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• 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.”
• A brief history of the path to a revolution 

  The Rojava Revolution is celebrating its 8th year, with the “third way” strategy proposed by Ocalan, and has become a great hope for the peoples of the region. Every minute of the path of the revolution is filled with labor and a heavy price paid.
• What does Turkey’s military build-up on Rojava border mean? 

  Turkey has received the S-400 parts, and simultaneously started a military build-up at Rojava border. Turkey blackmailed the US to change course and gave Russia a message that they could disrupt US plans for the region to look for approval for buffer zone
• Loving life so much to be ready to die. The 14 July Martyrs 

  Kemal Pir is one of the founders of the PKK. With PKK members Kemal Pir, Hayri Durmuş, Akif Yılmaz and Ali Çiçek, he announced, on 14 July 1982, the beginning of a death fast to protest the conditions of Diyarbakır Prison.
• Thirty years ago... the murder of Dr. Abdul-Rahman Ghassemlou 

  Thirty years ago, on 13 July 1989, Dr. Abdul-Rahman Ghassemlou and two of his friends were murdered in an apartment in the outskirts of Vienna where they were holding talks with envoys sent by then Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. 
• 'We don't need women-only universities' 

  AKP’s President Erdogan announced that he gave orders to the Board Higher of Education (YOK) to implement the “Women’s Universities” example he saw during his trip to Japan for the G20 Summit.
• Protests grow against EU-Mercosur deal 

  European farmers, environmentalists and many left parties have denounced the trade deal signed between the EU and South American countries as a "dark moment".
• ICC Registrar: There is legal basis for an international court  

  Registrar of the International Criminal Court (ICC) International Court of Justice Dominique Inchauspe spoke about the possible legal bases for an international court for ISIS trials.
• Vedat Aydın and 10 July 

  The Turkish campaign in 90s against Kurdish struggle for independence, was one of the most violent period of the country’s recent history.
• Babylon heads new UNESCO heritage sites list 

  The ancient city of Babylon and an Icelandic national park replete with glaciers, ice caves and volcanoes are among the sites that have been added to Unesco’s world heritage list.
• Program for international conference against ISIS announced 

  The program for the international conference against ISIS organized by the Rojava Strategic Research Center has been announced.
• ISIS gangs crossed into Turkey with Nusra flags 

  Ilyas Aydin, one of the most cited names in the ISIS case, said he went to Syria to meet with an ISIS spokesperson before joining and later returned to Turkey, adding that the Turkish intelligence turned a blind eye.