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• Êzidî girls rescued by YPJ/YJŞ in Raqqa speak of ISIS barbarity 

  10 years old Sûheyîle Daxil, 15 years old Hecî Xelef and her sister Heyam Xalid Xelef who have been rescued by YPJ and YJŞ in Raqqa, spoke of the barbarity of ISIS and said: "If it wasn’t for the comrades, not one single Êzidî would be alive today."
• YPG Commander: Attacks on Efrîn will hinder the Raqqa operation 

  YPG Commander General Sipan Hemo commented on the Raqqa operation, attacks on Efrîn and Shehba and relationships with the US, Russia and the Damascus administration.
• The story of comrade Çiya and comrade Sozdar 

  Comrade Çiya once sang a song for our camera and asked us to air it the day he will fall a martyr. This promise I gave to comrade Çiya will I fulfil now.
• A free Shehba: A new life is built amidst ongoing attacks 

  On the one side the entire Shehba region is still undergoing invasion attacks, pillages and mass migration, but on the other side wages a big resistance and struggle for a life in freedom. The liberated areas of Shehba are bearing hope for the region.
• Canda is dressing the wounds of a big merciless war 

  Canda, a tireless paramedic operating in the background, is medicating every day hundreds of fighters and civilians at a provisory check up facility at Raqqa's front line, set up from scratch with much difficulties.
• Hediye Yusuf: Syrian crisis will be resolved with federal system 

  Hediye Yusuf said they held discussions with Russia, Iran and the Assad regime on the federation model.
• KCK’s Hozat: This path will lead Erdoğan to suicide like Hitler 

  “Erdoğan’s situation is similar to Hitler’s in 1944. This path will lead Erdoğan to kill himself, it is a suicide", said KCK executive Besê Hozat.
• Impressions from Raqqa: They even fight in sandals 

  When I first came to Raqqa, the urgent question that prey on my mind was how on earth could these people fight with their feet in nothing more than sandals. By now I came to understand that in Raqqa it is perfectly normal to go to battle wearing sandals.
• July 24 marked the beginning of the end for AKP 

  Member of the Military Council of the Free Women's Troops (YJA-Star) Peyman Bagok stated that the July 24, 2005's attacks on guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones marked the beginning of the end for AKP.
• Erdoğan after new murders in Europe 

  Kurdish politicians in Europe who are targeted by the MİT stressed that Erdoğan targets the Kurdish people as a whole and said: “One part of that is us as Kurdish politicians engaged in politics in Europe.”
• Rubari: Öcalan's philosophy enlightened our way  

  Cahit Rubari gave a detailed account of his historical connection to Öcalan and stated that the philosophy of Öcalan has enlightened their way.
• Rescuing civilians is the main task in Raqqa 

  The Operation to liberate Raqqa under the lead of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), People's Defense Units (YPG) and the Women's Defense Units (YPJ) has entered its 45th day. SDF fighters have put until now 40 percent of the city under their control.
• From some rifles to an army: The history of the YPG 

  The YPG fighters who battle now in Raqqa recall their rise from the first formation in Dirbêsiyê battle with some rifles, to the battles for Serêkaniyê up until today to an army which defends whole of Northern Syria.
• Guerrilla has the initiative in Botan 

  The guerrillas who carried out the action on the Reo type military vehicle in Gundê Mele in Şirnex, footage from which had been released last week, say they have the initiative in the war.
• Turkish army targets villagers’ homes in Metina 

  The Turkish army has targeted civilians’ homes in the Bedehê village in the Metina zone of Başurê Kurdistan. The villagers said: “Despite all this cruelty, the Turkish state should know that we will never leave our villages.”
• ISIS path from Frankfurt to Raqqa 

  Yunus Susam from Çermik, who fled ISIS during the operation to liberate Raqqa to seek refuge with the YPG, spoke about the “jihadi” path from Frankfurt to Raqqa.
• What was more pleasant of Mekmen, its battle or its dust? 

  The BKC-shooter of the panzer, Delîl, was clutching the hand of his bleeding comrade, who suffered wounds on his stomach and hand and kept on talking to him continuously to prevent him from falling senseless.
• "ISIS and the Turkish state will both face defeat by the Kurds" 

  At first they betook themselves to Kobanê, and headed afterwards to the free mountains. Sara Doğan and Delîl Welat are convinced that ISIS and the Turkish state will both be defeated by the Kurds.
• Following genocide, Shengal reinvents itself anew 

  The people of Shengal, dozens of its organisations and associations have reinvented themselves anew after the fatal genocide of the 3rd August 2014.
• YPG Commander: We repelled the attacks, gangs have been hit hard 

  YPG Commander Brusk Hesekê said: “The attacks on Ayn Daqna have been voided. The Turkish state and the gangs have been hit hard.”
• Kurdish youth take to the mountains against the AKP 

  In the Medya Defense Zones a new training cycle of freshly graduated guerrillas has ended with a final military ceremony. The new fighters were given their certificates and headed enthusiastically to the fields to put their knowledge into practice.
• A Greek fighter on Raqqa's frontlines 

  Ivan, a young man of Greek origin, grew up in a socialist-communist family. He says: "It had always been my childhood dream, to battle fascism in a warzone". Finally his dream has come true, at the frontlines in Raqqa.
• Amara joins the PKK to avenge her brother burned alive in Cizre 

  One of those martyrs, who resisted against the Turkish state in the basements in Cizre and were burned alive by Turkish forces, was Tajdîn Kiçî. Tajdîn's elder sister Amara has now joined the guerrilla ranks to avenge her brother.
• Elderly woman loses mind due to ISIS barbarity in Raqqa 

  A 70 year-old woman, three sons of whom got killed, three daughters abducted and one son wounded by the ISIS gangs, has gone insane.
• Muslim: Rojava Revolution is inspired by Bakur's resistance 

  Because the 19th July Revolution was a decisive cornerstone for radical change, it became a melting pot of all different kinds of revolutions.