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• Tens of people detained during political genocide operations 

  The AKP government’s political genocide operations continued today as tens of people including HDP members were detained.
• Towards the finalization of the Federation's social contract 

  Rojava and Northern Syria Democratic Federal Constituent Assembly is reaching finalizing the discussions on the social contract of the Federation. The resulting text is expected to be published soon.
• Turkish warplanes bombard Nusaybin once again 

  Unable to break the resistance in Nusaybin, the Turkish armed forces bombarded Nusaybin with warplanes this morning.
• Turkish General Staff: 3,342 state forces either dead or injured 

  Turkish General Staff issued a statement yesterday and announced that 483 soldiers and police officers died and 2,859 state forces got injured during the clashes in North Kurdistan since last summer.
• 4 special operations forces injured in Nusaybin 

  4 special operations forces got injured during the clashes in Nusaybin, and one of the officers is in critical condition.
• KONGRA-GEL calls for strengthening the anti-fascist front 

  KONGRA-GEL Co-Presidency issued a written statement on the AKP ‘immunity coup’ against the HDP supported by the CHP and MHP.
• Heavy blow against state forces in Nusaybin 

  Two special operations officers, one of whom is a lieutenant, got heavily injured and several special operations forces died during the clashes between YPS/YPS-JIN members and state forces in Nusaybin today.
• Rojava Coordination takes key decisions 

  Rojava Cantons Coordination took key decisions during its meeting yesterday.
• Detainments in Dersim and Adana 

  Many people were detained during the genocidal operations in Dersim and Adana.
• 3 soldiers killed in Bitlis 

  HPG Media Center announced that 3 soldiers were killed during a guerilla action in Bitlis on May 22.
• Resistance in Şırnak enters its 70th day 

  The self-administration resistance against the state’s genocidal attacks in Şırnak entered its 70th day.
• Turn to Sur to see the cruelty 

  The extent of the cruelty in Amed’s Sur district has come to light with the lifting of the curfew. Rushing to their neighborhoods after the end of the curfew, people were met with police barricades on the side streets.
• Violent clashes in Nusaybin 

  Violent clashes between state forces and YPS/YPS-JIN members continue in Nusaybin as the people’s self-administration resistance enters its 71st day.
• Two ISIS gangs killed and one vehicle destroyed in Eyn Îsa 

  SDF announced that two ISIS gangs were killed and one military vehicle was destroyed to the southeast of Eyn Îsa.
• Turkish soldiers cross the border and start digging ditches 

  Breaching the Rojava border, Turkish soldiers crossed over to Qamishlo and started digging ditches.
• Migrant flow to Efrîn 

  782 more migrants escaping the gangs in Shehba, Raqqa and Aleppo and the clashes in these regions, have left their living areas and taken refuge in Efrîn.
• Operation in Tendürek 

  Helicopter activity over Ağrı’s Tendürek Mountain continued until the morning hours, and the police and the gendarme set up checkpoints at the entrances and the exits of Ağrı’s Diyadin district.
• 9 special operations officers killed in Nusaybin, Şırnak and Silopi 

  YPS General Coordination announced that 2 special operations officers were killed in Nusaybin, 5 in Şırnak and 2 in Silopi.
• ISIS gangs’ attacks on Rojava continue 

  YPG Media Center announced that ISIS gangs’ attacks on Rojava continue.
• HPG actions in Bitlis and Şemdinli 

  3 Turkish soldiers were killed during HPG actions in Bitlis and Şemdinli.
• Parties in South Kurdistan: Attacks on the HDP are also attacks on us 

  In a press conference in Hewlêr, political parties in South Kurdistan stated that the attacks on HDP are also attacks on them.
• Police attacks DTK and HDK Co-Presidents in Siirt 

  Police attacked DTK and HDK Co-Presidents and other civilians at the "Democratic peoples reunion against intervention" event in Siirt.
• A child dies as the attacks on Şêx Meqsûd continue 

  A child died during the attacks of SNC gang groups, including the KNC, on Aleppo’s Şêx Meqsûd district.
• Turkish soldiers raid a village and murder a civilian 

  Turkish soldiers raided the village of Bêmbo in Şemdinli, and murdered Sami Altun who was objecting to the raid.
• 1 Kobra vehicle hit during the clashes in Şırnak 

  One Kobra-type armored vehicle was damaged and 1 special operations member was killed during the action of YPS/YPS-JIN forces in Şırnak’s Bahçelievler neighborhood.