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• ISIS jihadists sent from Syria to Libya 

  A deserted member of the so-called Syrian National Army commanded by Turkey tells how ISIS jihadists are sent from Turkey to Libya.
• Karayilan: Turkey wants to complete what the ISIS failed to do 

  Similar to Rojava, the PKK is only an excuse for Turkey to annex foreign land to its own territory in Southern Kurdistan. Murat Karayilan of the People’s Defense Forces, HPG points out that besides Heftanin also Shengal is wanted to be annexed.
• Karayilan: Tourists should not come to Turkey 

  HPG commander Murat Karayilan points out that Turkey is a war zone: "We do not want people from Europe and Russia to come to Turkey as tourists during this time.”
• Cemil Bayik: International forces must take a stand 

  For one week, massive attacks of Turkey on Southern Kurdistan are taking place. Cemil Bayik of the KCK holds the South Kurdistan and Iraqi governments as well as the UN, the USA and Europe responsible and demands a statement.
• The bombing of Maxmur Refugee Camp, an interview with Meral Çiçek 

  Meral Çiçek from the Kurdish Women’s Relations Office talks to Dr. Jeff Miley about the bombing of Maxmur Camp.
• Isolation makes finding solutions more difficult  

  More than 21 years have passed since Kurdish people’s leader Abdullah Öcalan was kidnapped and detained. On 15 February 1999, an international conspiracy, in which the CIA was also involed, managed to capture Öcalan who since then is in Imrali.
• Environmentalist Ayboga talks about consequences of Covid-19 

  Ercan Ayboga is active in the Mesopotamian Ecology Movement. He was interviewed by Dr. Jeff Miley about the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in North Kurdistan and the rest of Turkey.
• Martyr Kasim Engin’s obituary for Martyr Bager Nûjiyan 

  A socialist fighter: Şehîd Bager Nûjiyan – Text written by Şehîd Kasim Engîn
• HDP deputy Ozsoy talks about coronavirus and its consequences 

  Jeff Miley interviews Dr. Hisyar Ozsoy, HDP Co-Spokesperson of International Affairs and MP about the social and political consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in North Kurdistan and the rest of Turkey.
• Sihanok Dibo: The Turkish state tries to encircle Egypt 

  The Egypt representative of the MSD, Sihanok Dibo, analyses Turkey's North Africa strategy in conversation with journalist Ersin Çaksu. The Muslim Brotherhood serves as a neo-Ottoman instrument of power against secular governments, the politician says.
• PJAK to work for unity and democratisation in Iran and Rojhilat 

  Hêvî Dêrik, member of the Eastern Kurdistan party PJAK, speaks about the decisions of the sixth party congress that concern both Iran and Eastern Kurdistan.
• DTK co-chair: Kurdish National Unity is the future of Kurdistan 

  The Turkish state's invading policies in 3 parts of Kurdistan continue. So do the efforts to establish the Kurdish national unity.
• Remzi Kartal: Sweden should apologize to the Kurdish people 

  Former Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was murdered on 28 February 1986. The investigation has been closed after 34 years. KONGRA-GEL co-chair Remzi Kartal talked about the issue.
• In memory of Şehîd Kasim Engin 

  The Internationalist Commune in Rojava wrote an obituary for Kasim Engin, a leading figure of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) who fell in an air raid by the Turkish army in southern Kurdistan, northern Iraq in late May.
• Writer Gülfer Akkaya receives death threats through social media 

  Opposition and critics of the AKP-MHP government continue to receive threats issued by racist-fascist groups supporting the coalition.
• HDP presents its 9-point roadmap to promote democracy 

  In the roadmap, the HDP advocates a democratic start and calls on all social groups to join forces.
• Karayılan: "This is an important process for the future of Kurds" 

  PKK Executive Committee member Murat Karayılan said: "We are going through an important process for the future of the Kurdish people."
• PJAK releases 6th Congress Final Strategic Document 

  "It is necessary to present the revolutionary spirit with all its organizational strength and aim for achieving victory by addressing its shortcomings in the methods of struggle in East Kurdistan," PJAK said.
• Besê Hozat: The HDP is a guarantee of democracy and people see it 

  KCK Executive Council co-chair Besê Hozat said that the HDP is the true force of hope for the establishment of democracy in Turkey, and this made it a target of the fascist AKP-MHP alliance.
• UK academic Wall calls on government to stop arms sale to Turkey 

  Professor Wall underlines that more governments should put pressure on Turkey to make sure it complies with human rights international laws.
• Besê Hozat: Democratic opposition must take to the streets 

  KCK Executive Council co-chair Besê Hozat said that the democratic opposition should move to the streets and squares.
• KCK co-chairs respond to women's letter on Zînî Wertê 

  KCK co-chairs, Cemil Bayık and Besê Hozat replied to the letter sent by over hundred women about Zînî Wertê and the need for Kurdish unity.
• The importance of the guerrilla offensive of 1 June 2004 

  After Abdullah Ocalan's kidnapping in 1999 and attempts to annihilate the Kurdish liberation movement both internally and externally, the guerrilla offensive of 1 June 2004 was an important liberation strike.
• Maxmur Camp doctors struggle because of the embargo 

  The embargo imposed on Maxmur refugee camp has been going on for ten months and, among other things, has a negative impact on the health care of the around 12,000 residents. 
• Assyrian villages in the Khabur valley under constant attack 

  Of the 20,000 Assyrians who were living in the Khabur valley in northeast Syria before the war began in 2011, only about 1,000 remain today. Madeleine Khamis, commander of the "Khabur Guards", fears that even the last Assyrians will be forced into exile.