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• IHD Co-chair detained in Ankara - UPDATE 

  IHD Co-chair Öztürk Türkdoğan and human rights defenders have been taken into custody in central Ankara, capital city of Turkey.
• Turkish police raids home of 75 year-old paralytic woman 

  Turkish police raided home of a 75 year-old paralytic women in Nusaybin, a district of Mardin province.
• YPG fighter returns home and saves his family after three years 

  Ferhad Asman Casim was saved from ISIS captivity three years ago, went to Hesekê and joined the YPG. One month ago, he rescued his family and liberated his village to the northwest of Deir ez-Zor.
• 17 lawyers under police custody in Turkey 

  17 Turkish lawyers are held under police custody in four different provinces.
• SDF fighters discover an ISIS ammunition warehouse in Raqqa 

  SDF fighters have discovered an ammunition warehouse in Raqqa.
• 21 people detained in İzmir over social media posts 

  Turkish anti-terror police detained 21 people over social media posts in the western province of İzmir.
• “Stop Erdoğan!” book published in France 

  The book “Stop Erdoğan!” newly published in France tells the story of the Kurdish freedom movement, the Rojava revolution, Turkish colonialism and the West’s approach.
• Iraqi army expands operation on Syrian border 

  Iraqi army forces have launched an operation on the Ruman town to the north of the Qaim district.
• Police terror against the Kurds in Germany taken to court  

  Kurds are taking action against Germany which has started imitating the Erdoğan dictatorship. Over a thousand people have filed charges against the criminalization policies.
• Öcalan’s brother: The way to Imrali must be opened for peace 

  Mehmet Öcalan stated that his brother Abdullah Öcalan is a bridge for peace among peoples and issued a warning: “If this bridge falls, Kurds, Turks and everybody will suffer. Open the way to Imrali.”
• Khan village of Deir ez-Zor liberated 

  SDF fighters liberated Khan village of Deir ez-Zor and 5 ISIS members were killed.
• Gangs in Idlib go at each other again 

  Clashes among gang groups in Idlib and Aleppo provinces have flared up again.
• What great concessions did Germany offer Erdoğan? 

  The background of the easing of tensions between Berlin and Ankara after the Erdoğan regime released one of their hostages, Peter Steudtner, and Germany’s targeting of Kurds is cause for concern.
• SDF liberates a village in Deir ez-Zor operation 

  SDF fighters advancing against ISIS in Deir ez-Zor have liberated a village where 7 ISIS members were killed.
• Öcalan Library bus in Berlin 

  The Öcalan Library bus that left Strasbourg, France on October 9 to introduce the Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan’s ideas to the European public continues its journey.
• “Most of the ISIS gang leaders fled to Turkey” 

  A migrant from Al-Ashara village in Deir Ez Zor said ISIS gangs fled to Turkey.
• Funeral for YPG’s Mehmet Aksoy to be held in London on Friday 

  Kurdish YPG fighter Mehmet Aksoy will be buried at Highgate cemetery near Karl Marx in London on November 10th (Friday).
• Landmine warehouse discovered in Deir Ez Zor 

  Deir Ez Zor security forces have discovered a landmine warehouse that belonged to the ISIS gangs.
• Arrested HDP MPs’ call for Öcalan 

  Arrested HDP Co-chairs and MPs demand a committee visit Imrali and international institutions speak up against the isolation. The statement also called on the public and said, “Those who want peace and a solution cannot be expected to dismiss this issue.
• German Minister can’t stop praising police that attacked Kurds 

  State Interior Minister Herbert Reul gave the thumbs up for the police officers who attacked the “Fascism can’t pass, freedom for Öcalan and all prisoners” march held on Saturday in Düsseldorf for carrying posters of Öcalan.
• SDF liberates four villages in Deir ez-Zor operation 

  SDF fighters have cleared four more villages of ISIS in the Operation Cizire Storm.
• Yildirim: Isolation is a result of Turkey’s defeat against Ocalan 

  Peoples’ Democracy Party (HDP) deputy co-chair Nadir Yildirim said the Turkish policies against Abdullah Ocalan threatens the co-existence of peoples and a democratic future of Turkey.
• Iran to reopen Perwezxan Border Gate on Monday 

  Iran’s government decided to reopen Perxwezxan Border Gate between Iran and South Kurdistan.
• ‘We won’t bow down against Germany’s repressive mindset’ 

  The organizers of “Fascism shall not pass! Freedom for Ocalan and all Political Prisoners March” condemned German police violence in the demonstration in Dusseldorf and said that they won’t bow down against the repressive mindset.
• Demonstration for jailed Kurdish politicians in Washington 

  Demonstrators gathered at the Turkish Embassy in Washington, D.C. in the United States to protest the imprisonment of HDP Co-Chairs Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ, as well as all other political prisoners in Turkey.