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• Impressions from Raqqa: Message from SDF fighters 

  

Today we turn to Western Raqqa once again. We are headed towards clash grounds. Fighters we meet on the way say the gangs are "going insane".
• Raqqa impressions: One hour in the Great Battle 

  They like the camera, but they don’t want their photographs published. They love life, but they also want to fight ISIS in the front lines.
• Is Erdoğan building a new paramilitary army? 

  Is Erdoğan, with his motto “war until 2023”, building a new army through Statutory Decrees after the defeat he faced in the war with Kurds? Erdoğan is expected to utilize gangs as “army constituents”.
• PJAK Co-chair: Iran will either democratize or turn into Syria 

  PJAK Co-chair Siyamend Moûnî stated that Iran has two paths for the future: “democratic transformation” or “turning into Syria/Iraq”.
• Turkish intelligence MİT’s man in Germany spills 

  The MİT member arrested in Germany last December Mehmet Fatih Sayan admitted that he is a spy working for Turkish intelligence service.
• Baath regime panics as SDF enters Raqqa 

  Russia, Iran and the Baath regime under their control panicked with the Raqqa operation following the Tabqa operation and resorted to slander, then to attacking the SDF.
• Evidence of AKP's efforts to hide the war in Kurdistan 

  We as ANF reporters and guerrillas also record the extent of the war waged by the Turkish state in Kurdistan, which is actually hidden from the public through never-ending efforts.
• A Turkish media classic: Execution without trial 

  Turkish media never stops slandering, belittling, sometimes exposing, judging and convicting the legitimate struggle of the Kurdish people.
• What does Turkey want to do in Northern Syria? 

  Syrian Democratic Council (MSD) Co-chair Îlham Ehmed stated that Turkey wants to prevent the liberation of Raqqa and become permanent in the Shehba region.
• YAT prevents a great massacre by ISIS in Rojava 

  ISIS members were taken under surveillance and caught by YAT officials before they reached their goal.
• SDF Commander: Raqqa’s liberation is the salvation of the region 

  SDF Commander Lokman Xelil said: “Like ISIS invaded Raqqa and achieved control, pushing ISIS out of there will mean salvation and prosperity for a wide region.”
• An Italian fighter in the Raqqa operation 

  Çekdar Egid, a volunteer from Torino, Italy fighting in the ranks of YPG spoke to the ANF as to why he is in Rojava and why he joined the battle for revolution against tyranny. He is now taking part in the operation to liberate Raqqa from ISIS.
• Turkish “Special Units” are prey to the guerrilla! 

  With the HPG guerrillas recently carrying out actions on special units and the heavy blows they deliver, the AKP media has taken to churning out propaganda for a victory that isn’t there.
• UN report: Radical backsliding from Turkey’s democratic path 

  A new report from the UN says attacking freedom of thought and expression under the guise of anti-terror efforts are unacceptable and that Turkey should urgently return to the rule of law.
• KCK's Hozat: ISIS will receive the lethal blow in Raqqa 

  KCK Executive Council Co-chair Besê Hozat stressed that the control over Raqqa will be significant for Syria in general as well, and stated that ISIS will receive the lethal blow in Raqqa.
• Kurdish youth deserts the Turkish army and joins PKK 

  23 years old guerrilla Devrim Digor who deserted the Turkish army and joined the guerrilla ranks for his people called upon all Kurdish youths to reject Turkey's military service.
• Îlham Ehmed: Russia is threatening Kurds with Turkey 

  MSD Co-chair Îlham Ehmed said Russia is threatening Rojavan Kurds with Turkey’s attacks.
• PKK's Kalkan: Both PKK and YPG are fighting fascism 

  PKK's Kalkan said that: “Everybody should object to the Erdoğan-Bahçeli fascism, and the fascist genocide it projects on to the peoples of Turkey, and the Kurdish people in particular. Those who don’t object today will be harmed by this fascism tomorrow."
• PKK's Kalkan: Erdoğan-Bahçeli dictatorship will fall 

  PKK executive Duran Kalkan stressed that 2017 will be the year when Tayyip Erdoğan-Devlet Bahçeli dictatorship in Turkey will fall.
• YPG fighter from the Netherlands en route to Raqqa  

  “Turkey will try to prevent us but we will go on to Raqqa", says YPG fighter Baran Sason from the Netherlands.
• YBŞ Commander Feqîr: We will fight whoever comes at us 

  YBŞ Commander Dijwar Feqîr stated that the Turkish state and the KDP are making plans towards Shengal and said: “As the Êzidîs, we will be here, and we will fight whoever comes at us.”
• YJA Star guerrilla speaks of her break from the system in Iran 

  Rojhilati (Eastern Kurdistani) YJA Star guerrilla Nûda Karker said, “I organized and revealed my ambition, wrath, rebellion and objection in the PKK.”
• Kurdish youths refusing to be inducted into the army join the PKK 

  Kurdish youths join the guerrilla ranks as they refuse to be inducted into the army of the Turkish state which is waging an all-out war against democracy and the peoples of the region, saying that there is no place for Kurdish youth in the Turkish army.
• British YBŞ fighter sends a message on Manchester attack 

  British YBŞ volunteer Rubar Aziz who is fighting ISIS in the ranks of YBŞ in Shengal sent a message on the Manchester bombing that killed 22 and wounded dozens of others earlier this week.
• A day with a SDF fighter en route to Raqqa 

  We have been following the Raqqa liberation operation for days. It started on May 11, and is still going strong. So we decided to spend a day with a SDF fighter.