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• Bayık: If SDF liberates Raqqa, Turkey's influence will wane – PART I 

  KCK's Bayık pointed out that no project that excludes Kurds will accomplish in Syria. He said the US and Russia do not want Turkey to enter Manbij, noting that the US doesn't trust Turkey with regard to its policy on Syria.
• ISIS friends, YBŞ enemies? 

  YBŞ are forces comprised of the children of Shengal who resisted ISIS with whatever weapons they could get their hands on despite the KDP gathering their weapons as ISIS attacked Shengal on August 3.
• Karayılan: Guerrilla will show everyone they are invincible 

  Karayılan: With the new period of struggle starting with Newroz 2017, Leader Apo’s and Kurdistan’s march to freedom will prevail. On this basis, the future will belong to the people of Kurdistan.”
• Shengal attacks cause falling out 

  On March 3, attacks on Shengal by gangs prepped and trained by AKP and KDP started. On the same day, 80 peshmerga were taken by KDP intelligence and taken to Duhok and Zakho to be questioned because they don’t want war.
• Confessions by SNC Spokesperson on SNC and ENKS’s 5 year disgrace 

  SNC's Revolution Council High Assembly Official Spokesperson Att. Fadıl Muhammed Selim spoke to ANF on the disgrace of Turkey-led SNC and ENKS, and how they spend all their energy to be against the Rojava revolution.
• Mercenary gangs KDP and RTE call peshmerga 

  AKP/KDP gangs attacking YBŞ and YJŞ fighters are revealed to be mostly former members of gangs Azadî, Silehedîn and Silehedîn’s Grandchildren who attacked Aleppo, Qestel Cindo and Serêkaniyê before.
• SDF commander: As the descendants of Kawa, we will resist tyranny 

  “Like Kawa the Blacksmith rose up and declared victory with the Newroz bonfire to save the Kurdish people from tyranny, we as the descendants of Kawa the Blacksmith will resist tyranny imposed upon the peoples of the Middle East.”
• Erdoğan is letting ISIS terrorists loose on Europe 

  It is becoming clear that the explosions starting after Erdoğan threatened European countries was not a coincidence. It has come to light that ISIS terrorists have been sent to Europe over Turkey after the threats.
• Karasu: This Newroz must be an uprising against genocidal colonialism 

  KCK's Karasu: Newroz 2017 must be a Newroz of embracing the Kurd and our existence, and rising up against the genocidal colonialist attacks on our existence, as would befit the historic importance.
• YPG volunteer from the UK calls for support for the Kurdish struggle 

  YPG volunteer Aiden Aslin from the United Kingdom called on the international community to support the Kurdish struggle, remarking that they would have been in Raqqa already had Turkey not been involved.
• SDF fighters: YPG is the soul of this resistance 

  SDF fighters that chant the slogan "Long Live YPG" after every confrontation say: "YPG is the soul of this resistance. We are forces of the SDF but spiritually we also see ourselves as YPG."
• All humanity should oppose the invaders of Shengal 

  KDP’s operation on Shengal is to break the will of the Êzidîs and to suppress them. KDP wants the Êzidîs to just comply with whatever they demand like in the past. The Êzidîs have always faced genocides throughout history.
• KDP gangs in 3 examples 

  The identities of just 3 people who took part in the KDP-AKP gangs’ attack on Êzidî forces in Khanasor is enough to show why they deserve the phrase “gangs” rather than “peshmerga”.
• KCK's Bayık: Defending Shengal is our humane, moral and national duty 

  KCK's Bayık: All must know that our Êzidî people are not alone. Like we defended them against ISIS attacks, from now on all who attack the Êzidî people will have to face us. This is our moral, humane and national duty.
• YBŞ Commander: We will never allow another massacre of Êzîdîs 

  YBŞ commander Tîrêj Şengalî, an Êzîdî that took part in the operation to liberate Khanasor from ISIS occupation, said “We will not allow another massacre of our people to take place.”
• Manbij Political Council member: We're already free, don't need Turkey 

  Manbij Political Council's Turkmen member: ISIS cruelty was the biggest threat against us. Now, the people of Manbij govern themselves. From what will the Turkish state liberate us with this invasion? We are free already.
• Family of YBŞ fighter martyred in Shengal: We will resist to the end 

  Family of YBŞ fighter Qulo who fell a martyr in Shengal's Khanasor town said: “We will not leave Shengal and the Mount Shengal to anyone. We will resist to the last drop of blood.”
• 20 seconds in Shengal that will go down in history 

  Orhan and Çekdar wanted to be the messengers so there wouldn’t be new conflicts in Shengal, but they were treacherously murdered. They have gone down in history as defenders of not only Shengal and the Kurds, but of humanity.
• Al-Bab resident: I’m not afraid of the Turkish attacks, won't leave home 

  Hesen Heci Musa al-Ali who doesn't leave his village Boxaz despite the Turkish state’s attacks on Manbij and al-Bab said: “I won’t let this place go, even if it costs me my life.”
• Êzidî mothers: Barzani sold Shengal out to Erdoğan 

  Regarding the KDP attack on Shengal, Êzidî mothers said: “Barzani has sold us out once again. KDP sold us out to ISIS first, and to Erdoğan now. We will fight the KDP until one single Êzidî remains alive.”
• Two HPG guerrillas murdered whilst trying to stop clashes in Shengal 

  Two HPG guerrillas were murdered whilst trying to stop clashes after the attack of KDP forces in Shengal.
• MMC Spokesperson: We will protect our people and land against attacks 

  Derwish pointed out that with its attacks on Manbij, the Turkish state aimed to expand its invasion in Northern Syria and to increase the rate of nationalist votes it expects to receive in the referendum to be held in April.
• PJAK Co-President: Barzani is serving the colonialists 

  PJAK Co-President: KDP and affiliated Rojava peshmergas did not fight against the ISIS in Shengal one single day, but they are attacking Shengal today. Barzani is serving the gains and interests of the colonialists.
• MSD Co-chair Ehmed: We are the true opposition in Syria 

  MSD Co-chair Ilham Ehmed stressed that Turkey “bought” al-Bab by making a deal with ISIS and that some forces were trying to convince the Syrian Regime for fragmentation.
• YPJ fighter: Fascism lost, women’s emancipation ideology prevailed 

  YPJ fighter Viyan remarked that the fascism that tried to break the will of the peoples to make them surrender lost, and the YPJ’s founding philosophy of women’s emancipation ideology has prevailed.