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• International Imralı Delegation requests urgent meeting with CPT 

  International İmralı Peace Delegation wrote a letter to CPT officials requesting an urgent meeting on the situation of Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan after reports spread on social media in Turkey regarding his health.
• EU bent on bowing down to Erdoğan’s blackmail 

  The outcome from the EU summit, where Turkey’s accession process was also discussed, was once again to continue the relationship with the Erdoğan regime in the name of “supporting the opposition”.
• YPG/YPJ fighters tell what Öcalan means to them 

  Fighters from the YPG and YPJ explained the importance of Abdullah Öcalan, his ideas in their struggle for freedom, and for the liberation of Raqqa from ISIS.
• Öcalan’s sister: I want to know if he is alive 

  Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan’s sister Fatma Öcalan voiced her concerns about her brother’s health and well-being and said: “I want to hear from him. I want to know if he is alive.”
• ‘Freedom for Öcalan’ banners across Graz 

  Kurdish people continue their demonstrations and actions for Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan who is held in aggravated isolation by the Turkish state.
• Protest for jailed HDP MPs and political prisoners in the US 

  A demonstration will be held in Washington DC for the freedom of HDP deputies and all political prisoners in Turkey.
• CPT only says they follow up on Öcalan’s situation 

  CPT officials told the Kurdish demonstrators demanding immediate visit to Öcalan that they follow up on the situation of the Kurdish leader.
• Hundreds gather in front of the CPT for Öcalan 

  Demanding an urgent visit by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) to Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan on Imrali, demonstrators initiated a sit-in in Strasbourg and walked together to the CPT building afterwards.
• From Strasbourg to the CPT: “Go to Imrali urgently” 

  The indefinite sit-in to be held in Strasbourg with the demand that the CPT urgently send a committee to inspect Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan’s situation started with a press statement.
• Historical lion sculptures found blown up by Daesh in Raqqa 

  Two lion sculptures, previously brought over from Kobane to Raqqa by the Baath Regime, have been found blown up by Daesh during their occupation of the city.
• German army resumes Peshmerga training 

  After a week-long break, German army will resume the training of Kurdish peshmerga troops in the fight against the ISIS.
• GerillaTV releases footage of sniper action against Turkish army 

  A recent footage released by HPG shows a Turkish soldier killed by sniper fire in Hakkari.
• KCK: Liberation of Raqqa marks a new beginning in Syria 

  KCK celebrated the victory of SDF forces against ISIS gangs in Raqqa and said the liberation of the city marks a new beginning in Syria.
• Iranian soldiers kill a kolber in Serdest 

  Iranian soldiers killed a kolber (border porter) near Iran-Iraq border in Serdest region on Saturday.
• Kurdish citizen in Germany faces investigation due to YPG flag 

  German authorities have launched an investigation against a Kurdish citizen for hanging YPG flag at the window of his flat, and forcibly removed the flag.
• Kurds to launch indefinite sit-in in front of the CoE and CPT 

  KCDK-E announced that they are launching an indefinite sit-in in front of the CoE and CPT for Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan on Monday and called for strong participation in the demonstration.
• Baghdad responds to Hewlêr 

  Baghdad has responded to the Hewlêr administration’s statement that they are ready for dialogue. The Baghdad government demanded all institutions to be turned over to them.
• Music in Raqqa after three years 

  ISIS has drained the joy of life in Raqqa, but now after three years, sounds of music ring in the city once more.
• Hewlêr administration: “We are ready for dialogue with Baghdad” 

  The Hewlêr government has announced that they are ready for dialogue with Baghdad.
• Educator on hunger strike for 226 days released from prison 

  Educator Semih Özakça who is on hunger strike for 226 days has been released from prison.
• AKP invests in war 

  The AKP has allocated the 2018 budget to war once again. The starter budget for “defense” and “security” related institutions was set at 92 billion 718 million 151 thousand Liras.
• SDF statement on the Raqqa victory and the future of the city 

  The SDF Command said they gift the historic Raqqa victory to all humanity, but in particular to the families of the martyrs who have suffered immensely from the terror in Syria.
• “ISIS gangs defeated in Syria crossed over to Turkey” 

  Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported that some foreign national ISIS gang leaders have crossed into Turkey following their defeat in Syria.
• The first, who raised the flag in Raqqa: Neîm 

  Whoever mentions Neîm, conjures a smile on the other’s face. Most people simply refer to him as “crazy Neîm”.
• Iraq dispatches troops to Kirkuk, peshmergas retreat from Pirde 

  Iraqi army has reportedly dispatched troops to Kirkuk city centre, while peshmergas have withdrawn from Pirde town.