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• HPG and YJA Star guerrillas: We will defeat the enemy! 

  HPG guerrilla German Azad Şevger and YJA Star guerrilla Evîndar Kurdistan stated that the Turkish state is carrying out all kinds of attacks, even chemical weapons, and that they will defeat the enemy no matter what.
• Young man wounded in attack by Turkish state in Maxmur dies 

  The young man, who was injured in the attack carried out by the Turkish state with a drone on the Maxmur refugee camp on Saturday, died.
• PUK Politburo condemns Turkish state's attacks on Maxmur and Çemçemal 

  The PUK Politburo issued a statement regarding the Turkish state's attacks on Maxmur and Çemçemal, and demanded that the attacks be stopped as soon as possible.
• KCK: Political forces in South Kurdistan must take a stance against killing of Mehmet Zeki Çelebi 

  The KCK Foreign Relations Committee said after the murder of Mehmet Zeki Çelebi in Sulaymaniyah that if the political forces in South Kurdistan do not take a stance against these murders, the right of retaliation can be exercised.
• Guerrillas: “We will crown battle with victory” 

  Guerrillas remain determined to successfully confront Turkish invasion in Kurdistan and call on the people to take sides with the guerrilla forces waging this struggle.
• Eight guerrillas killed by Turkish chemical weapons in Zap, South Kurdistan 

  Having fought ISIS and survived, guerrilla fighters Rohat, Şevîn, Şerda, Xemgîn, Zilan, Deniz, Sema and Demhat were killed by Turkish chemical weapons in the Zap region of the guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq).
• Turkish UCAV hits a car in Maxmur 

  The occupying Turkish state continues its genocidal attacks against the Kurdish people in various parts of the Kurdistan territory.
• Five killed in air strike on village in southern Kurdistan 

  Five people were killed in an air strike on a car near Sulaymaniyah in southern Kurdistan, including the head of the village of Tuleqel. According to security sources, the attack was carried out by the Turkish army.
• 10 more Arab youth join the guerrilla ranks: We will liberate our land 

  Young people from Rojava and North-East Syria continue joining the ranks of the guerrilla struggle in response to the increasingly ongoing attacks of the invading Turkish state and collaborator KDP against the guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones.
• Armed drone hits Çemçemal in Sulaymaniyah province 

  An armed unmanned aerial vehicle struck the town of Akçeler in Çemçemal district of Sulaymaniyah 3 times.
• HPG: Ten Turkish soldiers were killed in guerrilla actions in Zap 

  Ten members of the Turkish army were killed in guerrilla resistance operations in Zap, southern Kurdistan.
• Former peshmerga fighter: Neither the KDP nor the enemy will succeed 

  Former KDP peshmerga Îsmaîl Elî Îsmaîl pointed out that South Kurdistan (kr: Bashur) has been occupied through Turkish military bases and called on the regional government and the ruling KDP to allow the people to remove the invaders from South Kurdistan.
• ‘Murderers of Çelebi fled to Hewler’ 

  The assailants who murdered Mehmet Zeki Çelebi from North Kurdistan in Sulaymaniyah fled to KRG capital Hewler (Erbil), according to reports.
• HPJ guerrilla: There is no other way than resistance 

  HPJ fighter Arjin Nishtîman said that the guerrillas have been putting up relentless resistance against the Turkish attacks on the Medya Defense Zones, adding that the betrayal of the KDP which cooperates with Turkey is unacceptable.
• HDP South Kurdistan representative condemns killing of Mehmet Zeki Çelebi 

  The HDP South Kurdistan representative condemned the killing of Mehmet Zeki Çelebi in Sulaymaniyah.
• Rojava Administration holds talks with parties in South Kurdistan 

  The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria continues to hold talks with various political parties and institutions in Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region against the Turkish invasion attacks.
• Footage of guerrilla action destroying a Turkish tank in Bamerne 

  Guerrillas continue inflicting blows on the Turkish army that has been conducting an invasion operation in the guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq) since April 14.
• North Kurdish man killed in the streets of Sulaymaniyah 

  Mehmet Zeki Çelebi was fatally injured by gunshots on the street in Sulaymaniyah. The Turkish secret service MIT is suspected to be behind the attack.
• HPG: Chemical weapons attacks are not a normal state of affairs 

  Turkey used chemical warfare agents 44 times against guerrilla positions in southern Kurdistan on Tuesday. HPG demand that Turkish war crimes not be downplayed as a normal state of affairs.
• Former peshmerga of 26 years: "Side with those who fight for the people" 

  Criticizing the KDP's support for Turkey, Former Peshmerga Süleyman Demir, said, "Now that the betrayers do not come to reason, everyone should stand by whoever is fighting for the benefit of this people."
• Turkish army launches large-scale operation in Doğubayazıt district 

  A large-scale operation was launched in the Ağrı Mountain region of Doğubayazıt district.
• 'We will defeat the enemy with the resistance we carry out in Zap and Avaşîn' 

  Guerrillas carrying out the resistance in the Medya Defense Areas underlined their determination to defeat the Turkish army. They appealed to the collaborators to lay down their arms and join the resistance.
• HPG: 24 soldiers killed in guerrilla actions dedicated to the martyrs of May 

  Guerrilla operations in the Medya Defense Zones left 24 soldiers of the Turkish army dead. The guerrillas destroyed several Turkish military positions and seized ten kilos of TNT. In addition, a drone was shot down.
• Kurojahro, an area of resistance 

  Only “a pair of mekap (guerrilla shoes and the patience of the guerrillas” can endure Kurojahro. A guerrilla who stays there has a will of steel with a flowing pace and a heart that fits the whole world into its heart.
• HPG/YJA Star guerrillas in Zap kill 15 Turkish soldiers 

  In the actions carried out by HPG/YJA Star guerrillas in Zap, 15 Turkish soldiers were killed.