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• 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.
• Shengal’s YJŞ forces to fight alongside YPJ in Raqqa operation 

  Shengal Women’s Units-YJŞ General Command announced that they will fight shoulder to shoulder with the YPJ in Raqqa.
• Women in AFAD camps at mercy of prostitution gangs 

  It has been revealed that Syrian women living in Turkish state-run AFAD (Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency) refugee camps in Elbeyli and Islahiye, are being abused by prostitution gangs. Those gangs work in cahoots with camp officials.
• Demo in Paris for justice for Cansız, Doğan and Şaylemez 

  In French capital Paris justice was demanded in the weekly demo for PKK founding member Sakine Cansız, KNK Representative Fidan Doğan and Youth Movement member Leyla Şaylemez.
• YPJ’s red line: Being present everywhere 

  Commander for one of the YPJ battalions in the Raqqa operation Şîlan Cûdî said: “Our red line is this: The YPJ will be present everywhere.”
• Swedish YPJ fighter Roza: I want to share freedom 

  Roza is a 22 year old Swedish woman. She has been fighting in the frontlines with her friends from the YPJ to liberate the region for over two years now.
• The moment YPJ fighter Sorxwîn ran out of bullets 

  YPJ fighter Sorxwîn was first caught in an ISIS ambush, then separated from her friends during the clash, and finally she ran out of bullets and was wounded. She has a hard time even recalling her worry: “I could have been captured alive by ISIS."
• Sara, epitome of the struggle for freedom 

  Women came together at the Sakine Cansız Women's and Culture Festival gave the message: "Sara's comrades in Rojava are keeping up the struggle, they are the leading figures of the world women's struggle".
• Guerrillas: The antidote to special warfare is self-organization 

  YJA Star guerrillas: "As PKK women we will never allow these dirty policies to gain the upper hand. The AKP shall never forget: Even if one single Kurdish woman remains, she will never submit. We have the political and ethical power to defeat the AKP."
• Turkey's attacks on the Kurds protested in Argentine 

  Women's Solidarity Committee staged a demonstration in capital city of Argentina, Buenos Aires in protest at the genocidal attacks of the Turkish state in Kurdistan.
• YPJ fighters: We will achieve in Raqqa 

  YPJ combatants are taking an active and leading role in the operation to liberate Raqqa from ISIS occupation.
• Female commanders from Raqqa return home for liberation 

  Cihan Sheikh Ehmed and Klara Raqqa have returned to their hometown Raqqa as battle commanders years later.
• YPJ fighters: We will make Raqqa the place of free women 

  YPJ (Women's Defense Units) are taking an active and leading role in the operation to liberate Raqqa from ISIS occupation.
• Poet from Raqqa: I wept for joy on hearing of the SDF operation 

  Jalaa Hamzawî, a poet and painter from Raqqa, who escaped ISIS’ clutches 20 days ago said, “My only wish is to be sitting at the Clock Tower in Raqqa’s center and paint a picture.”
• YPJ fighters: We are in Raqqa to avenge all women 

  YPJ fighters partaking in the operation to liberate Raqqa state that they are fighting for all the women, particularly for thousands of Êzidî women abducted from Shengal.
• Trustee at Van Municipality continues misogyny 

  After his closure of all the women institutions under the municipality and firing a large number of female employees, the trustee appointed to the Metropolitan Municipality of Van has now cancelled the free service provided to women Thursdays.
• "YPJ will be the leading force in the liberation of Raqqa" 

  YPJ Commander Zozan Kobanê stated that they will play a leading role in the liberation of Raqqa and dedicate the Raqqa victory to all women and peoples, and their comrades that fell as martyrs.
• Woman from Raqqa: ISIS murdered my son, SDF saved us 

  Samîre Elawî’s son was murdered by ISIS gangs and she was sentenced to a whipping. She said her only hope is the SDF.
• HDP MP Konca sentenced to 2 years and 6 months in prison 

  HDP Siirt MP Besime Konca was sentenced to two years and six months in prison following her arrest two days ago 26 days after release from prison.
• Saturday Mothers: Unrelenting cry for justice for 22 years 

  In the 22nd year of their vigil for justice, Saturday Mothers emphasized that they will continue their struggle until the reign of injustice comes to an end.
• Female Commanders in SDF: We are close to the finale in Raqqa 

  SDF Operation Room Spokesperson Ehmed and Eastern Front commander Kobanê said they are very close to the end in Raqqa and there is little left to wait until the finale.
• Women's Cooperative in Gürpınar handed over to Sümeyye Erdoğan 

  The Xevasor Women's Cooperative opened by DBP’s Gürpınar Municipality was handed over by the appointed trustee to KADEM where President Erdoğan’s daughter Sümeyye Erdoğan is vice president.
• Kurdish woman activist detained by KDP asayish in Duhok 

  A Kurdish woman activist was detained in Duhok city of South Kurdistan.
• Woman rescued from ISIS: We were captured when peshmerga fled 

  Müyeser Abbas whose husband is a KDP peshmerga, was captured by ISIS with her family and her husband's family during the ISIS onslaught on Shengal in 2014. Her life has been no different than the life of other Êzidî women under ISIS atrocity since.
• Êzidî women rescued from ISIS reunite with their families 

  Operation Wrath of Euphrates fighters continue to rescue Êzidî women that had been kidnapped and enslaved by ISIS, and YPJ and Women’s Council help these women reunite with their families.