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• Landmine explosions in Bane and Piranshahr: 2 kolbars wounded 

  Two kolbers were wounded in two separate explosions in Bane and Piranshahr.
• Six parties claim for new elections in South Kurdistan 

  Six Kurdish parties claim fraud has invalidated Iraqi elections.
• KCK Education Committee celebrates Kurdish Language Day 

  Statement published to remark the National Day of the Kurdish language.
• HPG commander: We won’t let Turkey get away with occupation 

  Kurdish guerrillas are repelling every attack.
• HPG: 11 soldiers killed in Hakkari 

  HPG Press Office announced that 11 soldiers were killed in Hakkari and one other in Lelikan.
• Guerrillas in southern Kurdistan don’t let the invaders pass 

  HPG guerrillas fighting the Turkish army in southern Kurdistan, northern Iraq, are not allowing an invasion of Kurdistan soil.
• Explosion on Khanaqin road kills a police officer 

  An explosion has occurred in between Khanaqin and Kelar, southern Kurdistan.
• HPG: Heavy blows inflicted on the Turkish army 

  Guerrillas carried out effective actions against the Turkish military units in southern and northern Kurdistan.
• Blast kills an 11-year-old in Nusaybin 

  An 11-year-old minor lost his life as a result of an explosion in Mardin’s Nusaybin district.
• ISIS attack kills 6 in Kirkuk 

  Attack by ISIS killed 6 people, 4 of them police officers, in Kirkuk.
• AKP panics: Governor and soldiers tour for votes in Van 

  Governor of Van, Murat Zorluoğlu is asking for votes for Erdoğan in the Erçek district along with Turkish commanders.
• HPG guerrillas: “Xakurkê and Bradost will be the invaders’ grave” 

  HPG guerrillas continue their resistance against the invading Turkish state attacks, and say that the Xakurkê and Bradost region will “be the invading Turkish state’s grave”.
• Turkish armored vehicle kills 50 sheep in Van 

  50 sheep were killed when Turkish police drove an armored vehicle into a flock of sheep in Özalp district in the northern Kurdistan province of Van.
• "Do not forget mother Taybet while you vote" 

  Taybet Inan was killed in Silopi by Turkish security forces in 2015, and her body was left on the street for seven days. Her daughter Şaristan Algan calls on people to not forget her mother while on the way to the ballot box on June 24.
• 11 minors on trial in the Sur case sentenced to 36 years 

  The children trapped in Sur during the genocidal attacks had been sued and have been issued prison sentences again.
• HPG: 19 Turkish soldiers killed in yesterday’s action in Lelikan 

  HPG Press Office stated that 19 Turkish soldiers were killed and 9 others wounded as a result of large scale guerrilla action in Lelikan on May 10.
• Vehicles in HDP convoy in Şırnak issued fines 

  The vehicles that participated in HDP’s election convoy in Şırnak have been issued fines for “disturbing residents with car horns”.
• Explosion in Dersim leaves casualties among Turkish soldiers 

  An explosion that occurred on Dersim-Erzincan highway during the passing of Turkish military units left some soldiers dead or wounded.
• Turkish army uses cluster bombs in Bradost 

  On May 1, 2018, the Turkish army has bombed the shacks and huts used during the summer by villagers in the Şuşane village in the Bradost region with fighter jets. In the same area, the Turkish army also used clusterbombs, banned by international treaties.
• Turkish fighter jets bomb hill with their own soldiers 

  Turkish fighter jets carried out bombings after the HPG/YJA-Star guerillas’ action from 8 sides against the Lêlîkan Hill today. The invading army’s soldiers were reportedly very close to the area of the bombing.
• Insurgency of kolbars and kasibkars: Bane resisting for 26 days 

  The insurgency started by kolbars and kasibkars against the Iranian regime’s border trade ban continues on day 26 in the Bane province.
• Large scale action by guerrillas in southern Kurdistan 

  HPG/YJA-Star guerillas carried out a large scale action against the invading Turkish army on the Lêlîkan Hill from 6 sides.
• No peace for Nusaybin 

  After having destroyed the city, State officials now deny peace to the dead.
• Remembering five Kurdish activists executed in Iran 

  On 9 May 2010 five Kurds were executed in Iran.
• 7 Turkish soldiers killed in actions by YJA-STAR guerrillas 

  YJA-STAR guerrillas carried out actions in northern and southern Kurdistan, as a result of which 7 Turkish soldiers were killed.