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• Hunger strikes spreading at universities 

  More university students are going on hunger strike in protest against repression, punishments and police presence at universities.
• 'Every month we are put in solitary for at least 10 days’ 

  Prisoners in the Van F Type Closed Prison say that the prison authorities use the punishment of solitary confinement whenever it pleases them, adding that they spend at least ten days of every month in solitary confinement.
• Clashes continue in Kobanê 

  YPG (People's Defense Units) Press Centre reported in a written statement that the Kobanê resistance in the phase of victory continued for the 171st day.
• 5 Alawite civilians killed by ISIS in Hama countryside 

  ISIS gangs are continuing to commit savage crimes against minorities and humanity.
• Önder and Zana on the way to İmralı 

  Sırrı Süreyya Önder and Leyla Zana will meet Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan in İmralı prison today.
• Buldan: We will not allow the package to be enacted in this state 

  HDP Group chair and member of the Imrali delegation, Pervin Buldan, said they would not allow the Internal Security Package to get through Parliament in its current state.
• British YPG fighter martyred in Til Berak 

  YPG Press Office said that British YPG fighter Erik Konstandino Scurfield (Kemal) lost his life in clashes during the Til Berak operation.
• 11 gang members killed in Kobanê 

  YPG Press Office said in a written statement that the Kobanê resistance continued for the 170th day.
• Three gang members killed in Sinjar 

  HPG Sinjar Command and YBŞ General Command reported in a written statement that the operation to liberate Sinjar continued.
• Iraqi Internal Affairs Ministry: 97 settlements recaptured by our forces 

  The Iraqi Ministry of Internal Affairs has announced in a statement regarding ongoing operations in Selahattin Province that 96 settlements, including towns and districts, have been taken under the control of Iraqi government forces.
• Iraqi forces advancing towards Tikrit 

  Iraqi forces consisting of the Iraqi army and Shiite volunteers are advancing towards the town of Salahaddin.
• Operation in Cizire Canton continues 

  YPG/YPJ operation in and around Til Hemis in order for the elimination of the ISIS threat on Cizire Canton of Rojava, West Kurdistan, continues successfully.
• Clean up operations continue in Kobanê 

  YPG Press Centre reported in a written statement that the Kobanê resistance against the occupation attempt of ISIS gangs continued for the 169th day.
• DTK: 10 articles are new opportunity for solution 

  The DTK co-presidents said: "The draft submitted by Mr Öcalan containing 10 articles creates a new opportunity, and also takes the process of resolution to a critical and important stage.”
• Two gang members killed in Sinjar 

  People's Defense Forces Press Office HPG-BIM reported in a written statement that the operation to liberate Sinjar continued.
• Gerger: The old Turkey has collapsed and will not revive 

  At the weekend there were panels held in the German towns of Alt-Oberhausen and Münster on developments in Turkey and the Middle East, the electoral process and the situation of the Alevis.
• Energy Minister Yıldız: We will search for oil in Kandil 

  Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yıldız has said Turkey will search for oil in the Hindirin and Çoman fields in the foothills of Mount Kandil.
• Cansu Özdemir elected as group co-chair of Die Linke 

  In elections that took place in Hamburg on 1 March, Kurdish politician Cansu Özdemir was elected as Die Linke group co-chair.
• Demirtaş: Öcalan is sincere, we do not trust the AKP 

  HDP Co-president Selahattin Demirtaş, speaking at the HDP Batman first Congress, said: “We know Mr Öcalan is being sincere and that the KCK will fulfil its part of the bargain. However, the AKP does not fill us with confidence.”
• YPG reaches the Euphrates 

  The villages of Zormixar and Ziyaret, which are of strategic importance overlooking the Euphrates, have been liberated by YPG/YPJ forces.
• KCK: The government must fulfil its responsibilities 

  The KCK has issued a statement, saying that Leader Apo has once again given the AKP government the opportunity to find a political solution. The statement stressed that the government must fulfil its responsibilities to the people in a serious way.
• Kartal: General election in Turkey will determine future of the peoples 

  A solidarity meeting with the People’s Democratic Party (HDP) has been organised in Eindhoven with the participation of KONGRA-GEL co-chair Remzi Kartal, Eindhoven People’s Assembly co-chair Hacı Arslan and journalist Halil Dalkılıç.
• 'Internal security package' protested in Izmir 

  Labour and Democracy forces in Izmir have protested the internal security bill, the main articles of which have been passed in parliament by AKP deputies despite strong objections by the opposition.
• Turkey supporting ISIS in its attacks on the Assyrians 

  Assyrian people living in Til Temir said Turkey had allowed the level of the Khabour River to rise for the first time 15 years after it had been cut off, adding that this could not be random.
• People from Kurdistan protest Iranian regime in Denmark 

  Kurdish people in Copenhagen yesterday held a protest against the repressive Iranian regime which executes Kurdish activists.