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• Karasu: The prison uniform policy will be rejected by resistance 

  The political prisoners in Turkey will reject Turkish government’s prison uniform policy with resistance, Mustafa Karasu, member of KCK’s Executive Council said.
• 300 ISIS members are hiding out in Turkey 

  British The Times newspaper published an article that claims some 300 people who joined ISIS from the UK are hiding out in Turkey
• KRG suspends broadcast of NRT TV for another week 

  Kurdistan Regional Government extended the suspension of NRT TV’s broadcast for another week.
• People of Tabqa respond to Assad: We are all SDF fighters 

  Tabqan people responded to Assad’s comments targeting SDF, saying; “We are all SDF fighters. Whoever calls SDF traitors labels all peoples traitors.”
• HPG guerrillas kill 15 soldiers in Hakkari 

  People's Defence Forces (HPG) guerrillas killed 15 Turkish soldiers in Hakkari on Monday.
• Letter from Barzani, conditions from Abadi 

  Kurdistan Regional Prime Minister Nêchirvan Barzani wrote a letter to Iraqi PM, who he had called “bankrupt” before the referendum, for a solution to the crisis between Baghdad and Hewlêr. Abadi listed his conditions and is taking his time for resolution.
• HDP MP Lezgin Botan arrested by Turkish police 

  Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) MP Lezgin Botan was arrested in Istanbul.
• Demirtas: We must break the isolation on Ocalan 

  Imprisoned leader of Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Selahattin Demirtas urged everyone to step up the struggle to break the isolation on Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan.
• Three Turkish soldiers killed in Semdinli 

  At least three Turkish soldiers killed in Semdinli, a district of Hakkari province, on Monday.
• ‘Art Against War’ symposium in Raqqa 

  Rojava Intellectuals’ Union is organizing ‘Art Against War’ symposium in Raqqa city.
• Heyva Sor provides medicine aid for Raqqan people 

  Heyva Sor a Kurdistanê has supplied medicine aid for the people of Raqqa.
• Syrian regime forces attack SDF positions in Deir ez-Zor 

  Syrian regime forces have carried out artillery attacks on the positions of Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Deir ez-Zor countryside.
• Britsch: I was held hostage in Turkey 

  German pilgrim David Britsch who spent 8 months in a Turkish prison said he was held hostage in Turkey.
• Demonstrations for Öcalan in Oslo and Stavanger 

  Demonstrations were held for Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan in Oslo and Stavanger cities of Norway.
• Turkish-backed gangs kidnap 40 Kurdish civilians in al-Bab 

  Al-Bab Military Council announced that gangs affiliated to the invading Turkish army have raided homes of Kurds in the villages of al-Bab and kidnapped 40 Kurdish civilians since yesterday.
• YPG Commander General Sipan Hemo in Moscow 

  YPG Commander General Sipan Hemo is reported to be in Moscow.
• “Freedom for Öcalan” billboards in Zurich 

  Posters calling for freedom for Öcalan are displayed in the central train station in Zurich, Switzerland.
• Woman to be jailed with baby for saying “Don’t let children die" 

  Ayşe Çelik, who was sentenced to prison for saying “Don’t let children die" on a live TV programme in Turkey, will be imprisoned with her 2-month old baby.
• Germany should investigate Turkish plans to attack opposition 

  Fatoş Göksungur, the co-chair of the KCDK-E, urged the German Federal Government to investigate Turkish plans to attack the opposition in Europe.
• Turkish Parliament approves war budget for 2018 

  Discussions for Turkey’s 2018 budget have ended in the Parliament after 12 days.
• 30 ISIS members killed as SDF repels an attack near Deir ez-Zor 

  ISIS attack on SDF positions in Cersa Sharqi village of Mayadeen was repelled and 30 ISIS members were killed in clashes.
• Mayer: “Ottoman gang led by Turkish government” 

  Reactions continue after HDP MP Garo Paylan’s announcement that there are assassination plans being made against Kurds, Armenians, journalists and academics in Europe.
• 21 ISIS members killed in Operation Cizire Storm 

  21 members of ISIS gangs were killed in Cersa Sharqi village of Mayadeen.
• Canada holds weapons intended for Southern Kurdistan 

  Canada is holding the weapons intended for Southern Kurdistan in a warehouse after Iraqi government refused to give approval for the weapons delivered to the Kurdish Regional Government.
• Four thousand children attend school in Raqqa 

  As the return of residents and reconstruction continues in Raqqa following the liberation of the city by Syrian Democratic Forces, the number of children attending school has reached four thousand.