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• HPG: An agent was arrested in Southern Kurdistan 

  HPG announced the arrest of an agent in Southern Kurdistan who passed on the coordinates of the guerrillas’ locations as a target for Turkish air raids.
• Kurdish youth to march from Ranya to Zînê Wertê for unity 

  Young people from South Kurdistan will march from Ranya to Zînê Wertê in the Qandil region on 16 May to demonstrate for Kurdish unity.
• Eight Turkish soldiers killed, a drone downed in South Kurdistan 

  A Turkish drone was downed in Zap and eight soldiers killed in Xakurke.
• Who is responsible for the increase of coronavirus cases in Van? 

  The condolence tent which is one of the focus points in the transmission of coronavirus, infecting up to 84 people in the village of Ortanca in Van, was put up by radical religious groups known for beating people with sticks.
• MKP vows retaliation for attacks on guerrillas’ graves 

  The destruction of guerrilla graves has been a long-standing practice of the Turkish state, but has recently taken on a much more systematic dimension.
• HPG: Four soldiers killed, one vehicle destroyed in Gever 

  Guerrillas hit a military vehicle in Gever. A commander and three soldiers of the Turkish army were killed. On the other hand, a radio base station in Uludere was destroyed.
• YPS hit police station in Amed 

  Civil Defense Units (YPS) targeted a police station in Amed with explosives.
• Nusaybin: Policeman chases children by shooting into the air 

  In Nusaybin, a policeman chased children playing during the curfew by shooting into the air.
• Turkish soldiers attack graves of guerrillas in İdil, Şırnak 

  The Turkish state continues its war against the dead of the Kurdish people. In Kurdistan, the Turkish forces systematically destroy the graves of guerrillas.
• Iranian regime forces kill two kolbars, injure two more 

  Iran continues to target kolbars in the border region.
• 4.0 magnitude earthquake in Erzincan 

  A 4.0 magnitude earthquake occurred in Kemaliye, Erzincan.
• Kurdish parties and groups issue call to reject Turkish war plans 

  Numerous parties and organizations from Kurdistan have warned and called to stand against the invasion attacks and plans of the Turkish state.
• Gerîla TV releases footage of action in Heftanin 

  Gerîla TV broadcast footages of the action carried out on 3 April by YJA Star guerrillas in Heftanin, which resulted in the death of 8 invading Turkish soldiers.
• Former soldier says "executing Kurds was allowed" 

  K, who served as a soldier on the Van-Iranian border, told about the execution of Kurds at the border, the explosives that went off in the hands of children, and Afghan refugees who entered the border easily.
• HPG announces the names of Zînê Wertê martyrs 

  The HPG published the names of the three guerrilla fighters who fell during the Turkish air raid on Zînê Wertê on April 15. The information about the location of the HPG unit had been transmitted to Turkey from a KDP camp.
• 'We see Kurdistan as a whole', guerilla Nûda says 

  Fighting in the ranks of the YRK in the Rojhilat mountains, a young guerrilla from İdil, Nûda, says: "The enemy may have shattered Kurdistan, but Kurdistan is as a whole in our brains and hearts."
• KCK: Destruction of graves pursues a political goal 

  The destruction of guerrilla graves has not sadistic but political motives: to make the Kurds renounce their language, culture and freedom, which are their fundamental rights, says KCK.
• 23 soldiers killed in guerrilla actions from Heftanin to Serhat 

  At least 23 soldiers of the Turkish army have been killed in guerrilla actions in Heftanin, Hakkari, Şırnak and Ağrı.
• Civil Defense Units YPS and YPS-JIN launch "revenge offensive" 

  The civil defense units YPS and YPS-JIN have started a "revenge offensive" against the counter-guerrilla and its supporters in Northern Kurdistan.
• Destruction of guerrillas’ graves: Rage grows with trauma 

  In Kurdistan, the Turkish state systematically has guerrilla graves destroyed. This is a signal to the people: "We do not tolerate you alive or dead. But as the trauma grows, so does the anger, explains HDP MP Leyla Güven.
• Warplanes bomb Mount Qereçox in Maxmur 

  The east of Mount Qereçox, connected to Maxmur, was bombed by warplanes last night.
• HPG reports guerrilla action in Siirt, clash in Amed 

  While guerrillas carried out a sabotage action in Pervari, Siirt, clash erupted between guerrillas and Turkish soldiers in Lice, Amed.
• Religious leaders urge KDP to withdraw its forces from Zînî Wertê 

  A delegation from South Kurdistan said that the forces stationed in Zînî Wertê should rather be moved to the areas under ISIS threat.
• Workers fired under the pretext of fight against terrorism 

  "For Kurds there is no work, no food, no life. Even the dismissal of municipal workers is being portrayed as an anti-terrorist measure," says HDP MP Muazzez Orhan.
• Gerîla TV publishes footage from action in Gever 

  During the action two weeks ago, units of the HPG and YJA-Star stormed Turkish military positions.