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• More YJŞ fighters join the Great Battle of Raqqa 

  On the 3rd anniversary of the 73rd genocide of the Êzîdî community, the Shengal Women’s Units (YJŞ) has enlarged their force stationed in Raqqa to rescue the Êzîdîs kidnapped and enslaved by ISIS.
• YJA-Star: Forgetting the treason is being party to the cruelty 

  YJA-Star Shengal Command issued a statement on the anniversary of the August 3 Shengal Massacre and said, “Forgetting the treason and the tragedy is being party to the cruelty.”
• YJŞ fighters: We are in Raqqa to avenge and free Êzidî women 

  Fighters of the Shengal Women's Units (YJŞ) said: "We are fighting in Raqqa to avenge and free the Êzidî women."
• YJŞ: Êzidî women have organized for certain freedom 

  The YJŞ Command has issued a statement on the anniversary of the Shengal massacre and, stating that they have faced a genocide, said: “Êzidî women have organized for certain freedom.”
• Woman freed by SDF: ISIS has blackened our lives as well 

  Norelhûda Şerkirçî, who has been freed recently from the clutches of the ISIS gangs, said: "ISIS did not only enforce black garments on us, but blackened our whole life. When our city gets liberated, I will delete all the last three years from my life."
• PAJK’s Agirî: Rape is an organized policy of the state 

  "By raping the children the future is being tied down in chains, and by raping women it is the future and the present time that the state usurps."
• YPJ Commander: We do not fight for territorial victory alone 

  YPJ/SDF Commander in the operation for Raqqa's liberation, Clara Reqa, stated that they are not just after territorial victory alone, but move forward with this operation to build a free, in all aspects equal and democratic society.
• "You lent yourself to freedom, and freedom suited you well" 

  Türkan Yüksel, nom de guerre Nûdem Maraş, who had been active in the struggle for women's rights for a long time before joining the ranks of the Free Women's Troops (YJA-Star), fell a marty in the city of Şırnak in Northern Kurdistan during an operation.
• Mizgîn from Hesekê's Arab community joins the PKK 

  Mizgîn Hesekê from the Arab community of Hesekê called on Arab youths to join the guerrilla ranks, stressing that emancipation of women can only be possible through the PKK.
• Guerrilla Lavîn calls on women to break their chains 

  YJA Star guerrilla Lavîn Marînos who joined the ranks of the guerrilla in 2014 and serves also as a medical personnel, called on the women to move to break the chains in all spheres.
• Bêrîvan, mother of one, joins the PKK for all the children 

  When Bêrîvan was resolute enough to realize her decision, her son Umut was just one year old. Her decision was to become a guerrilla for the future of all children like her own.
• Female guerrillas: Self defence is a must for a life in freedom 

  Female guerrillas emphasised the necessity of self defence, saying: "It is as much required as bread and water, it is a must for a life in freedom."
• Commander Efrîn: Women will defeat the Turkish state in Shehba 

  Sema Efrîn, a commander of the Shehba Women's Defense Front, stated that women will unite their forces and deliver the Turkish state a total defeat.
• Tabqa Domestic Security Forces save two Êzîdî sisters from ISIS 

  Tabqa Domestic Security Forces have saved two Êzîdî children from ISIS gangs.
• Footage from Raqqa by the YPJ 

  In footage released by the YPJ Press Center from Raqqa, fighters are seen freeing hundreds of civilians ISIS used as human shields.
• "Rojava Revolution also makes a global revolution possible” 

  BÖG fighter İmera Fereya Yeşilgöz: "We do not consider the Raqqa Operation as disconnected from the AKP's fascism. Every blow we deliver here, and every single gang member we kill here, is at heart a blow to the ISIS gangs nested in Turkey and the world."
• The echo of the YPJ's laugh in Raqqa 

  Two fighters of the YPJ (Women's Defence Units) shatter the 'capital' of ISIS with their laughter and songs.
• 226 women killed in Turkey in 6 months 

  According to the Umut Foundation's report on femicide, 226 women have been murdered in Turkey in six months alone.
• First time in Arab history: Women form self defense battalion 

  Arab women have announced the foundation of “Martyr Amara Arab Women’s Battalion” under the umbrella of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The unique battalion has been formed as more Arab women started to join the SDF.
• YJŞ Commander: We are in Raqqa to avenge Êzidî women 

  YJŞ Commander Deniz Şengal stated that they are participating in the operation to liberate Raqqa to save Êzidî women from ISIS gangs.
• Eyşe Efendî: We will be soldiers for as long as the war goes on 

  Co-chair of the Kobanê Canton TEV-DEM Eyşe Efendî, spoke about the Turkish state's invasion threats against Efrîn Canton and said: "For as long as the war continues, we, the people of Rojava, young and old alike, will be soldiers."
• Women from four parts of Kurdistan: We will prevail if we unite 

  Presentations were given for committees from four parts of Kurdistan came together in the preparation meeting for the 3rd National Women’s Conference where the Kurdish women said, “We will prevail if we unite.”
• From enslavement to freedom: Story of Êzidî woman Hêza 

  "I want to write the history of freedom in this fight. And that we free all the enslaved Êzidî girls and women, to see the moments of freedom in their eyes, to embrace them with all my heart, is because all of us have lived through the same pain."
• More than 70 women organisations to join the 'Justice March' 

  More than 70 women organisations announced their participation in the 'Justice March', and issued a written call for attendance.
• Shengal’s YJŞ forces in Raqqa to avenge Êzidî women 

  YJŞ fighters have arrived in Raqqa, after yesterday's announcement by the YJŞ General Command of participation in the 'Great Battle' for Raqqa's liberation to ensure the freedom of the enslaved Êzidî women.