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• Swiss MP calls for a boycott of Turkish tourism 

  Switzerland’s Socialist Party MP Carlo Sommaruga said, “The most effective way to stop the unlimitedly injust Erdoğan regime is through the economy,” and called on the peoples of Switzerland and Europe to boycott Turkish tourism.
• Elections in Iraq: possible outcomes 

  Iraq and the South Kurdistan are going to the polls to renew the Iraqi parliament on 12 May.
• Erdogan meets Bahçeli on early elections 

  Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his fascist allies have delivered a period of unprecedented violence, repression and pressure in Turkey.
• Turkey extends State of Emergency for the seventh time 

  The State of Emergency declared in Turkey on July 21 in the wake of the July 15 coup attempt in 2016, has been extended for another three months.
• Murderer of Raqqa Civil Council official captured 

  Murderer of Raqqa Civil Council official Omer Eluş has been captured. The assailant turned out to have received instruction for the murder from Turkish intelligence agency MIT.
• Over 300 people sentenced to death in Iraq for ISIS membership 

  Over 300 people convicted of membership to ISIS have been issued death penalties.
• An organizer of September 11 attacks captured by YPG 

  One of the surviving members of the group that organized the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 German citizen Muhammad Zammar has been captured by the YPG.
• Erdoğan’s “child soldiers” appear in Austria 

  Another racist spectacle similar to the one held in Herford, Germany last week where children were put in army fatigues in a DİTİB mosque has been put on in a mosque in Austrian capital Vienna.
• Magical Mystery Tour 

  ​​​​​​​On Wednesday the newly elected Cuban National Assembly will have to chose the next President of the island.
• HDP’s Buldan: Kurdish unity is a historic responsibility 

  Referring to the elections that should be held in 2019, Buldan said: “Everyone should be prepared. It is time to defeat the AKP in this country and to overthrow the AKP from power”.
• AKP-MHP alliance’s panic for 2019: Bahçeli admits 

  Devlet Bahçeli, chair of racist MHP which is in an alliance with the governing AKP, admitted that it will be difficult for them to hold on until 2019 and demanded the elections be moved.
• PKK case heard in CJEU 

  The case to remove the PKK from the European Union terror list was heard on Monday in the Court of Justice of the European Union. The verdict is expected to be announced in 6 to 9 months.
• 747th appeal to meet with Öcalan since 2011 

  Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan’s lawyer have appealed for the 747th time to meet with their client on İmralı Island.
• Merkel government to strengthen ties with the Erdoğan regime 

  German Minister of Economy and Energy Peter Altmaier received the Erdoğan government’s Minister of Energy Berat Albayrak and stated that the relationship between the two countries will get deeper. Albayrak called the German minister, “an old friend”.
• Russia hopes Kremlin and Washington will in time talk again 

  Lavrov reiterated that the accusation against Bashar al-Assad that indeed it was the Syrian government that had used chemical weapons in Duma on April 7 was "fake".
• Turkish state is negotiating with militias over Idlib and Afrin 

  In Izmir, a meeting was held between representatives of the Turkish state and jihadist militias on the future of the northern Syrian regions Idlib and Afrin.
• Explosion in Raqqa kills a child, wounds 15  

  A child has died due to an explosion in Raqqa city of Northern Syria.
• Erdoğan describes himself 

  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke about Syria and said, “What kind of a peace is this? You make a strike, and then speak of peace.”
• Young Left launches donation campaign for YPG/YPJ in Sweden 

  Sweden’s Left Party youth organization Young Left’s Executive Council launched a donation campaign for YPG/YPJ to support the resistance in Afrin.
• Mayor of Geneva calls for a boycott of Turkish tourism 

  Geneva mayor Rémy Pagani called on European and Swiss peoples to boycott Turkish tourism, saying; “Don’t become accomplice to war by holidaying in Turkey.”
• Iraqi elections campaign kicks off 

  Iraqi voters will be going to polls on May 12 what many commentators indicate will be a turning point parliamentary elections.
• UN to discuss US-UK-France resolution 

  The United States, Britain and France have presented a new UN Security Council resolution on allegations of chemical weapons attacks in Syria.
• EU: “Kurdish question is one of the most grave issues in Turkey” 

  The EU progress report calls the Kurdish issue “one of the most grave issues the country is facing”.
• Clash among gangs in Idlib 

  Clashes are taking place between the Free Syrian Army and al—Al-Nusra gangs in the Syrian city of Idlib.
• Iraq going to the polls amidst protests 

  Voters in Iraq are going to the polls on May 12th. With the general elections on the agenda, the Supreme Election Board got ready for the campaign. Banners were swiftly replaced.