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• HPG reports ongoing Turkish attacks on South Kurdistan 

  The invading Turkish state continues its genocidal attacks in various parts of Kurdistan.
• Historical and cultural effects of Turkey’s attacks on Kurdistan 

  The invading Turkish state which has crashed into unyielding resistance of the guerrilla brutally attacks the history of Kurdish people in order to change the demographical structure of Kurdistan.
• YRK guerrilla Melikşah: We won't allow the enemy to widen its occupation 

  YRK guerrilla Rêwar Melikşah said that the invading states are using all their means to attack the people and guerrillas in Kurdistan and added: "We won't allow the enemy to expand their occupation areas."
• HPG: 5 Turkish soldiers killed in Xakurke and Avaşîn 

  5 Turkish soldiers were killed during the actions carried out by the People’s DefenSe Forces (HPG)/ Free Women’s Troops (YJA Star) guerrillas in Xakurkê and Avaşin.
• No news from the NES officials detained by the KDP three weeks ago 

  The three representatives of North-East Syria were detained by the KDP forces at Hewler Airport, where they went to receive their guests on June 10.
• Deposed HDP mayor sentenced to prison on terror charges 

  Gülistan Ensarioğlu, the deposed co-mayor of Egil, is another Kurdish politician who has been sentenced to many years in prison in connection with the investigation against the civil society umbrella organization DTK.
• Gerîla TV footage from action in Heftanin 

  Gerîla TV released footage of an action carried out by guerrillas against Turkish occupation forces in the region of Heftanin on June 5.
• YRK fighter: Guerrilla is the only way to emancipation 

  “The most radical and meaningful attitude towards the enemy is to join the guerrilla. The only way to emancipation is the guerrilla,” said Cengawer Qendil from the Eastern Kurdistan Units (YRK).
• Aziz Mamlê: If Qandil is lost, South Kurdistan will be lost 

  "Once a part of Kurdistan weakens, regardless of which one, other parts will also be harmed," said political observer Aziz Mamlê, calling for a united stance against Turkish occupation of Kurdistan lands.
• Shengal women urge people to stand up against Turkish invasion 

  The invading Turkish state has been conducting an occupation operation in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq) since April 23, focusing on the guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones and deliberately targeting civilian settlements.
• HPJ guerrilla Koçer: Martyr Zilan is an inspiration to women struggling 

  HPJ guerrilla Koçerin Koçer said that Martyr Zilan, one of the leading cadres of the PKK, who carried out a self-sacrificing action in Dersim in 1996, was an inspiration to women struggling.
• Artists: "Intra-Kurdish war is a poisonous dagger that the enemy seeks to stab us with" 

  In Hewler, Kurdish artists held a press conference in protest at the Turkish state’s invasion attacks and hostile attempts to provoke an intra-Kurdish war, calling it “a poisonous dagger that the enemy seeks to stab us with.”
• Turkish drone attack in Shengal – UPDATE 

  A civilian vehicle on the Serdeşt plateau in the Shengal mountains has been bombed by an unmanned Turkish drone.
• ‘Dangerous gas bombs' used against villagers in Van province 

  Local people who stood against a marble quarry set to be built by a private company in Van province were beaten, laid on the ground, handcuffed, and kept in custody for hours in police vehicles.
• Historian and poet Mustafa Reşid calls for unity 

  Rojava historian and poet Mustafa Reşid said that the Turkish state first occupied Afrin and now has the same plans for South Kurdistan.
• YRK guerrilla Afrin: Öcalan's ideas and philosophy will lead us to freedom 

  YRK guerrilla Rubar Afrin said that the Kurdish people need a revolutionary people's war to lead a dignified life. "The only way to freedom and democracy is through Rêber Öcalan's ideas and philosophy."
• Gerîla TV releases footage of action targeting Girê outpost 

  Gerîla TV released footage of the action carried out with a bomb-laden aircraft against Girê outpost by Delal Air Defense Force.
• HPG pays tribute to guerrilla Betül Yıldız who fell as a martyr in Amed in 2016 

  The HPG paid tribute to guerrilla Betül Yıldız (Çırav Avesta) fell a martyr in Amed in 2016.
• Kurdish artists meet Peshmerga Minister in South Kurdistan 

  “We conveyed the demands of the artists to the Peshmerga Ministry. We do not want any kind of conflict between the peshmerga and the guerrilla,” said a group of Kurdish artists from Europe who visited South Kurdistan.
• PKK: We will resist in the tradition of Zilan and Helmet 

  The PKK recalls the significance of Zilan's (Zeynep Kınacı) action and the death of Central Committee member Helmet (Diyar Xerib) on the occasion of the upcoming anniversary.
• YRK headquarter releases names of fallen guerrillas 

  The YRK has published the names of two guerrillas who had fallen ten days ago in the Turkish drone attack in the Iraqi-Iranian border area. The identities of three other fallen guerrillas were also established.
• Nuran Sezgin: Attacks against Maxmur are attacks against all Kurds 

  Nuran Sezgin, Coordination Member of the Maxmur Ishtar Women's Council, said that the attacks of the invading Turkish state were directed not only against Maxmur Camp but also to the whole region.
• HPJ commander Deniz: The guerrilla resistance is important for the whole of Kurdistan 

  HPJ commander, Berfîn Deniz, said: "We can organize ourselves according to these experiences” and added that the resistance of the freedom guerrillas against the Turkish state is an important experience for the whole of Kurdistan.
• 16 killed as guerrillas increase actions against occupation forces 

  Despite technological superiority and a gigantic effort by the Turkish army, the Kurdish guerrillas manage to increase their activities against the invasion in the Medya Defense Zones.
• Arab guerrilla from Raqqa: The PKK's fight is a struggle for the Middle East 

  Ferhat Egit is an Arab guerrilla who joined the HPG from Raqqa in northern Syria. He says, "The PKK's struggle is a struggle for the Middle East."