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• Kurdish politicians detained in Ankara 

  Kurdish politician Seydi Fırat has been taken into custody in Ankara.
• Iraq plans to build a new oil pipeline to Turkey 

  Iraq Oil Ministry announces its plans to build a new pipeline to Turkey, which will bypass Southern Kurdistan.
• Iranian regime detains earthquake victims 

  The Iranian regime has detained 7 people for letting people know what happened after the earthquake.
• Writer Fikret Başkaya and HDP members detained in Ankara 

  Turkish police detained writer Fikret Başkaya (77) and some HDP members in Ankara.
• German police ban another Kurdish demo due to Kurdish symbols 

  German police banned a Kurdish gathering on Sunday in Halle-Trotha because it was believed that the participants will carry Kurdish symbols.
• Six detained in police crackdown in Ankara 

  Police attacked the demonstration for dismissed educators Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça in central Ankara and detained six people.
• 13 people detained in Tekirdağ and Kars 

  In today’s political genocide operations, 13 people have been detained in Tekirdağ and Kars provinces.
• Sit-in against Öcalan’s isolation in Strasbourg continues 

  The sit-in launched in Strasbourg against the isolation on Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan continues on its 35th day.
• Aid distributed to Raqqan residents 

  Raqqa Civil Council has distributed aid to the residents of Al-Mashlab neighborhood in Raqqa.
• ‘The crisis should be solved through dialogue and negotiations’ 

  The crisis in Iraq should be solved through dialogue and negotiations, a senior commander of HPG said.
• PKK's Kalkan vows revenge for slain commanders 

  PKK’s Duran Kalkan vowed revenge for slain female commanders and 11 guerrillas who were killed during clashes with Turkish army earlier this month.
• YPG fighter with crutches in the frontlines in Deir ez-Zor 

  25 years old Ali Serêkaniyê was wounded in the Raqqa operation and is receiving treatment in Qamishlo, but still isn’t abandoning his friends in the Deir ez-Zor front despite his crutches.
• German police targets Kurdish MP 

  Kurdish politician Gökay Akbulut, elected to Germany’s Federal Parliament from Die Linke lists on September 24, has been targeted by the police. Some media institutions also joined in the lynch campaign launched against Akbulut.
• Several detained in Hatay and Istanbul 

  Turkish police raided homes and detained several people in Hatay and Istanbul.
• Ten Kurdish politicians arrested in Diyarbakir 

  Turkish police arrested ten Kurdish politicians in Diyarbakir and detained several others in Izmir and Ankara.
• Syria National Dialogue Congress postponed to February 

  The Syrian National Dialogue Congress that was expected to be held in Sochi, Russia on 2-4 December 2017, has reportedly been postponed to February 2018.
• Erdoğan: We are of the same opinion with Assad concerning Kurds 

  AKP Leader and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated that they are of the same opinion with Bashar Assad in regard to their anti-Kurdish stand.
• Left Party's Schimke: Isolation on Öcalan is unacceptable 

  German Left Party Ludwigsburg Chairperson Peter Schimke demanded an end to the isolation of Kurdish People’s Leader and Germany’s ban on Kurdish symbols.
• HDP MP: Does ISIS sell Êzidî women and children in Turkey? 

  HDP MP Ali Atalan took the allegations that ISIS sells Êzidî women and children in Turkey to the parliament.
• Eight people including HDP members detained in Bursa 

  Eight people, five of them women, have been taken into custody in Bursa province.
• Kirkuk youth bombs two centres of the Iraqi Turkmen Front 

  Youths from Kirkuk have bombed two centres of the Iraqi Turkmen Front affiliated with the Turkish intelligence MİT.
• SDF releases five prisoners in Tabqa 

  SDF has released five prisoners who had joined ISIS gangs but were determined not to have engaged in bloody crimes.
• Kurdish MPs in Baghdad headed to court 

  The file on Kurdish MPs in the Iraqi Parliament has been completed by the Commission of Parliamentary Inquiries and submitted to court.
• Operation on last ISIS-held areas in Iraq 

  Iraqi Joint Operations Command announced the launch of cleaning operations on Cezire and the upper part of Euphrates.
• YPJ Spokeswoman: Dialogue should begin in the post-ISIS period 

  YPJ Spokeswoman Nesrin Abdullah stressed that the only way to end the ongoing crisis in the region is to find a political solution to the conflict.