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• 37 more ISIS members killed in ongoing fighting in Manbij 

  37 more ISIS members have been killed and corpses of 15 have been seized during ongoing clashes in Manbij city.
• HPG: 15 gendarmes killed, 25 others wounded in Çukurca 

  15 members of special operations gendarmerie forces were killed and 25 others were wounded in a comprehensive action conducted by HPG guerrillas in Çukurca yesterday evening.
• Êzîdî Coordination: Shengal atrocity should be recognized as a genocide 

  Democratic Êzîdî Society Coordination said; "“The atrocity committed against the Êzîdîs on August 3, 2014 should be acknowledged as a genocide. Those who led the way to and committed this genocide should be put on trial in international courts"
• Al-Cezîra road and crossing liberated in Manbij 

  Manbij Military Council fighters have liberated the Al-Cezîra road and crossing.
• 1500 more civilians rescued in Manbij 

  Manbij Military Council fighters have rescued a large number of civilians amid ongoing heavy clashes in Manbij city center and villages.
• 9 soldiers’ bodies retrieved in Çukurca, many more are missing 

  Clashes between soldiers carrying out an operation near Dawoş and Dereva Seyîdan villages on Hakkari-Çukurca (Çelê) road and HPG and YJA-Star guerillas continued into the night.
• 91 gang members killed in violent clashes in Manbij 

  At least 91 members of ISIS gangs were verified killed in violent clashes in Manbij city center and villages.
• Five soldiers killed in Çukurca 

  HPG guerrillas have hit the soldiers performing road control on Hakkari-Çukurca road, which left at least 5 soldiers dead.
• Al-Keclî neighborhood of Manbij liberated 

  Al-Keclî neighborhood of Manbij city has been cleansed of ISIS gangs.
• Death toll in Qamishlo massacre rises to 52 

  Two more bodies have been recovered from the rubbles in Qamishlo, bringing the death toll in Wednesday's bomb attack to 52.
• 23 police and soldiers killed in Şemdinli and Derik 

  HPG reported that 23 police and soldiers were killed as a result of guerrilla actions in Hakkari's Şemdinli district and Mardin's Derik district.
• HPG: 15 police killed in action of self-sacrifice in Hakkari 

  HPG reported that 15 special operations police were killed in an action self-sacrifice targeting the Depin police outpost in Hakkari on July 27 evening.
• Warehouse and explosives of ISIS gangs seized in Manbij 

  Manbij Military Council fighters have seized a sabotage warehouse and explosives belonging to ISIS gangs during the operation they conducted in the west of the city center yesterday.
• Şırnak residents: We won’t leave our lands, we will build life once again 

  Thousands of people living in tents in Şırnak express that they will never leave their lands and say: “We have many troubles but still we won’t ever leave our lands or bow down to the attacks.”
• Sixth day of the Freedom for Öcalan Vigil in Amed 

  The Freedom Vigil in Amed launched with the demand to end the imposed isolation on Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan continues on the sixth day.
• Qamishlo residents: We are not afraid of ISIS and won’t leave our country 

  Qamishlo residents: “ISIS should know that whatever they do, we will never leave our land and go. Whatever evil they may commit, we will strengthen our unity that much and face them.”
• 35 ISIS members killed in Manbij 

  Manbij Military Council fighters harshly responded to the ISIS gangs that attacked villages to the northwest of Manbij, which left at least 35 gang members dead.
• Footage of an armored vehicle blown up by guerillas released 

  Gerilla TV has published footage from the action on the military convoy going towards Şemdinli’s Bezelê outpost on July 10.
• Names of Qamishlo victims determined 

  44 out of 50 people who were killed in the Qamishlo massacre have been identified. 9 people still remain unaccounted for.
• Hundreds of civilians rescued and transferred to safe areas in Manbij 

  Manbij Military Council fighters have rescued nearly one thousand civilians whom ISIS used as human shields.
• Death toll rises to 50 in Qamishlo 

  The death toll has risen to 50 in the bomb attack in Qamishlo the previous day. The citizens are using all their means to help the wounded.
• Death toll in Qamishlo massacre rises to 49 

  Death toll in yesterday's savage bomb attack in Qamishlo has risen to 49, with 177 others reported to be wounded.
• KCK on Qamishlo massacre: Measures of self-defense must be advanced 

  KCK called upon the peoples living in all the liberated cities of Rojava and Northern Syria to go into action to defend themselves with the spirit of mobilization and solidarity.
• HPG reports ongoing actions by guerrillas 

  HPG Press Office has released a statement detailing the most recent actions conducted by guerrillas in Northern Kurdistan.
• 8 more corpses discovered at the scene of Qamishlo attack 

  Bodies of 8 more people have been discovered during the search and rescue works ongoing after yesterday's bomb attack that claimed the lives of dozens and left more than 150 people injured.