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• A candidate to reclaim justice for Sur 

  Remziye Tosun is one of the HDP candidates in Amed.
• Co-mayor of Van not released 

  Co-mayor of Van Metropolitan Municipality, Bekir Kaya, has not been released at Tuesday’s hearing.
• MCGurk meets with parties objecting to election results 

  The US special envoy for the fight against the ISIS, Brett McGurk has met with parties that objected to the results of May 12 elections in Iraq and South Kurdistan.
• McGurk visits PUK and Barham Salih 

  The US special envoy for the fight against the ISIS, Brett McGurk has met with PUK and Coalition for Democracy and Justice representatives.
• Turkish army suffers heavy losses in Bradost 

  28 Turkish soldiers and three village guards were reportedly killed in yesterday’s actions carried out by HPG/YJA Star guerrillas in Bradost area, northern Iraq.
• Turkish warplanes shell Bradost area in northern Iraq 

  Turkish warplanes are bombing Bradost area in Xakurkê (Hakurk) territory in northern Iraq.
• HPG: 45 JÖH members killed in Ağrı 

  Guerrillas hit and inflicted heavy blows on the Turkish army in northern Kurdistan.
• Call for emergency Parliament meeting in Hewler 

  Two weeks after the Iraqi elections protests for fraud do not stop.
• HDP election rallies in Van  

  HDP Van Provincial Organization continued its electoral campaign
• HPG reports revolutionary campaign against the Turkish army 

  Guerrillas of the People’s Defense Forces (HPG-BIM) and YJA-Star (Free Women’s Troops) continue targeting and inflicting blows on the Turkish army in Kurdistan territory.
• Iranian forces kill a 27-year-old kolbar 

  Iranian regime forces continue their attacks on kolbars who carry load for daily wage at the border between Rojhilat (eastern) and Bashur (southern) Kurdistan to earn a living.
• Yet another attack on kolbars in Piranshahr 

  Attack by Iranian regime forces left a kolbar severely wounded in Piranshahr.
• AKP tears down Êzidî condolence house 

  The condolence house built by Êzidîs (Yazidis) in Nusaybin has been torn down by the usurped municipality’s units.
• Hakkari greets the spring with beauties 

  The capital of mountains and waters Hakkari starts sowing the seeds of freedom again with the coming of the spring.
• HPG reports guerrilla actions in Şırnak, Siirt and Hakkari 

  Within the scope of the Martyr Piroz and Martyr Agirî Revolutionary Campaign, guerrilla forces carried a series of actions against the occupying Turkish army.
• 'Womanly state of the mountain' by YJA-Star Commander’s camera 

  The numerous photographs YJA-Star Commander Nuran Er, who was martyred last year in Amed, took throughout her life in the guerrilla have been published under the title “The Womanly State of the Mountain”.
• Turkish jets bomb Hakurk 

  Turkish warplanes shelled Hakurk (Xakurkê) region in guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones.
• HPG: 11 Turkish soldiers killed 

  11 soldiers of the Turkish army were killed as a result of actions by guerrillas in northern Kurdistan.
• Guerrillas: Turkish army is stuck in southern Kurdistan 

  HPG and YJA Star guerrillas stated that the Turkish army is stuck in southern Kurdistan and doesn’t have the capacity to succeed.
• YBŞ fighter from Shengal martyred in Afrin 

  YBŞ Command announced the martyrdom of a YBŞ fighter in the Resistance of the Age in Afrin.
• Guerilla actions in Barzan, Lêlîkan and Hakkari 

  Guerrillas hit Turkish military forces in northern and southern Kurdistan.
• 53 areas in Besta and Cudi Mountain banned 

  53 areas in Besta and Cudi Mountain have been declared “Special Security Zones” and banned for access.
• Kirkuk and Duhok results announced, discussions continue 

  Iraqi Independent High Council of Elections announced the results of the election for Kirkuk ad Duhok as well.
• PKK condemns Gaza massacre 

  The PKK reminded of the solidarity links between the Kurdish and Palestinian peoples.
• 5 Turkish soldiers killed in Lêlîkan and Barzan 

  HPG Press Center announced that 5 soldiers were killed in actions carried out in the Lêlîkan and Barzan regions against the Turkish army in Southern Kurdistan.