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• Egypt: “Events in Afrin are reminiscent of the Armenian Genocide” 

  The Egyptian Parliament issued a warning that methods of annihilation and exile Turkey utilizes in Afrin are reminiscent of the Armenian Genocide.
• Iraqi MP: "Erdoğan and ISIS are two sides of the same coin" 

  Iraqi State of Law Coalition MP Mensûr Bûeycî said: “Erdoğan and ISIS are two sides of the same coin.”
• KNK: The leader of Catalonia must be released immediately 

  Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) urged Germany to reconsider their decision and release Mr. Puigdemont with immediate effect.
• Armenian genocide monument to be erected in Geneva 

  Geneva Canton Court has approved the building of an Armenian Genocide Monument. The monument will be opened on the 103rd anniversary of the genocide.
• “It is time for global solidarity against our common enemy” 

  Hundreds of people demonstrated in 12 cities as Kurds and their friends answered the call for a World Afrin Day on March 24th with one of the largest displays of solidarity with Rojava ever seen in the United States.
• HDP MP: “Turkey didn’t prevail in Afrin, they entered quicksand” 

  HDP Mersin MP Dengir Mir Mehmet Firat stated that Turkey has entered a deadend with their move into Afrin and added that there is no victory that has been achieved, and they won’t be able to stay there.
• Turkish gang Osmanen Germania appears in front of judge 

  The case against the Osmanen Germania (“Ottomans Germany”), the Erdoğan regime’s gang in Germany, started in Stuttgart on Monday.
• Clash among Erdogan’s gangs in Al-Bab 

  Fighting escalates among the gang groups affiliated with the Turkish state led by Erdogan.
• French unions support Afrin and democratic confederalism 

  A group of French unionists issued a joint statement in support of the resistance in Afrin and protested the Turkish invasion.
• “NATO is accomplice to Turkey’s massacres in Afrin” 

  Afrin Solidarity Platform stated that Turkey carries out the dirty attack against Afrin with all the means and weapons NATO supplies and with the knowledge and complicity of the international powers and organisations.
• Turkey prevents Kurds from returning to Rojava 

  Kurdish citizens who wish to return to Rojava are detained at the border gates by Turkish intelligence, and a ransom is asked.
• Memorial ceremony to the victims of Afrin in Crete 

  Activists in Crete remembered the victims of Afrin who fell in the defense of their homeland against the invasion attacks of the Turkish state.
• Series of demonstrations for Afrin in Italy 

  Italian citizens have held a series of demonstrations in solidarity with the Resistance of the Age in Afrin in the Pisa and Florence provinces.
• Sisic: “Stop ethnic cleansing in Afrin” 

  Bosnian Tajma Sisic, whose parents survived the genocide in Srebrenitsa in 1995 and sought refuge in Sweden, called on the Swedish government to stop the ethnic cleansing against Kurds in Afrin.
• Baghdad to Erdoğan on Shengal: “We won’t sit with our hands tied” 

  Iraqi Defense Ministry has responded harshly to Erdoğan’s threats over Shengal. The Ministry issued a statement and said, “Iraq will not be sitting with its hands tied against any and all threats against our territory.”
• Sweden’s Örebro City Council: “End the invasion of Afrin” 

  Örebro city mayor and municipal commissioners condemned the Turkish state bombings and invasion and stated that they stand in solidarity with the people of Afrin and YPG/YPJ forces.
• ISIS executes 8 Iraqi policemen abducted in February 

  8 Iraqi policemen who had been abducted by ISIS on February 20 have been executed.
• Solidarity campaign for Afrin in Deir ez-Zor 

  Deir ez-Zor Civilian Assembly has launched solidarity campaign for the people of Afrin who were displaced due to the invasion attacks of the Turkish state.
• Iraqi lawmakers condemn Turkish airstrikes 

  Iraq’s Foreign Ministry and lawmakers condemned Turkish airstrikes that killed four civilians in Southern Kurdistan.
• World Afrin Day demonstrations in Latin America 

  Several hundred activists organized demonstrations to mark 24 March World Afrin Day in Latin America.
• Newroz celebrated in Tokyo 

  Kurds living in Japan celebrated Kurdish New Year, Newroz in Tokyo.
• Peoples stand up for Afrin worldwide 

  Millions took to the streets on March 24, World Action Day for Afrin, to demand an end to the Turkish state’s invasion of Afrin together with jihadist groups derived from ISIS and Al-Qaeda.
• Arms factory supplying Turkey occupied in Naples 

  Naples activists occupied military factory supplying helicopters to Turkey.
• Florence occupies Uni, Parma Professors appeal for Afrin 

  Students and activists in the city of Florence have occupied the Architecture Faculty in solidarity with Afrin.
• Italy is Afrin for a day 

  Saturday, March 24 to mark the world day of mobilization for Afrin against the invasion of Turkey, Csa Intifada/Comunità in Resistenza and Cobas Empoli-Valdelsa took to the streets, like as many as 20 cities in Italy.