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• MIT installs GPS transmitters in clothing sent to KRI from Turkey 

  The Turkish secret service, MIT, also pursues opposition members abroad and has built up a broad network of agents. A Kurd living in southern Kurdistan discovered a GPS transmitter in a pair of jeans he bought online from Turkey.
• HPG pays tribute to three fallen guerrillas 

  Guerrilla commander Avesta Tekoşîn and fighters Bawer Arîn and Zinar Serêçiya died in attacks by the Turkish state in Metîna. The HPG paid tribute their resistance and expressed their condolences to the Kurdish people.
• Guerrillas kill 8 soldiers, hit helicopter 

  Eight soldiers were killed in the actions carried out by the Kurdistan Freedom Guerrillas against the Turkish army in the area of Zap. A Skorsky helicopter was also hit.
• Apro Diril sentenced to life imprisonment in connection with the murder of Chaldean couple 

  One of the three suspects was sentenced for “murder with monstrous feeling or torment" and "premeditated murder".
• 13 young people from North-East Syria join the guerrilla ranks 

  More youths are joining the ranks of the Kurdish freedom struggle in the mountains in response to the genocidal campaign of the Turkish state in various parts of Kurdistan.
• HPG: Turkish army launched a new occupation operation in guerrilla areas 

  The Turkish army has intensified its attacks against guerrilla areas in northern Iraq, reported the HPG on Friday.
• Vigil in Maxmur Refugee Camp to demand freedom for Öcalan 

  A vigil has been launched in Maxmur Refugee Camp to demand freedom for Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Turkish warplanes bombed Zap, Avaşîn and Metîna  

  Zap, Avaşîn and Metîna have been bombarded by warplanes since 8.44pm local time. It was learned that the Girê Cûdî Resistance Area in the Martyr Delîl West Zap region was bombed 34 times.
• YJA Star guerrilla buried in Elazığ 

  The German-born guerrilla fighter Sibel Çelik was martyred in Şırnak in January. Due to a mix-up, her body was initially buried in Van, exhumed on Wednesday and re-buried today.
• Mazlum Dağ and Abdurrahman Er enter 64th day of hunger strike 

  The hunger strike launched by Mazlum Dağ and Abdurrahman Er in Hewler prison continues on its 64th day as their demands have still not been met.
• 13 Kurdish parties except the KDP form an electoral alliance in South Kurdistan 

  The alliance seeks for the Kurds to win the local election to take place in the disputed territories of southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq).
• PADÊ: Shengal was liberated thanks to YPG-YPJ fighters and the guerrillas 

  The Yazidi Freedom and Democracy Party (PADÊ) released a statement marking the 11th anniversary of the Rojava Revolution which began 11 years ago, on 19 July 2012, when three predominantly Kurdish-inhabited areas of Syria declared their autonomy from the
• HPG reports continued Turkish attacks and guerrilla actions 

  While the Turkish army continues its attacks on the Medya Defense Zones, guerrillas continue their actions against the occupation forces in response.
• Commission established for Dağ and Er 

  A commission was established to meet the demands of Mazlum Dağ and Abdurrahman Er, who had been on hunger strike for 62 days.
• Ten sealed-off villages in Hizan threatened with depopulation 

  The Turkish army is deliberately destroying cultivated areas and irrigation channels in ten villages in Hizan district of Bitlis, and the region is being bombed amidst an ongoing military operation in the region.
• Young man from Rojava killed by Turkish forces in northern Iraq 

  The invading Turkish state continues its genocidal attacks in various parts of Kurdistan.
• Turkish drone crashes in Raparin countryside 

  A Turkish drone crashed in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq).
• Turkish army bombs rural areas in Hizan 

  The Turkish army is carrying out aerial attacks on rural areas in Hizan, which were declared a temporary special security zone as part of a military operation against the guerrillas.
• Remains of HPG guerrilla retrieved by his family after 30 years 

  Remains of HPG guerrilla Hamit İlbaş, who fell a martyr in Şırnak countryside in 1994, were retrieved by his family and buried after 30 years.
• HPG reports another Turkish attack with tactical nuclear bomb 

  According to the HPG, the Turkish army has carried out 261 artillery attacks and 10 air strikes on guerrilla positions in southern Kurdistan in the past two days and a tactical nuclear bomb was used again in Sîda.
• Numerous areas in Bitlis and Şırnak declared special security zones 

  Numerous regions in the northern Kurdish provinces of Bitlis and Şırnak have been declared temporary special security zones. The process is related to military operations against the guerrillas and also includes curfews.
• Turkish warplanes bomb a village in Amêdiyê 

  Warplanes bombed a village in Amêdiyê. A fire broke out in the field.
• Footage of Turkish tactical nuclear bomb attack in guerrilla areas 

  ANF had access to footage of a Turkish attack on guerrilla positions in Zap on 13 July, in which a tactical nuclear bomb was used.
• 54 lawyers in Iran face investigation over solidarity with the family of Jina Mahsa Amini 

  The Iranian judiciary launched an investigation against dozens of lawyers who expressed solidarity with the family of Kurdish woman Jina Mahsa Amini, murdered in Tehran last September.
• HPG reports hundreds of Turkish attacks on guerrilla areas 

  The Turkish state continues its attacks against guerrilla areas in northern Iraq, using banned weapons.