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• France calls for urgent UNSC meeting on Turkey’s Afrin operation 

  French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian called for an urgent meeting by the United Nations Security Council to discuss Turkey’s invasion operation against Afrin.
• Socialist Alliance National Council in solidarity with Afrin 

  The Socialist Alliance called on the Australian government to vigorously protest Turkish aggression and to immediately remove the PKK from its decreed list of "terrorist" organisations and recognise it as Kurdish liberation organisation.
• Clashes reported between YPG/YPJ and Turkish army in Afrin 

  Clashes started between YPG/YPJ fighters and Turkish army in Jindires, Bilbile and Shera districts of Afrin on Sunday.
• "Afrin will be turned to a graveyard for AKP-MHP’s fascist gangs" 

  KCK condemned Turkish attack against Afrin and urged Kurdish people and democracy powers to stand up for Afrin just as they stood up for Kobane back in 2014.
• Academic: Qadir: Öcalan has become the ideology of freedom 

  Academic Aram Qadir stated that Öcalan has turned into a system of freedom, ideology, revolution and struggl, adding: “Turkey can’t prevent the revolution of ideology and struggle through physical isolation, or manage to hold a whole people in dungeons ."
• Russia approved, Turkey attacked Afrin with 69 jets 

  Russia reached an agreement with Turkey and Turkish army attacked Afrin with 69 fighter jets.
• HDP on Afrin: Invasion attempt is unacceptable 

  HDP Co-chair Serpil Kemalbay has strongly responded to Turkey’s invasion attempt and aerial bombardment on Afrin.
• KCDK-E issues urgent call for Afrin 

  KCDK-E has called for urgent action across Europe in response to Turkey’s invasion attempt against Afrin.
• Barzani meets with Abadi in Baghdad 

  Southern Kurdistan Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani had a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi in Baghdad.
• Die Linke MEP: Turkey’s attacks on Afrin are unacceptable 

  Die Linke member in the European Parliament (EP) Martina Michels issued a statement and stressed that Erdoğan’s Turkey stockpiling large scale forces to attack Afrin and its surrounding villages is unacceptable.
• Will Germany modernize the Leopards for Afrin? 

  It has become certain that the fellowship of weapons will be the most important step in the easing of tension between the Merkel and Erdoğan governments. The German government reportedly wants to approve the plan to modernize the Turkish army’s tanks.
• US: Turkish artillery fire undermines regional stability 

  Turkish artillery fire into Afrin would undermine regional stability a senior U.S. State Department official said on Friday.
• Kurdish MP detained in Ankara 

  Turkish police detained Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) MP Osman Baydemir in Ankara on Friday.
• Gangs trained by Turkey transported into Syria 

  Gang groups trained by Turkey in Kilis and Antep provinces have crossed the border into Syria with buses.
• Guerrilla actions in Agri, Hakkari and Sirnak 

  People’s Defence Forces (HPG) guerrillas carried out actions against Turkish army in Agri, Hakkari and Sirnak provinces in Northern Kurdistan.
• German rapper turned ISIS member killed in Deir ez-Zor 

  German rapper Denis Cuspert, who joined ISIS gangs in 2014, was reportedly killed in Deiz ez-Zor.
• Turkey arrests 15 for lecturing in HDP’s party academy 

  A Turkish court arrested 15 people for lecturing in Peoples’ Democratic Party’s (HDP) academy between 2011-13.
• Operation Cizire Storm: 51 ISIS gang members killed 

  Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) killed 51 ISIS gang members near Hajin town in Deir ez-Zor on Friday.
• Calendar of demonstrations for Afrin abroad 

  Kurds living abroad have launched protests for Afrin. KCDK-E has called for participation.
• Mass grave discovered in Kirkuk 

  Remains of eight Kurds who were killed during the popular resistance against Baath regime in 1991 have been discovered in a mass grave in Kirkuk.
• Kurdish district governor in Tuz Khurmatu replaced by a Turkmen 

  District council in Tuz Khurmatu convened on Thursday without the Kurdish members and removed the district’s Kurdish governor Şelal Ebdûl from duty, replacing him with Turkmen Hasan Zeynel El Abidin.
• US urges Turkey not to take military action against Afrin 

  US State Department urged Turkey not to take military action against Afrin on Thursday.
• ESP and SGDF members detained in four cities 

  Turkish state’s political genocide operations against opposition circles continue uninterrupted.
• Top Turkish officials in Russia 

  Turkish Chief of General Staff and Intelligence Service MIT Undersecretary will meet with Russian Chief of General Staff.
• Demonstration against Turkey in The Hague and Brussels 

  Kurds in the Netherlands and Belgium took to the streets to protest against the Turkish state’s threats against Afrin.