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• KCK: “National unity is a duty ordered by history” 

  KCK’s written message was read in the national unity workshop in Sulaymaniyah and said: “National unity and the national congress are duties to be actualized, ordered by history and our people to us the political parties.”
• Political parties: “Our people expect unity from us” 

  Representatives from political parties speaking in the national unity workshop say the Kurdish people expect them to achieve the national unity.
• Guerrillas: The legacy of July 14 Martyrs will stop fascism 

  HPG and YJA Star guerrillas say the successors who claimed the spirit the July 14 resistance developed and the legacy the martyrs left will stop Turkish fascism today.
• Dozens of Turkish soldiers killed in Şemdinli 

  Guerrillas targeted a transit vehicle in Şemdinli countryside, leaving dozens of Turkish soldiers dead.
• National unity workshop starts in Sulaymaniyah 

  The national unity workshop started in Sulaymaniyah with participation from over 60 political parties, hundreds of intellectuals and community leaders from all four parts of Kurdistan.
• HPG: 16 Turkish soldiers killed in Hakkari 

  HPG reported continued actions by guerrillas in Hakkari, Şırnak, Osmaniye and Amed, which left at least 20 soldiers of the Turkish army dead.
• Curfew in 4 villages of Mardin and Şemdinli 

  Curfew has been imposed on three villages of Mardin as well as one village and one hamlet of Hakkari's Şemdinli district amid ongoing military operations in the Kurdish region.
• Two Turkish armored vehicles destroyed on Çukurca-Hakkari road 

  HPG guerrillas targeted an Turkish army convoy heading from Çukurca to Hakkari at 01:40 last night, which left two armored vehicles destroyed and several soldiers dead.
• Four parts of Kurdistan prepare for National Unity 

  The KNK has put the final touches to the preparations ongoing for one month for a joint platform on national unity which will be held in Sulaymaniyah on 15th and 16th July.
• Congratulatory address to the guerrilla forces in Zap 

  People's Defense Central Headquarters Command has sent a congratulatory address to the guerrilla forces that repelled the Turkish troops in Zap, Southern Kurdistan.
• Turkish soldiers kill a villager in Ardahan 

  A villager by the name of Dilaver Aşçı has been killed by Turkish soldiers in Ardahan countyrside.
• Families retrieve their children from the nameless cemetery 

  HPG Members Netice Katar and Bünyamin Öncü’s bodies were retrieved by their families after having lost their lives in clashes and being buried in the cemetery for the nameless without notice.
• HPG: 43 Turkish soldiers and police killed in guerrilla actions 

  HPG Press Office reported that 40 soldiers and 3 policemen of Turkish forces were killed in the actions carried out by guerrillas in Hakkari, Bitlis, Dersim, Erzurum and Hatay.
• Curfew in the countryside of Nusaybin 

  A curfew has been declared in 13 villages and 4 hamlets in Mardin's Nusaybin district.
• HPG: 142 Turkish soldiers killed in the invasion operation on Zap 

  HPG reported that the Turkish army has retreated after suffering heavy blows at the hands of guerrilla forces during the invasion operation launched on Zap on 16 June. 142 soldiers were killed and 18 others were wounded as result of guerillas' actions
• Turkish army retreats from Zap operation 

  The Turkish army has been forced to retreat from the invasion operation on Zap region in the face of the resistance of guerrilla forces.
• Curfew in Varto 

  The Turkish state has declared curfew in 15 areas in Varto district of Muş.
• YBŞ: There have been no attacks on our positions 

  YBŞ General Command has issued a statement refuting the news published on KDP media claiming “Turkish jet fighters bombed YBŞ positions in Shengal” and said: “There have been no attacks on our positions”.
• Residents of Sur: We will not abandon our homes 

  As 80 % of the Alipaşa neighborhood of Amed's Sur district has been evacuated and demolished already, some families have not left their homes, resisting the forced displacement of the state.
• Aerial bombardment on Tendürek 

  Turkish aircraft bombed Mount Tendürek in the countryside of Ağrı province.
• HPG claims the action against Baykan district governor 

  HPG claimed responsibility for the action that targeted Siirt's Baykan district governor yesterday morning.
• "Khanasor is Shengal's most secure region" 

  The Êzidîs who returned from the refugee camps in Southern Kurdistan to Khanasor described their town as the safest region in Shengal.
• Iraqi warplanes strike an ISIS group in Shengal 

  Iraqi warplanes conducted a strike in an area between Shengal and Rabia late Friday evening.
• KDP put YPG’s detained internationalists among ISIS sympathizers 

  KDP has put the internationalist members of YPG they arrested in a ward with 30 ISIS members and sympathizers, lying to both the individuals and their states.
• Six HDP-DBP administrators detained in Van 

  The Turkish state continues with its political genocide operations against the Kurdish people and their elected representatives who it cannot cow into submission.