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• YPG announce the ID of Australian fighter martyred in Til Hemis 

  YPG offered their condolences for Australian fighter Johnson who lost his life in the operation against the ISIS gangs in Til Hemis.
• 5 detained in Güçlükonak and Bulanık 

  As Turkish police continue the wave of arrests in North Kurdistan, 4 children have been taken into custody in Güçlükonak district of Şırnak and one other in Bulanık district of Muş.
• YPG take south of Til Hemis under control 

  YPG/YPJ (People's/Women's Defense Units) are continuing the operation in Til Hemis region.
• Images from Til Hemis operation 

  ANF reporter Geli Wan has captured images of YPG/YPJ (People's/Women's Defense Units) fighting on the northeastern front of Til Hemis.
• Listening devices found in AFAD tents sheltering Kobanê refugees 

  Refugees from Kobanê staying in the state-run AFAD tent city in Suruç have found devices in their tents that they claim are listening devices. However, AFAD say they have had no complaints and that enquiries should be directed to the police.
• DBP Bulanık co-chair taken into custody 

  DBP district co-chair Devrim Filiz and district executive Reşit Aydın in Bulanık district of Muş have been taken into custody.
• 5,700 signatures call on Merkel to lift PKK ban 

  Over 5,700 people have signed a petition launched by academics and peace activists calling on Angela Merkel to lift the ban on the PKK introduced in 1993. The petition has been handed in to the Chancellor’s office.
• 3 arrested in Bismil, 10 detained in Batman 

  Out of 6 people who were detained in Bismil district of Amed the day before, 3 were remanded in custody, while 10 other people were detained in the province of Batman.
• 5 detained in Çınar 

  Five people were taken into custody as a result of house raids in 4 villages in Çınar district of Amed.
• Three Syriac fighters martyred in Habur 

  Syriac Military Council (MFS) Command reported in a written statement that three Syriac freedom fighters were martyred resisting to the savage attacks of ISIS gangs on the village of Tel Hırmız in Habur region.
• 11-year-old child wounded by tear gas canister in Cizre 

  An 11-year-old child was seriously wounded after being hit in the head by a tear gas canister fired during the passing of a military convoy in Cizre district of Şırnak.
• Thousands bid farewell to YJA STAR guerrilla in Van 

  Thousands of people joined the funeral in the province of Van for YJA STAR guerrilla Aycan Duman (Sorxwin Can) who lost her life in 2012.
• 5 gang members killed in Sinjar 

  5 ISIS members were killed and one other was captured alive in clashes in Sinjar.
• Hunko: Deputies from all parties want PKK ban lifted 

  Prior to tomorrow’s debate in the German Federal Parliament on the PKK ban, Die Linke (Left Party) deputy Andrej Hunko said deputies from all parties wanted the ban lifted, but the state security apparatus wanted to maintain it.
• Prison sentence for Kurdish journalist Özgür Amed condemned 

  Kurdish journalist and writer Özgür Amed has recently been sentenced to 3 years, 1 month and 15 days in prison.
• DISK Secretary General and workers detained in Istanbul 

  Police assaulted and detained a number of workers who occupied the administrative building of Maltepe University Medical Faculty Hospital in Istanbul this morning.
• First images from the villages liberated in Til Hamis 

  YPG/YPJ (People's/Women's Defense Units) have liberated a number of villages in an operation they carried out around Til Hemis.
• MLKP fighter martyred in Kobanê 

  Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Turkey (MLKP) fighter Emre Aslan, nom de guerre Alişer Dersim, has lost his life in Kobanê.
• Families of Kurdish martyrs meet in Frankfurt 

  Association of Families of Martyrs' in Germany held an interim meeting at Democratic Kurdish Society Center in the city of Frankfurt.
• Arrest warrant for Fettullah Gülen and journalist Emre Uslu 

  Istanbul 3rd Court of Peace has issued an arrest warrant for Fethullah Gülen and journalist Emre Uslu within the framework of the ongoing investigation regarding the wiretapping of 101 people.
• HDP European Election Campaign Coordination set up 

  A People’s Democratic Party (HDP) European election campaign coordination has been set up to carry out work for the upcoming general election in Turkey and North Kurdistan to be held on 7 June.
• Bahçeli: Turkish army acted under the guidance of PKK 

  Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) General President Devlet Bahçeli strongly reacted to the moving of the Suleyman Shah tomb to a YPG-held area in Kobanê town of West Kurdistan, Rojava.
• Military operation in Savur 

  Turkish army has started an operation in rural areas in Savur district of Mardin.
• Anlı: Number of the Kurdish schools must be increased 

  Amed co-mayor Fırat Anlı drew attention to the threats still being faced by the Kurdish language, saying that the number of the schools providing education in Kurdish must be increased.
• Iranian army shells Kandil area 

  Iranian army shelled Kandil area with mortars and howitzers last night.