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• 50 thousand citizens return to Tabqa liberated by SDF 

  People had to migrate from Tabqa because of ISIS gangs, and are returning home after SDF fighters liberated the town.
• Image of the tanks SDF captured from ISIS near Tabqa 

  YPG-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) continue their advance from Tabqa direction towards the ISIS stronghold Raqqa city.
• Raqqa operation: SDF fighters enter the Mansurah town 

  Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters have entered the Mansurah town from the southwest direction.
• 19 ISIS members killed in clashes east of Tabqa 

  Clashes that erupted upon the SDF fighters' response to the ISIS attacks east of Tabqa continue. 19 ISIS members have been killed in the fighting.
• Clashes between SDF and ISIS around the Azadî Dam 

  In an effort to break the SDF's siege on the Mansurah town east of Tabqa, ISIS gangs attacked the SDF positions around the town and those west of the Azadî Dam.
• Hunko: Is information received from İncirlik given to ISIS? 

  Speaking at a seminar on the role of the Kurds in the fight against ISIS, German parliamentarian Andrej Hunko asked “Is the information gathered in İncirlik given to ISIS over Turkey? We have serious doubts on this matter.”
• 9 from the Revolutionary Party and ESP detained 

  Turkish police conducted an operation against the Revolutionary Party (Devrimci Parti) and Socialist Party of the Oppressed (ESP) in İzmir province this morning.
• SDF liberates another village and encircles the Azadî Dam 

  SDF fighters liberated the al-Hamam village 20 km east of Tabqa and encircled the Azadî Dam.
• Who are Hashd al-Shaabî? 

  Hashd al-Shaabî was founded in 2014 against the threat of ISIS on Shia leader Sistani’s call, with military support from Iran and legal status by Iraq. With the recent operations, their name is on the map again.
• SDF fighters advancing from Tabqa to Raqqa 

  YPG-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are making further advances in their ongoing Operation Wrath of Euphrates to clear the Raqqa territory of ISIS gangs.
• SDF liberates three villages east of Tabqa 

  Three villages have been liberated and at least 25 ISIS members have been killed during the past two days of clashes east of Tabqa.
• HDP MP Konca jailed 26 days after release from prison 

  HDP Siirt MP Besime Konca was detained earlier today has been remanded in custody.
• Hashd al-Shaabi reaches Northern Syria border 

  Hashd al-Shaabi forces have reached the Rojava-Northern Syria border as their military campaign south of Shengal continues.
• Police will protect the people from Erdoğan’s men in Hamburg 

  After Erdoğan’s bodyguards terrorized the public in Washington, German security units are on alarm so the same won’t happen in Hamburg during the G20 summit.Kurds and left circles are also preparing to protest Erdoğan.
• Kurdish youths hang PKK flag on German consulates in France 

  Kurdish youth in Paris and Marseilles hanged PKK flags on German consulates to protest the German state’s policy to criminalize Kurds.
• Mass grave discovered 4 km east of Tabqa 

  ISIS gangs killed and buried more than 200 civilians in a mass grave, and played ball with their heads.
• Germany gives Turkey two weeks for İncirlik 

  The German government is reported to have given Turkey two weeks for the settlement of the İncirlik crisis.
• Armed gang groups visit Iraqi Turkmen Front in Kirkuk 

  Representatives of a Turkish-backed gang group in Syria came to Kirkuk to meet with officials from the Iraqi Turkmen Front affiliated to the Turkish Intelligence.
• Violent clashes in ISIS-occupied neighborhoods in Mosul 

  ISIS gangs are launching attacks with bomb-laden vehicles as the operations on the last ISIS-occupied neighborhoods in Mosul continue.
• ISIS gangs attack Tuz Khurmatu 

  ISIS gangs carried out an attack on Tuz Khurmatu last night.
• Operation on the last ISIS-occupied neighborhoods in Mosul 

  An operation has been launched on the last ISIS-held neighborhoods in Mosul. On the other hand, Hashd al-Shaabi took control of two villages to the south of Shengal.
• Several students detained in Istanbul and Amed 

  Many students were detained during police raids on houses and dormitories in Istanbul last night. One student was also detained in Amed.
• 23 ISIS members killed northwest of Raqqa 

  ISIS attack on Raqqa's Meyselûn village was repelled and 23 ISIS members were killed.
• Foreign Affairs Committee approves resolution condemning Turkey 

  House Foreign Affairs Committee approved a resolution condemning the violence against peaceful protesters outside the Turkish Ambassador’s residence on May 16, 2017, and calling for the perpetrators to be brought to justice.
• Manchester bomber flew from Turkey before the attack 

  Salman Abedi, the 22-year-old suicide bomber who killed 22 in the Manchester terrorist attack, travelled to Britain from Turkey just four days before the bombing, according to reports.