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• Turkish 'teacher' poses with an arm in Şırnak 

  A young woman who is said to be a teacher, has bragged on her social media account posing with a military gadget used by special operations units and posted threatening messages.
• Turkey's dismissed NATO officers admit massacres against Kurds 

  Five former Turkish Senior Officers who were purged after the attempted coup on 15 July last year,made striking evaluations regarding the latest situation in Turkey, also the Kurdish question and Syria.
• AKP’s circle of violence 

  It is clear that there is an absolute psychological war being waged. Their goal is to grind Kurdish society down, and guerrilla families in particular, and turn them away from the struggle.
• ISIS member caught in Germany turns out to be MİT agent 

  One of the ISIS members arrested in Germany in 2016 turned out to be an agent of Turkish intelligence MİT. The agent said in his testimony to police that he started to work for MİT after crossing from Syria into Turkey in 2014.
• Heavy fighting in four neighborhoods of Raqqa 

  Clashes in al-Bayatra neighborhood east of Raqqa and al-Barid and Hattin neighborhoods in the west continue since yesterday noon. SDF fighters have entered the Qadisiya neighborhood west of the city.
• 10 day balance sheet of battle in Raqqa operation 

  4 neighborhoods and several locations were liberated, 312 ISIS members were killed and 7 others captured alive in Raqqa between 6th and 15th of June.
• Three siblings in the battle for Raqqa 

  Three siblings, sitting on the terrace of a house. They are at the war front. One sister, two brothers. Fighting for the same cause. Shoulder to shoulder. They say they are happy to be together.
• “We were waiting for you, we knew you would save us” 

  They are coming in waves. First they were hundreds, then thousands. Now there are tens of thousands of them.
• PYD to protest the German ban on Kurdish symbols in Berlin  

  Germany's Interior Ministry ban on the flags of the PYD, YPG and YPJ will be condemned in a mass demonstration on Saturday in the capital city Berlin. German leftist and democratic groups are expected to attend the demonstration which is organized by PYD.
• 22 ISIS members killed in Raqqa since yesterday 

  22 members, including three leaders, of ISIS gangs have been killed during heavy fighting in east and west of Raqqa over the past 24 hours.
• Suspects sought in multiple assaults outside Turkish Embassy 

  A total of 18 individuals have been charged or are facing charges in relation with violent assaults against peaceful protesters outside the Turkish Ambassador’s residence on May 16th during Turkish President Erdoğan's visit.
• HDP condemns the arrest of the CHP MP Enis Berberoğlu 

  HDP stated that the arrest of Enis Berberoğlu, CHP Member of Parliament for Istanbul, is part, and a continuation of the coup targeting democracy, a process that began on 20 May 2016 with the lifting of immunity of parliamentarians.
• National Assembly of Québec in solidarity with jailed HDP MPs 

  The National Assembly of Québec today passed a motion in solidarity with HDP's imprisoned members of parliament, the first legislative assembly to do so in Canada.
• SDF repels ISIS attacks west of Raqqa 

  ISIS attacks on Sabahiya neighborhood have been repelled and many ISIS members have been killed in Raqqa today.
• Street exhibition for Ivana Hoffman in Paris 

  A street exhibition was held in French capital Paris dedicated to internationalist revolutionary Ivana Hoffman who fell in Rojava in 2015.
• Arab and Kurdish fighters: We are certain we will liberate Raqqa 

  The operation to clear Raqqa of ISIS gangs continues. Arab and Kurdish freedom fighters say that the gangs can’t stop them and they continue on their path.
• Turkey releases 12 more ISIS 'suspects' 

  In Istanbul 12 members of the ISIS gangs have been released by Turkish judiciary.
• SDF clears the landmines laid by ISIS around Raqqa 

  Landmines laid around Raqqa by ISIS gangs are being defused by SDF expert units.
• Sinaa neighborhood east of Raqqa cleared of ISIS 

  SDF forces have liberated the Sinaa neighborhood east of Raqqa following 4 days of heavy clashes, and entered the Batani neighborhood on the same front.
• HDP MP Hezer stripped of parliamentary seat 

  Turkish Parliamentary Joint Commission has decided to revoke the parliamentary membership of HDP Van deputy Tuğba Hezer.
• 20 civilians killed in fight among Turkey-allied gangs in al-Bab 

  20 civilians were massacred during clashes between Turkey affiliated gangs and 30 members of the gangs died.
• CHP MP Berberoğlu faces 25 years in prison 

  The judges issued an arrest warrant for CHP MP Enis Berberoğlu in the “MİT trucks” case hearing today.
• SDF fighters enter al-Berid neighborhood of Raqqa 

  As fighting gets heavier on the eastern and western fronts of Raqqa, SDF fighters have entered the al-Berid neighborhood and they are about to liberate the Sinaa neighborhood.
• German MP urges the government to announce MİT’s shell companies 

  Die Linke MP Ulla Jelpke called on the federal German government to “announce the Turkish shell companies and stop backing Turkish intelligence services”.
• More Turkish weapons seized from ISIS in Raqqa 

  Syrian Democratic Forces advancing in Raqqa were faced with Turkish weapons in the hands of ISIS once more.