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• Albayrak changes economic program, still ends up with crisis 

  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s son-in-law Minister of Treasury and Finance Berat Albayrak changed the name of the economic program and played around with the data, but the result is still pessimistic.
• The Russian aircraft that crashed into the Syrian equation 

  It was announced on Monday night that a Russian aircraft crashed “by accident in friendly fire”. This “accident” created a crisis between Moscow and Tal Aviv. Syria downed the aircraft. Israel blamed Tehran and Damascus. Moscow is angry.
• Hezbollah: We will remain in Syria, despite the Idlib deal 

  Nasrallah pointed to the agreement between Russia and Turkey to halt the operation on Idlib and said the Hezbollah will remain in Syria “until further orders”.
• Former HDP MP dies of heart attack 

  Former HDP MP İbrahim Ayhan has died of heart attack last night.
• ‘Erdoğan NOT welcome’ demonstration in Stuttgart 

  Protests are growing ahead of Erdoğan's visit to Germany.
• Turkey’s requests for arrest from Germany 

  Turkey has submitted close to a thousand requests to Germany for search and arrest warrants. Andrej Hunko from Die Linke said Turkey is abusing the Interpol.
• Israel’s statement on downed Russian aircraft 

  The Israeli army has stated that all intelligence on the Russian aircraft downed in Latakia on Monday will be shared with Moscow.
• "Erdogan not welcome" demonstration in Mannheim 

  In Mannheim city of Germany a protest rally took place on the occasion of the upcoming state visit of the Turkish President Erdoğan.
• 24 airport workers imprisoned for demanding better conditions 

  The authoritarian Turkish regime has jailed workers for protesting against poor working conditions at the third Istanbul Airport which Erdoğan presents as one of his greatest projects.
• Damascus administration happy with Idlib deal 

  The Syrian Foreign Ministry has announced that they are happy with the Idlib deal between Russia and Turkey.
• HDP: AKP forces courts to accept their demands 

  HDP MP Ayse Acar Basaran pointed out that the AKP gives orders to courts and judges and said: “Every practice of coup periods is in place in Turkey in 2018.”
• Academics for Peace trial heard 

  The hearing for the Academics for Peace continued today. The court issued sentences for 2 academics, and journalists were removed from the hall.
• Moscow: Russian aircraft was downed by Syria 

  Russian Defense Ministry announced that the II-20 aircraft that had been missing since Monday night was downed by Syria’s S-200 air defense system due to “irresponsible” and “provocative” actions by Israel.
• ISIS attack results in civilian injuries in a village of Khanaqin 

  ISIS gangs attacked a village co-inhabited by Shia Arabs and Kurds in the countryside of Khanaqin.
• SDF captures an ISIS chief alive in Deir ez-Zor 

  SDF fighters have captured an ISIS chief alive in Deir ez-Zor countryside.
• Protest against Iran in Bern 

  Iran’s execution of three Kurdish activists and massacre in South Kurdistan was protested in Bern, Switzerland.
• Putin-Erdogan meeting in Sochi ends 

  Turkey and Russia agreed on the establishment of a weapons-free zone in Idlib.
• SDF: 13 ISIS members killed in 24 hours 

  SDF fighters have advanced in Al-Bagouz village where they liberated 12 points from ISIS, and around al-Sousse village where they rescued dozens of civilians.
• Classes begin in Raqqa, Tabqa and Deir ez-Zor 

  285.000 students in 931 schools in Raqqa, Tabqa and Deir ez-Zor have started the new education year today.
• SDF liberates dozens of families from the grip of ISIS 

  SDF fighters are securing the safety of civilians from the areas they liberate in the Operation Cizire Storm to the east of the Euphrates.
• Lawyer Kozagacli arrested 

  Lawyer Selcuk Kozagacli has been arrested and his lawyers who objected to the verdict were battered.
• First act: Meeting with Iranian Parliamentary President 

  Iraq’s newly elected Parliamentary President Mohammad Halbusi’s first act was to meet with Iranian Parliamentary President Ali Larijani.
• Öcalan to be discussed in UK Labour Party conference 

  There are more and more international events held in the UK for the freedom of Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan every day. There will be an Öcalan program in the Labour Party conference to be held on September 22-26.
• Time running out for Ankara: Idlib in turbulence 

  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is on his way to Sochi again. Ankara has been negotiating over their gangs in Idlib, and they have recently intensified their weapons support to the gangs, as well as calling the gangs in Aleppo to Idlib.
• Iraq to discuss Turkish invasion in the UN for the first time 

  Iraq has decided to take the invasions of Turkey in Southern Kurdistan and Iraq to the UN for the first time.