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• ISIS bomb facility captured in Tabqa 

  SDF fighters have captured a bomb facility of the ISIS gangs in Raqqa's Tabqa town where they are making further advances every day.
• Shengal Assembly member: PKK should never leave us at such a time 

  Shengal Constituent Assembly member Heso Brahim stated that those who attacked Mount Shengal are supporters of ISIS, and stressed that PKK should not leave Shengal and leave at such a time.
• Worker of Shengal radio bombed by Turkey: Stand up for the truth 

  Ruken Shengalî, a worker of Shengal's Dengê Çira radio attacked by the Turkish state, said "Turkey attacked the voice of Êzidîs. People must stand up for the voice of truth. We will continue our work."
• PUK's Adel Murad: Everyone but the KDP opposes Turkey 

  PUK official Adel Murad criticized Turkey's attacks on Shengal and Rojava carried out in collaboration with the KDP, and said "The KDP sides with Turkey at a time when the rest of the world opposes it."
• Avesta: YBŞ and YPG are symbols of the Middle East 

  KCK's Sozdar Avesta stressed that the Êzidî people should void these attacks today as they did on August 3, 2014.
• YBŞ/YJŞ fighters: We will retaliate the attacks 

  YBŞ and YJŞ fighters stated that they will answer the Turkish state that bombed Shengal with fighter jets with raising the struggle, vowing that they will never abandon Shengal and they will continue to defend the Êzidî people with the guarding spirit.
• Xelîl: Everybody should take a stand against the Turkish state 

  TEV-DEM Executive Council member Xelîl called on peoples and international powers to take a stand against the Turkish state attacking Rojava and Shengal. Xelîl said that the Turkish state wants to save ISIS with these attacks.
• YBȘ Commander: We have the strength to resist the attacks 

  YBȘ Commander Zerdeșt Șengali spoke to ANF about the Turkish attacks and said Turkey aimed to make the people surrender by creating psychological pressure through the targeting of civilian places.
• Turkmens also seek refuge with the Kurds 

  With the accelerating Mosul operation, the Iraqi Turkmens take advantage of the administrative void and seek refuge with the Rojava Kurds. Turkmens continue to arrive in Hesekê city and say they were left at the mercy of ISIS.
• Engaging with the AKP will make KDP lose 

  Those who congratulated the AKP in the referendum were gangs like Al-Qaeda, Al-Nusra, Ahrar Al-Sham and countries like Saudi Arabia and Qatar. And the Barzanis.
• Footage from Turkish airstrike targeting civilian areas in Qandil 

  This morning's strikes by Turkish warplanes on Qandil region of Medya Defense Zones also targeted the villages with civilian population, and the fields of the locals.
• SDF's Ehmed: ISIS in the throes of death in Raqqa 

  Wrath of Euphrates Spokesperson stated that ISIS will be expelled from around Raqqa city upon the completion of the operation's fourth phase, saying: "ISIS gangs outside the city will either be destroyed or retreat to the city."
• Urgent call by MSD for IDPs resulting from the Raqqa operation 

  During the past three days more than 10.000 civilians have been displaced from the town of Tabqa [southwest Raqqa] and nearby villages, the more the operation intensifies near the city the more IDP numbers are increasing.
• 'Yes' voters celebrating referendum results attack Êzidî cemetery 

  'Yes' voters attacked the Êzidî cemetery in the Zewra village in Urfa's Viranşehir district, where election fraud peaked, during their 'celebration' at the night of Sunday's referendum.
• Hidden heroes of the war: Medical workers 

  Mistefa Xalid is a medic from Manbij. He is part of a 4-person medical unit. Kerem İbrahim is an ambulance driver. Both are on duty in the Wrath of Euphrates operation, and both are as determined as the fighters.
• Raqqans smile once again after liberation by SDF 

  People of Raqqa are cultured and hospitable. They are loyal to their lands and each family has hundreds of decares of arable land.
• Six siblings join YBŞ/YJŞ ranks to avenge their people 

  Four sisters and two brothers joined YBŞ and YJŞ ranks in order to avenge their people. The siblings are fighting side by side against the enemies of humanity.
• Raqqa Civilian Assembly Co-chair: We will govern ourselves 

  Raqqa Civilian Assembly has been declared and co-chairs have been elected during today's meeting in Ayn Îsa town.
• French and Canadian fighters in the Tabqa operation 

  French Cilo Zagros and Canadian Gabar Tolhildan are participating in the Tabqa operation of the YPG-led Syrian Democratic Forces against ISIS.
• Bahoz Erdal: Our comrades entered their lair and struck them 

  HPG Commander Bahoz Erdal stated that: "Contrary to what they say, the PKK is not weakening, it is getting stronger in every aspect with each passing day."
• Karayılan calls on Kurds to support hunger strikes and vote 'No' 

  PKK's Karayılan said: "The AKP-MHP alliance is putting Turkey in jeopardy by leading it to a dictatorial regime. All those in Turkey and Kurdistan that side with peace and democracy, and want Kurds to exist but not die out, should vote 'No'."
• Arab fighters in SDF: Peoples on these lands are brothers 

  Tabqa is almost completely surrounded by SDF fighters and they have almost entered the town. Kurdish and Arab fighters are fighting shoulder to shoulder for the liberation.
• Tabqa Dam: The key to capturing Raqqa 

  Anarkismo.net interviewed ANF reporter Sinan Deniz who is based in Kobanê and is currently embedded with the SDF in the Operation Wrath of Euphrates to liberate Tabqa and Raqqa.
• Khanasor resident: KDP threatened me for agencification against PKK 

  Necip Bapir İlyas from Khanasor town of Shengal stated that Shengal Peshmerga Forces Commander Kasım Şeşo had threatened him for agencification and forced him to turn the people against the PKK.
• Turkey's dekurdification policy in Shehba continues 

  Turkey’s operation to change the demographics of Shehba and de-Kurdify the town continues.