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• Syrian jet shelling SDF positions near Tabqa downed 

  A Syrian jet shelling the SDF positions south of Tabqa has reportedly been downed.
• SDF confiscates another explosives warehouse of ISIS in Raqqa 

  SDF fighters have confiscated an ISIS explosives warehouse in the Sabahiya neighborhood to the west of Raqqa.
• Movie on Amed prison resistance screened in Oslo 

  The movie "14 Temmuz" (14 July) about the historic resistance of the political prisoners in the prison of Amed was screened in Oslo.
• Isolation imposed upon Öcalan protested in Michurinsk 

  Kurds who live in Michurinsk, Russia held a press statement to protest the isolation imposed upon Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• SDF continues to save civilians in Raqqa 

  Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have saved dozens of civilians from the tyranny of the gangs in Raqqa.
• YPG Press Center member wounded in Raqqa 

  YPG Press Center worker Jin Evindar was following the operation to liberate Raqqa when was wounded.
• Mosul operation: The Iraqi army enters “Old Mosul” area 

  The Iraqi army is advancing in Mosul. They are reported to have entered the old town area, the last area held by ISIS gangs.
• SDF liberates a neighborhood west of Raqqa from ISIS 

  Syrian Democratic Forces have liberated the al-Bayatra (Batani) neighborhood of Raqqa following 4 days of clashes with ISIS.
• German police not any different from Erdoğan's bodyguards 

  Flags of the YPG/YPJ that are embraced with sympathy all over the world have been a nightmare for the German police. 7 people were detained and 3 were injured in today's attack by the German police on protesters condemning the ban on Kurdish flags.
• German police attack PYD demo against ban on Kurdish symbols 

  German police attacked the protesters that took to the streets in German capital Berlin today to condemn Germany's ban on the flags of the PYD, YPG and YPJ and the German state's criminalization of the Kurds.
• Turkish 'teacher' poses with an arm in Şırnak 

  A young woman who is said to be a teacher, has bragged on her social media account posing with a military gadget used by special operations units and posted threatening messages.
• Turkey's dismissed NATO officers admit massacres against Kurds 

  Five former Turkish Senior Officers who were purged after the attempted coup on 15 July last year,made striking evaluations regarding the latest situation in Turkey, also the Kurdish question and Syria.
• AKP’s circle of violence 

  It is clear that there is an absolute psychological war being waged. Their goal is to grind Kurdish society down, and guerrilla families in particular, and turn them away from the struggle.
• ISIS member caught in Germany turns out to be MİT agent 

  One of the ISIS members arrested in Germany in 2016 turned out to be an agent of Turkish intelligence MİT. The agent said in his testimony to police that he started to work for MİT after crossing from Syria into Turkey in 2014.
• Heavy fighting in four neighborhoods of Raqqa 

  Clashes in al-Bayatra neighborhood east of Raqqa and al-Barid and Hattin neighborhoods in the west continue since yesterday noon. SDF fighters have entered the Qadisiya neighborhood west of the city.
• 10 day balance sheet of battle in Raqqa operation 

  4 neighborhoods and several locations were liberated, 312 ISIS members were killed and 7 others captured alive in Raqqa between 6th and 15th of June.
• Three siblings in the battle for Raqqa 

  Three siblings, sitting on the terrace of a house. They are at the war front. One sister, two brothers. Fighting for the same cause. Shoulder to shoulder. They say they are happy to be together.
• “We were waiting for you, we knew you would save us” 

  They are coming in waves. First they were hundreds, then thousands. Now there are tens of thousands of them.
• PYD to protest the German ban on Kurdish symbols in Berlin  

  Germany's Interior Ministry ban on the flags of the PYD, YPG and YPJ will be condemned in a mass demonstration on Saturday in the capital city Berlin. German leftist and democratic groups are expected to attend the demonstration which is organized by PYD.
• 22 ISIS members killed in Raqqa since yesterday 

  22 members, including three leaders, of ISIS gangs have been killed during heavy fighting in east and west of Raqqa over the past 24 hours.
• Suspects sought in multiple assaults outside Turkish Embassy 

  A total of 18 individuals have been charged or are facing charges in relation with violent assaults against peaceful protesters outside the Turkish Ambassador’s residence on May 16th during Turkish President Erdoğan's visit.
• HDP condemns the arrest of the CHP MP Enis Berberoğlu 

  HDP stated that the arrest of Enis Berberoğlu, CHP Member of Parliament for Istanbul, is part, and a continuation of the coup targeting democracy, a process that began on 20 May 2016 with the lifting of immunity of parliamentarians.
• National Assembly of Québec in solidarity with jailed HDP MPs 

  The National Assembly of Québec today passed a motion in solidarity with HDP's imprisoned members of parliament, the first legislative assembly to do so in Canada.
• SDF repels ISIS attacks west of Raqqa 

  ISIS attacks on Sabahiya neighborhood have been repelled and many ISIS members have been killed in Raqqa today.
• Street exhibition for Ivana Hoffman in Paris 

  A street exhibition was held in French capital Paris dedicated to internationalist revolutionary Ivana Hoffman who fell in Rojava in 2015.