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• Pro-Afrin demonstrations in Sweden, Norway and Switzerland 

  In Zurich, Gävle, Gothenburg and Stavanger solidarity actions have taken place for Afrin.
• Witness speaks of Cizre massacre at the international tribunal 

  A witness spoke about his friends who were burned alive by Turkish soldiers during Cizre massacre in 2016 at the international tribunal in Paris.
• EP approves motion calling on Turkey to withdraw from Afrin 

  The European Parliament have approved a motion calling on Turkish troops to withdraw from Afrin. Before the vote, a joint proposal amending the paragraph on Afrin was also approved with 372 votes in favor.
• Bayik: Afrin revealed real faces of international powers 

  Co-chair of KCK’s Executive Council Cemil Bayık accused the international powers of hypocrisy and said that the resistance in Afrin revealed real faces of US, Russia, European Union and United Nations. 
• European Parliament demands Turkish withdrawal from Afrin 

  A draft resolution of the European Parliament calls on the Turkish government to withdraw its troops from Afrin, Deutsche Welle reported on Wednesday.
• Turkish media uses Koran image from Libya in anti-Afrin campaign 

  The Turkish media has brought in a new manipulation by claiming that YPG trapped Koran with explosive in Afrin, using an image from Libya from February.
• 8 killed as Turkey bombs Syrian Popular Forces’ positions 

  Turkish warplanes have bombed the positions of Syrian Popular Forces north of Aleppo, killing 8 members of the Syrian forces.
• EU provides financial support for Turkey amid ethnic cleansing 

  The European Union has approved an aid package of further 3 billion euros for the Turkish state as it commits ethnic cleansing against the Kurds in Afrin Canton of Northern Syria.
• Italians for Afrin occupy the Turkish Consulate in Venice 

  In the Italian city of Venice, a group of Italians occupied the Turkish Consulate in protest at the attacks against Afrin.
• Municipality of Gennevilliers honors Gultan Kisanak 

  The municipality of France’s Gennevilliers town declared imprisoned Kurdish politician Gultan Kisanak as honorary mayor.
• Afrin Platform meets with German President 

  A protest demonstration was held during German President’s visit to a UNESCO affiliated school and a store. During the protest, Afrin Platform met with the President.
• Finmeccanica warplane model kit set on fire in Torino 

  In the Italian city of Torino, a warplane model kit of a company cooperating with Turkey was set on fire.
• Police raid against Stuttgart Kurdistan Solidarity Initiative 

  German police raided the homes of Stuttgart Kurdistan Solidarity Initiative members that are in solidarity with Northern Syria’s Afrin Canton under Turkish attack.
• Raids against "Osmanen Germania" in Germany 

  In three federal states raids took place against members of the Osmanen Germania, a Turkish ultra-nationalist gang organized in 2014.
• Italian friend of the Kurds in action for Afrin 

  Italian citizen Andera, a dedicated friend of the Kurds, has started a sit-in for Afrin in front of the Ivrea town municipality.
• KRG will hand over ISIS gang members to Iraq 

  Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) will hand over ISIS gang members who were captured by Kurdish forces to Iraq.
• Huge pro-Afrin banner on the Technical University of Berlin 

  A huge banner in solidarity with Afrin was hung on the building of the Technical University of Berlin in Germany.
• The tribunal on Turkish war crimes to start in Paris 

  A session of the Permanent Peoples Tribunal on Turkish war crimes against Kurdish people will be held in Paris’ Bourse du Travail on 15 and 16 March 2018.
• “Turkey causes tensions with Greece because of Afrin” 

  The Greek Minister of Defense warned that; “We see that Turkey wants to behave in Cyprus and the Aegean like it does in Iraq and Syria. However, Cyprus and Greece are not Middle Eastern countries.”
• ANF launches Russian service 

  Fırat News Agency (ANF) ANF was available in Kurdish, Turkish, English, Arabic, Persian, Spanish, German and Sorani and has now expanded into Russian.
• Europe: Tens of thousands protest Turkey’s attacks of Afrin 

  Tens of thousands of Kurds organized demonstrations and civil disobedience actions in several European cities to protest Turkey’s invasion of Afrin.
• Hollande: Those attacked in Afrin are those fighting ISIS 

  Rojava Representative for France, Xalid Isa met with former President of France, François Hollande to call attention to the Turkish state’s invasion and genocidal attacks against Afrin.
• Afrin demonstrations in Europe, Australia and Canada  

  Protests in support of the resistance of Afrin took place yesterday in several Swedish cities as well as in Australia, Canada and Kiel.
• Civil disobedience action for Afrin at Dusseldorf Airport  

  In Germany, the actions continue for Afrin. In Dusseldorf, an action of civil disobedience action took place at the airport. The police attacked the activists and injured four people.
• Death threats against Thuringia's PM over solidarity with Afrin 

  Thuringia's left-wing Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow has received death threats by pro-AKP Turkish social media users after his tweets about his support to YPG. His wife is also threatened on Twitter.