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• Illuminating Raqqa with solar energy 

  The environment is one the pillars of the Democratic Autonomy.
• A boulevard to honour martyrs on the Deir ez-Zor-Raqqa road 

  The statue and boulevard, made by the Karama People’s Municipality, will be ready by the end of August.
• Turkish airstrikes on Shengal condemned in Toronto and Stockholm 

  Actions were held in the Sweden's capital Stockholm and in Toronto, Canada against Turkish airstrikes on Shengal.
• HDP condemns Turkish airstrikes on Shengal 

  The HDP underlined that the AKP is trying to hide the real causes of the crisis by carrying out war policies.
• Turkish army suffers casualties in clash in Adıyaman countryside 

  At least 4 soldiers died during a clash in Adıyaman countryside.
• KCDK-E calls on Kurds in Europe to stand up for Shengal 

  After the new Turkish airstrikes on Shengal, Kurds in Europe are mobilising.
• German police take down posters of Öcalan in Freiburg 

  An information stand was set up in Freiburg, Germany for the freedom and health of Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan. The stand will remain open until Friday.
• HDP to apply for a visit to Kurdish People's Leader Öcalan 

  No HDP delegation has been allowed to visit Öcalan since April 2015.
• Spirit of 15 August commemorated in Armenia 

  An event was promoted in Yerevan by the Armenian Kurdistan Committee
• HDP's Sarıyıldız: Kurdish question at the heart of Turkish crisis 

  "This crisis began with Erdogan's war against the Kurdish people," said former HDP deputy, Faysal Sarıyıldız.
• SDF prepares for Hajin operation 

  After the Cizire area from Heseke to Deir ez-Zor was liberated by SDF forces, it is a matter of time before the announcement that ISIS gangs have completely been eradicated from the region. The SDF is preparing for new strategic operations.
• Bavarian police still have a YPG- and Öcalan-phobia 

  Germany’s Bavarian state police knows no bounds in intolerance against YPG and YPJ flags, and have now raided the homes of two Kurdish activists for carrying YPG flags and Öcalan posters in a demonstration.
• People detained in Istanbul, Cizre and Mersin - UPDATE 

  A number of people have been detained in Cizre and Istanbul.
• SDF rescues another Yazidi family from ISIS 

  Special units of the SDF have rescued a Yazidi woman and her two children from ISIS during their operations in Deir ez-Zor countryside.
• Thousands of DAESH members in Syria and Iraq, says UN 

  A UN report confirmed that there are some 30,000 Islamic State members distributed between Syria and Iraq
• Syrian regime forces bombing Idlib area 

  Bombing is reported in the countryside south of the Idlib city.
• US-Turkey crisis: Facts 

  A short fact-file on the crisis between Turkey and the United States
• 4-day demonstration for Öcalan in Hildesheim 

  Demonstration has been initiated in the German city of Hildesheim for the freedom of Kurdish leader Öcalan.
• SDF rescues another Yazidi family from gangs 

  A SDF special unit has rescued another Yazidi family from ISIS as part of the second phase in the Operation Cizire Storm.
• Manbij has become one of the safest places after liberation 

  After the liberation from DAESH, two years ago, the city of Manbij is now one of the safest places in Syria. And it owes its safety to the Manbij Military Council.
• SDF to launch operation to liberate Hajin 

  SDF General Command member Şêrko Hesekê stated that they will launch an offensive in a few days to liberate the Hajin town from ISIS.
• Several HDP executives taken into custody in Ankara 

  Many houses raided by police on Tuesday morning in Ankara
• 10 adults and 4 children arrested in Adana 

  Early on Tuesday morning heavy house raids were carried out.
• Traffic Centre in Sheikh Maqsoud providing efficient service 

  The Traffic Centre in the busy neighbourhood of Aleppo opened a year ago.
• Explosion in Jarablus 

  Reports of casualties as result of an explosion in Jarablus.