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• Racist mark on the home of an Alevi family in Istanbul 

  The AKP-MHP fascism continues with its threats against different faiths. After Malatya, homes of Alevis are being marked in Istanbul now.
• Cooperation between Barzani and ITC in Kirkuk 

  Masoud Barzani has met with a delegation from the Turkish intelligence-affiliated Iraqi Turkmen Front (ITC) that poses an obstacle to the election of a governor for Kirkuk.
• SDF liberates two villages in Operation Cizire Storm 

  SDF fighters have liberated two villages northeast of Deir ez-Zor and clashes continue in another village.
• Nechirvan Barzani in Turkey 

  It came out that Southern Kurdistan Regional Government Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani has arrived in Turkey.
• EU cuts Turkey’s 105 million Euros of aid 

  The EU budget for 2018 approved by the European Parliament (EP) cuts the pre-accession assistance allocated to Turkey by 105 million Euros and freezes 70 million more to be “reassessed according to developments”.
• De Mistura unable to bring parties together in Geneva 8 again 

  As the 8th round of the Geneva talks continued on the 3rd day, UN Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura failed to gather all parties together in one room again.
• US withdraws artillery marines from Syria 

  US announced that some battle-tested Marines will be heading home soon.
• British YPG fighter dies in a land mine blast in Raqqa 

  A British YPG fighter was killed in a blast during mine clearing operations in Raqqa.
• Constitutional Court to assess Demirtaş’s appeal on December 6 

  The Constitutional Court announced that they will be assessing HDP Co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş’s appeal on December 6 and issue a verdict.
• Seven people jailed in İzmir 

  Out of the 27 people who were detained in the western province of İzmir, seven have been imprisoned.
• Story of YPG fighter Xemgin whose whole family was massacred 

  Xemgin Tolhildan’s whole family has been killed by ISIS. He fought for 3 years for the Syrian regime, but later saw that the true battle was waged in the ranks of the YPG. As a YPG member, Xemgin now fights to avenge all victims and for a new life.
• Turkish police detain 75 in Cukurova region 

  Turkish police detained 75 people, mostly university students, in Adana, Mersin, Hatay and Antalya in the past week.
• Sit-in for Öcalan in Strasbourg on day 37: “CPT to Imrali” 

  The indefinite sit-in in Strasbourg, France held with the slogan “CPT to Imrali” supported by dozens of institutions continued with resolve on its 37th day.
• HDP files a criminal complaint against Interior Minister 

  HDP has filed a criminal complaint against Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu who insulted HDP Co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş.
• Kurdistan Charity Week at the SOAS University of London 

  Kurdistan Charity Week has been launched at the SOAS University of London.
• SDF refutes claims of ceasefire with ISIS 

  The SDF has refuted claims that they have entered a ceasefire with ISIS gangs and said, “Our insistence and our energy to end terror throughout Syria continue.”
• YPG commander: ISIS is on the verge of collapse in Deir ez-Zor 

  Speaking about the Operation Cizire Storm against ISIS in Deir ez-Zor, YPG commander Eliser Agiri said that ISIS suffered huge blows and is on the verge of collapse.
• Yüksekdağ, Tuncel and Tuğluk send message for Tahir Elçi 

  Figen Yüksekdağ, Sebahat Tuncel and Aysel Tuğluk commemorated Tahir Elçi from prison and said, “Despite the two years that have passed, this murder committed in front of cameras is not brought to light.”
• Support for earthquake victims in Rojhilat from prisoners 

  Prisoners in Kandıra Type F Closed Prison No.1 collected donations among themselves to send to the victims of the earthquake in Eastern and Southern Kurdistan.
• HDP: We will never forget Tahir Elçi 

  HDP commemorated Tahir Elçi on the second anniversary of his murder, saying: “We will never forget those who lynched Tahir Elçi, those who made the lynch possible, those who instigated this political murder, those who committed it and who supported them."
• Turkish intelligence MİT involved in the Egypt massacre 

  The perpetrators of this inhuman massacre in Egypt are not ISIS alone. On the contrary, this massacre has been carried out by the Turkish MİT. Or rather, this is a massacre carried out by Hakan Fidan on Erdoğan’s orders.
• De Mistura: We hope that the regime committee will be at Geneva 8 

  UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura stated that the Asad regime has still not decided on whether to attend Geneva 8.
• Day 36 in indefinite sit-in for Öcalan in front of the CPT 

  The sit-in held in front of the CPT in Strasbourg with the demand that the institution visit Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan urgently has completed 36 days.
• ANF now in 7 languages, including German 

  ANF was available in Kurdish, Turkish, English, Arabic, Persian and Spanish and now has expanded into German.
• “Enough” campaign by 51 institutions in Germany against bans 

  51 institutions in Germany have organized an “Enough” campaign against Germany’s ban on Kurdish symbols and criminalization of the Kurdish people, calling for joint struggle against bans.