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• Demirtaş: “Attack on the funeral is a product of the AKP" 

  Selahattin Demirtaş and Abdullah Zeydan sent a message of condolence from prison for Hatun Tuğluk. The message said: “We condemn the disrespectful mob that dared to attack the funeral during the burial in Ankara.”
• Explosion in London leaves several injured 

  An explosion on a London Underground train has left commuters with "facial burns" after a "fireball flew down a carriage", reported the British newspaper The Sun.
• TUC Congress demands freedom for Öcalan  

  Britain’s 6 million strong trade union movement have agreed to back a mass campaign for the release of jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• End of ISIS nears in Raqqa 

  Fighting between SDF and ISIS reached new levels of intensity in Raqqa for one week now as the gangs use civilians and the area of Weteni Hospital as a cover, and set up a whole defense line in that area.
• SDF reached Deir ez-Zor within 48 hours 

  Syrian Democratic Forces made a unique progress during Operation Cizire Storm. Within 48 hours, the forces managed to reach the outskirts of Deir ez-Zor city and liberate vast areas east of the Euphrates River and cut off ISIS supply road.
• Hatun Tuğluk laid to rest in Dersim after obstruction in Ankara 

  Mother of HDP parliamentarian Aysel Tuğluk who passed away in Ankara Tuesday midnight, has finally been laid to rest in Dersim.
• Belgian court: PKK is not a terrorist organisation 

  A Belgian court has finalised the case against 36 people who include prominent Kurdish politicians like Remzi Kartal, Zübeyir Aydar and Adem Uzun, and concluded that “PKK is not a terrorist organisation”.
• PUK Spox: Removal of Kirkuk Governor from office is unacceptable 

  Iraqi Parliament Presidency has approved the decree signed by Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to remove Kirkuk Governor Necmedîn Kerim from office.
• Iraqi PM signs decree to remove Kirkuk Governor from office 

  Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi signed the decree to remove Kirkuk Governor Necmedîn Kerim from office. The decree has reached the Iraqi Parliament Presidency.
• 70 km covered in the Long March for Öcalan in Germany 

  The Long March of the Kurdish youth, started on 11 September in German city Dortmund, continues in its 4th day. The youths already covered 70 kilometers and are heading now towards Leverkusen.
• Mother of Aysel Tuğluk to be buried in Dersim after racist attack 

  The burial was interrupted and the body of Aysel Tuğluk’s mother Hatun Tuğluk was taken out of Ankara last night to be sent to Dersim. The body has reached Malatya and will be in Dersim by 14.00 today.
• EU signals to freeze negotiations with Turkey 

  EU is signalling that they won’t be silent in the face of AKP’s fascist practices any longer.
• Gülmen and Özakça not brought to court 

  Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça won’t be brought in for the first hearing of the case they are in remand for by the gendarmerie’s demand.
• HDP’s Yiğitalp taken into custody 

  HDP Amed MP Sibel Yiğitalp has been taken into custody in Amed.
• Burial of Aysel Tuğluk's mother hindered by racist attacks 

  HDP Deputy Co-chair Aysel Tugluk has been brought from prison to the funeral of her mother in Ankara in a high security prisoner transfer vehicle. The funeral has been hindered by racist attacks and she will be buried in Dersim tomorrow.
• Forest fire in Kirmanshan 

  The fire that erupted in Rojhilat’s Kirmanshan province Wednesday noon is growing.
• Long March for Öcalan in Germany continues 

  Kurdish youth continue their long march in Germany to protest the İmralı isolation system imposed on Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan, and demand his freedom.
• SDF retaliates ISIS attack on Raqqa’s Rawda neighborhood 

  SDF fighters have retaliated an ISIS attack on Raqqa’s Rawda neighborhood where fierce fighting continues.
• Operation Cizire Storm: 200 civilians rescued 

  SDF special units have rescued 200 civilians in Medînit Siniye during Deir ez-Zor liberation operation.
• “Turkey taking giant strides away from the EU for some time” 

  President of the EU Commission Jean-Claude Juncker said Turkey has been taking giant strides away from the European Union for some time, and called for the release of all journalists.
• Kurdistan Red Crescent provides aid in Livorno 

  Death toll in Livorno flooding rose to 8. The Kurdish relief foundation Heyva Sor a Kurdistanê (Kurdistan Red Crescent) is also providing aid in the rescue and recovery operations.
• Operation Cizire Storm on day 5 

  SDF fighters advanced 60 km in the Abu Fas wing and 40 km in the Abu Xesheb wing in the Operation Cizire Storm.
• Man detained under torture and now arrested 

  Ahmet Göksu was tortured and detained in the raid in the Yahya neighborhood in Karayazı, and has now been arrested.
• The Guardian: Dozens of ISIS defectors cross into Turkey 

  Several dozen former fighters of ISIS have already crossed into southern Turkey in recent weeks as terror group loses territory, reported The Guardian.
• An Armenian SDF fighter on the trails of his past in Raqqa 

  Denyar Amed is the son of an Armenian family, that was forced to flee from Amed to Syria during the Armenian genocide. Today in Raqqa, Amed is on the trails of his history.