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• Storm in Van leaves many houses with no roof, destroys tents 

  A storm has raged over the north Kurdish province of Van for three days causing heavy damages.
• 18,000 people in quarantine in Van 

  The official figures of 478 coronavirus infections and ten deaths for Van are likely to be greatly understated. The mourning ceremony of an Islamist group in the province bordering on Iran triggered a new wave of infections in early May.
• 40 villages in Mardin without electricity for 12 days 

  Dozens of villages in rural areas of the Mardin province have been without electricity for twelve days. The supplier, which is close to the AKP, accuses thousands of people of electricity theft without proof and demands huge amounts of back payments.
• HPG: Two positions destroyed, three soldiers killed in Çukurca 

  Guerrillas continue inflicting blows on the occupant Turkish army in Kurdistan territory.
• Tents of earthquake victims in Van collapse 

  Due to the storm in the past few days, tents and temporary stables collapsed in the earthquake zone in Van province. Numerous sheep and freshly born lambs lost their lives.
• HPG commander Gabar: We must reject the enemy's dirty tricks 

  "Abdullah Öcalan has always given the Turkish state opportunities because he wants to solve the Kurdish question in Turkey in a peaceful way. The government wants to use this as a weak point."
• Revenge Unit releases footage of attack against MIT post 

  Martyr Bedran Gundikremo Revenge Unit Command released images of the action against MIT (Turkish intelligence) at Kani Masi outpost on 13 May.
• HPG: Six Turkish soldiers were killed in guerrilla actions 

  Guerrillas continue inflicting blows on the occupant Turkish army in Kurdistan territory.
• "The mountains of Kurdistan are a place of self-discovery" 

  Dilpak Urmiye joined the guerrilla from Eastern Kurdistan five years ago. She says: "We were alienated from our culture and language in the system I grew up in."
• Three-year-old kid of jailed woman activist sent to prison 

  Three-and-a-half-year-old Dilgeş Aslan is going to prison today. His mother, Gönül Aslan, is one of the persons arrested in Amed in the course of the investigation against Rosa women's association.
• HPG and YJA-STAR pays tribute to guerrilla Sema Koçer 

  HPG and YJA-STAR commanders Rêzan Amed and Laleşin Cudi evaluated the recent attacks of the Turkish state and the action carried out by YJA-STAR guerrilla Sema Koçer.
• Cemetery in Lice devastated for the third time 

  The cemetery of PKK guerrillas in Lice has been devastated again. It is the second year in a row that relatives find destroyed graves during the traditional visit to the cemetery on the day before Eid al-Fitr.
• Four guerrillas martyred in Şırnak countryside 

  The HPG have published the names of four guerrillas who fell during military operations of the Turkish army in the Besta region in Şırnak.
• At least 18 Kurdish politicians and activists detained 

  The Turkish regime has accelerated its political genocide operations against the Kurdish people and their elected representatives while the whole world is fighting coronavirus pandemic.
• "Bound to the memory of our fallen comrades till our last breath" 

  Guerrilla fighter Deniz Derya shares her memories with her comrade Ruken Şirnak who fell in 2011. " Ruken has always been a source of morale for our unit," she says.
• Guerrillas hit Turkish soldiers in Erzincan 

  Guerrillas continue inflicting blows on the occupant Turkish army in Kurdistan territory.
• Footage from guerrilla action in Heftanin, South Kurdistan 

  The action carried out on March 25 left 4 soldiers dead and 3 others wounded.
• Hundreds of women write to South Kurdistan leaders 

  Hundreds of women sent an open letter to all political parties, institutions and organisations in South Kurdistan saying: "Kurdistan should not become a battleground for regional or global wars."
• Unemployment and economic crisis worsen in Van 

  Thousands of people in Van were left unemployed because of the coronavirus emergency in Van and many shopkeepers had to close shutters. 
• A special location of MIT struck in South Kurdistan 

  The ‘Martyr Bedran Gundikremo Revenge Unit’ struck a special location of Turkish secret service in southern Kurdistan, northern Iraq.
• HPG pays tribute to martyrs of Hezex 

  HPG remembered guerrillas Baran, Rubar, Sarya, Serbest and Şerko who fought heroically in the clash against the invading Turkish army in the area of Cehennem Creek in the Hezex district of Şırnak on 16 June 2019. 
• PKK pays tribute to guerrilla Avesta Firaz Herekol 

  PKK expressed their condolences to Avesta's family and comrades, and to the Kurdish leader and people.
• Dismissed workers not reinstated by Minister order, claims say 

  The 250 dismissed workers won a court case and were waiting for their reinstation but they were denied a return on the grounds that they had failed a test. Their appeal to return to work was rejected without any justification.
• An internationalist fighter in Rojhilat: Guerrilla Beritan 

  Guerrilla Beritan is an Arab woman. She joined the Kurdish Freedom Movement after the attacks on Shengal in 2014 and then went to Rojhilat where she is continuing her struggle for freedom.
• HPG: Four Turkish soldiers were killed in Xakurke 

  Guerrillas continue inflicting blows on the occupant Turkish army in Kurdistan territory.