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• SDF liberates the Yamamah village in Raqqa operation 

  SDF fighters have liberated the village of Yamamah northwest of the Azadî (Baath) Dam in their ongoing Operation Wrath of Euphrates.
• German deputies' visit to Turkey cancelled 

  The planned visit of German parliamentarians to Turkey and North Kurdistan has been cancelled.
• Gülmen and Özakça arrested on the 76th day of hunger strike 

  Dismissed educators Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça who are on hunger strike for 76 days to get their jobs back have been remanded in custody after appearing in court today.
• ISIS claims responsibility for Manchester attack 

  ISIS has claimed responsibility for Monday's deadly attack at the Manchester Arena that happened at the end of a concert by the US singer Ariana Grande.
• YPG's “Scorpion of Seven Lives” 

  In the fight against ISIS, YPG forces have used armored vehicles covered with metal plates for a long time. One of these vehicles is on the front in Raqqa right now, and it is called the “Scorpion of Seven Lives”.
• German parliamentarian delegation to visit Amed 

  The group of German parliamentarians who will visit Turkey in hopes of finding a path to dialogue in the ongoing Incirlik Air Base crisis between the Erdoğan regime and Germany will also visit Amed.
• 18 detained in İzmir 

  18 people including HDP members and administrators have been taken into custody in the western province of İzmir.
• 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.