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• Suruç massacre: Three years without justice 

  Three years after the ISIS massacre in Suruç which took place under the supervision of the police and the Turkish secret service MIT, and killed 33 young people, those responsible have still not been named.
• Eight HDP members jailed in Istanbul 

  Eight of the 16 HDP members detained on Sunday following a raid on the HDP Sancaktepe district branch have been jailed.
• Military operation in Giresun: Turkish soldiers shoot each other 

  In a military operation in Giresun province in the Black Sea region, soldiers accidentally shot each other. A soldier was killed.
• Dozens of youth join YPG in Aleppo 

  40 young people have joined the YPG ranks after completing a military and ideological training session.
• HDK’s Hamzaoğlu and ESP’s Çelebi released from prison 

  Court decided to release HDK Co-spokesperson Onur Hamzaoğlu and ESP Deputy Chair Fadime Çelebi.
• Heavy balance in Iraq protests 

  At least 12 people have lost their life in Iraqi protests.
• Concern for Idlib as Turkish army crosses the border 

  There is concern for a possible Afrin-style Turkey-Russia deal in Idlib.
• Iraqi President meets parties in an attempt to solve crisis 

  Fuad Masum met parties to talk about protests in South Iraq as well as political crisis.
• KCK: Rojava Revolution will be the foundation of Democratic Syria 

  “Today, Rojava and Northern Syria is an oasis of stability and peace based on freedom and democracy, not only in Syria but entire Middle East territory”, KCK said.
• Explosions result in injuries in Kirkuk 

  Kirkuk city was shaken by violent explosions Wednesday evening.
• Support for KODAR and PJAK roadmap growing 

  The Iranian Democratic People's Movement Platform declared its support to the roadmap presented by KODAR and PJAK.
• Worldwide actions to mark 3 August genocide against Yazidis 

  Simultaneous actions and events will take place around the world on 3 August. The Struggle Platform for Kidnapped Women has made a call to support the actions and events planned for 3 August.
• Selahattin Demirtaş to remain in prison 

  Court ruled HDP co-chair should stay in jail.
• HDP’s Bilgen: The new regulation will make OHAL permanent 

  Post-OHAL regulatory proposal will turn the State of Emergency into a permanent reality.
• Forest fires: for profit in the West, a weapon of war in the East 

  State forces have been burning forests in Turkey and Kurdistan for years. While it is about profit in western Turkey, it is a war tactic in the East.
• Austrian Chancellor: Turkey’s accession talks should end 

  “Turkey has steadily moved away from Europe and its values in recent years.”
• Arabization, Islamization and Kurdish ban in occupied Afrin 

  German Society for Threatened Peoples reported Arabization, Islamization and language bans in the northern Syrian Kurdish region of Afrin.
• Syrian Democratic Council meets after Congress 

  The first meeting to kick off the new work after the Congress was held in Gîre Spi.
• HPG hit Turkish forces in Barzan 

  Turkish occupying forces were hit in Barzan by HPG guerrillas.
• Protests continue in Iraq despite curfew 

  Protest demonstrations continue in Iraq for the 9th day.
• ISIS suspects in Turkey won’t be tried for crime against humanity 

  Ankara Tribunal ruled against a trial for crimes against humanity.
• State of Emergency: out through the door, in from the window 

  A new law proposal will leave OHAL in place.
• Syria: Back to the beginning! 

  Mesopotamia Agency (MA) journalist Nazım Daştan analyzes the offensive of the Syrian army in the south of the country and possible new areas of conflict in the Syria war.
• Öcalan posters in London 

  The Special Patrol Group has hung pictures of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan in London.
• Investigation against HDP MPs 

  Investigation has been launched against HDP deputies Remziye Tosun and Musa Farisoğulları.