorists have attacked a position of Shengal Defense Units.
• Hundreds of acres of cultivated land burned down in Hewlêr 

  Hundreds of acres of cultivated land were burned down in Hewlêr, in the village of Sifeye (Xebat).
• HPG: 8 Turkish soldiers killed in Çukurca 

  HPG/YJA Star guerrillas carried out a series of actions in Çukurca. 8 soldiers were killed in the actions as far as could be ascertained.
• Siran villagers: Turkish army bombs us day and night 

  Siran village residents said the Turkish army fires on them and bombs them every day with KNS rifles and DHSKs, and added: “They want to push us out of our village with these attacks.
• Turkish air raids target Bradost region in South Kurdistan 

  The Turkish state continues its genocidal war against the Kurdish people in various parts of Kurdistan.
• KCK calls for resistance to Turkish invasion 

  The KCK called on Kurds and peoples of Kurdistan to resist the Turkish occupation attempts in southern Kurdistan territory "with the spirit of Sheladize".
• 20 soldiers killed in the Turkish base in Zakho 

  At least 20 soldiers of the Turkish army were killed in Zakho.
• 141 people exhumed from mass graves in Shengal identified 

  The opening of mass graves in the village of Kocho started on March 15. Works on mass graves had been suspended during the Ramadan moth.
• HPG: 3 Turkish soldiers killed in Yüksekova 

  Guerrillas continue inflicting blows against the Turkish army in Kurdistan territory.
• Human shield action by Bashur youth against invasion 

  The youth movement is launching a human shield action in Qandil on June 14 against the Turkish state attacks against Bashure Kurdistan.