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• Concern for Idlib as Turkish army crosses the border 

  There is concern for a possible Afrin-style Turkey-Russia deal in Idlib.
• Iraqi President meets parties in an attempt to solve crisis 

  Fuad Masum met parties to talk about protests in South Iraq as well as political crisis.
• KCK: Rojava Revolution will be the foundation of Democratic Syria 

  “Today, Rojava and Northern Syria is an oasis of stability and peace based on freedom and democracy, not only in Syria but entire Middle East territory”, KCK said.
• Explosions result in injuries in Kirkuk 

  Kirkuk city was shaken by violent explosions Wednesday evening.
• Support for KODAR and PJAK roadmap growing 

  The Iranian Democratic People's Movement Platform declared its support to the roadmap presented by KODAR and PJAK.
• Worldwide actions to mark 3 August genocide against Yazidis 

  Simultaneous actions and events will take place around the world on 3 August. The Struggle Platform for Kidnapped Women has made a call to support the actions and events planned for 3 August.
• Selahattin Demirtaş to remain in prison 

  Court ruled HDP co-chair should stay in jail.
• HDP’s Bilgen: The new regulation will make OHAL permanent 

  Post-OHAL regulatory proposal will turn the State of Emergency into a permanent reality.
• Forest fires: for profit in the West, a weapon of war in the East 

  State forces have been burning forests in Turkey and Kurdistan for years. While it is about profit in western Turkey, it is a war tactic in the East.
• Austrian Chancellor: Turkey’s accession talks should end 

  “Turkey has steadily moved away from Europe and its values in recent years.”
• Arabization, Islamization and Kurdish ban in occupied Afrin 

  German Society for Threatened Peoples reported Arabization, Islamization and language bans in the northern Syrian Kurdish region of Afrin.
• Syrian Democratic Council meets after Congress 

  The first meeting to kick off the new work after the Congress was held in Gîre Spi.
• HPG hit Turkish forces in Barzan 

  Turkish occupying forces were hit in Barzan by HPG guerrillas.
• Protests continue in Iraq despite curfew 

  Protest demonstrations continue in Iraq for the 9th day.
• ISIS suspects in Turkey won’t be tried for crime against humanity 

  Ankara Tribunal ruled against a trial for crimes against humanity.
• State of Emergency: out through the door, in from the window 

  A new law proposal will leave OHAL in place.
• Syria: Back to the beginning! 

  Mesopotamia Agency (MA) journalist Nazım Daştan analyzes the offensive of the Syrian army in the south of the country and possible new areas of conflict in the Syria war.
• Öcalan posters in London 

  The Special Patrol Group has hung pictures of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan in London.
• Investigation against HDP MPs 

  Investigation has been launched against HDP deputies Remziye Tosun and Musa Farisoğulları.
• Trial of journalists and lawyers opens in Istanbul 

  Twenty-three people are under trial as a result of what lawyers described as ‘an illegal investigation’.
• After the People's Tribunal verdict on Turkey, a meeting 

  An event in London to discuss the next stops after the guilt verdict on Turkey by the People's Tribunal.
• Police attack families of Soma mine disaster victims in Ankara 

  Families of Soma mine disaster victims and their lawyers were attacked by the police as they wanted to gather in front of the Council of Judges and Prosecutors in capital city Ankara.
• Will AKP perpetuate the State of Emergency? 

  Pro-AKP columnist Abdulkadir Selvi wrote that the State of Emergency could be perpetuated, and a 30-point ‘Anti-Terror Law is being worked on to this end.
• 16 detained in raid on HDP office in Istanbul 

  Police raided the HDP office in Istanbul’s Sancaktepe district and detained at least 16 people.
• If 10 times are not enough: The farce of Erciş Hospital 

  Opened again before the 24 June elections, it's now closed and will be reopened before local elections.