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• Aleppo, Afrin and Idlib: Turkey installs "regime of robbery and plunder" 

  Turkey has installed a "regime of robbery" in Syria, says Kurdish politician Bedran Çiya Kurd. In Aleppo alone, some 1,000 factories have been looted, and Afrin's olives funnel $80 million a year into state coffers.
• Investigation into murder of Vedat Aydın to falls into status of limitation tomorrow 

  The investigation into the murder of HEP Diyarbakır Provincial Chair Vedat Aydın, killed by JITEM, will fall into status of limitation on 5 July.
• HDP Gever District co-chair Akdoğan: The AKP-MHP government has turned Gever into an open prison 

  HDP Gever District co-chair, Abdulkerim Akdoğan, said that the AKP-MHP government has turned Gever into an open prison.
• KCK publishes brochure on the history of German-Turkish relations 

  The KCK published a brochure on the history of German-Turkish relations, internationalism and the establishment of a global Democratic Confederalism. Duran Kalkan, member of the KCK Executive Council, discusses all these issues in an extensive interview.
• Turkish army lands explosives containing poisonous gas in Zap 

  On 19 May, Turkish troops in Sikorsky helicopters landed explosives containing poisonous gas in the ‘Small Cilo’ area of the Zap region in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq).
• RiseUp4Rojava evaluates current political developments in Kurdistan 

  On April 23, the Turkish occupation army launched an all-out assault on the guerrilla-controlled regions of Metîna, Zap and Avaşîn. RiseUp4Rojava evaluates current political developments in Kurdistan.
• Baroness Christine Blower: Isolation and detention of Öcalan is against international law 

  Baroness Christine Blower, Co-Convenor of the Freedom for Ocalan campaign UK and a patron of Peace in Kurdistan Campaign, spoke about the isolation and condition of detention of Abdullah Öcalan.
• Aldar Xelil: Turkish and Syrian intelligence services co-operate 

  Aldar Xelil stated that the only common ground between the Turkish state and the Damascus regime is opposition to Rojava and pointed to the incitement of the Turkish intelligence service (MIT) and Syrian intelligence service Mukhabarat.
• The last message of guerrilla Demhat Kobanê 

  On 15 June 2021, guerrilla Demhat Kobanê fell a martyr in an action carried out by the Turkish army in South Kurdistan. A short time before, he had spoken to ANF.
• YPG Spokesperson says UN report is biased, prepared under influence 

  YPG Spokesperson Nuri Mahmoud has strongly denied the accusations in a UN report that blamed the YPG and said that the report was prepared ‘under the influence of parties that are hostile or opposed to the Autonomous Administration’.
• SDF call once again for the establishment of an International Court to prosecute ISIS members 

  The Syrian Democratic Forces have appealed to the international community to create a special international court to prosecute ISIS terrorists. Such a tribunal could be the solution to stop the revival of the group.
• "We can forget everything, but not Afrin" 

  Former owners of olive groves and olive factories report from exile in the self-governing region of Shehba on the looting by Turkey in Afrin.
• Former peshmergas: We must unite, not fight each other 

  Former peshmerga Lezgin Yündan, and Bedel Bingöl from the village of Jiyanîş in Çukurca said: "When there is an attack on Kurdistan, every patriotic Kurd must defend his lands. It is time for unity among Kurds, not war."
• British journalist Steele concerned about Turkish democracy 

  The Guardian Newspaper Ex Chief Foreign Correspondent Jonathan Steele expressed his concern about Turkish democracy.
• Weaponizing Embargo as Punishment: The Makhmur Refugee Camp, a report by the KNK 

  The Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) has released a report called "Weaponizing Embargo as Punishment:The Makhmur Refugee Camp".
• Kalkan: Why is the PKK present in South Kurdistan? 

  In view of the threat of war within Kurdistan, the debate about the PKK's presence in South Kurdistan is often framed as if the guerrillas had just moved in from abroad. Duran Kalkan of the PKK points to the forty-year history.
• Instructions for murders in Hol Camp given by ISIS emir captured by MIT 

  ISIS cell members captured in the Hol Camp said that they received orders from Jarrah Abu Omar, who was staying in the camp before and was abducted to Girê Spi by the Turkish Intelligence Service (MIT).
• Abdullah Öcalan and Social Self-Defense – An Interview with Nazan Üstündağ 

  Connor Hayes spoke with Dr. Nazan Üstündağ about the concept and practice of social self-defense, in particular as developed by Abdullah Öcalan.
• Historic night as British government commits to Irish Language Act 

  Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has expressed delight early on Thursday morning after the British government committed to legislate for Irish language protections.
• Old wine into new wineskins? 

  As early as 1997, a Europe-wide human rights delegation to Kurdistan was criminalized with German assistance and the passage of the "Musa Anter Peace Train" was denied at the instigation of the Federal Ministry of the Interior. One participant remembers.
• Stop Kobane case! write EH Bildu MEP Pernando Barrena and Basque deputy Oihana Etxebarrieta 

  We can't leave the Kurds alone. They are fighting against totalitarianism and fanaticism, for a free society, based on social justice, feminism and ecology," write EH Bildu Pernando Barrena, MEP and Oihana Etxebarrieta, Member of the Basque Parliament.
• HPG and YJA Star guerrillas write historic epics on the mountains of Kurdistan 

  HPG and YJA Star guerrillas are writing historic epics on the mountains of Kurdistan with their resistance in defense of Medya Defense Areas, which have been under the attacks of the Turkish state since April 23.
• Karayılan: We do not want an intra-Kurdish war 

  In the second part of the interview on Stêrk TV, Murat Karayılan discusses the role of the KDP in the escalating clashes in South Kurdistan and warns against an intra-Kurdish war.
• Karayılan: Erdoğan asked the PKK for ceasefire in North Kurdistan 

  According to Murat Karayılan of the PKK, the Turkish government has asked the PKK for a ceasefire within North Kurdistan. In return, the Kurdish movement was offered a "free hand" in other regions.
• The Basque Self-Determination Struggle, a conversation with EH Bildu Senator Gorka Elejabarrieta 

  EH Bildu Senator Gorka Elejabarrieta speaks about the Basque Self-Determination Struggle.