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• Operation Cizire Storm: Intense clashes continue 

  Clashes continue between Cizire Storm fighters and ISIS gangs to the south of the Jafar oil company. In Kubra village, 2 gang members’ bodies were confiscated by the fighters along with their weapons.
• Turkey to employ imams as kindergarten teachers 

  Turkish government is planning to employ religious school graduates as kindergarten teachers.
• 10 thousand civilians rescued from ISIS in Deir ez-Zor 

  SDF fighters have freed 10 thousand civilians from the clutches of ISIS gangs in the Operation Cizire Storm.
• 17 ISIS members killed in violent clashes in Raqqa 

  17 members of ISIS gangs have been killed and 2 SDF fighters fell martyrs in Raqqa city.
• Arrest warrant for KRG electoral commission members 

  An Iraqi court has issued a series of verdicts over the independence referendum held in Southern Kurdistan on September 25, in which people voted “Yes” with an overwhelming majority of 92 percent.
• Switzerland responds to Turkey on Öcalan: "Freedom of Expression" 

  The Freedom for Öcalan poster circulating on the billboards in the Bern Central Train Station has disturbed the Turkish state. The embassy wanted the poster removed, but Switzerland rejected the demand due to freedom of expression.
• Operations to rescue civilians in Raqqa continue 

  SDF special units have rescued 40 more civilians from the clutches of ISIS gangs in Raqqa's city center.
• Baghdad to cut Kirkuk’s budget because “there is no governor” 

  The Iraqi central government is to discuss cutting Kirkuk’s budget because the post of the Kirkuk Governor is empty. The governor was removed from office by the central government.
• 13 civilians rescued and 7 ISIS members killed in Raqqa 

  13 civilians have been rescued in the Raqqa city center and 7 ISIS members were killed in clashes.
• SDF Commander: The siege has been tightened in Raqqa 

  Rojda Felat stated that more civilians have been rescued from ISIS and taken to safety during the past days in Raqqa.
• Operation Cizire Storm on day 33: 2 more villages liberated 

  Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters have liberated the Mewalih and Kobra villages this morning as part of the Operation Cizire Storm.
• 'Freedom for Öcalan' demonstration in front of the CoE continues 

  The large scale sit-in demonstration held in front of the Council of Europe for the freedom of Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan continued on day 2 with a dense program.
• Öcalan Library reaches Stuttgart 

  The Öcalan Library bus that left Strasbourg on October 9 was greeted by Kurdish people in Stuttgart’s Schlossplatz Square.
• German court gives MİT agent award-like sentence 

  The court in Hamburg announced the verdict on the case of MİT agent Mehmet Fatih Sayan who gathered information on Kurdish politicians in Europe and planned assassinations, and sentenced Sayan to an award-like sentence. Sayan was released on parole.
• Iraqi Vice President warns of ‘civil war’ over Kirkuk 

  Iraqi Vice President Ayad Allawi warned there could be a “civil war” over the Kurdish-administered city of Kirkuk if talks over Kurdish independence are left unresolved.
• HDP Co-chair Demirtaş’s message on the Ankara massacre 

  HDP Co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş commemorated the people who lost their lives in the Ankara massacre and said: “Those behind the massacre still haven’t been brought to justice. The strongest value that keeps us going is hope. Let’s not lose our hope.”
• 155 more civilians rescued in Raqqa 

  SDF fighters have rescued 155 more civilians in Raqqa city center, bringing the total number of the locals rescued today to 350.
• HRW and Article 19 to be party to arrested HDP MPs’ cases 

  Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muižnieks and NGOs ARTICLE 19 and HRW’s appeal to be third parties in HDP MPs’ cases has been approved.
• Operation Cizire Storm: Two flanks join together 

  SDF fighters advancing in the Operation Cizire Storm have liberated 3 villages in the Jazrat branch and the Jazrat and Abu Xashab flanks have joined together.
• “Free Abdullah Öcalan” banner in Frankfurt University 

  Kurdistan Students Union (YXK) put up a banner in the Goethe University Frankfurt to draw attention to the October 9 plot.
• Latest from Raqqa: 195 civilians rescued, 10 ISIS members killed 

  10 ISIS members have been killed and 195 civilians have been rescued in the clashes in Raqqa city center.
• Police attack on October 10 commemorations in Ankara 

  People who lost their lives in the October 10 Ankara Massacre are remembered on the second anniversary of the incident. Police attacked the families with tear gas.
• Still no justice for victims of the Ankara massacre 

  Two years passed since the Ankara Train Station Bombing, which killed 102 and wounded more than 500. The attack was carried out by two ISIS members who blew themselves among demonstrators attending a Peace Rally.
• Kurdish cities are among the poorest in Turkey 

  Turkish Statistics Institute’s (TÜİK) latest report shows that Kurdish cities are among the poorest cities in Turkey. Out of the poorest 10 cities 9 are predominantly Kurdish.
• ‘Freedom for Öcalan’ demonstrations in Europe 

  The 19th anniversary of the 9 October international plot against Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan has been protested in many cities of Europe.