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• Turkmens also seek refuge with the Kurds 

  With the accelerating Mosul operation, the Iraqi Turkmens take advantage of the administrative void and seek refuge with the Rojava Kurds. Turkmens continue to arrive in Hesekê city and say they were left at the mercy of ISIS.
• Engaging with the AKP will make KDP lose 

  Those who congratulated the AKP in the referendum were gangs like Al-Qaeda, Al-Nusra, Ahrar Al-Sham and countries like Saudi Arabia and Qatar. And the Barzanis.
• Footage from Turkish airstrike targeting civilian areas in Qandil 

  This morning's strikes by Turkish warplanes on Qandil region of Medya Defense Zones also targeted the villages with civilian population, and the fields of the locals.
• SDF's Ehmed: ISIS in the throes of death in Raqqa 

  Wrath of Euphrates Spokesperson stated that ISIS will be expelled from around Raqqa city upon the completion of the operation's fourth phase, saying: "ISIS gangs outside the city will either be destroyed or retreat to the city."
• Urgent call by MSD for IDPs resulting from the Raqqa operation 

  During the past three days more than 10.000 civilians have been displaced from the town of Tabqa [southwest Raqqa] and nearby villages, the more the operation intensifies near the city the more IDP numbers are increasing.
• 'Yes' voters celebrating referendum results attack Êzidî cemetery 

  'Yes' voters attacked the Êzidî cemetery in the Zewra village in Urfa's Viranşehir district, where election fraud peaked, during their 'celebration' at the night of Sunday's referendum.
• Hidden heroes of the war: Medical workers 

  Mistefa Xalid is a medic from Manbij. He is part of a 4-person medical unit. Kerem İbrahim is an ambulance driver. Both are on duty in the Wrath of Euphrates operation, and both are as determined as the fighters.
• Raqqans smile once again after liberation by SDF 

  People of Raqqa are cultured and hospitable. They are loyal to their lands and each family has hundreds of decares of arable land.
• Six siblings join YBŞ/YJŞ ranks to avenge their people 

  Four sisters and two brothers joined YBŞ and YJŞ ranks in order to avenge their people. The siblings are fighting side by side against the enemies of humanity.
• Raqqa Civilian Assembly Co-chair: We will govern ourselves 

  Raqqa Civilian Assembly has been declared and co-chairs have been elected during today's meeting in Ayn Îsa town.
• French and Canadian fighters in the Tabqa operation 

  French Cilo Zagros and Canadian Gabar Tolhildan are participating in the Tabqa operation of the YPG-led Syrian Democratic Forces against ISIS.
• Bahoz Erdal: Our comrades entered their lair and struck them 

  HPG Commander Bahoz Erdal stated that: "Contrary to what they say, the PKK is not weakening, it is getting stronger in every aspect with each passing day."
• Karayılan calls on Kurds to support hunger strikes and vote 'No' 

  PKK's Karayılan said: "The AKP-MHP alliance is putting Turkey in jeopardy by leading it to a dictatorial regime. All those in Turkey and Kurdistan that side with peace and democracy, and want Kurds to exist but not die out, should vote 'No'."
• Arab fighters in SDF: Peoples on these lands are brothers 

  Tabqa is almost completely surrounded by SDF fighters and they have almost entered the town. Kurdish and Arab fighters are fighting shoulder to shoulder for the liberation.
• Tabqa Dam: The key to capturing Raqqa 

  Anarkismo.net interviewed ANF reporter Sinan Deniz who is based in Kobanê and is currently embedded with the SDF in the Operation Wrath of Euphrates to liberate Tabqa and Raqqa.
• Khanasor resident: KDP threatened me for agencification against PKK 

  Necip Bapir İlyas from Khanasor town of Shengal stated that Shengal Peshmerga Forces Commander Kasım Şeşo had threatened him for agencification and forced him to turn the people against the PKK.
• Turkey's dekurdification policy in Shehba continues 

  Turkey’s operation to change the demographics of Shehba and de-Kurdify the town continues.
• Turkey not giving up on dirty plans against Rojava 

  Northern Syrian Federation Executive Council Co-chair Foza Yusuf pointed out an attempted attack on Shehba and Efrîn and said: “Turkey will face a great resistance. Everybody knows how it ended for ISIS when they attacked Kobanê.”
• Turkish jets bomb martyrs' cemetery, demolish graves in Qandil 

  Turkish warplanes targeted the Mehmet Karasungur Cemetery of Martyrs in Qandil and demolished all the graves in the cemetery earlier today.
• Arab and Kurdish fighters: Fraternity of peoples experienced in the fronts 

  With the fighters fighting shoulder to shoulder in the operation launched to liberate Tabqa from ISIS, the fraternity of peoples is growing stronger. Kurdish fighter Bahoz Kendal and Arab fighter Sheikh Abu Ala are two examples of this fraternity.
• A day with freedom fighters in Tabqa 

  The Operation Wrath of Euphrates which was launched with the goal of liberating the Raqqa city from ISIS continues in a significant phase.
• Brussels assailant turns out to be Erdoğan's man 

  Mehmet Gargılı who stabbed 3 Kurds including 66 years old Sultan Uğraş in Brussels yesterday turned out to be Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's man.
• Engineer Leroy: Structure of Tabqa Dam not damaged by strikes 

  Engineer Ludovic Leroy said the airstrike on Tabqa Dam was well executed, and is very important because thanks to the control room destruction and the crane damaging the spill valve cannot be opened easily by ISIS in order to food the valley.
• SDF fighters heading for the Euphrates River, the Tabqa Dam and freedom 

  The ISIS gangs have come down like a curse on the Middle East and humanity since 2013 and now they are pushed towards the dumps of history every day by the sacrificing children of the Kurdish people and the children of the region.
• Wrath of Euphrates Spokesperson: No stopping before Raqqa is free 

  Wrath of Euphrates Operation Room Spokesperson Cihan Shekh Ahmed: “Our operation continues successfully. Both our people and our fighters have high morale. For us, there is no stopping before Raqqa is free.