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• "Turkey commits a crime and Russia is after its own interests" 

  Russian human rights activist, lawyer Maria Bast accused Turkey of violating international law by attacking Afrin and said, “On the other hand Russia has the mentality that is based on the principle that says everything’s fair on the way to victory”.
• Majority of Germans oppose arms trade to Turkey 

  Majority of Germans oppose Berlin’s arms trade agreements with Turkey, an online survey revealed.
• State TV confesses that Turkish army targets civilians in Afrin 

  Turkish official state TV TRT has confessed that the Turkish army is targeting civilians in Afrin in the ongoing invasion operation against the canton.
• SDF: Kevire Ker Hill cleared of invaders 

  Kevire Ker Hill in Raco district of Afrin was cleared of invading Turkish army and its gangs, Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said.
• Turkish media and war 

  Media in Turkey is backing Erdoğan's war propaganda.
• Solidarity demonstrations for Afrin across Europe  

  Tens of thousands of people in dozens of European cities took to the streets to protest against the Turkish war of aggression in northern Syria under the slogan "Everywhere Afrin, everywhere resistance".
• Demonstration in solidarity with Afrin in Washington 

  Kurds and their supporters marched from the State Department to the White House on Friday, taking to the streets to call on the international community to break its silence, support Afrin’s resistance, and condemn Turkish fascism.
• “Presidential election campaign started with the Afrin invasion" 

  HDP Foreign Relations Officer Hişyar Özsoy spoke in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) and called the attack against Afrin an “invasion attempt” and a “part of the presidential campaign”.
• YPG-YPJ fighters in Deir ez-Zor: We are ready for Afrin too 

  YPG and YPJ fighters state that they are ready to take their place in Afrin against the Turkish state and gave the message, "The Kurdish people will prevail".
• Soldiers struck in Raco transported to hospitals in Hatay, Kilis 

  The casualties in the intense clashes on the border of Hatay and Afrin’s Raco district have been transported to hospitals in Hatay and Kilis with ambulances.
• German police preparing to attack in Cologne 

  The police in Cologne are preparing to attack to prevent tens of thousands of people from marching. The youth responded with a giant Öcalan poster and slogans.
• Masses overcome the police barricade in Cologne 

  People have overcome the police barricade in the demonstration against the Turkish state’s invasion operation against Afrin in Cologne city of Germany.
• Afrin: Violent clashes on day 8 

  Turkish bombardment continues on the 8th day of the attacks against Afrin. In many locations, violent clashes reported between the SDF and the Turkish army and their allied FSA groups.
• Tens of thousands of people march for Afrin in Cologne 

  Tens of thousands of people came together in Cologne against the Turkish state’s invasion attack on Afrin.
• Karayılan: Turkish state has been defeated in Afrin 

  “In the 6 days of the Afrin resistance, the Turkish state has been defeated,” said PKK Executive Committee Member Murat Karayılan and stated that human dignity has prevailed against fascism and invasion in Afrin.
• Afrin protest against German minister in the theater 

  German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel was protested by a large group in the audience in an event he attended in Hamburg’s historic theater because of the German tanks used in the Afrin attacks.
• Civil disobedience by German leftists for Afrin 

  A group of German leftists held a civil disobedience protest in the Social Democratic Party’s (SPD) Bielefeld offices to draw attention to the Turkish state’s attacks on Afrin.
• Heavy fighting and bombardment in Afrin 

  As Turkish invasion attacks on Afrin enter the eighth day, heavy fighting continues in Raco, Bilbile and Jindires districts.
• French intellectuals and politicians call for support for Afrin 

  A group of French intellectuals, politicians and academics called on the French people to stand with Kurdish people against the Turkish invasion in Afrin.
• Turkish soldier: We were hit after advancing 200 m in three days 

  A Turkish soldier made confessions about Turkey’s invasion operation against Afrin, refuting Turkish official media reports that the army has made a remarkable progress in the so-called “Operation Olive Branch”.
• Latest from the Turkish state's Afrin operation 

  The Turkish army’s invasion operation against Afrin Canton and Northern Syria has left one week behind.
• Gülmen and Özakça: Resistance liberates 

  Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça have ended their hunger strike. They announcde the continuation of their fight.
• SDF: 308 Turkish soldiers and gangs were killed in seven days 

  Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said 308 Turkish soldiers and gang members were killed in the last seven days, since the start of the Turkish attack on Afrin.
• KCK calls for national unity based on democratic values 

  KCK calls upon all parties to work on achieving the national unity that’s based on democratic principles and values, not nationalism.
• British MP calls for an end to Turkey’s assault on Afrin 

  British Labour Party politician Joan Ryan called on Theresa May and Boris Johnson to make urgent representations to their Turkish counterparts, to end Turkish military’s assault on Afrin and prevent a potential humanitarian crisis.