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• Footage of an guerrilla action on Koordine hill in Çukurca 

  Footage of an action carried out by guerrillas in Çukurca in April has been released.
• 9 Kurdish politicians taken into custody in Van 

  Nine administrators of the HDP and DBP have been taken into custody in Gürpınar, Saray and Tuşba districts of Van today.
• Shengal Democratic Autonomy Assembly in solidarity with Efrîn 

  Shengal Democratic Autonomy Assembly issued a written statement condemning the Turkish invasion attacks on Efrîn and Shehba, declaring their solidarity with Efrîn.
• People of Shengal are returning home 

  Shengal’s Khanasor town Council Member Ömer Salih said Êzidîs are returning to their lands in growing numbers and called for support for reconstruction.
• Gerîla TV releases new footage from actions 

  Gerîla TV released footage from the action against Turkish soldiers on May 12 in Çukurca.
• Guerrillas restore vandalized Peshmerga memorial poster in Choman 

  HPG guerrillas restored a vandalized memorial poster of a martyred peshmerga in Choman district of Hewlêr.
• Gerîla TV publishes footage from a sabotage action in Çukurca 

  Gerîla TV published footage from a sabotage action against the Turkish army in Hakkari’s Çukurca district.
• 5 Turkish soldiers killed in Şemdinli 

  An action by guerrillas left 5 contras dead and 1 other wounded in Şemdinli district of Hakkari.
• 32 detained, 3 jailed in Van and Amed 

  As many as 32 people were taken into custody and 3 others were jailed in Van and Amed, Northern Kurdistan.
• Successive actions against the Turkish army in Zap 

  Guerrilla forces have carried out successive actions against the Turkish army in Zap region today.
• Gerîla TV releases footage of another action in Çukurca 

  Gerîla TV continues to unmask the Turkish state with the footage from the blows they inflict on the Turkish army in the ongoing war across Northern Kurdistan territory.
• HDP's Ahmet Yıldırım barred from politics and sentenced to prison 

  HDP Group Deputy Chair Ahmet Yıldırım has been barred from politics and sentenced to 1 year and 2 months in prison for allegedly “insulting the President”.
• YPS-JIN: AKP administrator spying for the enemy punished in Lice 

  YPS announced that AKP Lice district vice chairman Orhan Mercan has been punished by YPS-JIN units.
• Footage from destroyed Turkish military vehicle in Tendürek 

  Gerilla TV has published footage of the military vehicle destroyed by the YJA Star guerillas on May 10 in Tendürek mountain.
• Iranian army shells Mount Halgurd 

  Iranian military has shelled Mount Halgurd Monday morning. Reports suggest  casualties among PDK-I peshmergas.
• Footage of Turkish soldiers ambushed by guerrillas 

  Guerrilla TV has released footage from an action carried out by guerrillas against Turkish soldiers in Şemdinli, Hakkari on June 14, which left 7 soldiers dead.
• 'MOBESE surveillance cameras turned Hakkari into an open prison' 

  The Turkish state installed MOBESE (mobile electronic system integration) surveillance cameras in all streets of Hakkari center and districts. The local residents are critical of this and complain that their city has been turned into an open prison.
• 15 detained in Lice and Silvan 

  After AKP Lice district vice chairman was killed last night, 12 people have been detained.
• Footage of an guerrilla action in Uludere 

  Footage has been released from the HPG guerrillas’ action against the Turkish army on May 15 in Şırnak’s Uludere district.
• AKP Lice district administrator killed 

  AKP Lice district vice chairman Orhan Mercan was killed Friday night.
• AKP takes down Kurdish park signboard and orders its demolition 

  State-appointed trustee to Erciş Municipality ordered the demolition of the '7 June Freedom Park'.
• Footage of guerrilla action on soldiers airdropped on the border 

  Gerîla TV released footage from an action carried out by guerrillas targeting Turkish soldiers on Martyr Xeyri hill on Çukurca border line.
• KNK continues tour of talks for national unity 

  Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) continues diplomatic talks with Kurdish political parties in all four parts of Kurdistan for the establishment of national unity, and met with PAK party in this scope yesterday.
• Helicopters fire towards a village amid intense clashes in Lice 

  Reports are coming through that heavy clashes are taking place in the countryside of Lice and Turkish helicopters are firing towards civilian areas.
• Iranian regime forces shoot another kolbar at border 

  Iranian regime forces have once again attacked the kolbars, cross-border porters working for daily wage, at the border between Rojhilat (East) and Bashur (South) Kurdistan.