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• Raqqa Operation: Two more villages liberated 

  Syrian Democratic Forces fighters cleared Raqqa’s Çiya and Bir Hamad villages of ISIS gangs.
• Bomb attack kills 22, injures 59 in Manchester 

  22 people, including children, have been killed and 59 injured in a suspected suicide attack at Manchester Arena.
• SDF makes further advances towards Raqqa amid fierce clashes 

  Intense clashes are taking place between SDF forces and ISIS gangs in the Çiya village west of Raqqa while SDF has captured 70 % of the Hamrat Nasir town east of the city.
• Iranian regime forces attack people protesting election results 

  Regime forces attacked the people protesting the results of city council elections in the mainly Arab Ahwaz city of Iran.
• German MPs to visit Turkey 

  A delegation of German MPs will be visiting Turkey this week. The visit will focus on the anti-democratic practices in Turkey and the Incirlik crisis.
• ISIS gangs attack Kirkush military training base 

  ISIS gangs targeted the Kirkush military training base in Diyala Monday morning.
• Hunger strikers Gülmen and Özakça taken in custody 

  Academic Nuriye Gülmen and teacher Semih Özakça have been on a hunger strike for the last 75 days, and they were taken into custody last night in a midnight raid to their home.
• SDF forces 2 km from Raqqa 

  SDF fighters cleared the village of Sahlabiya northwest of Raqqa and clashes continue in the town of Hamrat Nasır. 31 ISIS members were killed in two days of clashes.
• “Elections in Iran are a show and fraud” 

  Administrators from Iranian and Eastern Kurdistani parties and organizations active in Sweden state that the election of “reformist” Rouhani will not change anything in Iran where all authority is in the hands of spiritual leader Ali Khamenei.
• ISIS gangs call Kurdish man “infidel” and behead him 

  Every day new events surface that expose the dirty face of the gangs. Hedla Ehmed’s (60) son was called an “infidel” by the ISIS gangs and he was beheaded. The true reason was that he was Kurdish.
• SDF fighters advance towards Raqqa 

  SDF forces had paused operations for a short while due to bad weather conditions, but now their advance from the east and the west of Raqqa continues.
• Kemalbay elected co-chair of HDP in place of Yüksekdağ 

  Following elections held at the 3rd Extraordinary Congress of the HDP, Serpil Kemalbay and Selahattin Demirtaş were elected as co-chairs.
• Erdoğan's supporters preparing for provocation in Brussels 

  While Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is expected to go to Brussels for NATO summit next week, his supporters are mobilizing already now. The mayor is refusing to permit pro-Erdoğan demonstrations.
• Armed groups evacuated from Homs 

  Evacuation of the last armed groups from the al-Waer district of Homs started on Saturday.
• Germany fines Kurdish citizen for publishing PKK flag on Facebook 

  A Kurdish citizen living in Germany has been fined for sharing a photo with PKK flag on social media.
• Half of the Syrian children in Turkey cannot go to school 

  Only 20 percent of the Syrian refugees' children in Turkey can go to school together with the children in Turkey.
• Footage from clashes around Raqqa 

  ANF cameras recorded the clashes northwest of Raqqa in the SDF's ongoing Operation Wrath of Euphrates.
• Raqqa operation: Bomb laden vehicle destroyed 

  Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters have car bomb attack by ISIS. The bomb laden vehicle and a DShK mounted vehicle were destroyed.
• Turkey poll in Europe: Nobody wants Turkey 

  According to a poll commissioned by conservatives, the largest group in the European Parliament, the majority in Europe wants to end EU accession talks with Turkey.
• Escape from Raqqa horrors 

  At least 100 thousand civilians have been transferred from Raqqa city center and surroundings to safe zones.
• Gysi: Turkey bombs Kurds with information received from İncirlik 

  Prominent member of Die Linke Gregor Gysi stated that Turkey bombed Kurds using information received from İncirlik Air Base and demanded all German soldiers serving in Turkey be called back.
• SDF liberates two more villages as they get closer to Raqqa 

  YPG-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have liberated two more villages north of Raqqa.
• Erdoğan gives order for the attack on protestors in Washington 

  A new video footage reveals that Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan gave order for the attack on demonstrators in Washington DC.
• Organizers of the Washington attack 

  Erdoğan's nephew Halil Mutlu shouted at the American police. He motivated Erdoğan's guards and organized them to attack the Kurdish demonstrators in Washington.
• A new military force established for Hawija operation 

  It is claimed that a new force by the name of Hashdi Bergirî has been established in Kirkuk, set to take part in the operation for the liberation of Kirkuk's Hawija district from ISIS.