Racist attacks against Syrian immigrants occurred overnight in Turkey.

Racist attacks against Syrian refugees began on June 30 in the Turkish city of Kayseri. These racist attacks spread to many cities last night. Turkish racists acted collectively and attacked Syrian immigrants. Syrian immigrants' stores were also damaged and looted during the attacks.

Racist attacks took place in Kayseri, the Reyhanli district of Hatay, Bursa, Kilis, Edene, Dilok, Izmir, and Istanbul, and groups also attacked the homes of refugees. The racist attacks continued late into the night.

A crowdfunding is underway to rebuild the cinema Amude in Rojava. The old cinema was destroyed in a fire in 1960. The project is promoted by the Rojava Film Commune, a collective of filmmakers who have been working since 2015 to promote the visual arts in the autonomous region of Rojava/North-East Syria. In Italy, the campaign for the reconstruction of cinema is promoted by Ya Basta Bologna in collaboration with Un Ponte per, ARCI and UIKI Onlus.

The city of Amude has a population of just over 56,000 inhabitants, mostly Kurds, a large Arab minority and a significant presence of Assyrian citizens. The Amude cinema was the only one in the region, destroyed in a terrible fire in 1960.

The city of Amude and the tragic history of the old cinema

The cinema fire in Amude is a tragedy deeply rooted in the memory of Kurdish society. It was 13 November 1960, when hundreds of students were led to the only cinema in the city of Amude, the Şehrazad, for the screening of the Egyptian film "The Midnight Ghost"

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Air strikes and ISIS mercenaries stationed in South Kurdistan

The Turkish army has once again carried out heavy airstrikes in northern Iraq. Yesterday evening, local sources reported bombings, artillery attacks and attacks by combat helicopters on the Medya defense areas. Movements of ground troops were also reported. Turkish tanks had advanced as far as the city center of Amêdiyê. Even in the Penjwen region, over 200 kilometers from the Turkish border, air strikes are said to have taken place.

In the afternoon, there was also a suspected Turkish army drone attack on a car in the city of Suleymania. No casualties have been reported so far.

According to a statement by the Kurdistan Communities of Kurdistan (KCK), ISIS fighters are among the troops brought into the region by Turkey. Turkey had already deployed Syrian mercenaries, including IS fighters, in the invasions of northern Iraq in the past.