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• HPG: Five guerrillas martyred in Turkish chemical attack in Avashin 

  HPG released the names of five guerrillas who were martyred in a Turkish chemical weapons operation in Avashin in May.
• Turkish air attack targets civilian car, killing 4 in Sulaymaniyah 

  Four unidentified people have died as result of an aerial attack by the Turkish army in northern Iraq on Sunday.
• KCK writes to diplomatic missions to clarify events in South Kurdistan 

  The KCK Foreign Relations Committee has written to the Foreign Representatives and Diplomatic Missions in Erbil a letter to clarify events during the Turkish occupation campaign in South Kurdistan.
• Peshmerga commander: I won’t fire a single bullet at the PKK 

  Reactions are growing against the Turkish occupation operation ongoing in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq) since April 23.
• PUK official calls for common stance against Turkish occupation 

  "The parties, especially the PUK and Gorran, which are government partners, should also take a common stance to avoid an undesired civil war among the Kurds. In the contrary case, all parties will pay a huge price.”
• KCK: Let’s recognize the seriousness of the situation and take action! 

  “The Kurdish people, all artists, intellectuals and political forces must realize the seriousness of the current situation and become active to stop the policy of the KDP, which has a very negative influence on the Kurdish people’s struggle for freedom."
• Detained by KDP, peace delegates on hunger strike at Erbil airport 

  Five members of #Delegation4Peace from Switzerland are on hunger strike in the transit area of Erbil Airport. They are protesting against their detention and expulsion, which is planned for Tuesday.
• PAJK calls for historic stance against occupation 

  The PAJK compares the current situation in South Kurdistan with a "freedom referendum" in which the Kurdish people must position themselves against occupation, colonialism and collaboration.
• People of Berwari protest strongly against Turkish attacks 

  Reacting to the invasion attacks, the people living in the Berwari region said that the Turkish state is trying to start a war between the Kurds, but they will never fall into this provocation.
• Call for the release of North-East Syrian officials detained by KDP in Hewler 

  Two PYD politicians and a representative of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria were detained in Hewler while on their way at the airport to pick up guests.
• HPG guerrilla fighter buried under police blockade 

  HPG fighter Yakup Salgın, who fell on March 30 in the region of Bagok, has been buried under a massive police blockade. Police allowed only the closest family members into the cemetery.
• Delegation from North-East Syria detained by KDP forces 

  KDP forces detained a delegation from North-East Syria in Hewler.
• YJA Star commander Özgür: No soldier will stand against the determination of the PKK in this war 

  YJA Star commander Hêzil Özgür said: No soldier will stand against the determination of the PKK in the ongoing war in the Medya Defense Areas. Without technique the Turkish army cannot move, without helicopters, it cannot land nor advance.”
• Guerrilla commander Hejar: Guerrillas will win this war 

  Devrim Hejar, one of the commanders of the Cenga Xabur Revolutionary Campaign, said that the Turkish army will not be able to overcome the guerrilla despite all its technology and that the guerrilla will win this war.
• HPG: At least 13 Turkish soldiers killed 

  The People’s Defense Forces (HPG) and Free Women’s Troops (YJA Star) guerrillas killed at least 13 Turkish soldiers as part of the Bazên Zagrosê Revolutionary Campaign.
• Minor injured in explosion of ammunition remnants in Amed 

  In Silvan district of Amed, a 14-year-old boy was critically injured by the explosion of ammunition remnants. The boy was grazing a herd of animals near military territory when the detonation occurred.
• Parliamentarians visit Metina for investigation amid Turkish operation 

  A delegation of members of the Iraqi parliament and the South Kurdistan Regional Parliament has highlighted the destruction caused by the Turkish army's cross-border operation following investigations in the Metina region.
• Gorran MP: Qandil would be like Tora Bora without the PKK 

  Dr. Yusif Mehmud, an Iraqi parliamentarian of the Gorran Movement, said that "If the PKK was not in Qandil, the region would be like Tora Bora."
• HPG: Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla leading historic resistance in Avashin 

  "The large-scale occupation attack launched on Avashin marks a new stage and the resistance of the Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla to this occupation offensive is historic," said the HPG.
• Another mass grave discovered in Shengal 

  The remains of 11 Yazidis killed during the ISIS genocide against the Yazidi people in 2014 have been found in a mass grave in Shengal, southern Kurdistan.
• PKK calls for support for the historic resistance against occupation 

  The PKK Foreign Relations Committee has said that status, free and democratic life in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq) cannot be achieved by remaining silent against the Turkish invasion, but by supporting those who resist it.
• PUK co-chair: We will not be a party to Kurdish civil war 

  During a meeting with military commanders of PUK, co-chair Lahor Şêx Cengî stressed that they would never be a party to Kurdish civil war.
• Clash between guerrillas and the Turkish army in Avashin 

  Guerrillas are confronting the Turkish occupation operation ongoing in Avashin, Metina and Zap areas since April 23.
• Maxmur residents call for international action against ongoing Turkish attacks 

  The Maxmur People's Democratic Assembly has urged the international community and the Iraqi government to fulfill their responsibilities following the attack by the Turkish state on the camp on June 5.
• Joint Baghdad-Hewler parliament delegation goes to Metina 

  A joint delegation from Baghdad and Hewler parliaments moved to the Northern region to investigate the attack in which 5 peshmergas lost their lives in Metina.