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• HDP committee holds a series of meetings in South Africa 

  A committee from HDP held a series of meetings in South Africa.
• Arrest demand for human rights lawyer Eren Keskin 

  Özgür Gündem former co-chief editor Eren Keskin has been referred to court with a demand for her arrest.
• Germany and France echo with the slogan "Freedom for Öcalan" 

  Kurds and their allies in Europe continue their demonstrations for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan. Thousands of people came together across different parts of Germany and France to demand an immediate end to Öcalan’s isolation.
• Handover from ISIS to ISIS through the Turkish Army: Jarablus 

  We have witnessed Jarablus being taken from ISIS gangs and handed over to shaved and dressed up ISIS gangs through the Turkish Army.
• Öcalan’s lawyers to file criminal complaint against the Justice Ministry 

  Lawyers for Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan will file a criminal complaint against the Ministry of Justice.
• Call for attendance to the rally in Cologne for democracy against coups 

  ABDEM, Democratic Union of Forces, Haziran (June) Movement and HDK-Europe have called for attendance to the march and rally to be held in Cologne in September 3 for peace and democracy and against military and civilian coups.
• Historic day in Colombia: Peace agreement reached 

  The historic peace agreement to end the some 50-year long civil war in Colombia is finally complete.
• Gang groups in Jarablus attack a village recently liberated in Manbij 

  Gang groups affiliated to the Turkish army whom ISIS handed over Jarablus in an agreed manner have attacked a recently liberated village in Manbij.
• Jarablus Military Council to act against Turkey-backed gang groups 

  Jarablus Military Council Deputy Commander Armanc Cerablus stated that they are at a three-kilometer distance to the gang groups backed by Turkish army.
• ISIS hands Jarablus over to the AKP 

  The “Jarablus game” between Turkish state and ISIS has entered a new phase. ISIS has handed Jarablus city over to gangs allied to the Turkish state.
• Turkey does not attack ISIS; ISIS hands over villages to other gangs 

  Although Turkish media covers the Turkish state’s occupation of Jarablus as a ‘great military operation,’ the villagers of Jarablus state that there is a military employment in the region as opposed to an operation.
• 4 detained as police attack vigil for Öcalan in Mersin 

  Police attacked the vigil demonstration held in Mersin with the demand for freedom for Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan. Four people including Evrensel reporter Cemil Uğur were battered and detained.
• Erdoğan confesses: We are attacking the PYD 

  Turkish President Erdoğan confessed that Kurds are the main target of Turkey’s Jarablus operation.
• 29 civilians killed in Turkish state's attacks on Jarablus 

  29 civilians have lost their lives so far as a result of the attacks on Jarablus conducted by the Turkish state and the gangs.
• Saleh Moslem: Like ISIS, Turkey will be defeated in the Syrian war 

  PYD Co-President Saleh Moslem stated that Turkey would lose a lot with its ground operation in Syria.
• Turkey brings FSA members to Karkamış to cross into Jarablus 

  As the Turkish army’s bombardment of Jarablus enters its 4th day, nearly a thousand FSA members were brought to Antep’s Karkamış district so that they cross the border and enter Jarablus.
• Turkish military hits mainly Kurdish neighborhoods in Jarablus 

  Jarablus Military Council Deputy Commander Armanc Cerablus said Turkish soldiers attacked Jarablus with tanks and artilleries and bombed the city with jet fighters last night.
• Turkish state changes its guards in Jarablus 

  The Turkish state continues its initiative to place new loyal groups rather than ISIS in Jarablus, and has been shelling the town recently.
• Military operation in Erzurum 

  A military operation has been launched in the rural areas of Goksiya jor, Yahya, Qapaklı and Dondara villages in Erzurum's Karayazı district.
• Three soldiers injured in armed action in Antalya 

  A military vehicle was raked through in Antalya's Kemer district Wednesday morning.
• Hunger strike launched in front of CPT for the freedom of Öcalan 

  Shengal Diaspora Assembly has launched an indefinite-irreversible hunger strike in front of the Committee for Prevention of Torture in Strasbourg, France for the fredom of Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Gang groups attack Sheikh Maqsoud with rockets 

  Gang groups affiliated to Turkey-backed Syrian National Coalition (SNC) are shelling Aleppo's Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood with rockets.
• ANF inside Hesekê prison 

  ANF entered the prison in Hesekê recently captured from the regime. YPG, YPJ, Asayish and HPC forces inflicted heavy blows against the regime, captured hundreds of soldiers, and neutralized tens of soldiers.
• Masoud Barzani in Turkey for talks with Turkish officials 

  KDP President Masoud Barzani flew from Hewler to Turkey today.
• HDP İmralı Committee: KCK’s call must be approached seriously 

  HDP İmralı Committee stated that the AKP government, the Turkish state and democracy forces should approach the KCK’s recent declaration seriously and warned that solution and negotiations should not be utilized.