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• Iraqi Communist Party: Turkish attacks must be stopped 

  The Secretary General of the Iraqi Communist Party called for an end to the invasion attacks of the Turkish state in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq).
• Delegation from Baghdad visits Sulaymaniyah after Hewlêr 

  A delegation from Baghdad is having talks in Sulaymaniyah after a series of meetings in Hewlêr (Erbil).
• Gerîla TV broadcasts footage of aerial actions in Zap 

  Gerîla TV continues exposing the blows suffered by the invading Turkish army in the guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in southern Kurdistan.
• Explosion in front of the house of a KDP official in Kelar 

  An explosion occurred in front of the house of Ekrem Salih, KDP's 22nd Branch Officer, in Kelar.
• Martyr Doğan Zinar Unit carries out 7 aerial actions in memory of 14 July Resistance 

  The Martyr Doğan Zinar Unit carried out 7 aerial actions in memory of the 14 July Resistance. 5 Turkish soldiers were killed and 8 were injured.
• Fire breaks out in village bombed by Turkey in Amêdiye 

  Following the bombardment carried out by the Turkish state in the Amêdiye region of Southern Kurdistan, a fire broke out in a village and some houses were destroyed.
• Kalkan: 14 July resistance brought us to where we stand today 

  Duran Kalkan said that "everything we have done is a fruit of the great dungeon resistance of 1982."
• KDP forces detain media team covering Turkish occupation attacks 

  The Channel 8 team covering the invasion attacks of the Turkish state in the Amadiya region of South Kurdistan was detained by the KDP forces.
• Guerrilla holds the enemy to account in the spirit of 14 July 

  On the anniversary, the Kurdistan guerrilla is organising effective actions in the spirit of the martyrs of 14 July and holding the enemy to account.
• Gerîla TV publishes images of the drone shot down by guerrillas 

  The shooting down of the Turkish state's Aksungur type Armed Unmanned Aerial Vehicle hit by the Qendîl Air Defense Forces in Asos, was broadcast on Gerîla TV.
• Three ISIS mercenaries captured in South Iraq 

  Sulaymaniyah Antiterrorism Unit announced that 3 ISIS mercenaries were captured in an operation carried out in the city of Sulaymaniyah on Friday night.
• HPG pays tribute to guerrillas Serhildan Kurdo and Fîraz Arjîn  

  Guerrillas Serhildan Kurdo and Fîraz Arjîn were killed in Van. According to the HPG, the guerrillas were seriously injured in an attack by the Turkish army at the beginning of June but refused to surrender.
• KCK calls for all-out resistance against occupation and treason on anniversary of Zilan Massacre 

  The KCK issued a statement to mark the anniversary of the Zilan Massacre and called for an all-out resistance against occupation and treason.
• Drone that crashed in Gever on 12 July shot down by guerrillas 

  The UAV that crashed in Gever on 12 July was shot down by the HPG.
• Gerîla TV publishes footage of Turkish army crane destroyed in Zap 

  Gerîla TV published footage of the destruction of a crane belonging to the Turkish army in Zap.
• Turkish army destroy cemetery of guerrilla martyrs on Gabar Mountain  

  According to reports, the cemetery of the guerrilla martyrs on Gabar Mountain was destroyed by the Turkish army and their gravestones broken.
• DEM party delegation visits village of Bilêxşê 

  The DEM party visited the village of Bilêxşê, which had been besieged by Turkish soldiers for weeks. "The people are psychologically exhausted, the traumas they suffered earlier are coming back," said Mustafa Mesut Tekik.
• Helicopter activity registered in the Bagok Mountain region 

  Military helicopter activity registered in the Bagok Mountain region, where the Turkish invasion operation was launched.
• The guerrilla is the hope of the people of South Kurdistan 

  The greatest hope of the people of South Kurdistan, who are portrayed as if they were uncomfortable with the presence of the guerrilla there, is that the guerrilla emerges victorious from this war.
• Footage of Turkish troop deployment to Amadiya 

  The Turkish state, which has been carrying out an intensive military deployment to South Kurdistan in recent weeks, has transferred troops to Amadiya by helicopter.
• ‘Turkey has built 50 new bases, committed 100 violations in South Kurdistan in a week’ 

  Jabar Omar, an official of the Coordination Framework, announced that the occupying Turkish state has built at least 50 new military bases, five of them very large, and violated Iraqi sovereignty 100 times in a week.
• Footage of action by Martyr Bedran Gundikremo Revenge Unit in Amadiya 

  Footage of action carried out by the Martyr Bedran Gundikremo Revenge Unit in Amadiya, South Kurdistan on 9 July.
• Two wounded as Turkey bombs civilian settlements in Bradost 

  Amidst ongoing heavy military deployment and escalated attacks, the occupying Turkish state forces bombed civilian residential areas in Bradost, leaving two civilians wounded.
• Cooperation between Turkey and KDP confessed on TRT News 

  Can Acun, one of the Foreign Policy Directors of SETA, confessed on TRT News the co-operation between the Turkish state and the KDP.
• Footage of Turkish Sikorsky helicopter downed by the guerrillas 

  Footage from the guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq) shows a Turkish helicopter shot down by the guerrillas.