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• Saleh Moslem: Turkey kills Kurds in Afrin with European weapons 

  TEV-DEM foreign relations official and former PYD leader Saleh Moslem said; “Nobody has the right to tell the people of Afrin to leave. That land belongs to the people of Afrin. The children there are protecting their lands. Why should they abandon it?"
• Murdered in Paris, banned in Hannover  

  In 2013, Kurdish revolutionaries Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez were murdered by the Turkish intelligence agency MIT in Paris. In Hannover, their pictures are no longer be allowed to be shown.
• KCK urges international powers to intervene in Afrin 

  Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) called upon all to rise up against Turkish invasion of Afrin and urged international powers to intervene.
• Ten-year-old boy killed in an explosion in Hakkari 

  A ten-year-old boy was killed after a device he found exploded in his hands in Yuksekova, a district of Hakkari province.
• German police confiscate thousands of books and CDs 

  Thousands of books and CDs have been confiscated during the raid on the Mezopotamien Publishing House and the Mir Multimedia music company.
• Turkish warplanes continue bombing of Afrin city centre 

  Turkish warplanes are bombing Afrin’s city center, local sources say.
• Asya Abdullah calls for urgent action for Afrin 

  Movement for a Democratic Society (TEV-DEM) co-chair Asya Abdullah called upon all Kurds for urgent action for Afrin.
• Thousands protest Turkish attacks on Afrin throughout Europe 

  In Europe, thousands of people protest Turkey’s invasion attack on Afrin as Turkish army and gangs approached within 2 kilometers of the city.
• “Another gift from Germany to autocrat Erdoğan” 

  DIE LINKE North Rhine-Westphalia protested against the raid on Mesopotamia Publishing House and MIR Multimedia Company and demanded the return of confiscated objects.
• “As long as the UN remains silent we will continue to resist” 

  Kurdish protestors and solidarity groups continued their actions to protest the attack on Afrin in front of the office of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
• Footage proves Firefiye massacre committed by Turkish army 

  A Turkish armed drone killed two people and wounded five near Fireriye village in Jindires. The footage of the bombing was released by Turkey’s official news agency and the report tried to acquit Turkish army of the massacre and blamed the YPG instead.
• Abadi incorporates Hashd Al-Shaabi into the Iraqi army 

  Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi has officially incorporated Hashd Al-Shaabi militia into the Iraqi army.
• Kurds protest the German police operation on Kurdish institutions 

  Kurdish writers and artists protest the German police raid on Mesopotamia Publishing House and Mir Multimedia institutions in Neuss city.
• Open letter to the United Nations on Turkey’s Afrin operation 

  HDP MP Sarıyıldız invited the UN, as an organization responsible for pursuing global peace, to fulfill its mission by pressuring Turkey to end its occupation of Afrin
• Turkey uses Western Technology to hack internet users 

  Internet watchdog group CitizenLab identified hardware produced by a Canadian company is being used to hack internet users in Turkey and Nothern Syria.
• Turkish army kills civilians in Shera 

  Turkish army bombarded Meryemine village in Afrin’s Shera district and killed several civilians, local sources said.
• Nauert: US has a lot to discuss with Turkey 

  United States has a lot to discuss with Turkey and Afrin is one of the issues, State Department spokeswoman said.
• AKP MPs attack HDP MPs in Parliament after a speech on Afrin 

  HDP MPs were attacked during a session at the Grand National Assembly of Turkey after the speech of HDP Gaziantep MP Mahmut Toğrul on Afrin.
• Police search in Mesopotamia Publishing House to continue 

  German police will continue to search the building of the Mesopotamia Publishing House on Friday.
• Protest against Turkish Foreign Minister in Vienna 

  A group of demonstrators led by Kurds protested Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in Vienna on Thursday.
• Gerry Adams pledges support to International Tribunal on Turkey 

  Former leader of Sinn Fein, Gerry Adams pledged his support for a symbolic International Tribunal where Turkish officials will be tried for their actions against the Kurdish people.
• German police raid Mesopotamia Publishing House in Neuss 

  German police have raided the Mesopotamia Publishing House in Neuss city.
• German Left Party’s Özdemir faces an investigation over PKK flag 

  Cansu Özdemir, co-chair of the Hamburg Left Group, is facing an investigation for sharing PKK flag on social media platform Twitter. Left Party called for an immediate closure of the investigation.
• Turkish-backed gangs plunder Kurdish villages 

  In Afrin Canton of Northern Syria, the Turkish army, ISIS/Al-Nusra gangs are not only committing massacres against civilian population but also plunder the villages and homes of Kurdish locals.
• Berlin police officially remove the YPG ban 

  The struggle of the Kurds and their friends in Germany against the ban on YPG/YPJ flags has come to fruition. Berlin police stated that YPG flag can be carried at demonstrations.