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• German Constitutional Court: There is risk of torture in Turkey 

  Germany's Constitutional Court decided against the deportation of a radical Islamist to Turkey because of the risk of torture.
• Keskin: The courts are covering up the Paris murders 

  Lawyer Eren Keskin said that the courts have not taken action despite the role of the MİT being announced with documents, and they are attempting to cover up the truth.
• Leyla Zana is under threat of being dismissed from the parliament 

  Turkish parliament will discuss to dismiss Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) MP Leyla Zana after judicial and constitutional commissions report.
• Monument erected in memory of Sakine, Fidan and Leyla in Paris 

  A monument has been placed at the place where Sakine Cansız, one of the founders of the PKK, KNK Paris Representative Fidan Doğan and Youth Movement member Leyla Şaylemez, were massacred. The monument was unveiled yesterday with a ceremony.
• Remains of 20 women found in mass grave in Mosul 

  Remains of twenty women were found in a mass grave in the west of Mosul.
• Iraqi Parliament votes to ban Kurdish oil company from Kirkuk 

  Iraq's Parliament issued a non-binding directive Monday to prevent the Kurdish company KAR Group from continuing any work in Kirkuk oil fields.
• Curfew in 69 villages in Diyarbakir 

  Turkey declared a curfew in 69 villages of Diyarbakir ahead of a military operation.
• KCK to release confessions of MIT officers about Paris killings 

  KCK will release the confessions of high ranking MIT officers over Paris Massacre, sources told ANF.
• Clash in Tuz Khurmatu 

  Reports are coming through of an armed clash between Hashd al-Shaabi and voluntary fighters in between Tuz Khurmatu and Zinane town.
• Iranian soldiers kill a Kurdish kolber in Hamedan 

  Iranian soldiers opened fire on a vehicle and killed one kolber, wounded another in Hamedan.
• “UK 'inadvertently helped neuter' Middle East ally Iraqi Kurds" 

  The Guardian reported that Foreign Office ministers inadvertently helped neutralise the Iraqi Kurds, one of Britain’s most effective allies in efforts to limit Iranian influence in the Middle East, a former UK and Nato official has claimed.
• Armed attackers target Kurdish football player in Germany 

  Unknown assailants targeted a Kurdish football player, who is known for his critics against Turkish president Erdogan, and shot on his car near the city of Düren in Germany.
• First commune established in Raqqa 

  Raqqa Reconstruction Committee has established the first commune in the city’s Al-Mashlab neighbourhood.
• Over two thousand people detained in Iran and Rojhilat 

  Amdi continued popular protests against the regime, Iranian forces detained more than two thousand people during house raids.
• SDF downs three ISIS drones in Operation Cizire Storm 

  ISIS suffered heavy losses in al-Bahra village where SDF fighters downed three drones of the gangs.
• Turkey-ISIS relationship documented in Deir ez-Zor 

  The work truck which was sent to ISIS by Istanbul's Maltepe Municipality was recorded in a footage from Deir ez-Zor.
• Iranian parliament assembles to discuss popular protests 

  Iranian parliament assembled in a closed session with the participation of intelligence, army and media president to discuss the protests in the country.
• 2,000 Afghan soldiers killed in Syria 

  Two thousand Iran-trained Afghan soldiers were killed in Syria while fighting alongside Syrian army, an Afghan official said.
• HDP Co-chair Kemalbay to AKP: Try and do your worst! 

  HDP co-chair Serpil Kemalbay: "When we rose to the scene 5 years ago, we were united, we challenged, we met in streets in solidarity, and brought them down from power. Now we will do it with greater courage and hope. We are hope, hope is in our hands.”
• Erdogan to release Yücel, Germany to provide arms in return 

  A dirty deal has been found to be sought over journalist Deniz Yücel, who is imprisoned by the Erdogan regime. Speaking before talks with Çavuşoğlu, German Foreign Minister said, "If Deniz Yücel is released, we'll give approval to arms exports to Turkey."
• Thousands rally for Sakine, Fidan and Leyla in Paris 

  Thousands commemorate Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez in French capital city Paris on the fifth anniversary of their assassination.
• Kurdistanis protest the murder of Sakine, Fidan, Leyla in Paris 

  The search for truth and justice continues in Paris on the 5th anniversary of the murder of three revolutionary Kurdish women.
• MIT administrators arrested by the PKK speak 

  The MIT administrators who had been captured in a counter-intelligence operation by HPG Special Forces as they were on their way to assassinate PKK administrators, spoke in front of the cameras.
• Ministry confirms connection between Turkey and Osmanen Germania 

  North Rhine-Westphalian Ministry of Interior confirmed that they are assessing the relations between the rocker club Osmanen Germania and the Turkish government.
• Seven teachers arrested in Pazarcik 

  Seven teachers from the educators union Eğitim-Sen have been arrested in the Pazarcık district of Maraş.