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• 180 academics from Rojhilat: Turkey's murders must be stopped 

  180 academics in universities in Sine and Kermanshah have issued a statement urging the international public to break the silence against the Turkish state’s attempt to invade Afrin. The academics said, “This boundless murder must be stopped.”
• Turkish soldiers raid a village of Silopi 

  Turkish soldiers raided the village of Bostanlı in Şırnak’s Silopi district and conducted a search in several villages.
• PUK’s Qadir Ezîz: Supporting Rojava is our national duty 

  PUK Politbureau Member Qadir Ezîz said, “Supporting the people and the fighters of Rojavayê (Western) Kurdistan is a national duty for the Kurdish individual.”
• Guerrilla actions in Hakkari 

  HPG guerrillas hit Turkish soldiers in Çukurca and Şemdinli.
• HDP Nusaybin district co-chair taken into custody 

  HDP Nusaybin district co-chair Ferhat Kut has been taken into custody during a house raid. Another HDP member was detained by the police in Amed.
• KDP forces attack pro-Afrin demonstration in Duhok 

  KDP security forces attacked the people who were protesting Turkish state’s attacks on Afrin and detained many people.
• ‘Afrin Front’ campaign launched in Southern Kurdistan 

  Dozens of intellectuals, writers, journalists, academics, artists, politicians, deputies and civil society organization representatives in Southern Kurdistan have founded ‘Afrin Front’ against the Turkish army’s invasion operation on Afrin.
• PUK: We are ready to dispatch forces to Afrin if needed 

  PUK Politburo member Mela Bextiyar stated that they could dispatch forces to Afrin if need be.
• Hewler in solidarity with Afrin 

  Several civil society organizations held a press conference in Hewler and condemned the Turkish state’s attacks against Afrin.
• "Like we defended Kobanê, we will defend Afrin" 

  Southern Kurdistanis protesting the Turkish state’s invasion attempt against Afrin say they stand with the people of Afrin under any circumstances and that they will be displaying an even greater resistance than that in Kobanê.
• Protests against Turkey in Sulaymaniyah, Rania and Chamchamal 

  People took to the streets across Southern Kurdistan and protested the Turkish state’s invasion operation on Afrin Canton of Northern Syria.
• Southern Kurdistani parties call on the UN to act for Afrin 

  In a statement about the Turkish state’s invasion operation against Afrin, Southern Kurdistani parties called on the United Nations and international community to go into action.
• “Tevgera Azadî is coming as an alternative and a hope” 

  Tevgera Azadî, founded in Southern Kurdistan as the first party with the most women in administrative roles, held its congress yesterday. Women and the youth in the congress stated that they see Tevgera Azadî as the place for solutions to issues.
• Kolbar dies in ambush by Iranian regime forces in Sardasht 

  A kolbar lost his life as result of an ambush by Iranian regime forces on the border between Southern and Eastern Kurdistan.
• Kurds in Kirkuk profiled after MİT’s visit to the province 

  Following the meeting the Turkish MİT held in the Kirkuk with the Turkmen and Arab members of the city council, Kirkuk Governor launched a profiling campaign against Kurds.
• Gorran and Komala call upon the UN to take action for Afrin 

  The Gorran Movement and the Komala Islami issued a joint statement condemning the threats of invasion against Afrin and called on the UN and the international public to take action against threats of attack.
• ISIS gangs kill one, kidnap five in Southern Kurdistan 

  A group of ISIS gang members killed one villager and kidnapped five others in Xaneqin in Southern Kurdistan.
• Kurdish prisoner tortured to death in Sine Prison 

  Yet another prisoner has been murdered after detention during popular protests against the regime in late December.
• Footage of guerrilla action against Turkish soldiers in Çukurca 

  Footage from a guerrilla action, in which 10 soldiers were killed and two positions of theirs were destroyed, has been released.
• YPS member martyred in Şırnak laid to rest in Van after two years 

  Body of YPS member Yüksel Abukan who fell a martyr during the self-governance resistance in Şırnak province, has been received by family and buried in Van after two years.
• Mysterious Turkish delegation in Kirkuk 

  A high-level delegation went from Turkey to Kirkuk and is having talks with Turkmen and Arab provincial assembly members at the governor's office.
• Five unionists detained in Van 

  Five members of Egitim-Sen union have been taken into custody in Van province.
• 30 areas in Dersim banned 

  30 areas in Dersim have been declared “special security zones” amid ongoing military operations against the Kurdish movement across Northern Kurdistan.
• Yekgirtû pulls out of Southern Kurdistan government 

  Yekgırtûya İslamiya Kurdistanê (Kurdistan Islamic Union Party) has pulled out of the government in Southern Kurdistan.
• Prosecution says didn’t know bodies in Garzan had been identified 

  One month after 267 bodies were unearthed from the Garzan Martyrs’ Cemetery in the Oleka Jor village in Tatvan, Bitlis, the prosecution has met with families. Their explanation was, “We didn’t know the bodies had already been identified.”