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• 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.
• Turkish police detains two journalists 

  Two journalists were detained by Turkish police in Istanbul on Sunday.
• Turkish prison administration keeps DBP co-chair in a cell 

  Mehmet Arslan, co-chair of Democratic Regions Party (DBP) is isolated from other prisoners and kept in a prison cell for the past 10 days.
• France 24: Viral video of ‘Turkish drone’ is from video game 

  France 24 television channel reported that the viral video of ‘Turkish drone’ is from video game.
• Thousands demand freedom for Öcalan in Rome 

  Thousands of people demanded freedom for Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan in Rome, capital of Italy.
• Strasbourg rally: Victory will be of Öcalan’s children 

  In Strasbourg, tens of thousands of people demonstrated for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan and against the Turkish military invasion of Afrin.
• YPG hits the Turkish base near Kırıkhan 

  YPG fighters carried out an action against the Turkish army near Kırıkhan district of Turkish Hatay province bordering Syria.
• Erdoğan backpedals: “I can’t give a date for Afrin” 

  Erdoğan has given a speech like an admission and said he can’t give an exact date for Afrin. The government had previously cited timespans like “3 hours, 3 days, 1 week”, etc.
• Afrin protest in front of Leopard 

  The invasion attacks against Afrin were protested in front of the company that manufactures Leopard motors.
• The Long March in Marseilles on Day 2 

  The march launched in Marseilles for the freedom of Öcalan and against the invasion of Afrin continues on day 2.
• Thousands gather in Strasbourg for Öcalan and Afrin 

  Tens of thousands of people from all around Europe have started to gather in Strasbourg to protest the invasion attacks against Afrin and the 19th anniversary of the February 15 international plot against Öcalan.
• Turkey arrests HDK spokesperson and ESP’s deputy co-chair 

  A Turkish court arrested Peoples’ Democratic Congress (HDK) spokesperson Onur Hamzaoglu and Socialist Party of the Oppressed (ESP) deputy co-chair Fadime Celebi.
• “Ottoman Empire was launching similar attacks during its fall” 

  Speaking about Turkey's invasion attack on Afrin, Syriac journalist Jacob Mirza said that the Ottoman Empire launched similar kind of attacks before its fall.
• Turkish court rules for continuation of Demirtas’ arrest 

  A Turkish court ruled for the continuation of HDP’s former co-chair Selahattin Demirtas’ arrest on Friday.
• Turkish army kills a civilian in Jindires 

  Turkish army’s bombardment killed another civilian in Jindires district of Afrin.
• Agri co-mayor sentenced to eight years in prison 

  A Turkish court sentenced Agri co-mayor Mukaddes Kubilay to 8 years and 6 months in prison for “being a member of a terrorist organization” and “making terrorist propaganda”.
• Demirtaş: I stand by everything I have done and said 

  Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirtas told the court that he stands by everything that he has done and said during the course of his political career.
• Turkey releases German journalist Yucel from prison 

  Turkey released German journalist Deniz Yucel after a year of imprisonment, Yucel’s lawyer said.