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• Female prisoners on hunger strike for 26 days 

  The indefinite and non-alternate hunger strike started by 31 inmates in Tarsus Type T Women’s Prison has left 26 days behind.
• Kurds in Canada and Europe demand freedom for Öcalan 

  Kurds living in Canada, Italy, Austria, Sweden and Germany took to the streets and demonstrated for the freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• 23 ISIS members killed in Raqqa 

  Fierce fighting erupted between SDF and ISIS in two neighborhoods of Raqqa, where 23 ISIS members were killed.
• Fighters enter the Industrial Zone in Deir ez-Zor 

  SDF Press Office reported that Deir ez-Zor Military Council forces have entered the Medînit Siniyê (Industrial Zone) in Deir ez-Zor province.
• Call from France: Let's stop the dictatorship of Erdoğan 

  Deputy mayor of the Saint-Denis Municipality in France that hosted a theatre play on the Cizre massacre called Erdoğan a dictator who has to be stopped.
• DMC Commander: Freedom of Deir ez-Zor people in sight 

  Deir ez-Zor Military Council commander Ahmad Abu Khawla said: “Our promise to the people of Deir ez-Zor is that their freedom is in sight.”
• 'Freedom for Öcalan' banner in the skies of Stockholm 

  Hundreds of people from Kurdistan joined a march in Stockholm to demand freedom for Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan, while a banner reading 'Freedom for Öcalan' in English was flown by a plane over the city.
• Kurds in Europe take to the streets for Öcalan 

  Kurdish people living in Europe took to the streets to demand freedom for Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• SDF liberates Mirur neighbourhood west of Raqqa 

  YPG-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have liberated the Mirur neighbourhood of Raqqa following fierce clashes with ISIS.
• We will take our municipalities back! 

  A top Democratic Regions Party (DBP) official accused Turkish state-appointed trustees to Kurdish municipalities of malpractices and fraud and vowed to take back the municipalities sooner or later.
• Turkish state starts forced demolitions in Sur 

  Turkey started forced demolition of buildings in Sur, a district of Diyarbakir. There are reports of Turkish bulldozers levelling buildings with all belongings of the owners.
• PKK captured 20 Turkish spies including 2 high ranking officials  

  PKK Executive Committee Member Karasu said: “We have 20 state officials including 2 of the MİT’s regional supervisors. The MİT members captured most recently are high ranking officials. The state remains silent.”
• Man first shot by soldiers then detained in Mişrif 

  58 years old father of 13 Celal Yıldırım was seriously wounded in his head during the soldiers’ attack on the Mişrif village in Lice, Diyarbakır. He has now been detained before his treatment in the hospital was completed.
• Wirtschafts Woche: Erdoğan will use the sanctions as an excuse 

  Andreas Freytag wrote an article for prominent German weekly financial journal Wirtschafts Woche and analyzed possible sanctions against Turkey and Erdoğan’s policy based on reactions of European countries.
• Raqqa Courthouse and surroundings cleared of ISIS 

  SDF fighters have cleared the Raqqa Courthouse and surroundings and 17 ISIS members have been killed in clashes in this area.
• Kurds to march in 10 cities of Germany today 

  Marches and rallies will be held today in 10 cities of Germany in protest at the isolation of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and genocidal attacks on the Kurdish people.
• Kurdish youth to launch a long march for Öcalan in Germany 

  Kurdish youths led by Jinên Ciwanên Azad and Ciwanên Azad will launch a five-day march in Dortmund on September 11, set to join afterwards the 25th International Kurdish Culture Festival to kick off in Cologne on September 16.
• 39 ISIS members killed in clashes in Raqqa 

  39 ISIS members were killed and 1 was captured alive during clashes in Raqqa's western and eastern neighbourhoods of Nur and Mensur.
• “The Syrian Crisis needs a solution based on a strong foundation" 

  MSD Co-chair Ilham Ehmed stressed that the Syrian crisis needs a permanent solution based on a strong foundation through a new constitution that ensures the rights of all women, peoples and faiths for the whole country.
• HDP women: Kurdish workers are killed because of AKP's policies 

  HDP Women's Council stated that the policies of the AKP and Erdoğan's Palace is the reason why Kurdish seasonal worker Perihan Akin was killed in a racist attack.
• HDP’s Ayhan Bilgen released 

  HDP Party Spokesperson and Kars MP Ayhan Bilgen has been released from prison.
• Kurdish youths hang flag and banner on Turkish Consulate 

  Kurdish youths have hung their flag with a banner on the Turkish Consulate in Rotterdam in protest at the isolation on Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• HDP MPs will be in front of Constitutional Court every Thursday 

  People’s Democratic Party (HPD) MPs will be in front of Turkish Constitutional Court every Thursday, HDP spokesperson Osman Baydemir said.
• Germans want a “resolute policy” against Turkey 

  According to a poll made by the public ARD channel, nearly 90 percent of the population favors harsh and resolute policies against Turkey.
• Twins from Raqqa are fighting to liberate their home 

  Twins Kerwan and Weysi from Raqqa were forced to flee to Serêkaniyê in 2013 when the war in Raqqa began. Now they are fighting together with their father, a YPG member, to free Raqqa.