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• 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.
• 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.