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• Dutch parliament recognizes Armenian genocide 

  Dutch parliament has recognized the Armenian genocide. The government will send a delegation to the commemoration to take place in Yerevan on April 24.
• Turkey targets civilian convoy heading to Afrin 

  Turkish artillery hit a civilian convoy heading to Afrin near Ziyarah checkpoint near Nubl town.
• YPG statement on Aleppo 

  YPG Aleppo Commander Fırat Xelil made a statement about the recent developments.
• America’s forgotten allies in Syria 

  On January 20, Turkey began targeting northern Syria with airstrikes and heavy shelling in a campaign that it claims is designed to neutralize a security threat on its southern border.
• Operation Cizire Storm: 1776 jihadists were killed in 20 days 

  The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have announced that as part of the Operation Cizire Storm the town of Al-Behra was liberated and 1776 ISIS members were killed in the last 20 days.
• “Kurdish community must be part of Syria’s peace process” 

  Joan Ryan MP has called for the Kurdish community to be included in negotiations to end Syria’s civil war and prevent future conflict in the region.
• “Turkish invasion against Afrin violates international law” 

  “The Turkish attacks and invasion against Afrin, canton of the autonomous Region of Rojava – Northern Syria, part of the sovereign State of Syria, are an aggression violating international law”, said author and economist Thomas Benedikter.
• Internationalist Afrin Resistance Committee Berlin founded 

  An internationalist alliance has been set up in Berlin to better coordinate solidarity actions for Afrin in the federal capital.
• Uca to German, Turkish governments: Are all these a coincidence? 

  Former European Parliament member and HDP MP Feleknas Uca pointed out the developments between governments of Turkey and Germany during moments of negotiation over Kurds and asked: “Are all these a coincidence?”
• CDU spokesman Hardt calls on Turkey to withdraw from Afrin 

  A spokesman for Germany’s ruling Christian Democratic Union called Turkey to withdraw its forces from Afrin on Wednesday.
• Prosecutor demands 7-year sentence for whistling a Kurdish song 

  A Turkish prosecutor demanded 7-year prison sentence for a group of university students who whistled a popular Kurdish song at school.
• 4,200 students out of school due to attacks in Rajo 

  4,200 students in the Rajo region alone are unable to continue school due to the invading Turkish state’s barbaric attacks against civilians in Afrin.
• Two Turkish soldiers killed in Southern Kurdistan 

  Two Turkish soldiers were killed in a clash with HPG guerrillas in Southern Kurdistan, Turkish sources said.
• UN demands an end to military operation in Afrin 

  United Nations wants to see an end to the military operations in Afrin, a spokesperson for UN Secretary-General said.
• Turkey arrests 16 political activists in Istanbul 

  16 members of Peoples’ Democratic Congress (HDK) were arrested over terrorism allegations in Istanbul on Tuesday.
• 100 German policemen storm a building to confiscate a banner 

  100 German policemen stormed into a building to confiscate a banner that read “Afrin, hold on!” in Meucheffitz.  
• “Afrin must not fall” 

  “This is, what Rovaja stands for: An progressive alternative to the hell capitalism, torn by his escalating inner contradictions, is descending into”, according to author and journalist Tomasz Konicz.
• SDF: 40 Turkish soldiers killed in the last 24 hours 

  Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said that at least 40 Turkish soldiers and gang members were killed and a Turkish tank and two armored vehicles were destroyed in the last 24 hours.
• Demirtaş: “Mr. Öcalan didn’t bow down, and neither did we” 

  Selahattin Demirtaş sent a message on the distortion of some of his comments during the hearing.
• Together against the Turkish attacks on Afrin! 

  The "Alliance for Democracy and Peace in Afrin" calls for a nationwide mass demonstration in Berlin on 3 March 2018.
• Kemalbay released with foreign travel ban 

  HDP Caucus Member Serpil Kemalbay has been released with parole and a foreign travel ban.
• Ums Ganze Alliance in solidarity with Afrin 

  “Learning from the Kurds means winning. As the communist ...ums Ganze! alliance we refer critically, but in solidarity, to the revolution in Rojava/North-Syria.”
• International Freedom Battalion’s statement on 3 fallen fighters 

  The International Freedom Battalion released a statement over the deaths of three comrades, Samuel Prada Leon, Oliver Francois Jean Le Clainche and Sjoerd Heeger.
• Turkey intensifies its attacks on Afrin 

  Turkish artillery intensified its bombing of Afrin city center, Jindires, and Mabata districts.
• Red Cross to hold demonstration in Gotland 

  Together with NGOs and political parties active in the islands, the Red Cross will be holding a demonstration to protest the Turkish state’s civilian massacres in Afrin and to show solidarity with the people of Afrin in Gotland, Sweden.