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• Sit-in for Öcalan continues in front of the CPT with resolve 

  The indefinite sit-in in Strasbourg, France held with the slogan “CPT to Imrali” supported by dozens of institutions continued with resolve on its 42nd day.
• Kurds in Europe mark 40th year of the PKK 

  Kurdish community in Europe marked 40th year of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) with celebrations.
• YPG: Eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor fully liberated from ISIS 

  YPG announced that SDF has managed to defeat ISIS at the eastern banks of Euphrates.
• Russian and SDF military officials hold a press briefing 

  Russian military officials, YPG and SDF spokesmen held a joint press briefing on the recent developments in Syria and ongoing fight against ISIS, YPG Press Office reported.
• Thousands rally for “Freedom for Öcalan” in Stuttgart 

  Thousands gathered to demand freedom for Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan in Stuttgart, Germany as part of the “Serî Hilde” (Rise Up) campaign.
• 72 ISIS members killed in a village near Deir ez-Zor 

  Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) killed 72 ISIS members in Siwedan village, near Deir ez-Zor.
• Another journalist jailed in Turkey 

  A Turkish court jailed a cameraman working for TV10, a banned Alevite TV channel, in Istanbul.
• Iran arrests Kurdish writer 

  Iran arrested Kurdish writer Eli Reza Spahi Lain in Kelat Nadiri town near Meshed, capital of Razavi-Khorasan province.
• “Can everyone really be a slanderer; can all this be mere lies?” 

  HDP said: "Those who obstruct independent and impartial jurisdiction, and do not operate the check and balance mechanisms should know well that their names will go down in history as the most dubious and tainted government to have ever ruled Turkey.”
• Dismissed academic Nuriye Gülmen released from prison 

  A Turkish court ruled for the release of Nuriye Gülmen and acquittal of Semih Özakça and Acun Karadağ in the trial against the three dismissed educators.
• UN’s proposal for a solution for Syria does not include Kurds 

  Un Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura has announced the “12 Living Intra-Syrian Essential Principles” he submitted to the regime and opposition delegations that attended Geneva talks yesterday.
• Three people jailed in Ankara 

  Three people have been imprisoned in Ankara for “membership to and propagating for a terrorist organisation”.
• Violence against HDP members in İskenderun Prison 

  HDP members jailed in İskenderun T Type Closed Prison stated that they have been subjected to violence.
• Racist mark on the home of an Alevi family in Istanbul 

  The AKP-MHP fascism continues with its threats against different faiths. After Malatya, homes of Alevis are being marked in Istanbul now.
• Cooperation between Barzani and ITC in Kirkuk 

  Masoud Barzani has met with a delegation from the Turkish intelligence-affiliated Iraqi Turkmen Front (ITC) that poses an obstacle to the election of a governor for Kirkuk.
• SDF liberates two villages in Operation Cizire Storm 

  SDF fighters have liberated two villages northeast of Deir ez-Zor and clashes continue in another village.
• Nechirvan Barzani in Turkey 

  It came out that Southern Kurdistan Regional Government Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani has arrived in Turkey.
• EU cuts Turkey’s 105 million Euros of aid 

  The EU budget for 2018 approved by the European Parliament (EP) cuts the pre-accession assistance allocated to Turkey by 105 million Euros and freezes 70 million more to be “reassessed according to developments”.
• De Mistura unable to bring parties together in Geneva 8 again 

  As the 8th round of the Geneva talks continued on the 3rd day, UN Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura failed to gather all parties together in one room again.
• US withdraws artillery marines from Syria 

  US announced that some battle-tested Marines will be heading home soon.
• British YPG fighter dies in a land mine blast in Raqqa 

  A British YPG fighter was killed in a blast during mine clearing operations in Raqqa.
• Constitutional Court to assess Demirtaş’s appeal on December 6 

  The Constitutional Court announced that they will be assessing HDP Co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş’s appeal on December 6 and issue a verdict.
• Seven people jailed in İzmir 

  Out of the 27 people who were detained in the western province of İzmir, seven have been imprisoned.
• Story of YPG fighter Xemgin whose whole family was massacred 

  Xemgin Tolhildan’s whole family has been killed by ISIS. He fought for 3 years for the Syrian regime, but later saw that the true battle was waged in the ranks of the YPG. As a YPG member, Xemgin now fights to avenge all victims and for a new life.
• Turkish police detain 75 in Cukurova region 

  Turkish police detained 75 people, mostly university students, in Adana, Mersin, Hatay and Antalya in the past week.