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• 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.
• “I am Afrin” written over German Prime Ministry 

  The slogan “I am Afrin” (“Je suis Afrin”) was projected onto the Prime Ministry building in Germany to protest the Turkish state’s massacres and attacks against Afrin.
• SDF: Turkish intelligence targets the civilians in Kilis 

  SDF Public Relations Office stated that the bombardments on Turkish city Kilis are carried out by Turkish intelligence and called for public awareness against these dirty acts by the Turkish state.
• Chechen commander on terror list participates in Afrin operation 

  Chechen Muslim Şişani, the leader of Jundu Sham group listed as “terrorist” by the US and the UN Security Council, has been reported to have participated in the operation against Afrin along with his group.
• HDP's Kürkçü: Turkey received not a single attack from Afrin 

  HDP's Kürkçü pointed out that until this day Turkey has received not a single military attack as referred in the UN Charter by the Afrin inhabitants, nor the town has ever hosted a single DAESH (ISIS) unit -the target of the UN resolutions.
• McGurk: Operation on Afrin risks giving life to ISIS 

  U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Global Coalition to Defeat Islamic State (ISIS), Brett McGurk said invasion operation by Turkish army on Afrin “risks giving life to ISIS”.
• 170 signatories send a letter to MPs on Afrin operation 

  Over 170 people including former ministers, MPs, writers, intellectuals, directors, actors, screenwriters, journalists, NGO representatives have sent a letter to all MPs in the Parliament urging them to stop the operation on Afrin.
• PACE members urge Turkey to halt operations against Afrin 

  Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) members urged United Nations Security Council to intervene with the Turkish invasion of Afrin before the conflict escalates humanitarian disaster in the region.
• Peoples urge the UN stop Turkey’s operation against Afrin 

  Peoples from various backgrounds staged a demonstration in front of the United Nations and called for action against the Turkish state’s invasion operation on Afrin.
• EP groups condemn Turkish attacks on Afrin, call for action 

  Political groups in the European Parliament condemned the Turkish attacks on Afrin and called for an end to the silence of international community.