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• Moscow: Russian aircraft was downed by Syria 

  Russian Defense Ministry announced that the II-20 aircraft that had been missing since Monday night was downed by Syria’s S-200 air defense system due to “irresponsible” and “provocative” actions by Israel.
• ISIS attack results in civilian injuries in a village of Khanaqin 

  ISIS gangs attacked a village co-inhabited by Shia Arabs and Kurds in the countryside of Khanaqin.
• SDF captures an ISIS chief alive in Deir ez-Zor 

  SDF fighters have captured an ISIS chief alive in Deir ez-Zor countryside.
• Protest against Iran in Bern 

  Iran’s execution of three Kurdish activists and massacre in South Kurdistan was protested in Bern, Switzerland.
• Putin-Erdogan meeting in Sochi ends 

  Turkey and Russia agreed on the establishment of a weapons-free zone in Idlib.
• SDF: 13 ISIS members killed in 24 hours 

  SDF fighters have advanced in Al-Bagouz village where they liberated 12 points from ISIS, and around al-Sousse village where they rescued dozens of civilians.
• Classes begin in Raqqa, Tabqa and Deir ez-Zor 

  285.000 students in 931 schools in Raqqa, Tabqa and Deir ez-Zor have started the new education year today.
• SDF liberates dozens of families from the grip of ISIS 

  SDF fighters are securing the safety of civilians from the areas they liberate in the Operation Cizire Storm to the east of the Euphrates.
• Lawyer Kozagacli arrested 

  Lawyer Selcuk Kozagacli has been arrested and his lawyers who objected to the verdict were battered.
• First act: Meeting with Iranian Parliamentary President 

  Iraq’s newly elected Parliamentary President Mohammad Halbusi’s first act was to meet with Iranian Parliamentary President Ali Larijani.
• Öcalan to be discussed in UK Labour Party conference 

  There are more and more international events held in the UK for the freedom of Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan every day. There will be an Öcalan program in the Labour Party conference to be held on September 22-26.
• Time running out for Ankara: Idlib in turbulence 

  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is on his way to Sochi again. Ankara has been negotiating over their gangs in Idlib, and they have recently intensified their weapons support to the gangs, as well as calling the gangs in Aleppo to Idlib.
• Iraq to discuss Turkish invasion in the UN for the first time 

  Iraq has decided to take the invasions of Turkey in Southern Kurdistan and Iraq to the UN for the first time.
• Anarchists in Athens protest against Iranian Embassy for Kurds 

  An anarchist group in the Greek capital Athens broke the windows of the guard’s post and threw red paint at the Iranian Embassy.
• Operation achieves results in Deir ez-Zor 

  Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) continue to advance in the final phase of the Deir ez-Zor operation launched last week. 
• Dozens of civilians from Hajin town reach liberated areas 

  Dozens of civilians fleeing from the atrocity of ISIS gangs in Hajin town have reached the Îwa Camp.
• ANF launches Kirmanckî service 

  Fırat News Agency (ANF) ANF was available in Kurdish, Turkish, English, Arabic, Persian, Spanish, German, Sorani and Russian has now expanded into Kirmanckî.
• Protest in Sydney against Iran's execution of Kurdish activists 

  Iran’s execution of Kurdish politicians and activists was protested in Sydney city of Australia.
• 30 arrested as protests continue in Basra 

  The protests continued in the southern Iraqi city of Basra in the early morning hours today. People take to the streets because of bad economic state in the country.
• 14 ISIS members killed in Operation Cizire Storm 

  SDF announced that 14 ISIS members have been killed on the eastern front of the Euphrates during the past 24 hours.
• Lîlwa El-Abdullah visits migrants from Hajin town 

  Operation Cizire Storm Official Spokesperson Lîlwa El-Ebdullah has visited the Îwa Camp where residents of Hajin town who managed to flee from ISIS darkness have settled.
• Protest in London against executions in Iran 

  Yesterday in London, a protest was held against the execution of Kurdish activists in Iran.
• Fierce clashes between SDF and ISIS in Upper Bagouz village 

  Reports are coming through of violent clashes between SDF fighters and ISIS gangs in the village of Upper Bagouz near the Iraqi border.
• Protest against the isolation of Ocalan in Turin 

  In Turin, Italy, people came together to protest the aggravated isolation of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Demonstration against Iran in Gothenburg 

  A demonstration was staged in Gothenburg, Sweden in protest at the Iranian regime that intensifies its repression and attacks against the Kurdish people.