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• Situation on the Turkish border: racism and despair 

  Social worker Berfin Ateşmen and human rights activist Leman Yurtsever have been observing the situation of refugees at the Turkish-Greek border on the spot. They declare that the refugees there are left to die.
• Turkish ambulances in the service of ISIS and al-Nusra 

  Uzbek jihadist Dayanç Dervişov was injured as a member of al-Nusra in Idlib, was taken to Turkey in an ambulance and from there to the then ISIS area in Syria. Now he is in captivity of the SDF in Northern Syria.
• Conference on the Kurdish question in the German Parliament 

  Under the title "Divided yet united? - Chances and Perspectives for the Solution of the "Kurdish Question" in the Middle East" a conference organised by the parliamentary group DIE LINKE and the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation (RLS) took place in Bundestag.
• Short break in Idlib: Sultan at the feet of Catherine the Great 

  The contradictory Moscow agreement between Erdogan and Putin indicates only a short break in the Idlib war.
• Öcalan: Everything depends on your struggle 

  Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan said in a meeting with his brother: "Everything depends on your struggle. If you do nothing, the isolation and bloodshed will continue. Nobody will come and solve the problem for you."
• Russia's Idlib tactics and the Russian frigates in the Bosporus 

  The conflict between Turkey and Russia in Syria continues to intensify. Russia is betting on a multiplayer plan and Turkey is using up its last playing cards in the swamp it has gotten into.
• How many refugees' bodies are under the snow at the border? 

  In Van which borders with Eastern Kurdistan, refugee tragedies have increased in recent years.
• PKK: Everything depends on our struggle 

  "The AKP/MHP fascism has no chance to survive against the effective and holistic struggle for freedom and democracy that we will lead. Everything depends on the strength of our struggle," the PKK said in a recent statement.
• Our history sinks before our eyes 

  Mesopotamia is a highly important region in the history of mankind. In Hasankeyf up to 12 thousand years old settlement remains have been found. This largely unexplored history is now sinking into the floods of the Ilisu Dam.
• Conference: Challenging Capitalist Modernity IV 

  The Network for an Alternative Quest will hold its fourth "Challenging Capitalist Modernity" conference in Hamburg in April. The main topics of this year's conference will be "Autonomous Education and Organization".
• Anti-catholic sectarianism in North of Ireland 'alive and well' 

  A research commissioned by the Equality Coalition, the report’s author Dr Robbie McVeigh found that disparities still exist between Catholics and Protestants.
• Essay by Irish hunger striker Bobby Sands - SPECIAL FEATURE 

  An essay originally written by Bobby Sands in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh in 1979.
• A member of both ISIS and the AKP 

  Şengül Büyükçelebi, wife of ISIS jihadist Deniz Büyükçelebi, is both an ISIS member and active in the AKP Women's Association. Her husband is closely connected with the main perpetrator of the Ankara massacre.
• Impressions from Slovenia – Discussions on Revolution and Rojava 

  Internationalists have been to Slovenia to talk about Rojava, Jinwar and the Internationalist Commune. But they also learned a lot about Slovenia, and the history of the partisans.
• What did Turkey offer the HTS and why was it rejected? 

  The Turkish state has offered the terrorist organization HTS, which has come under pressure in Idlib, to dissolve and to move to the Turkish-occupied Afrin zone.
• Buldan: The crisis will deepen as long as the isolation continues 

  "The AKP has made the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan the basis for the continuation of its political system. If the isolation is not lifted, a massive crisis awaits us," warns HDP Co-chair Pervin Buldan.
• KCK: The conspiracy continues in the form of absolute isolation 

  KCK called on the Kurds and their friends to increase the struggle to crush the absolute isolation and defeat the conspiracy, to strengthen their organization and to make their resistance and actions permanent.”
• The International Conspiracy in Abdullah Öcalan’s words 

  In the book The Age of Masked Gods and Disguised Kings, Abdullah Öcalan well explained how the International Conspiracy was devised, why, and what were its consequences.
• Öcalan in Rome: An Italian internationalist remembers 

  21 years ago when Abdullah Öcalan stayed in Rome for a few weeks, thousands of Kurds came to the Italian capital. An internationalist remembers the atmosphere of that time, which no prison can destroy.
• Aldar Xelîl: Syrian regime’s willingness for dialogue is positive 

  Kurdish politician Aldar Xelîl of TEV-DEM explains that the Syrian government has signaled a willingness to engage in dialogue through Russian mediation. There are no concrete results yet, but the willingness to talk is a positive step, he says.
• Jihadists stationed in Idlib put on Turkish military uniforms  

  Turkey has switched to dressing jihadists in Turkish uniforms in the embattled Syrian region of Idlib and equipping them with armoured vehicles of the Turkish military.
• The Treaty of Lausanne and invasion 

  The Treaty of Lausanne has shaped the Kurdish struggle – from the Dersim rebellion of 1936 to the Turkish forces that are currently attacking Idlib and preparing for an invasion of Kobanê.
• PKK: Belgian ruling is the legal punishment of the plot 

  The PKK has commented on the decision of the Brussels Court of Cassation that it is not a "terrorist organisation" but a party in an armed conflict. The PKK interprets the ruling as a legal punishment for the plot against Öcalan.
• Turkey denies it, Swiss laboratory proves it used phosphorous 

  Rojava Defense Initiative has sent a sample of the skin of a Kurdish fighter wounded in Serekaniye to Swiss laboratories.
• YPG Commander Heleb: Kobanê was the beginning of the end for ISIS 

  A great hope for the peoples of the Middle East and the world, and the "beginning of the end" for ISIS and its collaborators. This was the victory of Kobanê.