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• KCK's Hozat: ISIS will receive the lethal blow in Raqqa 

  KCK Executive Council Co-chair Besê Hozat stressed that the control over Raqqa will be significant for Syria in general as well, and stated that ISIS will receive the lethal blow in Raqqa.
• Kurdish youth deserts the Turkish army and joins PKK 

  23 years old guerrilla Devrim Digor who deserted the Turkish army and joined the guerrilla ranks for his people called upon all Kurdish youths to reject Turkey's military service.
• Îlham Ehmed: Russia is threatening Kurds with Turkey 

  MSD Co-chair Îlham Ehmed said Russia is threatening Rojavan Kurds with Turkey’s attacks.
• PKK's Kalkan: Both PKK and YPG are fighting fascism 

  PKK's Kalkan said that: “Everybody should object to the Erdoğan-Bahçeli fascism, and the fascist genocide it projects on to the peoples of Turkey, and the Kurdish people in particular. Those who don’t object today will be harmed by this fascism tomorrow."
• PKK's Kalkan: Erdoğan-Bahçeli dictatorship will fall 

  PKK executive Duran Kalkan stressed that 2017 will be the year when Tayyip Erdoğan-Devlet Bahçeli dictatorship in Turkey will fall.
• YPG fighter from the Netherlands en route to Raqqa  

  “Turkey will try to prevent us but we will go on to Raqqa", says YPG fighter Baran Sason from the Netherlands.
• YBŞ Commander Feqîr: We will fight whoever comes at us 

  YBŞ Commander Dijwar Feqîr stated that the Turkish state and the KDP are making plans towards Shengal and said: “As the Êzidîs, we will be here, and we will fight whoever comes at us.”
• YJA Star guerrilla speaks of her break from the system in Iran 

  Rojhilati (Eastern Kurdistani) YJA Star guerrilla Nûda Karker said, “I organized and revealed my ambition, wrath, rebellion and objection in the PKK.”
• Kurdish youths refusing to be inducted into the army join the PKK 

  Kurdish youths join the guerrilla ranks as they refuse to be inducted into the army of the Turkish state which is waging an all-out war against democracy and the peoples of the region, saying that there is no place for Kurdish youth in the Turkish army.
• British YBŞ fighter sends a message on Manchester attack 

  British YBŞ volunteer Rubar Aziz who is fighting ISIS in the ranks of YBŞ in Shengal sent a message on the Manchester bombing that killed 22 and wounded dozens of others earlier this week.
• A day with a SDF fighter en route to Raqqa 

  We have been following the Raqqa liberation operation for days. It started on May 11, and is still going strong. So we decided to spend a day with a SDF fighter.
• “ISIS is over, we are rid of ISIS, we are free” 

  “You are very welcome. ISIS is over. We are now rid of ISIS. We are now free.” She kissed a fighter on the head before saying this.
• Abu Layla’s fighters on their way to Raqqa 

  A large group of fighters from the Manbij Military Council and Shams Al Shamal Forces have been dispatched to conflict zones to take part in the Operation Wrath of Euphrates.
• Turkish weapons sent to ISIS found near Raqqa 

  Syrian Democratic Forces advancing toward Raqqa were faced with Turkish weapons in the hands of ISIS once more after Tabqa.
• British YPG fighter sends a message on Manchester attack 

  British actor Michael Enright who is fighting ISIS in the ranks of YPG sent a message to his hometown that was targeted by a terrorist attack last night.
• Germany: Kurds surveiled by MİT are on their own 

  Germany indirectly acknowledged the existence of the second list from the MİT. The federal government answered Die Linke’s written inquiry and argued that it’s not necessary to warn the people on the list, including Kurds.
• PKK’s presence in Shengal is the guarantee for the Êzidî people 

  Egîd Kelar, one of the HPG commanders in Shengal, said their presence in the region is the guarantee for the Êzidî people’s freedom.
• Karasu on US-Turkey meeting: Bargain over PKK cannot be accepted 

  Evaluating the Trump-Erdoğan meeting for ANF, KCK's Karasu stressed that: “Bargain over PKK cannot be accepted”, and called for an end to the development of relations with Turkey on this basis.
• Turkish gang member wounded in Kobanê killed near Raqqa 

  Turkish gang member named Abdullah Türki was killed in clashes near Raqqa. Documents found on him showed that Türki had participated in the Kobanê attack in the past and was wounded there.
• “Solution to the Kurdish issue is the key to stability in the ME" 

  Yusuf: There is a very serious Kurdish issue and a related democratization problem in Turkey. The solution to the Kurdish issue is the key to stability in the Middle East. The US can encourage a solution, or even be an intermediary.
• ISIS' reference books from Turkey 

  Many documents with origins in Turkey have been found in Tabqa. Among these are books printed and distributed in Turkey.
• Moslem: The circle around ISIS tightens around Turkey as well 

  PYD Co-chair Saleh Moslem stated that the US is clear about aiding the YPG and Turkey needs to come to terms with this fact. He said Turkey will face a reaction by the coalition forces if they repeat their attacks on Rojava.
• Underlying reasons for Erdoğan-Masrour Barzani meeting in the US 

  Turkish President Erdoğan and Southern Kurdistan intelligence official Masrour Barzani will also be in the US at the same time. This is no coincidence.
• Germany hides Turkish intelligence MİT's assassination list 

  Germany has not made the list given by the Turkish intelligence MİT to the Interior Ministry undersecretary Emily Haber public although two months have passed. The list includes over 100 names, among whom are Kurds and Turkish leftists living in Germany.
• Why is the Tabqa Dam important? 

  Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced that the Tabqa town and Euphrates Dam have been completely liberated on Wednesday, May 10, following a 50 day long operation.