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• Yusuf: We can’t allow for a repeat of Afrin 

  Hediye Yusuf from Kongra Star Coordination said in order to avoid the situation in Afrin from repeating throughout Northern and Eastern Syria, there needs to be extensive preparations, total resistance and diplomatic efforts in accordance.
• Turkey’s threats of invasion help revive ISIS 

  In tandem with Turkey’s threats to invade North and East Syria, ISIS has recently increased their attacks in the region. The Pentagon has also pointed to ISIS activity, while internal security forces say the gangs take their orders from Turkey.
• Autonomous Administration: We won’t accept impositions 

  The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria Spokesperson said the Turkish state’s “safe zone” is exemplified in Afrin. Ehme said the US has acted as a mediator between them and Turkey and added that they won’t accept Turkey’s impositions.
• Swiss terrorist in SDF custody: I want to be tried in Turkey 

  ISIS jihadist Daniel Demage from Switzerland is in SDF custody. The Swiss terrorist, listed as one of the most dangerous ISIS members, gave an interview to the ANHA news agency.
• UK delegation briefing on Hasankeyf 

  Julie Ward MEP, Prof. Felix Padel, and Henry Brooks from the UK joined over a hundred local and international activists at Hasankeyf.
• Gire Spi Canton Co-chair: We are the true owners of these lands 

  Al-Abid spoke about the Turkish state’s claim that they will “return the region to its true owners” and said: “Anybody who migrated from the region can return. But if they want to return on top of Turkish tanks, we won’t accept that.”
• SDF Commander Newroz: War will spread if Turkey attacks 

  SDF General Command Member Newroz Ehmed said they have always favored dialogue and that they don’t want a war, stressing that there will be retaliation if Turkey attacks and that the war will spread.
• Security Zone as part of Turkish expansionist policy 

  The Turkish state continues to threaten with an occupation of northern and eastern Syria. Today, a US military delegation will hold talks in Turkey on the "security zone".
• Öcalan’s Strategic Success on Imralı 

  Mahmut Şakar talked to Civaka Azad about his experience as Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan's attorney.
• Following genocide, Shengal reinvented itself anew 

  The people of Shengal, dozens of its organisations and associations have reinvented themselves anew after the fatal genocide of the 3rd August 2014.
• PKK’s intervention in Shengal 

  The PKK intervention is in such a way that won’t allow for further massacres or genocides against the Yazidi people who have suffered 73 genocides.
• Remembering the Shengal genocide 

  The Yazidis, who faced the horrors of genocide, described it shortly with the words: "We have witnessed treason with our own eyes". When they fled desperately to the mountain to escape the massacre, 12 riders of legendary Derwêşê Evdî came up to meet them
• The forgotten Roma genocide 

  While Nazi Germany attacks and arrests against Jews continued, attacks and arrests against Roma were initiated. The Roma were put into concentration camps. In the Baltic countries occupied by the Nazis, Roma were massacred.
• Shengal, five years ago 

  When the 74th genocide arrived at the doors of the Yazidi community, it was not the physical genocide that dealt the deadly blow to the Yazidi people. What killed them was the betrayal that clad itself with a black garment.
• KCK: August 3 should be recognized as Day Against Femicide 

  KCK Executive Council Co-presidency: “The 74th genocide is proof that the result of intolerance against diverse faiths and ethnic identities in the Middle East is genocide.”
• KDP’s shameful sycophancy in the name of Kurdishness 

  The MIT has been working to harm all four parts of Kurdistan and to degenerate Kurds and the fight for Kurdistan from the inside.
• Report exposes relations between Turkey and the Islamic State 

  The Rojava Center for Strategic Studies (NRLS) published a detailed report on the foreign relations of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist organization and the Turkish state.
• KCK's Hozat: Afrin won’t be abandoned 

  "Afrin is a matter of honor for Kurds. Giving up on the liberation of Afrin is to give up on the freedom of Rojava and all of Northwestern Syria," said KCK executive Bese Hozat.
• PYD Co-chair Hesen: We will resist any attack 

  PYD co-chair Shahoz Hesen said that they are for dialogue but will resist if the Turkish state attacks.
• Erdal: I commend punishers of the MIT operative that killed Xerib 

  "The man killed in Hewler (Osman Kose) was not a diplomat. He was the MIT officer for Southern Kurdistan who martyred comrade Helmet (Diyar Xerib). He was the one who planned and coordinated this attack. I commend Kurdish youth who punished this murderer"
• Hewler incident and the plan of the KDP and Turkey 

  KDP has put up two suspects regarding the incident at the restaurant Huqqabaz in Hewler, as discussions on the matter continue to take on new dimensions.
• SDF Commander General: We urge all parties to dialogue 

  "The regime cannot exclude us, not politically, not economically, not militarily. This is not like South Kurdistan. Syria cannot be a state without North and East Syria."
• Turkey sending medicine to ISIS documented 

  ANF obtained documents of Turkey sending medicine to gangs like Ahrar al-Sham, Jabhat al-Nusra and ISIS.
• Suruç massacre: four years of quest for justice and truth 

  On 20 July 2015, a suicide attack took place in Suruç. ISIS murderer Abdurrahman Alagöz blew himself up and killed 33 people. Over a hundred people were injured.
• SDF Commander: If Turkey attacks, a great war will break out 

  SDF Commander General Mazlum Ebdi said, “If the Turkish army attacks anywhere, it will turn into a great war.”