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• KCK calls for resistance to Turkish invasion 

  The KCK called on Kurds and peoples of Kurdistan to resist the Turkish occupation attempts in southern Kurdistan territory "with the spirit of Sheladize".
• 20 soldiers killed in the Turkish base in Zakho 

  At least 20 soldiers of the Turkish army were killed in Zakho.
• 141 people exhumed from mass graves in Shengal identified 

  The opening of mass graves in the village of Kocho started on March 15. Works on mass graves had been suspended during the Ramadan moth.
• HPG: 3 Turkish soldiers killed in Yüksekova 

  Guerrillas continue inflicting blows against the Turkish army in Kurdistan territory.
• Human shield action by Bashur youth against invasion 

  The youth movement is launching a human shield action in Qandil on June 14 against the Turkish state attacks against Bashure Kurdistan.
• Espionage disguised as mountaineering in Bradost 

  The Turkish army is pressuring citizens to walk around in the Bradost region under the guise of mountaineering and show them where the guerrillas are, as they continue their invasion attacks against Bashur.
• Turkish warplanes bombed Lice's countryside 

  Turkish warplanes bombed the countryside around the neighbourhood of Çavundur in Lice. After the bombing, a military operation was launched in the region.
• One Turkish soldier killed in Dersim 

  Guerrillas carried out an assassination action against soldiers in the Amutka outpost in Dersim’s Hozat district. 1 soldier was killed.
• Nasir Yagiz visits Maxmur for Eid 

  Nasir Yagiz, who was on a hunger strike for 187 days before ending his protest on the call of PKK Leader Abdullah Ocalan, visited Maxmur for Eid. 
• Shengal institutions protest the murder of Yazidi man 

  Institutions in Shengal issued a statement against the murder of Emin Salih as a result of Turkish state attacks and called on Iraq and Kurdistan Regional Government to object to Turkey’s attacks.
• Kurdish sign at Tatvan Municipality taken down 

  The Kurdish language sign at the Tatvan Municipality building was taken down and replaced with a sign in Turkish that read, “Tatvan Municipality Municipal Police Directorate”.
• 13 Yazidis rescued from ISIS reunited with families 

  The 13 Yazidis rescued from ISIS gangs by the SDF have been reunited with their families.
• Footage from guerrilla action in Barzan 

  Guerrilla action left 4 soldiers dead and 1 other injured.
• People of Xelifan: Our village is under Turkish army blockade 

  Citizens in the Xelifan village in the Bradost region that has been targeted by the Turkish state’s latest invasion attacks said their village is under Turkish army blockade.
• Villages of Xelifan and Siran bombed by Turkish army 

  The invading Turkish state bombed the villages of Xelifan and Siran in the Soran district. It was not possible to establish if there were any loss of life.
• “What happened in Kirkuk is the same as the attacks on Xakurke" 

  Political Observer Rauf said Turkey's intervention against Kirkuk and the attacks against Xakurke are not independent from each other and added: “They continue on with chaos and war so Kurds don’t achieve their rights and the region doesn’t have peace.”
• Guerrillas strike Turkish soldiers in ambush: 2 dead  

  HPG Press Center announced that soldiers who laid an ambush for the guerrilla in Dersim were taken under surveillance and later struck, killing 2 soldiers.
• Family of Yazidi man killed by Turkish attack: Stop the invasion 

  The family of Emin Salih, who was murdered by the Turkish army, called on the Iraqi Government to stop the invasion.
• KNK: Stop the Turkish invasion of South Kurdistan 

  KNK called upon all governments and international organisations (the UN, NATO, the EU and the Arab League) as well as the world’s democratic peoples, to oppose Turkish aggression against Kurdistan.
• Earthquake in East Kurdistan  

  Kermanshah was hit by an earthquake.
• Four villagers wounded in Turkish warplanes attack on Xakurke 

  Turkish warplanes targeted peasants in the Sheikh Zade valley early in the morning, and four villagers were wounded.
• “Turkish state engages in espionage in Kirkuk through the MIT” 

  YNK Kirkuk Office Administrator Xazi Kerkuki said the Turkish state has increased the number of MIT operatives in Kirkuk.
• Bradost people on Turkish attacks: We won’t leave our homes 

  Villagers in the Bradost region targeted by the Turkish state’s invasions protested the attacks and said, “The Turkish state wants to evacuate our villages but whatever happens, we won’t leave our homes.”
• Jalalian’s lawyer sentenced to 30 years 

  Iran has sentenced Zeynab Jalalian’s lawyer Emir Salar Dawodi to 30 years in prison.
• Visit to martyrs’ cemetery in Maxmur 

  The residents of Martyr Rustem Cudi (Maxmur) Refugee Camp visited the martyrs’ cemetery after the early morning Eid prayers.