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• Bayık: A new, democratic gov’t can resolve the issues in Bashur 

  KCK Executive Council Co-chair Bayık stated that Southern Kurdistani politics and administration are making the Kurds and the South lose, and added: “The people of the South see the reality of the government and are rising up.”
• Saleh Moslem speaks to ANF about Assad’s comments and Sochi 

  Saleh Moslem spoke about Assad’s comments targeting Kurds and said: “They aim to prevent the Kurdish-Arab alliance by influencing Arabs in the federation over comments of ‘Kurds are betraying their country by their alliance with the US’.”
• "250 ISIS members sent from Jarablus to Europe" 

  According to Mihemed Casim El Hesen, who has defected from the Turkey-affiliated “Euphrates Shield” groups to join the SDF, 250 ISIS members have been sent to Europe from Jarablus.
• A new Raperîn in Southern Kurdistan 

  Today the people on the streets of 13 provinces in Southern Kurdistan were speaking one word we are no stranger to: Raperîn.
• KCK’s Karasu: The fight against AKP fascism will intensify 

  KCK's Mustafa Karasu stated that: "The will of the Kurdish people for a free life and their strength will repel any attack and bring a historic defeat to the AKP's rule."
• “Turkish invasion a threat to all regional, international forces" 

  Northern Syrian Democratic Federation Co-chair Yusuf: Turkish state attacking Efrîn will cause a similar defeat to that of the Ottoman Empire in WWI.
• “Alevis face threat of a massacre” 

  KCK Peoples and Faiths Committee Member Eren spoke on the 39th anniversary of the Maraş Massacre. Eren pointed out the role sharing between the AKP and the CHP and warned Alevis about the threat of a massacre.
• PKK's Karayılan: Turkish army can’t fight against the YPG 

  Turkish army has no strength to attack Efrîn and can’t fight against the YPG, PKK’s Murat Karayılan said.
• Erdoğan personally formed the armed gang in Germany 

  It has been documented that the “Osmanen Germania” (“Ottomans from Germany”) is the armed gang of the Erdoğan regime in Germany. The financer of the gang is AKP MP Metin Külünk, who has ordered the gang to engage in armed attacks against Kurds.
• Moslem: A new process has begun in Syria and the Middle East 

  Northern Syria Federation Diplomacy official Saleh Moslem said: “A new process has begun in Syria and the Middle East.”
• YPG Commander: Efrîn will defeat the invading Turkish state 

  YPG Commander Mehmut Berxwedan stated that Turkey has initiated a new concept of aggression against Efrîn, saying; “Efrîn will defeat the invading Turkish state and its gangs.”
• Democratic Federation of Northern Syria a challenge to status quo 

  The Democratic Federation of Northern Syria presents an alternative-- one that has survived and grown under adverse conditions. Its constitution structurally empowers women and ethnic minorities.
• Foza Yusif: “Elections sent a strong message” 

  Northern Syrian Federation Executive Council Co-chair Foza Yusif stated that the local elections being completed successfully with good participation sent a good message to friend and foe alike.
• The Makhmur attack - ANALYSIS 

  They have no bargaining chips left other than the Kurdish Freedom Movement and the Makhmur Refugee Camp, which is home to the people of Botan who fled the oppression and torture by the Turkish state and whose villages were burned down.
• Bayık: Turkey, CoE and CPT are responsible for torture in Imrali 

  KCK Executive Council Co-chair Cemil Bayık said the Imrali system has been built by the CPT and that this institution is responsible for the practices against Öcalan.
• YPG Spokesperson: Turkey wants to use Talal Silo against Zarrab 

  YPG Spokesperson pointed out that the Turkish state is looking for a second ‘Invasion of Iskenderun’ and said the AKP government is thus looking to prolong its life by both gaining territory from Syria and destroying the democratic life emerging in Efrîn.
• Geopolitics of Syrian Kurds and military cooperation with the US 

  The survival and development of the revolutionary process in Rojava, i.e. of a new democratic perspective, has the big potential to change the mindsets of dozens of millions of people in Middle East.
• SDF prepares to defend Efrîn and Shehba 

  Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are in preparations to defend Efrîn and Shehba from a Turkish attack, a senior commander of SDF said.
• PJAK Co-chair: Iran is in a dirty alliance against Kurds 

  PJAK Co-chair Zilan Vejin said, “If Iran wants to get out of the danger, it needs to be democratized, it needs to recognize the rights of the Kurds. The attacks against us by the Iran-Turkey deal won’t be left unanswered.”
• Karayılan: Our march will win victory in the 40th year of the PKK 

  The PKK will gain great achievements in its 40th year and will continue to fight against barbarism, Executive Council member Murat Karayılan said.
• The PKK foundation in Sakine Cansız's words 

  On the day in which the PKK was formed, 39 years ago, ANF reprints excerpts of an interview in which Sakine Cansız, who co-founded the party, remembers the atmosphere of those years, the feelings, the hope and the first congress.
• Another round in Syrian negotiations 

  The following is an article by the Syrian Democratic Council (MSD) Co-chair Ilham Ehmed for the Özgürlükçü Demokrasi newspaper, translated by ANF English service.
• SDF advances in the Deir ez-Zor desert like a storm 

  As the Operation Cizire Storm left 74 days behind, SDF forces continue their advance in the Deir ez-Zor desert like a storm.
• PKK's Karayilan: Efrîn will turn into Kobanê if Turkey attacks 

  PKK's Murat Karayilan warned of a Turkish attack against Efrîn and said that the Efrîn will turn into Kobanê and be a graveyard for the Turkish state if this happens to be the case.
• BBC's credibility at stake 

  In a report relying on statements by terrorists and smugglers, BBC cast false charges on the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) that eliminated Islamic State (ISIS) and eradicated it from its capital and main base of operations in Syria.