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• Raqqa operation enters its final phase 

  More than 90 percent of Raqqa is under SDF control and final phase of the operation started, The Wrath of Euphrates Command Centre said.
• Syrian opposition: We will fight against Turkish invasion! 

  Liwa Simal Demokratik (Democratic Battalion of the North) commander Abu Omar Idlibi called Turkey “a terrorist state” and said that they won’t allow the invasion of Idlib, Afrin and Shehba.
• ANHA reporter Dilishan and two fighters laid to rest in Kobanê 

  ANHA reporter Dilishan Ibish and two freedom martyrs were laid to rest in the Martyr Dijla Cemetery of Martyrs in Kobanê, Rojava.
• Turkish supported gangs clash for control over border gate 

  Four gang members were killed as Turkish supported Jabhat Al-Shamiye and Sultan Murad Brigades clashed for control over the Oncupinar border gate in Azaz on Saturday.
• ANHA reporter Dilîşan sent to her hometown Kobanê 

  The body of ANHA reporter Dilîşan İbiş who lost her life in the attack in Deir Ez Zor has been sent from Qamishlo to Kobanê.
• YPG fighters down a Turkish drone in Efrîn 

  YPG fighters have downed a Turkish drone in Efrîn.
• A reporter for ANHA martyred, two others wounded in ISIS attack 

  ANHA reporter Dilîşan Îbiş has fallen a martyr and two other reporters got wounded as result of the ISIS attack that targeted civilians near Deir ez-Zor Thursday evening.
• Demonstration for Öcalan's freedom in Til Berak 

  The Movement for Democratic Society organized a march in solidarity with the leader of the Kurdish people, Abdullah Öcalan, protesting the isolation imposed on him in the prison of Imrali in Turkey.
• People take to the streets for Öcalan in Serêkaniye 

  Kurdish, Arab and Armenian people from Serêkaniye took to the streets by thousands  to protest the international plot initiated against Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan on 9 October 1998 when he was forced to leave Syria.
• People of Kobanê protest the international plot against Öcalan 

  A mass demonstration was held in Kobanê in protest at the international plot against Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan that started in October 9 when he was forced to leave Syria.
• Raqqa operation: 14 ISIS members killed, two VBIEDs destroyed 

  Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) killed 14 ISIS members and destroyed ISIS’ two bomb-laden vehicles in central Raqqa.
• YPG announces the balance sheet of attacks on Efrîn 

  YPG Press Office stated that the Turkish army and the gangs under its command are continuing their attacks against Rojava, Western Kurdistan.
• Grieving father talks about Turkish massacre one year later 

  Last year on October 8, Turkish warplanes hit a house in Toybux village. The massacre happened in the daylight with no ISIS members visible. Imam Sexo Hamo was pulled out of the rubble but he lost 11 members of his family including his eight children.
• The story of an ISIS emir 

  ISIS emir (*) Salih Xelef El-Eli was taken captive by SDF fighters during the Operation Cizire Storm. Salih told how he joined ISIS and became an ISIS emir even though he was a simple and uneducated man.
• Liberation of Raqqa is near, SDF spokeswoman says 

  Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) control 85 percent of Raqqa and complete liberation of the city is near, SDF spokeswomen Cihan Shex Ehmed said.
• Operation Cizire Storm: 1 village and 17 hamlets liberated 

  Syrian Democratic Forces liberated one village and 17 hamlets from ISIS gangs.
• 70 civilians rescued in Raqqa 

  Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) rescued 70 civilians and killed 6 ISIS members in Raqqa.
• Turkey and Al-Nusra agree on Idlib 

  Turkey and Tahrir Al-Sham (Jabhat Al-Nusra) made an agreement on Idlib, ANHA News Agency reported.
• Classes start in Efrîn University 

  Efrîn University has kicked off the new term with 525 students.
• Firaz Dağ’s body bid farewell en route to London 

  YPG/YPJ fighters bid farewell to YPG Press member Mehmet Aksoy (Firaz Dağ) and sent his body through the Semalka Border Gate. Firaz Dağ will cross into Bashurê Kurdistan from there and will be sent off to London afterwards.
• Three-day mourning declared for Mam Jalal in Rojava 

  The Democratic Autonomous Administration of Rojava has declared three-day mourning over the passing of Kurdish political leader Jalal Talabani.
• Grand ceremony for Firaz Dağ and three martyrs 

  A grand ceremony was held in the Martyr Xebat Martyrs Cemetery for YPG Press member Firaz Dağ and three of his comrades who were martyred in the Operation Cizire Storm and the Operation to Liberate Raqqa.
• Final declaration of the KNK Workshop in Rojava 

  Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) Rojava workshop released a final resolution after two days long discussions about Kurdish national unity and cooperation between political groups and parties.
• Turkish supported gangs attack Iska village in Efrîn 

  Gangs supported by Turkey attacked Iska village in Afrin with mortars on Monday.
• 19 ISIS members killed, 15 civilians rescued in Raqqa 

  Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters killed 19 ISIS members and rescued 15 civilians in Raqqa.