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• Lawyers appealed against isolation of Abdullah Ocalan 

  Ocalan’s lawyer Cengiz Yurekli appealed against the continuing isolation of their client and said that the practice itself is a crime according to Turkish law.
• Erdogan’s guards indicted over attack against demonstrators 

  A grand jury indicted 19 people, including 15 Turkish security guards over brutal attack against peaceful demonstrators during Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit to Washington in May.
• German scientists help Turkey’s tank factory plans 

  Scientists from the University of Aachen worked with German arms producer Rheinmetall on Turkish governments plans to build a tank factory in Turkey.
• Prison service vehicle hit by IED in Izmir 

  A prison service vehicle carrying prison guards was hit by an IED in Buca, a district of Izmir province in Turkey.
• 109 teachers ready for Kurdish lessons in Manbij 

  The Kurdish Language Institute in Manbij stated that 109 teachers are ready to give lessons in Kurdish language at schools.
• YPG Press members in a tireless struggle in Raqqa 

  Fighters and journalists of the People's Defense Units (YPG) are continuing their job even on the front line.
• 400 teachers from Raqqa and Ayn Îsa complete training cycle 

  The Democratic Society Education Committee (KPC-D) has completed the first training cycle for 400 teachers from Raqqa and Ayn Îsa.
• SDF discovers tunnels inside a mosque in eastern Raqqa 

  Fighters of the YPG-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have discovered tunnels inside a mosque in eastern Raqqa.
• 18 ISIS members killed, more civilians rescued in Raqqa 

  SDF fighters repelled the attacks ISIS launched in an effort to break the siege on Dariyah and Mirûr neighborhoods that have been surrounded by the SDF.
• Two neighborhoods of Raqqa surrounded 

  SDF fighters have surrounded the Dariyah and Mirûr neighborhoods amid fierce clashes on the western front of Raqqa.
• Erdoğan’s bodyguards to face trial for hate crimes 

  The attack on the peaceful protesters by the Turkish President Erdoğan’s bodyguards is going to be on trial. The legal process has started for 19 people, including 15 of Erdoğan’s bodyguards.
• 105 more fighters join Manbij Military Council 

  105 more fighters have completed their training at Martry Faysal Abu Layla Academy and joined the Manbij Military Council.
• Clashes continue in three neighborhoods of Raqqa 

  Fierce clashes between SDF and ISIS gangs continue in Raqqa since last night.
• Hannover to stop cooperation with Konya 

  German city of Hannover had signed a sister city protocol with Turkish city Konya in 2014, but is now ending the cooperation due to the Erdoğan government’s recent politics.
• SDF: MMC Commander fell a martyr in Raqqa 

  SDF General Command announced in a written statement that Manbij Military Council Commander General Adnan Abu Amjad fell a martyr in Raqqa.
• 30 ISIS members killed in three neighborhoods of Raqqa 

  YPG-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) continue their operation to liberate Raqqa since June 6.
• U.S. coalition exchanged fire with rebels in Syria: Spokesman 

  U.S.-led coalition forces returned fire after being repeatedly shot at near Manbij in northern Syria, where they are patrolling near areas held by Turkish-backed rebels.
• 40 more ISIS members killed in Raqqa 

  40 members of ISIS gangs were killed in ongoing clashes in Rawda and Old Raqqa neighborhoods of Raqqa.
• Syrian woman and daughter murdered at home in Mersin 

  Syrian woman and her daughter were found murdered in their house in the southern province of Mersin.
• ISIS suicide bomber targets peshmergas near Tal Afar 

  ISIS targeted peshmerga forces in Tal Afar and Tuz Khurmatu, resulting in casualties.
• YPG and YPJ sniper group in Raqqa 

  A group of snipers from the YPG and YPJ has reached Raqqa last night and the snipers have taken their place in the frontlines.
• SDF Commander: Raqqa battle should end in two months 

  The battle to oust Islamic State from its stronghold in the Syrian city of Raqqa should end within two months, a top-ranking Kurdish commander told Reuters, but said she expects the fighting to intensify.
• 27 ISIS members killed in Raqqa 

  As fierce clashes continue in Raqqa city centre, 27 ISIS members have been killed during the fighting in two neighborhoods.
• Many socialists detained in Istanbul 

  The AKP government of Turkey continues targeting the opposition circles, Kurds in the first place, through political genocide operations in which dozens are arrested every single day.
• Isolation on Öcalan condemned in Adygea 

  The aggravated isolation imposed on Abdullah Öcalan has been condemned in Russia's Autonomous Republic of Adygea. Demonstrators said the Kurdish people who organised themselves with the philosophy of Öcalan will break the isolation on their leader.