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• The Black Day of Shengal and organization of struggle 

  The Êzidîs, 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.
• PKK’s intervention in Shengal 

  The PKK’s intervention in Shengal is geared towards building a new social system. It aims to create a free and political society.
• The Êzidîs became victims of genocide, as they had been forsaken 

  One of the fighters who rushed to the rescue of the Êzidî people following the 73rd genocide they faced on the 3rd August, was Dersim Baran. Baran conversed with the newspaper Yeni Özgür Politika on those times.
• Shengal, three years ago 

  When the 73rd genocide arrived at the doors of the Êzidî community, it was not the physical genocide that dealt the deadly blow to the Êzidî people. What killed them was the betrayal that clad itself with a black garment.
• The Syrian Coalition has become Erdoğan's captive 

  We publish the article the Co-chair of the Syrian Democratic Council (MSD) Ilham Ehmed wrote for the newspaper Özgürlükçü Demokrasi, translated by ANF English service.
• Paris killings ordered by Ankara 

  All signs pointed to the execution order for three Kurdish women murdered in Paris in 2013 coming from Ankara during the Oslo meetings. The people who ordered the execution were in Ankara. All signs of the investigation by France pointed to Ankara.
• Only water left between fighters and civilians in Raqqa 

  The SDF has liberated 50% of the city in the ongoing operation to liberate Raqqa under the lead of YPG and YPJ. Several locations have come under the SDF fighters’ control in Raqqa. Large numbers of civilians have been rescued.
• The MİT agent who infiltrated the German police 

  The Turkish-German Police Chief who was removed from duty for working for MİT is revealed to be Döndü Yazgan. Yazgan used to attend meetings by pro-AKP institutions frequently. Her last position was the Wiesbaden Police Harmony Chief.
• Raqqa, war and language courses 

  Fighters from the Syriac community are getting language lesson in their mother tongue in Raqqa.
• Psychological warfare fails 

  The fascist government of the AKP-MHP coalition is going currently through a such difficult phase, that the only mean left for them to cling to, is conducting excessive psychological warfare and feeding the society up with chauvinism.
• Êzidî girls rescued by YPJ/YJŞ in Raqqa speak of ISIS barbarity 

  10 years old Sûheyîle Daxil, 15 years old Hecî Xelef and her sister Heyam Xalid Xelef who have been rescued by YPJ and YJŞ in Raqqa, spoke of the barbarity of ISIS and said: "If it wasn’t for the comrades, not one single Êzidî would be alive today."
• YPG Commander: Attacks on Efrîn will hinder the Raqqa operation 

  YPG Commander General Sipan Hemo commented on the Raqqa operation, attacks on Efrîn and Shehba and relationships with the US, Russia and the Damascus administration.
• The story of comrade Çiya and comrade Sozdar 

  Comrade Çiya once sang a song for our camera and asked us to air it the day he will fall a martyr. This promise I gave to comrade Çiya will I fulfil now.
• A free Shehba: A new life is built amidst ongoing attacks 

  On the one side the entire Shehba region is still undergoing invasion attacks, pillages and mass migration, but on the other side wages a big resistance and struggle for a life in freedom. The liberated areas of Shehba are bearing hope for the region.
• Canda is dressing the wounds of a big merciless war 

  Canda, a tireless paramedic operating in the background, is medicating every day hundreds of fighters and civilians at a provisory check up facility at Raqqa's front line, set up from scratch with much difficulties.
• Hediye Yusuf: Syrian crisis will be resolved with federal system 

  Hediye Yusuf said they held discussions with Russia, Iran and the Assad regime on the federation model.
• KCK’s Hozat: This path will lead Erdoğan to suicide like Hitler 

  “Erdoğan’s situation is similar to Hitler’s in 1944. This path will lead Erdoğan to kill himself, it is a suicide", said KCK executive Besê Hozat.
• Impressions from Raqqa: They even fight in sandals 

  When I first came to Raqqa, the urgent question that prey on my mind was how on earth could these people fight with their feet in nothing more than sandals. By now I came to understand that in Raqqa it is perfectly normal to go to battle wearing sandals.
• July 24 marked the beginning of the end for AKP 

  Member of the Military Council of the Free Women's Troops (YJA-Star) Peyman Bagok stated that the July 24, 2005's attacks on guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones marked the beginning of the end for AKP.
• Erdoğan after new murders in Europe 

  Kurdish politicians in Europe who are targeted by the MİT stressed that Erdoğan targets the Kurdish people as a whole and said: “One part of that is us as Kurdish politicians engaged in politics in Europe.”
• Rubari: Öcalan's philosophy enlightened our way  

  Cahit Rubari gave a detailed account of his historical connection to Öcalan and stated that the philosophy of Öcalan has enlightened their way.
• Rescuing civilians is the main task in Raqqa 

  The Operation to liberate Raqqa under the lead of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), People's Defense Units (YPG) and the Women's Defense Units (YPJ) has entered its 45th day. SDF fighters have put until now 40 percent of the city under their control.
• From some rifles to an army: The history of the YPG 

  The YPG fighters who battle now in Raqqa recall their rise from the first formation in Dirbêsiyê battle with some rifles, to the battles for Serêkaniyê up until today to an army which defends whole of Northern Syria.
• Guerrilla has the initiative in Botan 

  The guerrillas who carried out the action on the Reo type military vehicle in Gundê Mele in Şirnex, footage from which had been released last week, say they have the initiative in the war.
• Turkish army targets villagers’ homes in Metina 

  The Turkish army has targeted civilians’ homes in the Bedehê village in the Metina zone of Başurê Kurdistan. The villagers said: “Despite all this cruelty, the Turkish state should know that we will never leave our villages.”