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• Kurds prepare for G20 Summit protests in Hamburg 

  Kurdish institutions are preparing to protest the G20 Summit to be held in Hamburg.
• French journalist wounded in Mosul couldn’t be saved 

  Journalist and French citizen Sephane Villeneuve was wounded in an explosion yesterday in Mosul and has lost his life today.
• Turkish soldiers fleeing the border fall into guerrilla ambush 

  HPG and YJA-Star guerrillas hit the military convoy travelling from Çukurca to Hakkari. Many soldiers including ranking officers were reported dead.
• Heavy fighting on three fronts of Raqqa 

  Fierce clashes are taking place between SDF and ISIS in the eastern, western and southern Raqqa. 34 ISIS members were killed and 2 bomb-laden motorcycles were destroyed to the south of the city.
• SDF Commander: We will liberate Raqqa, hand it over to civilians 

  SDF Commander Lokman Xelîl stated that they will hand Raqqa to civilians once the city is liberated from ISIS, and refuted the claims that SDF forces are forcibly displacing the civilians.
• ISIS attacks peshmergas in Tuz Khurmatu 

  ISIS gangs attacked the peshmerga positions in Zerge region of Tuz Khurmatu district of Salahaddin province last night, leaving one peshmerga dead.
• At least 76 ISIS members killed in clashes in Raqqa 

  SDF forces have repelled the ISIS attacks on Battanî and al-Barîd neighborhoods of Raqqa following fierce clashes.
• Kurdish journalist killed, 3 French journalists wounded in Mosul 

  A Kurdish journalist was killed and three French journalists were wounded as result of a roadside bomb explosion in Mosul city.
• Parents of Ayşe Deniz Karacagil released 

  The parents of Ayşe Deniz Karacagil, who fell a martyr in the fight against ISIS in Raqqa, were released this evening on condition of judicial control.
• Parents of Destan Temmuz referred to court for attending funeral 

  Parents of MLKP fighter Ayşe Deniz Karacagil (Destan Temmuz) who fell a martyr in the Raqqa operation were detained on their arrival in Turkey earlier today, and they have been referred to court in the afternoon.
• Silo: We will retaliate regime forces if their attacks continue 

  SDF Spokesperson General Talal Silo stated that their forces would use their right to legitimate defense and retaliate if the regime forces continued their attacks on SDF positions.
• Martyrs Karacagil, Bayraktaroğlu and Güler commemorated in London 

  MLKP fighter Ayşe Deniz Karacagil and BÖG commanders Ulaş Bayraktaroğlu and Aziz Güler who fell martyrs in the fight against ISIS in Rojava have been commemorated in English capital London.
• Operation Raqqa: 16 ISIS members killed 

  Intense clashes continue in Batani (Al Bayatra) and Al Barid neighborhoods of Raqqa. 16 gang members have been killed in the clashes, and an ammunition warehouse was seized from the gangs in the southern part of the city.
• Turkey detains parents of Destan Temmuz martyred in Raqqa 

  The parents of Ayşe Deniz Karacagil, who fell a martyr fighting in the Raqqa operation, have been taken into custody at the Sabiha Gökçen Airport in Istanbul.
• CJTFOIR statement on the downing of Syrian jet 

  The US-led anti-ISIS Coalition stated that a Syrian regime jet was shot down following an attack on SDF forces south of Tabqa.
• 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.