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• Humanity lost in Ilısu and Xingu 

  The documentary “Democracy” shows how ancient peoples, cultures and wild life will be destroyed with the dams to be built in Hasankeyf and Xingu.
• Mother and son in the guerrilla ranks 

  Once they were mother and son, and then they became two brave comrades who held on tight to one another within the Kurdish Freedom Struggle.
• In search for two long lost sons… 

  60-year-old Remziye Bayram is a regular participant of communal vigil every Saturday in front of the Human Rights Statue in Diyarbakir.
• Academic removed from duty will not leave his students 

  Expelled from his academic position, Prof. Emrah Günok said: “It’s time for us to do our duty. Even if I have just one student left, I will continue o teach at the Open Academy.”
• ‘Sooner or later there will be peace talks’ 

  FARC is entering legal politics and becoming a political party. We spoke with writer Metin Yeğin about the Colombian peace process on World Peace Day.
• Ankara demands captured MİT administrators, PKK refuses 

  The MİT administrators travelled to the Southern Kurdistan region to attempt abductions and assassinations against Cemil Bayık and several other PKK administrators. They were in communication with local MİT units in the region.
• Iran and Turkey after new plans 

  MSD Co-chair Ilham Ehmed stated that: “Turkey and Iran are in a competition, they are fighting to get ahead, but they act together in some issues as well.”
• KCK’s Hozat: Nobody is against an independent Kurdistan 

  “There is nobody actually against an independent Kurdistan. Who wouldn’t want an independent Kurdistan? We have waged a great struggle for an independent, free Kurdistan for 45 years. Our leader is paying the price of independent Kurdistan in Imrali now.”
• Bayık: MİT’s conspiracy voided, Southern forces should be careful 

  On the Turkish MİT being caught while preparing for a large scale attack on the PKK, Bayık said: “This conspiracy has been hit and voided.” Bayık stated that Southern forces should be careful in the face of the Turkish state’s tricks.
• KCK's Xerîb confirms their capture of Turkish MİT operatives 

  KCK's Xerîb confirmed that they have captured some MİT operatives in Southern Kurdistan, saying: "Turkey should be glad that we haven’t shown the people we captured in the media yet. We could have put sacks over their heads and paraded them to the press."
• Revolutionary Forces Commander: Turkey is trying to seize Idlib 

  Revolutionary Forces General Commander Haci Ehmed stated that the Turkish state is trying to seize Idlib.
• PYD’s Muslim: Turkey will hit rough weather if they attack Efrîn 

  PYD Co-chair Muslim stated that ISIS is surrounded in Raqqa and their ties to the outside have been completely severed. Muslim warned Turkey against an attack on Efrîn and said: “If they attack, it will be trouble for them! They will hit rough weather.”
• Who tricked the House of Lords? 

  We read a report by the British House of Lords Foreign Relations Commission on the Middle East. The analyses in the report included some serious faults.
• Hoppe: MİT is relying on mole officers in Germany 

  Journalist Jürgen Hoppe thinks MİT doesn’t get information from the German intelligence like in the past anymore, and that is why they are relying on moles inside German institutions, especially the police.
• KONGRA-GEL Co-chair: Isolation will be broken with resistance 

  KONGRA-GEL Co-chair Remzi Kartal stated that the isolation imposed upon the Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan can be broken and his freedom be achieved through a popular resistance.
• KCK’s Bayık: Raqqa will determine the future 

  “The future of Rojava and Northern Syria will mainly be determined with the liberation of Raqqa. The character Syria will have will take more shape.”
• Xelil: If ISIS is defeated in Raqqa, they won’t be able to resist 

  “Whoever liberates Raqqa will have wide say over what politics will develop. If ISIS is defeated in the city they dubbed their capital, they won’t have any ground to resist or hold on.”
• 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."