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• A day with SDF fighters amidst the siege in Raqqa 

  In Raqqa legends of unparalleled comradeship and self-sacrifice, that has grown with a deep sense of unity among the Kurdish and Arab fighters, are filling the pages of history.
• What will happen if Turkey changes its approach to Kurds? 

  Syrian Democratic Council (MSD) Co-chair Ilham Ehmed wrote an article published in the Özgürlükçü Demokrasi newspaper, which was translated by ANF English service below.
• PKK's Kalkan: Free Kurdistan will be achieved with the guerrilla 

  Kalkan: The August 15 Initiative has illuminated Kurdistan, the whole region, the world and humanity. For this reason it has regionalised and represents a value for everyone now.
• Karayılan: The 34th year will be the year of freedom of Kurdistan 

  Murat Karayılan addressed hundreds of guerrillas on the mountains of Kurdistan, saying: "There is no force anymore, that could hamper the freedom of Kurdistan. The guerrillas will be now guerrillas of victory".
• Internationalist fighters: Finishing off ISIS is our common goal 

  The Internationalist Freedom Battalion of the People's Defense Units (YPG) at the Raqqa front consists of fighters from all around the world. Those internationalist YPG fighters are joining the Great Battle of Raqqa on the very front lines.
• Arab-Kurd unity against Arab-Kurd war 

  As the relationship between Arabs and Kurds develop further in Syria, AKP’s fears grow. They are trying everything they can to sabotage this relationship.
• Desperate, they start building a wall 

  As all policies the AKP has enacted in Kurdistan have failed, the wall policy will produce no results, and the AKP regime will crumble beneath this wall and be buried in history.
• Muslim: They will be completely defeated in Efrîn as well 

  PYD Co-chair stated that the final phase of Turkey’s attack plan is Efrîn, saying: “If they attack, they will be completely defeated. Like ISIS was defeated in Kobanê and that brought about their end, Efrîn will bring about the end of Turkish aggression."
• Does Switzerland protect Turkish state operatives? 

  Developments in the case of the Turkish-Swiss police officer who was released shortly after being arrested on charges of espionage for the Turkish state bring this question in mind: Is Switzerland protecting the Turkish state operatives?
• “The liberation of Raqqa will end ISIS and Erdoğan” 

  Internationalist Freedom Brigade fighter Bakır Cihan said the liberation of Raqqa will bring about the end of ISIS and Erdoğan.
• MİT chief in Germany promoted to be ambassador 

  A chief of Turkish intelligence in Germany, Frankfurt Consul General Ilhan Saygili, who had close ties with Turkish-German Chief Inspector removed from duty for working for MİT Döndü Yazgan, was appointed as an ambassador in Switzerland.
• Cologne police suspect MİT mole 

  As the Chief-Inspector-turned-MİT-agent story is still hot on the agenda, another chief inspector in the Cologne Police with close ties to the DİTİB which acts as a branch of the MİT stands out.
• Reunion on the mountains: Two sisters, two comrades 

  Şîmal Amara and Dorşîn Şîmal, two sisters who joined the guerrilla ranks at different times, have reunited after a very long period apart. Şîmal and Dorşîn spoke about their joining and their reunion after 11 years.
• German police chief protected MİT spy and Halim Dener’s murderer 

  It has come to light that Hessen Police Chief Sabine Thurau, who protected the exposed Turkish spy Döndü Yazgan, also supported the police officers involved in the murder of Kurdish youth Halim Dener in Germany.
• Exposed agent of Turkish MİT met with JİTEM member in Bremen 

  It has been revealed that the German Police Chief  with Turkish backgrounds Döndü Yazgan, who was removed from office following reports of her contacts with the Turkish secret service MİT, met with JİTEM member Abdullah Ağar in Bremen in recent past.
• Kurds in Germany at the mercy of policemen of Turkish origin 

  The trial procedure of Kurdish politician Kenan Baştu, who was arrested in 2015 in the German city Dresden, was directed by two policemen of Turkish origin, one of whom is a police officer and the other a chief commissioner.
• The Black Day of Shengal and organization of struggle 

  The Êzidîs, who faced the horrors of genocide, described it shortly with the words: "We have witnessed treason with our own eyes". When they fled desperately to the mountain to escape the massacre, 12 riders of legendary Derwêşê Evdî came up to meet them.
• PKK’s intervention in Shengal 

  The PKK’s intervention in Shengal is geared towards building a new social system. It aims to create a free and political society.
• The Êzidîs became victims of genocide, as they had been forsaken 

  One of the fighters who rushed to the rescue of the Êzidî people following the 73rd genocide they faced on the 3rd August, was Dersim Baran. Baran conversed with the newspaper Yeni Özgür Politika on those times.
• Shengal, three years ago 

  When the 73rd genocide arrived at the doors of the Êzidî community, it was not the physical genocide that dealt the deadly blow to the Êzidî people. What killed them was the betrayal that clad itself with a black garment.
• The Syrian Coalition has become Erdoğan's captive 

  We publish the article the Co-chair of the Syrian Democratic Council (MSD) Ilham Ehmed wrote for the newspaper Özgürlükçü Demokrasi, translated by ANF English service.
• Paris killings ordered by Ankara 

  All signs pointed to the execution order for three Kurdish women murdered in Paris in 2013 coming from Ankara during the Oslo meetings. The people who ordered the execution were in Ankara. All signs of the investigation by France pointed to Ankara.
• Only water left between fighters and civilians in Raqqa 

  The SDF has liberated 50% of the city in the ongoing operation to liberate Raqqa under the lead of YPG and YPJ. Several locations have come under the SDF fighters’ control in Raqqa. Large numbers of civilians have been rescued.
• The MİT agent who infiltrated the German police 

  The Turkish-German Police Chief who was removed from duty for working for MİT is revealed to be Döndü Yazgan. Yazgan used to attend meetings by pro-AKP institutions frequently. Her last position was the Wiesbaden Police Harmony Chief.
• Raqqa, war and language courses 

  Fighters from the Syriac community are getting language lesson in their mother tongue in Raqqa.