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• Demonstration for Afrin in front of the UN: Silence is complicity 

  Kurds and their friends are holding a demonstration in front of the United Nations Office in Geneva, calling on the UN to act against the Turkish state.
• Revolutionary Forces: We will send our forces to Afrin 

  SDF and its constituents made a joint statement and announced that their forces that are fighting ISIS east of Euphrates will be sent to Afrin due to the silence of international community on the massacres in Afrin.
• Three HDP MPs will stand trial for social media posts over Afrin 

  A Turkish prosecutor issued a summary of proceedings against three Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) MPs for their social media shares over Turkey’s invasion operation on Afrin.
• Giesbert calls Turkish president Erdogan “a butcher” 

  French journalist Franz-Oliver Giesbert highlighted western powers double standard over Afrin and called Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan “a butcher”.
• Jaysh Al-Thuwar retreats from Raqqa and goes to Afrin 

  Jaysh Al-Thuwar Official Spokesman announced the withdrawal of their forces from east of Euphrates and deployment in Afrin to join the Resistance of the Age.
• Norman Paech: Cizre events correspond to crimes against humanity 

  Professor of International Law and the Constitution Norman Paech said, “The events in Cizre, Sur and Nusaybin correspond to crimes against humanity and war crimes according to international law.”
• HDP report on Cizre announced in Geneva 

  A 135-page report prepared by the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) on the Turkish state’s genocidal attacks in Şırnak’s Cizre district in 2015, has been announced in Geneva.
• KNK: Turkey continues Afrin bloodshed amid UN resolution 

  On the 45th day of attacks by the invading Turkish Army against Afrin, many civilians were killed in Jindirese district.
• Iranian General: “Turkey is an invader in Syria” 

  Iran’s Spiritual Leader Hamaney’s Military Advisor Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi stated that with the invasion attempt in Afrin, Turkey is invading Syria’s territorial integrity.
• UN official: We continue to receive disturbing reports from Afrin 

  Panos Moumtzis, Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Syria Crisis, said they continue to receive disturbing reports out of Afrin of civilian deaths and injuries, and restrictions on civilian movement as a result of ongoing military operations.
• “Attack on Afrin is a war crime, doomed to fail” 

  May the revolutionary project of gender emancipation, direct democracy, multi-religious and multi-ethnic accommodation, and social ecology prevail against the forces of tyranny and chaos unleashed upon the world through the criminal war on terror."
• Euphrates Shield gangs attack a village held by Syrian forces 

  Gang groups allied with Turkey attacked the village of Xalidiyê held by the Syrian regime forces east of Manbij.
• Demonstrations for Afrin in Copenhagen and Stockholm  

  Solidarity demonstrations took place in Copenhagen and Stockholm in solidarity with the resistance of Afrin against the war crimes of the Turkish state.
• Huge Ocalan poster in Berlin 

  A huge poster of Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Ocalan was hung on a building in Berlin where a massive demonstration in solidarity with Afrin continues.
• Thousands rally in Berlin for Afrin 

  Around 20 thousand people are joining a massive demonstration in Berlin to show solidarity with the Afrin resistance and urge Germany to end its provision of political and military support to the Turkish state.
• Heavy fighting reported on three fronts in Afrin 

  Violent clashes continue between the Turkish army and Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Shera, Jindires and Rajo districts of Afrin on Saturday.
• Airports do not open, budget crisis continues 

  The political and economic crisis between the Southern Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and the Iraqi central government of Baghdad continues.
• Swiss MPs: “Don’t stay silent against Turkey” 

  Three Swiss MPs submitted an inquiry to the Switzerland Federal Parliament on the Turkish state’s invasion attacks against Afrin and demanded Switzerland take action.
• "It is urgent to stop the authoritarian Erdogan-Regime in Syria" 

  Prof. Dr. Christian Zeller said it is urgent that the European governments, the USA and Russia stop of the authoritarian Erdogan-Regime in Syria.
• Sarıyıldız speaks in the UN: “We do not accept your silence” 

  HDP MP Faysal Sarıyıldız spoke in the UN and said: “Because there was silence for the crimes against humanity in Cizre, Erdoğan continues his massacres today in Afrin. Action must be taken.”
• French municipalities appeal to the government for Afrin 

  Five French mayors have written an open letter to the French Foreign Ministry. They appeal to the French Foreign Minister to stand up against the attacks on Afrin.
• Turkey declares a curfew in 115 villages and hamlets 

  Curfews have been declared in 115 villages in Amed’s Lice, Hani and Kocaköy districts.
• City Councils in Sweden to launch solidarity campaigns for Afrin 

  Mayor of Avesta in Sweden’s Dalarna region, Lars Isacsson, announced that they will be launching a countrywide campaign in solidarity with Afrin, under attack by the Turkish state and the FSA gangs.
• Red Cross convoy reaches Afrin 

  The International Red Cross Committee has announced that the humanitarian aid convoy headed towards Afrin has reached its destination.
• Petition for Afrin submitted to the government in Switzerland 

  Thousands of signatures were collected in Switzerland in a petition to stop the invasion attacks in Afrin. The petition has been submitted to the government.