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• Drought depopulates villages in Central Iran 

  The continuing drought and water supply problems are hitting the villagers in Iran. In the province of Fars, 4,000 of 8,000 villages had to be abandoned
• HDP: We are ready for the elections 

  Turkish President Erdogan wiped out a year and a half of parliamentary mandate when he announced, this week, that there will be early political and presidential elections.
• Former Swiss Foreign Minister: “Arms sales need to be stopped” 

  Former Swiss Foreign Miniser Burkhalter said Switzerland needs to stop arms sales in conflict zones.
• The Netherlands: “Erdoğan propaganda is a threat to public order” 

  Following the announcement of elections in Turkey to be held on June 24, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte gave a message that they will be preventing Erdoğan and AKP members from campaigning in the Netherlands and said, “They pose a threat to public order.
• German prosecution: “Call to boycott Turkish goods is legal” 

  Parliamentary immunity of AFD MP Kay Gottschalk, who said “Money that Turks in Germany have goes to Erdoğan, we must boycott Turkish businesses” during Afrin attacks, will not be lifted because "boycott calls for political reasons don’t go against laws".
• AKP pays the salaries of gangs with spoils of war 

  It came out that Turkey hasn’t paid the salaries of the gangs it lets loose on Afrin for two months, saying “The spoils of war you got from Afrin will suffice you for a year”.
• Turkish elections: will Germany allow Erdogan to rally? 

  Erdogan made his last speech as a President in Germany in Karlsruhe in May 2015. In July 2016, Erdogan was not allowed to join the AKP rally in Cologne via a videolink.
• Austria won’t allow Erdoğan rallies for election campaign 

  Austrian government announced that they will not welcome the Turkish politicians that mean to hold rallies after the Erdoğan regime’s announcement of early elections for this June.
• Russia starts questioning the territorial integrity of Syria 

  Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said they do not know whether or not they can protect the territorial integrity of Syria.
• 21 young people detained in Istanbul 

  After announcing the scheduled date for early elections, the AKP/MHP regime continues its repression against the people.
• History of US military support for Turkey 

  Since its accession to NATO in 1952, Turkey has received American military and economic aid, weapons, and intelligence.
• HDP’s Buldan: Our house is open to everybody 

  The HDP, said Buldan, is running these elections “with a promise of hope and a promise to the people. Turkey needs peace. Turkey society needs peace, democracy, freedom. The one-man regime should not have a place in this country”.
• Turkey cutting off Euphrates waters adversely affects agriculture 

  The Turkish state cutting off the waters of the Euphrates has resulted in water levels falling by 2 meters.
• Kürkçü on EU progress report:"the mountain gave birth to a mouse" 

  HDP İzmir MP, Ertuğrul Kürkçü, said that "The European Union progress report on Turkey can be summarised like this: the mountain has given birth to a mouse”.
• Miguel Diaz Canel new President of Cuba 

  A few minutes ago the new Cuban National Assembly ratified Miguel Diaz Canel as new President of Cuba. 
• HDP MPs Irmak and Baydemir lose seats in Turkish parliament 

  HDP deputies Selma Irmak and Osman Baydemir have been stripped of their deputy status due to approved prison sentences given to them.
• Iran’s statement on Turkey’s attacks 

  Iran’s Minister of Defense Brigadier General Amir Hatemi made an official visit to Iraq and met with Iraqi officials. On the Turkish state attacks in the Bradost region, Hatemi said: “National security for all countries should be respected.”
• Municipality of Raqqa accelerates construction efforts 

  The Municipality of Raqqa continues its efforts to rebuild the city after the liberation from ISIS gangs.
• Swiss MP calls for a boycott of Turkish tourism 

  Switzerland’s Socialist Party MP Carlo Sommaruga said, “The most effective way to stop the unlimitedly injust Erdoğan regime is through the economy,” and called on the peoples of Switzerland and Europe to boycott Turkish tourism.
• Elections in Iraq: possible outcomes 

  Iraq and the South Kurdistan are going to the polls to renew the Iraqi parliament on 12 May.
• Erdogan meets Bahçeli on early elections 

  Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his fascist allies have delivered a period of unprecedented violence, repression and pressure in Turkey.
• Turkey extends State of Emergency for the seventh time 

  The State of Emergency declared in Turkey on July 21 in the wake of the July 15 coup attempt in 2016, has been extended for another three months.
• Murderer of Raqqa Civil Council official captured 

  Murderer of Raqqa Civil Council official Omer Eluş has been captured. The assailant turned out to have received instruction for the murder from Turkish intelligence agency MIT.
• Over 300 people sentenced to death in Iraq for ISIS membership 

  Over 300 people convicted of membership to ISIS have been issued death penalties.
• An organizer of September 11 attacks captured by YPG 

  One of the surviving members of the group that organized the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 German citizen Muhammad Zammar has been captured by the YPG.