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• Raqqa operation: SDF fighters advance in Nazlat Shihade 

  SDF fighters continue their advance in Raqqa. As SDF fighters advance in Nazlat Shihade, several strategic points have been cleared off gangs. Intense clashes also continue in the Rawda neighborhood.
• MİT attempted to infiltrate German intelligence 

  It has recently come to light that some applicants to Germany’s domestic intelligence institution Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution have ties with Turkish intelligence agency MİT.
• 32 ISIS members killed in Raqqa 

  In the clashes of the last 24 hours in Raqqa, 32 ISIS members including assassins and bomb experts have been killed.
• Germany takes a step back on Konya issue 

  The German government had first protested AKP cancelling the parliamentarians’ visit to the German soldiers stationed in the military base in Konya, but now they took a step back and announced that they won’t be “giving Turkey time”. 
• Raqqa's Al-Jisr road taken under control by SDF 

  SDF fighters have cleared the Al-Jisr al-Jadeed road and entered the Nazal Shihade neighborhood.
• Turkey extends state of emergency for another 3 months 

  Turkey has extended of the State of Emergency for another 3 months.
• Merkel: Konya can’t be made into a political negotiation point 

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke about the German MPs visit to German soldiers in the military base in Konya being cancelled by Erdoğan’s orders and said: “The permit to visit Konya can’t be made into a political negotiation point.”
• Kurds in Russia condemn Öcalan's isolation and attacks on Efrîn 

  People of Kurdistan living in Russia condemned the isolation on Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and the attacks of the Turkish state on Efrîn Canton.
• ISIS mine kills 6 civilians in Raqqa 

  Six civilians lost their lives due to a mine planted by the ISIS gangs.
• Yarmouk neighborhood of Raqqa liberated, 500 civilians rescued 

  The Yarmouk neighborhood of Raqqa has been liberated and 28 ISIS members have been killed in various clashes throughout the city. Special units also rescued over 500 civilians.
• SDF fighters advance in strategic locations of Raqqa 

  SDF forces advancing in four parts of the Raqqa city have reached the premises of the historic Etîq Mosque in Old Raqqa neighborhood.
• Raqqa operation: SDF forces rescue 450 more civilians 

  In Tayar neighbourhood of Raqqa, SDF special units have rescued 450 civilians who were held hostage by ISIS gangs.
• HDP MP Taşdemir detained in Istanbul 

  HDP Ağrı deputy Dilan Dirayet Taşdemir has been detained at Atatürk Airport.
• YPG phobia of the German police 

  It came out that Germany's Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) issued a covert decree to police units, targeting the German individuals who fought for some time against ISIS gangs in the ranks of the YPG and YPJ and turned back to their country.
• 25 female ISIS members, 3 of them Turkish, captured in Mosul 

  The Iraqi army has captured 25 female ISIS members, 3 of whom are Turkish, during cleaning operations in Mosul.
• DTK Co-chair Güven: AKP’s end is near 

  DTK Co-chair Güven protested the AKP’s attacks on the values of the Kurdish people and stated that the people will defend their values under any circumstances. Güven said, “AKP’s end is near.”
• Demonstrations for Efrin and Öcalan in Dresden and Rennes 

  In German city Dresden and French city Rennes the military attacks of the Turkish state against Efrîn canton and the aggravated isolation imposed on Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan have been condemned.
• Scottish MP lodges a motion on trial of HDP's Yüksekdağ 

  Ross Greer a Member of Scottish Parliament for the Green Party has lodged a motion in the Scottish Parliament condemning the trial of Figen Yüksekdağ and the clampdown against the democratic opposition.
• Raqqa operation: 34 gang members killed, four vehicles destroyed 

  In clashes which spread across 7 neighbourhoods of Raqqa 34 ISIS members have been killed, and 4 vehicles have been destroyed. International Coalition aircraft conducted bombings on many gang positions.
• Kurd-free Geneva-7 failed as well 

  The Geneva 7 talks, which the Kurds as the only force with a democratic project for the future of Syria were not part of, have failed to produce results.
• Kurds in Europe protest Turkey's attacks on Efrîn 

  The invasion attacks of the Turkish state against Efrîn have been condemned in Europe.
• 180 youths from Raqqa and Tabqa join SDF 

  180 young men from Raqqa, Tabqa and surrounding villages joined the SDF for the liberation of Raqqa and the defence of the region.
• Turkish state disregards NATO 

  The Turkish state has disregarded the NATO mission and cancelled the German MPs’ visit planned for next Monday.
• “We won’t be able to forget what ISIS put us through” 

  70 year old Rabia, one of the civilians SDF fighters rescued from Raqqa, said: “SDF saved us from the brutal ISIS, we are overcome with joy but we will never be able to forget what we went through.”
• 70 percent of Raqqa's Hisham Abd Al-Malik neighborhood cleared 

  SDF fighters advancing in Raqqa have cleared 70 percent of the Hisham Abd Al-Malik neighborhood of ISIS gangs.