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• What is happening in Hewler? 

  The power struggle within the Barzani family is nothing new, but where would it lead South Kurdistan to?
• Colombia – UN Security Council optimistic despite assassinations 

  On Monday another social leader has been murdered in Colombia and he is the 478th from 1 January 2016 when the ceasefire between the FARC and the State was signed. 
• KCK's Altun: The main problem is national unity 

  KCK Executive Council Member Rıza Altun said that the main problem Kurds have is national unity.
• Final minutes in the executions of 3 Kurdish political prisoners 

  The Iranian regime has executed Kurdish political prisoners Zanyar and Luqman Muradi and Ramin Hossein Panahi on September 8, and didn’t let their families receive the bodies.
• Van, seven years after the earthquake 

  Seven years have passed since the earthquake that killed 644 people in Van. 
• Amadiya turns into Turkish MİT headquarters 

  The Turkish state has opened 5 MİT bases in the Amadiya town in Southern Kurdistan and has reportedly positioned heavy weapons in the area.
• Turkish state receiving intelligence from KDP? 

  The investigation on the death of Zeki Şengali, Yazidi Coordination member who lost his life in a Turkish state attack, allegedly points to the KDP.
• 2,350 civilians abducted in Afrin since the occupation 

  The invading Turkish army and allied mercenaries continue with their crimes against civilians, human values, culture and nature in Afrin which is under their occupation for more than 7 months.
• Jaysh Al-Thuwar: Turkey is moving the gangs from Idlib to Afrin 

  Jaysh Al- Thuwar Deputy Commander General Ahmet Sultan said the Turkish state is moving certain gangs under their control from Idlib to Afrin.
• PKK's Karayılan: Erdoğan works as a spokesman for the jihadists 

  Murat Karayılan, a member of the Executive Committee of the PKK, commented on the latest developments in Kurdistan and the Middle East.
• Israel bombing kills writer Refaat Alareer in Gaza 

  Refaat Alareer was a Palestinian writer from Gaza. He edited and contributed to “Gaza Writes Back”, a collection of short fiction written in English by 15 Young Palestinians living in Gaza. He was killed by an Israeli bomb in Gaza.
• The conference on PKK ban in Germany will determine a strategy 

  This Saturday, a conference on the 25-year PKK ban in Germany will take place in Berlin. Elmar Millich commented on the content and objectives of the conference in an interview with ANF.
• The magic of Anzela pool in Sur 

  Anzela pool was rediscovered thanks to DEHAP municipality in 2004 and it has been the joy of children since.
• “Sochi didn’t succeed, it’s just that the weapons are hidden” 

  Ebu Omer Idlibi said the Idlib deal struck in Sochi hasn’t succeeded: “Turkey and Russia act like they are fulfilling the terms of the Sochi deal. Turkish intelligence is murdering those who don’t accept Sochi.”
• HDP's Sarıyıldız and KJAR's Sinê on European Court verdict on Öcalan 

  HDP former deputy Faysal Sarıyıldız said Europe has declined to face up to its responsibility with the ECHR verdict on the isolation imposed on Öcalan.
• What the chances for New Caledonia to gain independence? 

  A colony, or a special collectivity of France, from which is 20,000 km away, is about to vote in a historic referendum which could “throw off colonising power France”. 
• French YPG fighter Farid Medjahed commemorated in Marseille 

  Farid Medjahed lost his life on 6 October while participating in a SDF-led operation against the DAESH mercenaries in Deir ez-Zor.
• 700 thousand people to speak French by 2050 

  Heads of State and Government of Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie member countries met in Yerevan (Armenia) for the 17th Francophonie Summit.
• YPG captures three foreign ISIS terrorists 

  Three ISIS terrorists from Turkey, Canada and Germany have been captured as a result of special operations conducted by YPG’s Anti-Terror Units (YAT).
• The extreme-right candidate aims at winning Brazil Presidency 

  The right candidate Jay Bolsonaro got 46% while the coalition headed by the leftist Workers' Party candidate Fernando Haddad got slightly over 27% of the votes.
• The last act of the Turkish cultural genocide in Afrin 

  After the invasion of Afrin, the occupying Turkish army and its mercenary allies have been responsible of all type of horrendous crimes.
• The International Conspiracy in Öcalan's own words 

  On 9 October 1998, twenty years ago today, Kurdish People’s Leader, Abdullah Öcalan was forced to leave Syria following an international conspiracy woven by several nations. 
• Karasu: Turkey on the verge of collapse like in 1998 

  In an article for Yeni Özgur Politika, KCK Executive Council Member Mustafa Karasu analysed the situation from the 9 October conspiracy.
• KCK: AKP/MHP fascism is nearing its end 

  According to KCK, the fascist AKP/MHP regime in Turkey is trying to extend its life span through war propaganda. KCK congratulated the guerrillas for the most recent action against a Turkish military unit in Batman.
• Urfa Antiterror Police: SADAT’s 40-person unit targeted HDP 

  A police officer in the Urfa Antiterror Unit stated that a 40-person SADAT unit, including 4 prosecutors, has been stationed in the city and this unit under the Presidency and the Interior Ministry has tortured countless people and targeted HDP members.