KURDISTAN
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Video: Coalition’s deputy commander Robert Jones arrives in Raqqa
Raqqa (ANF) – Deputy Commander of the Global Coalition fighting ISIS Robert Jones has arrived in Raqqa with a group of his military experts to meet with Raqqa Civil Council and discuss the latest situation [...] -
Letter from Demirtaş to Ahmet Şık: We were not detained, but taken hostage
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Video: Kurdish forces eliminate a group of Turkish soldiers in Sirnak
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Video: Kurdish forces inflict heavy losses on Turkish army across Kurdistan
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Video: US-backed forces tighten the noose around Raqqa city center
INTERNATIONAL
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Dictator Erdogan’s MP says ‘no use in teaching math to students who don’t know jihad’
A member of the Turkish parliament’s national education commission has said there is no use in teaching mathematics to students who don’t know jihad. Ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) lawmaker Ahmet Hamdi Çamlı praised [...] -
Linkin Park singer Bennington dead in apparent suicide – coroner
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UN reports more people warned against tobacco use, but industry interference continues
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MIDDLE EAST
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The Guardian: Syria’s Kurds march on to Raqqa and the sea
Syria’s Kurds have revealed plans to redraw the northern part of the country by linking the Kurdish region of Rojava with the Mediterranean Sea, in a move that will infuriate neighbouring Turkey. In a further [...] -
Two towns liberated, 49 ISIS members killed in northern Raqqa
RAQQA (ANF) – The Operation Wrath of Euphrates by US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of Kurdish and Arab forces, continues in the 11th day of its fourth phase. Yesterday’s day-long clashes between SDF [...] -
U.S.-allied Syrian Kurds strike deal with Russia in Afrin
By Tom Perry | BEIRUT (Reuters) Russia is setting up a military base in northwestern Syria in agreement with the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia and will help train its fighters, the YPG said, a step [...]
In the Spotlight
Formula1 – Mercedes’ Bottas holds off Vettel for superb Spielberg win
SPIELBERG, Austria – Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas drove a masterly race to secure victory – his second of the season – in Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix, finishing just 0.6s ahead of world championship leader Sebastian Vettel [...]
KDN SPORT
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Formula1 – Mercedes’ Bottas holds off Vettel for superb Spielberg win
SPIELBERG, Austria – Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas drove a masterly race to secure victory – his second of the season – in Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix, finishing just 0.6s ahead of world championship leader Sebastian Vettel [...] -
Race – Ricciardo beats Bottas in Baku, as title rivals come to blows
Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo won a rollercoaster Grand Prix in Azerbaijan on Sunday, as rookie Lance Stroll took his maiden podium for Williams, pipped on the line by Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas. Championship leader Sebastian Vettel [...] -
Turkish court sentences German-Kurdish football player Deniz Naki to prison
AMED (ANF) – Amedspor player Deniz Naki had been sued with a demand for up to 5 years in prison on alleged charges of “spreading propaganda for a terrorist organisation” in his social media posts [...] -
Italian GS podium sweep, Myhrer wins final slalom
On the final day of World Cup racing in the 2016/17 season, Federica Brignone led an Italian podium sweep in the GS – the first time the Italian women have done so in World Cup [...] -
Vlhova, Hirscher win on penultimate day in Aspen
Marcel Hirscher won his third giant slalom race in a row to cap off the season where he held onto the discipline title despite advances from a number of competitors. In the come-from-behind race victory, [...]
