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• 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.
• Five years ago, the liberation of Kobanê  

  Five years have passed since the historic liberation of Kobanê by the YPG and YPJ.
• "Help is not lent to the aggressor, but to the victims" 

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel has promised Turkey help in building accommodation for refugees in northern Syria. Salih Muslim finds clear words for this action: "Help is not lent to the aggressor, but to the victims".
• “The new caliph of ISIS is in Turkey” 

  ISIS member Taner Sabri Görenoğlu said that the new caliph of ISIS was in Turkey with his men.
• New ISIS head is Erdoğan sympathizer 

  ISIS prisoner Taner Sabri Görenoğlu comes from the close environment of the new ISIS chief al-Salbi. He tells about the sympathy of the head of the terror militia for Erdoğan and Turkey.
• Collaboration of the KDP with Turkey in Shengal 

  Last week four Yazidi fighters of the YBŞ were killed in a Turkish air raid on the Shengal region. The Turkish attacks there are also a result of the collaboration of the South Kurdistan’s KDP with the Turkish AKP regime.
• "We will not allow the Turkish forces to stay", say guerillas 

  YJA STAR guerrillas Sozdar Cudi and Rosida Botan, who are part of the Cenga Heftanîn Offensive, spoke to ANF.
• Hrant Dink murder: 13 years demanding justice 

  Today Agos editor Hrant Dink is being commemorated in many cities on the 13th anniversary of his murder. The center of the commemoration ceremonies is former Agos newspaper office in Şişli. The memorial will start at 3 pm (Turkish time).
• The Afrin resistance continues in Shehba 

  Afrin located near the border with Turkey and northwest of the city of Aleppo was a mostly Kurdish-populated city, but displaced Arabs, Turkmens and Yazidis also moved in seeking shelter from war.
• Mama Serhildan 

  Serhildan was a student when ISIS attacked Kobanê in 2014. She first joined the battle, fought, was injured and worked in the orphanage "Alan's Rainbow" after the victory in the city. The children call her "Mama" and even now she keeps her weapon handy.
• Internationalist march: Another dimension of self-defense 

  The Long March will take place from 9 to 15 February. The slogan this year is "Freedom for Öcalan - shoulder to shoulder against fascism".
• PJAK’s Herekol: Sara is the pioneer of the women's revolution 

  "The level that the Kurdish women's movement has reached today is the result of Sara's resistance. She is the pioneer of the women's revolution", Avesta Herekol of PJAK said on the seventh anniversary of the murder of Sakine Cansız.
• Kurds, Women and Revolutionaries: Sakine, Fidan, Leyla 

  This is a murder which concerns the very democratic and justice values professed by Europe.
• PKK: From the murders in Paris to the war in the Middle East 

  On the anniversary of the killings in Paris, PKK draws a parallel to the current political developments in the Middle East and calls for focusing the struggle on smashing the AKP/MHP fascism.
• Zapatistas celebrate 26th anniversary of their uprising 

  The EZLN leader pointed out that the Mexican government challenges them with the project on Indigenous territories, and warned that the movement will defend the land "until death if necessary."
• From the free mountains of Kurdistan to the southeast of Mexico 

  ​​​​​​​“It is time for a new alliance. Against their capitalist modernity, a new culture of diplomacy, an International of hope, which makes a democratic age, a democratic modernity possible.”
• KCK’s Bayik: It is not about a state, it is about freedom 

  “In the past, nobody defended the Kurdish people. Nobody knew the Kurds, nobody saw their struggle, there was no support. Through their resistance they are now present in the world. They have become a hope.”
• "Rojava is art of resistance" 

  Worldwide solidarity with the people of Rojava and their resistance against the brutal offensive of the Turkish state and allied mercenaries seeking to invade the region.
• KCK’s Cemil Bayik: Mankind is on a quest 

  "The system of capitalist modernity is all about power. In this chaos, the socialist movements must offer an alternative. Mankind is currently in a search," KCK executive Cemil Bayik said in a TV interview.