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• Actions by HPG guerrillas continue 

  HPG (People's Defense Forces) and YJA Star (Free Women's Troops) guerrillas continue to respond to Turkish army attacks.
• Clash between guerrillas and soldiers in Hakkari 

  Local sources report that clashes broke out between guerrillas and Turkish soldiers in the areas of Tale, Pire Şine anf Dize located between Hakkari and its Çukurca district.
• Two children wounded in blast in Van 

  Two children were wounded after the blast of an explosive they found out in the trash in Hacıbekir neighbourhood of Van.
• HDP files an official complaint on torture in Yüksekova 

  HDP filed a complaint on the torture of Kurdish workers in Yüksekova, and said that the state was trying to take revenge from Kurdish people after the election success of HDP in the recent elections.
• Four police dead and one other injured in Silopi 

  Military helicopters continue to fly over Silopi district of Şırnak as the state of emergency, during which police massacred three civilians three days ago, continues.
• Guerrillas: We will respond to every attack 

  Guerrillas are in preparation against attacks targeting Medya Defense Zones, keep watch 24 hours a day, and state that they would respond to every possible attack.
• KCK calls for national unity against those wanting a conflict among Kurds 

  KCK Foreign Affairs Committee has released a statement denouncing that some dark forces, press-media agencies and circles in South Kurdistan have recently been spreading black propaganda with reports claiming that PKK will launch an attack on KDP.
• Bodies of 20 YPG/YPJ fighters held at Rojava border 

  Upon an instruction by AKP government's Cabinet of Ministers, Turkish authorities continue denying permission for the delivery of bodies of fallen YPG/YPJ fighters from Rojava to their homeland North Kurdistan.
• Self-sacrifice action by guerrillas targets Pozantı police headquarters 

  HPG-BIM reported in a written statement that two guerrillas were martyred in an self-sacrifice action against the Pozantı Police Headquarters in Adana on July 31. One other guerrilla lost his life in Medya Defense Zones on August 4.
• Guerrillas, peshmergas and civilians in Kirkuk evaluate the past one year 

  One year has passed since ISIS gangs attacked the lands of South Kurdistan after suffering a heavy blow in Rojava, West Kurdistan.
• Kurdish youths and university students join guerrilla ranks 

  A group of Kurdish youths and university students has joined the ranks of Kurdish Freedom Movement in protest against the war policies and political genocide operations of the AKP.
• 19 remanded in custody in Kurdish region 

  More people have been remanded in custody in parallel with the AKP's ongoing operations of political genocide against the Kurdish people.
• Images from Recman Xerbi village liberated by YPG/YPJ 

  ANF has obtained images from the village of Recban Xerbi to the south east of Hesekê which was liberated by combatants of the YPG/YPJ (People's/Women's Defense Units) three days ago.
• Forest fires caused by Turkish airstrikes in Zap and Xakurkê 

  Airstrikes of the Turkish army going on since July 24 continue starting fires in many areas of the guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones.
• The true face of the Turkish state 

  Video has emerged of the torture perpetrated by special operation police teams against dozens of people taken into custody in a construction site in Yüksekova district of Hakkari on August 5.
• HPG: 14 soldiers killed in actions by guerrillas 

  HPG (People's Defense Forces) Press Office stated that artillery, mortar and tank fires, and aerial activities of the Turkish army continue.
• Beştaş: Civilians murdered and detainees tortured in Silopi 

  HDP deputies Meral Danış Beştaş, Feleknas Uca, Edip Berk, DTK Health Council members Dr. Ramazan Bülbül, Dr. İbrahim Halil Mert and SES Amed Branch Co-chair Selma Atabey have returned to Amed following inspections in Silopi.
• YJA-Star Commander: We are ready for both peace and war 

  YJA-Star Commander Zozan Berçelan stressed that they didn't side with war after the peace process, but also that they wouldn't remain silent to the attacks of the Turkish state which aimed an elimination and annihilation of Kurds.
• How did Turkey hand over six injured YPG fighters to Al Nusra? 

  It has been revealed how Turkey handed over six injured YPG fighters treated there to the jihadist Jabhat Al-Nusra gangs.
• KCK calls on Kurdish people to wage all-out resistance against attacks 

  KCK Executive Council Co-Presidency called on all the Kurdish people to wage all-out resistance against the attacks of the Turkish security forces on people and to demonstrate that the people of Silopi and Amed are not alone.
• 22 remanded in custody in four Kurdish cities 

  Turkish state's operation of political genocide continue uninterrupted. 22 people detained in Siirt, Batman, Adıyaman and Bitlis were remanded in custody for alleged membership to an organisation.
• Police torture wounded civilians in Silopi 

  Police forces that staged a bloody crackdown on local people in Silopi district of Şırnak yesterday also tortured the wounded civilians whom they detained from the hospital.
• One policeman killed, four others injured in Cizre 

  n Cizre district of Şırnak, police staged crackdown on demonstrators who protested the police terror in Silopi district where three people were killed and many others were wounded by Turkish security forces yesterday.
• Turkey handed over six injured YPG fighters to Al Nusra in Idlib 

  YPG Kobanê Command denounced that the Turkish state handed over six injured YPG fighters treated in Bakurê (North) Kurdistan to Al-Nusra gangs. YPG demanded an urgent explanation from the Turkish state regarding the reports.
• Aerial activities over guerilla zones 

  Turkish warplanes have been flying over the Gare, Zap, Metina and Avaşin areas of Medya Defense Zones.