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• First edition of the Kurdish Cultural Festival in Paris kicks off tomorrow 

  The CDK-F will present in Paris the first edition of the Kurdish Cultural Festival. The event will kick off tomorrow, 14 May.
• Zap is resisting on behalf of Kurdistan 

  Even during the most horrific times of the conflict, Zap journeys through the pages of a glorious history. Zap is resisting in the name of defending Kurdistan, the victories of the Kurdish people, and honourable beliefs.
• Kurdistan: Ecocide and Forced Demographic Change 

  Peace in Kurdistan Social Ecology Network held a discussion on “Kurdistan: Ecocide and Forced Demographic Change”.
• Baroness Christine Blower condemns Turkey's war crimes 

  Baroness Christine Blower condemned Turkey's war crimes.
• Sinn Féin first party in the North of Ireland 

  Sinn Féin is the big winner of the Stormont Assembly election in the North of Ireland. Michelle O’Neill is now certain to become First Minister-elect. DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson confirmed he will veto the executive formation.
• Riham Hico: They want to break the free will of Şengal 

  TAJÊ activist Riham Hico describes the current situation in the Yazidi area of Şengal in northern Iraq in a detailed and forceful interview.
• German missile technology used in the Turkish aggression on Zap 

  The Turkish state is relying on German weapons technology in its war of aggression on the Zap region of southern Kurdistan. The MAM-L air-to-surface missiles used by killer drones are from German licensed production.
• Karayılan: We will turn Zap into a fortress of victory 

  Karayılan said that the struggle in Zap and Avaşîn is a national war that determines the future of the people in the region; "The enemy is currently trapped, but the burden of our comrades is not that light. That is why everyone should do all they can."
• Guerrilla doctor: “NATO is using chemical weapons against Kurds through Turkey” 

  "NATO is using chemical weapons against the Kurdish movement through Turkey," says guerrilla doctor Serbilind Dersim, calling for on-the-ground investigation of war crimes in Kurdistan.
• Zagros Hîwa: NATO legitimizes Erdogan's neo-Ottoman ambitions 

  The Turkish war of aggression against South Kurdistan remains inconsequential for Ankara; the West raises no objections. KCK spokesman Zagros Hîwa sees the ignored invasion as a legitimization of Turkey's neo-Ottoman ambitions by NATO.
• Rojava and Şengal are encircled 

  The KDP is encircling Rojava and Şengal. On the border with Rojava, the number of military bases has been increased from eight to 66. Meanwhile, the Iraqi government is building a wall on the border between Şengal and Rojava.
• The Turkish war of aggression in Southern Kurdistan - Part Two 

  What is Turkey aiming at with its war of aggression in Kurdistan? Why is it attacking now and what are its plans in case of a military success? An analysis by Civaka Azad - Kurdish Center for Public Relations - deals with these questions.
• Armenians all over the world commemorate 107th anniversary of the April 1915 Genocide 

  Today Armenians all over the world commemorate the 107th anniversary of the April 1915 Genocide.
• The Turkish war of aggression in Southern Kurdistan - Part 1 

  What is Turkey aiming at with its war of aggression in Kurdistan? Why is it attacking right now and what are its plans in case of military success? These questions are addressed in an analysis by Civaka Azad - Kurdish Center for Public Relations.
• Karayılan: This is a matter of life and death, every Kurd must do their part! 

  Karayılan stated that the current conflict is a matter of life and death for the Kurdish people; "This is an extraordinary time, and every Kurdish person should take risks and do whatever they can. We will pay whatever the cost is to beat this evil."
• Çiya Kurd: Ankara and Damascus together against Rojava 

  Kurdish politician Bedran Çiya Kurd warns against joint plans by the governments in Damascus and Ankara to destroy Rojava. He says that ISIS in particular would benefit from such a crisis.
• Embargoes on Sheikh Maqsoud and Shehba and Damascus' policy of deadlock 

  The Damascus government's embargoes, which came to the agenda with the Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood cannot weaken the autonomous administration and take control of the people, but the politics of deadlock endangers Syria as a whole.
• Reclaim and protect the resistance in prison 

  Those in prison resist for the democratization of Turkey and the free and autonomous life of the Kurdish people. They call it free Kurdistan and a democratic Turkey. The Kurdish people and the forces of democracy should protect these resistance fighters.
• Last video message by HPG guerrilla Celal Fedakar about the Werxelê resistance 

  The video message by HPG guerrilla Celal Fedakar about the Werxelê resistance, said: "Since the invaders cannot enter the tunnels, they use gas. We salute our friends in all four parts of Kurdistan. We are winning, the victory is already ours."
• ‘ISIS attack in Hesekê directed by the Turkish state’ 

  The attempted storming of the detention center for ISIS prisoners in Hesekê was supported by the Turkish state. According to the statements of a captured ISIS member, the preparations were made in the Turkish occupied zone in northern Syria.
• Death at the hands of the KDP- Part Two 

  Rabia Weqas, who lost her brother and nephew in the attacks carried out by the KDP, said that “thousands of young people were killed. I do not regard those who do nothing for the Kurdish people as Kurdish.”
• Turkish army used thermobaric bombs in Werxelê 

  The sheaths discovered in the materials left behind by the Turkish troops in the Werxelê region were of the hybrid and thermobaric type, which can be used on land.
• HPG Press Spokesman: The initiative and superiority lie with the guerrillas 

  Currently, more Turkish fighter and reconnaissance aircraft fly over Kurdistan than Russian fighter jets over Ukraine, explains HPG press spokesman Serdar Yektaş.
• TEV-DEM co-chair: The KDP has left the basis of Kurdish identity 

  TEV-DEM co-chair Rûken Ehmed stated that KDP and ENKS are finished in Rojava and South Kurdistan because nobody believes their lies anymore. With a national congress, the KDP's propaganda will collapse completely, she believes.
• Rewend, Kurdish cinema to travel around Europe 

  Rewend is a project aimed at promoting and distributing the cinematographic works produced by the Rojava Film Commune in Italy, Spain and France. The first stop will be Turin on 7 April.