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• Turkish Parliament approves motion to send troops to Libya 

  Turkey’s parliament has voted to send troops to Libya to back the UN-supported government in Tripoli.
• Lawyers apply to visit Öcalan on Imralı 

  Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers have applied to the Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office to meet with their client.
• Turkish parliament to vote today on sending troops to Libya 

  Turkey’s parliament will vote today on whether to send troops to Libya to back the UN-supported government in Tripoli.
• Man threatened by officers naming his jailed wife 

  Mehmet Yönay, who worked as an administrator for 8 years at the Med Culture and Arts Association, was threatened by officers naming his detained wife when he was called for his social media activity in the Istanbul Provincial Gendarmerie Command.
• 5.8 magnitude earthquake in Iran 

  There has been a 5.8 magnitude earthquake in the north-east of Iran.
• At least 15 prisoners died when fight broke out in Mexican jail 

  The Mexican government said in a statement that more than 15 prisoners were killed and five others were badly wounded following a fight that broke out inside one of the country's jail.
• Hashd al-Shaabi withdraws from the US Embassy in Baghdad 

  The Shiite militia Hashd al-Shaabi has called on its members and supporters to withdraw from the US embassy in Baghdad. In front of the compound, a sit-in action had been going on after serious clashes with security forces.
• Iraq crisis: US to deploy further 750 soldiers to the Middle East 

  The Pentagon has confirmed they will send 750 soldiers to the Middle East as soon as possible.
• Vote on new government in Spain delayed to 2020 

  The Spanish Socialist Worker's Party (PSOE) and the left-wing Unidas Podemos party presented their joint governing deal, outlining the policies that they want to implement from their planned coalition government. 
• Sinn Féin president: A new chapter in Ireland's history begins 

  Writing in An Phoblacht, Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald TD - in her New Year's message - has said that the coming year marks the beginning of a new decade that brings with it the opportunity to write a new chapter in our country's history. 
• Demo in Gävle calls for a boycott of Turkish products and tourism 

  The Rojava Committee in Gävle in northern Sweden has called for a boycott of Turkey because of the ongoing Turkish invasion of northern and eastern Syria.
• Youth Camp in Switzerland 

  The traditional New Year's Camp of the Kurdish youth movement took place in Switzerland. More than forty young people from four countries took part in the week-long event.
• Öcalan’s lawyers apply to visit Imralı 

  Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers have applied to the Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office to meet with their client.
• HDP and DTK: Gains will grow in 2020 

  HDP and DTK said that 2020 will be a year in which resistance and gains will grow and AKP-MHP will lose power.
• Thousands of mourners try to storm US embassy in Baghdad 

  Thousands of Iraqi mourners have been trying to storm the US Embassy in Baghdad this morning following deadly US airstrikes this week.
• Arab League to hold emergency meeting today over Libya crisis 

  The Arab League has called for an emergency meeting to be held today to discuss the situation in the war-torn Libya.
• Researcher Atta: Erdogan is sending mercenaries to Libya 

  Researcher Ahmet Atta said the use of chemical weapons in North-East Syria was ordered by Turkish President Erdogan. "Erdogan - said Atta - plans to deploy mercenaries to North-East Syria. Chemical weapons will be probably used again."
• Freedom for Öcalan Vigil enters 393rd week 

  The action has been going on for almost 8 years, and continues with new groups of activists taking it over every week.
• The legend of Pombo, one of Che Guevara's guerrillas 

  "Pombo", survivor of the guerrillas led by Che Guevara in Bolivia and man of his utmost confidence, has died in Havana.
• Turkey declares 48 border areas “restricted military zone" 

  The Office of Antep Governor has declared almost the entire area along the border line a restricted military zone. The region lies opposite Azaz, ar-Rai and Jarablus in northern Syria.
• Macron and Sisi discuss the ongoing crisis in Libya 

  The statement comes after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed readiness this month to send troops to Libya if requested by the country's Government of National Accord (GNA).
• Victims of Roboski and Maraş commemorated in Toronto 

  Those who lost their lives in the Roboski and Maraş massacres were commemorated in Toronto.
• Turkish state carries mercenaries to Libya by plane 

  The Turkish parliament will be called to vote on a motion supporting sending troops and naval forces to Lybia in January. In the meantime, though, there are reports saying that the Turkish state has already deployed over 300 'Syrian fighters' to Libya.
• German poll: Most feared leaders are Trump and Erdogan 

  Asked by a German poll "Which leader are you most afraid of?", most people answered they were most afraid of US President Donald Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
• KESK: The budget 2020 is a gender-blind budget 

  KESK Women's Secretary Gülistan Atasoy said about the budget of 2020: "It is necessary to say that there are no resources to meet the economic, social and political inequalities experienced by women, nor this is a goal of this budget."