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• Turkish bombing starts fire in Lis Mountain in Amed countryside 

  Fires started in the forest areas in the Lis Mountain in Kulp due to Turkish army bombings. Soldiers don’t allow anybody to intervene.
• “Hewler and Sulaymaniyah will fall if Qandil falls” 

  The Dêrin peshmerga pointed out that the Kurdish people should object to the invasion attacks with the spirit of national unity and stressed that the invasion of Qandil means the invasion of Hewler and Sulaymaniyah.
• Did the KRG Parliament say “Presidency” again? 

  The Kurdistan Parliament convened yesterday to discuss the proposal on the Kurdistan Region Presidential office.
• Gerîla TV publishes footage from sabotage action 

  Footage from the sabotage action carried out by HPG guerrillas on May 21 in Şemdinli was published on Gerîla TV.
• Arrests after raid on condolence house for YPG fighter 

  In Amed (Diyarbakir), Turkish soldiers stormed the condolence house for the YPG fighter Volkan Bayka who died fighting in Afrin. During the raid, father Bayka and the village chief were arrested.
• HPG reports Turkish air attacks on Medya Defense Zones 

  HPG announced continued actions by guerrillas against the Turkish army in North Kurdistan and air attacks by the Turkish army against guerrillas in South Kurdistan.
• KODAR and PJAK to announce road map 

  The Eastern Kurdistan Freedom and Democracy Movement (KODAR) and the Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK) issued a joint statement on July 8 and announced that they will pose a road map on the solution of issues in Iran and Rojhilate Kurdistan.
• Turkish airstrikes against civilian areas in Qandil continue 

  Turkish warplanes continue bombing civilian settlements in Qandil region of southern Kurdistan, northern Iraq.
• Turkish military operations intensify in Şırnak countryside 

  The operations launched by the occupant Turkish army in Gabar, Cudi, Besta and Kato Jîrka regions in Şırnak countryside are ongoing, having caused wildfires in many areas.
• Turkish airstrikes target countryside of Hewler 

  Aerial bombardments by the Turkish army against southern Kurdistan, northern Iraq, continue increasingly.
• Mine explosion kills a youngster in Shengal 

  Explosion of a mine planted by ISIS claimed the life of a civilian in Shengal.
• Turkish jets bomb villages of Qandil 

  The occupant Turkish state continues its attacks against northern Iraq, southern Kurdistan.
• Youth from Shengal: We’ll defend South Kurdistan 

  Yazidi youth join the human shields initiative in Qandil.
• HPG reports guerrilla action and Turkish airstrike 

  HPG said one Turkish soldier was killed in Lelikan and Turkish warplanes carried out strikes in Gare region in Southern Kurdistan.
• Nusaybin Trial: Defendants expose torture and harassment 

  Defendants said they expect no justice from the biased Court.
• People of Makhmur: We invite Nechirvan Barzani to see the truth 

  Makhmur Camp Martyrs’ Families Association Co-chairs and martyrs’ families protested Nechirvan Barzani’s statements targeting the PKK and said, “We invite Nechirvan to see the truth.”
• DTK: Nechirvan Barzani’s statements harm Kurdish National Unity 

  The Democratic Society Congress said Nechirvan Barzani’s statements in support of Turkey’s attacks against Southern Kurdistan are harming the Kurdish people.
• "There is an international agreement on the occupation of Bashur" 

  "International and regional forces have agreed on an occupation of the region," says Dr. Rêbiwar Kerîm, spokesman for the Democracy and Justice Coalition in South Kurdistan.
• HPG: 10 Turkish soldiers killed in guerrilla actions 

  At least 10 soldiers of the Turkish army were killed as a result of guerrilla actions against the occupant Turkish army in Kurdistan territory.
• Nusaybin trial resumed in Mardin 

  Prisoners exposed violations of their rights and refused to defend themselves unless a fair trial is guaranteed.
• Human shield demonstration in Qandil leaves one month behind 

  The human shield demonstration launched by the youth in Qandil against the Turkish state’s invasion attacks has completed one month.
• Qandil Delegation: We might go to Baghdad 

  Qandil Co-mayor Gulale Osman said, “We are waiting for the Parliament’s response. If the Parliament doesn’t take a stand against the invasion, we will go to Baghdad.”
• Shengal Assembly: KDP’s approach is unacceptable 

  The Shengal Democratic Autonomous Assembly has stated that issues will deepen if Turkey is allowed to enter the region.
• KNK’s Umer: Barzani’s statement does not serve the Kurdish people 

  KNK Abdulkerim Umer said Barzani should condemn occupation by Turkey.
• Father of Cemile, murdered by state forces in Cizre, jailed 

  Father of Cemile, who was murdered by state forces in Cizre and whose dead body was kept in a fridge due to denial of burial, has been imprisoned.