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• Fire broke out in Lice 

  A fire has broke out in Lice, province of Amed.
• Swedish MP: We must mobilize for Rojava 

  Left Party MP Daniel Riazat said the Turkish state aims to destroy the egalitarian, just and ecologist system in Northern and Eastern Syria and added: “we must mobilize to defend Rojava.”
• Germany sells 216 million euros of military equipment to Turkey 

  Turkey is Germany’s third best non-EU customer, coming in after China and Russia.
• Iraqi Prime Minister warns countries flying without authorization 

  Prime Minister Adil Abdulmehdi issued a warning to aircrafts entering Iraqi airspace without authorization from the government.
• HDP MP Başaran condemns latest wave of arrests 

  Başaran said that the AKP-MHP alliance should give up trying to hide its own failure by attacking the HDP.
• 15 August commemorated in Saarbrücken 

  The 15 August Initiative was celebrated enthusiastically in Saarbrücken, Germany.
• HDP deputies Günay and Paylan meet Mothers of Plaza de Mayo 

  HDP Mardin MP Ebru Günay and Amed MP Garo Paylan are on a tour in Latin America.
• 15 August celebrations in Paris, Marseille and Vienna 

  The 15 August Initiative was celebrated in Paris, Marseille and Vienna.
• HDP MP Leyla Güven takes prisoners rights to parliament 

  HDP Hakkari MP Leyla Güven asked Minister of Justice Abdulhamit Gül about the rights violations in Diyarbakır Women's Closed Prison.
• Migrants on the Open Arms to be taken in by 6 European countries 

  The 147 migrants on board of the rescue ship Open Arms will be taken in by six European countries.
• 15 August commemorated in Lavrio 

  The 15 August Initiative was commemorated in Lavrio, Greece.
• Yemen separatists say they are ready to hold talks 

  The separatists are a major component of the alliance that intervened in Yemen in March 2015 against the Houthis.
• 15th August 1984 - more than a military offensive 

  “The dynamic and well-organized liberation struggle under the leadership of the PKK is now present and alive in all parts of the world. Wherever there are Kurds, there is also the spirit of the PKK.”
• At least 27 HDP members detained in 3 cities 

  At least 27 HDP members have been detained in Mardin. Sirnak and Izmir. Police raided a house in Nusaybin and shot at the door to force it to open.
• Unemployment in Turkey increased 

  The youth unemployment, i.e. affecting people aged between 15 and 24, reached to 23.3%, rising 5.5 percentage points on a yearly basis.
• Cizre HDP Municipality trying to reclaim the River Tigris 

  Abandoned in the hands of the Special Provincial Administration the parks on the River Tigris banks soon became a garbage depo representing a serious problem for Cizre.
• Pentagon: Agreement on safe zone to be implemented in stages 

  The agreement aims at creating a buffer between the Turkish border and areas controlled by the Kurdish People’s Defense Units (YPG).
• 15 August commemorated with hundreds of initiatives 

  Today, 15 August 1984 is an important date for Kurds as it marks the first PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) attack, led by guerrilla commander Mahsum Korkmaz, “Agit”.
• Sinn Féin: British PM driving headlong towards disastrous no-deal 

  The South Down MP said: "In a letter sent by British prime minister Boris Johnson to all permanent secretaries about preparations for Brexit it is clear he is driving headlong towards a no-deal Brexit."
• Youth celebrate 15 August anniversary in Lavrio 

  Activists carried posters of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and PKK, KCK, HPG, YJA-Star.
• Youth Camp ended in Switzerland  

  Kurdish and international young people from different parts of Europe gathered at a Summer Camp organised in Switzerland.
• Argentinian current president lost primary elections 

  Macri lost the Presidential primary elections while the alternative Frente de Todos got 47%
• Syrian warplane downed, pilot taken captive by rebels near Idlib 

  A warplane of the Syrian regime was downed in the northwest of the country and the pilot was taken captive by mercenary groups.
• German state’s war crimes in Kurdistan 

  German-made poison gases and chemical weapons have been used in wars in Kurdistan throughout the last century, not just in the Dersim massacre in 1938. The involvement was proven time and time again, but the German state always remained silent.
• House raids and arrests in Mersin 

  Political genocide operations of the AKP regime continue uninterrupted.