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• 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.
• British union GMB slams Johnson's comments about Afrin operation 

  Instead of selling arms to the genocidal Erdogan regime, Johnson should be supporting the Kurds who have been pivotal in defeating ISIS, said British general union GMB.
• Swiss MPs: “We must intervene in Turkey” 

  Switzerland’s SP MPs condemned the Turkish state’s invasion attempt against Afrin harshly and called on international institutions to intervene in Turkey.
• Coalition of barbarians formed to attack Afrin 

  Syrian Al-Qaeda operating in Idlib and west of Aleppo has announced participation in the invasion operation against Afrin.
• Map of worldwide demonstrations for Afrin 

  Urgent demonstrations have been called across the world to #DefendAfrin from Turkish attacks.
• "Germany should stop arms sales to Turkey" 

  Germany’s Federal Parliament MPs protested the Turkish army using German-made Leopard-II tanks in the invasion operation against Afrin.
• Tillerson: We didn’t propose a safe zone in Syria 

  Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said they didn’t propose a safe zone to the Turkish foreign minister in Syria.
• IADL: Afrin operation is a violation of International Law 

  The International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL) denounced the invasion of Afrin as a gross violation of various central principles of International Law and an act of Aggression for which Erdogan should be held criminally responsible.
• Two Kurdish minors severely beaten by the German police 

  The German police seem to be applying Turkish President Erdoğan’s words “Whether a woman or child, they will get the necessary treatment”. Two minors were severely beaten by the German police and hospitalized in Hannover yesterday.