KURDISTAN

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• Another HDP councilor removed from office in Sirnak 

  The AKP continues to steal from the HDP wherever HDP has won the elections. Another member of the City Council in Sirnak has been removed from office.
• Kurdish martyrs’ cemetery attacked in Lice 

  Families who went to the martyrs’ cemetery in Lice for Eid visits found the graves vandalized with sledgehammers.
• Turkish army “games”: Operation Claw 

  The Turkish army released videos as footage from the “Operation Claw” that turned out to be from video games.
• Turkish state defeated in Serhat and Xakurke 

  Several armored vehicles were destroyed and 37 invaders were killed in actions by HGP/YJA Star and HBDH guerrillas against the Turkish army in Serhat and Xakurke.
• Guerrillas launched attacks in Iğdır 

  HPG / YJA Star guerrillas destroyed a large number of armored vehicles as the result on an action in Iğdır on 1 June. Many soldiers were killed in the action.
• People reacted angrily to Turkish army invasion attempt 

  The attempt of the Turkish army to invade the Xakurkê area is confronted by the great resistance by guerrillas. The people of South Kurdistan are very angry at the Turkish state's invasion attacks and collaborators.
• KCK congratulates Nechirvan Barzani 

  KCK Executive Council Co-presidency congratulated Nechirvan Barzani for his election as the Bashure Kurdistan Federal President.
• Footage released from guerrilla action in Avashin 

  HPG and YJA-STAR guerrillas continue inflicting blows against the Turkish army in Kurdistan territory.
• KCK: Stand up against invasion attacks with the Sheladize spirit 

  KCK Executive Council Co-presidency: “With the Sheladize uprising, the Kurdish people have shown that they don’t accept the invasion attacks and that all the nation must stand up whenever there is an attack against anywhere in Kurdistan.”
• South Kurdistan: Turkish attacks kill dozens of animals 

  The Turkish army killed dozens of animals during air and artillery attacks on the village of Xelîfan in the Bradost region.
• Turkey occupation attacks: KDP sent peshmergas to Sidekan 

  The occupying Turkish state has extended its attacks against the Bradost area on 28 May by reaching Şekif mountain and Martyr Derviş hill.
• Turkish state threatens villagers to evacuate villages in Sidekan 

  The Turkish state has threatened the Xelifan villagers in Sidekan, Southern Kurdistan with UAVs so they evacuate the village.
• Binarê Qandil people: Turkish attacks put our lives in danger 

  Women in Binarê Qandil protest against the Turkish bombing of the region and see their lives threatened.
• HPG: 16 Turkish soldiers killed in Xakurke and Hakkari 

  At least 16 soldiers of the Turkish army were killed as a result of guerrilla actions on Xakurkê-Hakkari line.
• 3,000 Yazidis still missing 

  While thousands of Yazidis were freed from ISIS during SDF operations, 2966 of them are still missing.
• ISIS attack on villages of Kirkuk repelled by people 

  One civilian was killed and 9 others wounded as a result of ISIS aggression in Kirkuk.
• HPG guerrillas frustrated Turkish army operation in Xakurkê 

  The occupying Turkish state was dealt a heavy blow by guerrillas in South Kurdistan.
• HPG reports Turkish air raids in South Kurdistan 

  Turkish fighter jets bombed the guerrilla-held Xakurkê, Metina, Qandil, Zap and Avashin regions. The attacks left three guerrillas dead in Qandil.
• Turkish army bombed Sheladize in South Kurdistan 

  The Turkish state continues its genocidal attacks against the Kurdish people and their lands in various parts of Kurdistan.
• HPG statement on Turkish invasion operation in Xakurke 

  HPG released a statement on the invasion operation of the Turkish army in South Kurdistan, saying that the occupiers will experience the biggest blow in their history.
• Turkish soldiers dropped in Xakurke after bombing 

  Turkish soldiers deployed in Xakurke after bombing.
• Turkish warplanes bombed Lolan and Shekif 

  At least 30 Turkish cobra helicopters and fighter jets bombed the areas of Lolan and Shekif.
• One Turkish soldier killed in Lice 

  Guerrillas continue inflicting heavy blows against the Turkish army in Kurdistan territory.
• Nasır Yağız ended his hunger strike in Hewler 

  Nasır Yağız had been on an indefinite hunger strike for months against the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan.
• Guerrillas hit the Turkish army in Avashin and Serhat 

  HPG guerrillas carried out a series of actions against the Turkish army forces in the Avasin region of the Medya Defense Zones where 8 Turkish soldiers were killed. An armored vehicle was destroyed by guerrillas in Serhat where 6 soldiers died.