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• Red paint and graffiti on the facade of Turkish embassy in Madrid 

  The windows of the Turkish Embassy in Madrid appeared covered in red paint.
• Academics against the Illegal Turkish Invasion of North Syria 

  The academics called on "the UK government to immediately condemn Turkey's invasion. Likewise they called "for a boycott of all Turkish goods and tourism" and "for an immediate return to peace talks between the Turkish state and the PKK.
• Turkish attacks protested in Lausanne and Basel 

  The invasion of Northern and Eastern Syria carried out by the Turkish state and its mercenaries were protested in the Swiss cities of Lausanne and Basel.
• House passes resolution opposing withdrawal of troops from Syria 

  The House voted on a measure opposing Trump's decision to withdraw troops from northeast Syria.
• Aid Campaign for Rojava 

  Heyva Sor UK has started a campaign to support the people of North and East Syria who are subjected to violent attacks by the Turkish army and allied jihadists whose incursion to invade the region continues on day 8.
• War crimes will continue without a political solution 

  United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Adama Dieng, and the United Nations Special Adviser on the Responsibility to Protect, Karen Smith, expressed their alarm over the situation in NE Syria following the Turkish attack.
• Autonomous Administration in Europe: Take action! 

  The European Representation of the Autonomous Administration appealed on Kurds to unite, leaving all differences aside. The Representation urged Kurds and their friends living in Europe to stand up against the Turkish occupation.
• UN’s Pederson: We are alarmed by the developments in NE Syria 

  Remarking that there is only a political solution also to the crisis in the northeast, Pedersen appealed to all parties to participate in this.
• Petition: The Turkish State must end war and destruction 

  Reactions against the Turkish military offensive seeking to invade North and East Syria continue to grow.
• TEV-ÇAND: Turkish invasion targeting the very existence of Kurds 

  TEV-ÇAND Europe condemned the Turkish state and called on all parties, organizations, intellectuals and artists to work against the occupation.
• Rally against Turkish invasion of Rojava in Philadelphia 

  Worldwide solidarity with the people of North and East Syria resisting against Turkish state's aspiration to invade the region.
• Turkish occupation attacks protested in Yerevan 

  Turkish occupation attacks were protested in front of the US Consulate in Yerevan.
• Leader of Kurdistan Communist Party taken into custody 

  Turkish police have taken into custody Sinan Çiftyürek, the leader of the Kurdistan Communist Party (KKP).
• Nashville Courthouse and bridges lit with the colors of Kurdistan 

  The colors of Kurdistan lit the bridges and the Metro Courthouse in Nashville.
• Thousands in Italy take to the streets for Rojava 

  Following the urgent calls by the Kurdish liberation movement and the Kurdish women's movement, in many Italian cities thousands gathered last weekend to protest the Turkish invasion and genocide in Rojava.
• EESC Workers' Group condemned Turkish attack in North East Syria 

  Oliver Röpke, President of the EESC Workers' Group issued a statement on the Turkish attack in North East Syria.
• Protests against Turkish attacks in Den Haag and Marseille 

  The Turkish state attacks against Northern and Eastern Syria were protested in Den Haag and Marseille.
• French Parliament and Senate call for urgent action on Syria 

  French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe, said that the resurgence of the Islamic State armed group is inevitable and criticised the US for allowing the Turkish offensive.
• Turkish invasion protested in 4 German cities 

  The invasion carried out by Turkey and its mercenaries in Northern and Eastern Syria was protested in 4 German cities.
• Black wrath left in front of Turkish embassy in London 

  A mass protest was held in front of the Turkish Embassy in London.
• Turkish occupation of North East Syria protested in Stockholm 

  Kurds and their friends have been protesting the Turkish occupation attacks against Rojava in Stockholm.
• Man, 74, brutally assaulted for speaking Kurdish in Çanakkale  

  Ekrem Yaşlı was brutally attacked when speaking in Kurdish with his wife who was being treated at the 18 March University Hospital in Çanakkale. The racist assailant was a relative of another patient.
• Spain joins embargo on arms sales to Turkey 

  The Spanish Government joined the embargo on arms sales to Turkey already decided by Germany, France, Holland and Finland.
• HDP Youth Councils call for action for Rojava 

  Kurds and their friends mobilize all around the world to oppose the Turkish incursion into northern Syria.
• Lavrentiev denied Ankara’s operation cleared by Moscow in advance 

  Alexander Lavrentiev, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s envoy for Syria, said: "We had always urged Turkey to show restraint and always considered some kind of military operation on Syrian territory unacceptable.”