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• ‘Turkey’s murder of journalists is another failed attempt to silence the free press’ 

  Farewell to Kurdish journalist Gulistan Tara, killed by a Turkish drone attack last week, on her final journey from Sulaymaniyah to her hometown Batman.
• DEM Party delegation visits village in Bismil left without electricity by DEDAŞ 

  A DEM Party delegation visited the village in Bismil that was left without electricity by DEDAŞ, and said that they will not allow the government’s dirty policies to be imposed on people.”
• HPG pays tribute to guerrillas Çekdar Xelîla, Botan Sêgirkê and Özgür Tolhildan  

  Guerrillas Çekdar Xelîla, Botan Sêgirkê and Özgür Tolhildan were killed three years ago in an attack by the Turkish state in Metîna. They belonged to the units that resisted the occupation in Zendûra.
• Journalist Tara’s body to reach Batman today 

  The body of Gulistan Tara, one of the journalists killed in the attack by the Turkish state in Sulaymaniyah, will be sent to her hometown of Batman today.
• They cannot silence the free press 

  By murdering two female journalists, Turkey and the KDP officially carried out the first treacherous attack after the agreement in Ankara. They cannot cover it up. They cannot silence the free press, and the Kurdish people will hold them to account.
• Turkish tanks deployed to Dêreluk Dam 

  The Turkish state deployed two tanks to the Dêreluk Dam, which is under the control of the KDP.
• Turkish army’s last resort to overcome the Zap syndrome: Concrete emplacements 

  The Turkish state, which continues its efforts to overcome the Zap syndrome, has opened a concrete construction site in Berê Silê area, a touristic picnic area just east of Amediyê city.
• HPG reports aerial attacks by the guerrillas against the Turkish army 

  The Şehîd Doğan Zinar Unit struck the occupying Turkish army in Zap 2 times from the air, killing a soldier and destroying 3 positions and 1 surveillance camera.
• Guerrillas carry out an airstrike in Western Zap 

  Guerrillas continue inflicting blows on the Turkish occupation forces through effective actions in the guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq).
• 732 Yazidis return to their homes from camps in Duhok 

  More Yazidi citizens are returning home after the mass displacement due to the ISIS' genocidal onslaught ten years ago.
• Turkish UCAV bombs Şarbajêr 

  As Turkey is continuing its drone war against southern Kurdistan, the district of Şarbajêr was once again targeted by an aerial attack on Monday.
• New group of young people joins the guerrillas 

  Another group of young people has joined the guerrillas. The new fighters called for people to join the anti-fascist struggle.
• HPG pays tribute to YJA Star guerrillas Tîjda Jiyan and Faraşîn Gabar 

  YJA Star guerrillas Tîjda Jiyan and Faraşîn Gabar were killed in April in an attack by the Turkish army in the Xakurkê region of South Kurdistan, said the HPG in a statement.
• KDP sentences a teacher for giving '3 boxes of biscuits to guerrillas' 

  A teacher from Sîdekan was sentenced to one and a half years in prison by the judiciary in South Kurdistan (North Iraq) for "collaborating with the PKK" because he allegedly gave a guerrilla three packets of biscuits.
• Fires erupt in five villages in Barwarî Bala as a result of Turkish bombardments 

  Bushfires were raging in five villages in Barwarî Bala as a result of Turkish bombardments.
• Governor of Sulaymaniyah: We need a national will and strength to defend ourselves 

  “We need a national will and strength to defend ourselves,” said Heval Abu Bakr, Governor of Sulaymaniyah.
• Communist Party of Kurdistan: Turkish state attacks with hostility 

  The Communist Party of Kurdistan condemned the massacre of free press workers by the occupying Turkish state and said, “The Turkish state does not distinguish civilians and attacks with hostility.”
• Many detained as KDP forces attack workers in Hewler 

  KDP Asayish attacked the protest of contract workers in Hewlêr and detained many workers.
• Yüksekova co-mayor Diri: We use resources for our people 

  Yüksekova Municipality co-mayor Şoreş Diri stated that they are working intensively to fix the damage caused by the trustees and said, "We are using all the resources of our municipality for our people."
• YRK pays tribute to guerrilla Harûn Partîzan  

  Guerrilla Harûn Partîzan died in an accident in the Asos Mountains, the Eastern Kurdish guerrilla organization YRK said in a statement.
• Gorran Movement Spokesperson: Turkish attack against journalist is a terrorist crime 

  Gorran Movement Spokesperson Dr Dilêr Abdulhalik condemned the Turkish state's attack on free press workers and said that they considered the attack a terrorist crime.
• Ala Talabani: The targeting of journalists is an unacceptable attack 

  Ala Talabani, a former Iraqi parliamentarian, said that the occupying Turkish state’s attack against journalists was unacceptable and that Baghdad adopted an ambiguous attitude in the face of Ankara's increasing attacks.
• Two wounded as village guards attack people in Ağrı countryside 

  Village guards attacked a village in the Diyadin district of Ağrı and injured two people. While the tension in the village continues, a ‘ban’ was imposed on entering and exiting the village.
• Hêro Bahadîn's father: They bring the enemy to Kurdistan and slaughter our children 

  Bahadîn Abdullah, the father of the journalist Hêro Bahadîn killed in Turkish attack, condemned those who were complicit in the enemies' arrival in Kurdistan and said, “They are slaughtering our children with our money and oil.”
• Kurdish guerrillas carry out actions in Zap and Metîna 

  The Kurdish guerrillas continue to attack Turkish occupation troops in the Medya Defense Areas. In the Zap region, a soldier was shot dead.