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• 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.
• Author Yaşar Kemal passes away 

  Turkey's well-respected author Yaşar Kemal has passed away on Sunday at the age of 92.
• Heavy blows on ISIS in Til Temir and Til Hemîs 

  Heavy blows have been inflicted on ISIS gangs in clashes in Til Temir and within the operation launched to liberate Til Hemis to remove the threat of ISIS on Cizre canton of Rojava.
• Demirtaş: We entered a critical phase for peace 

  "We are much willing to make peace but this depends on the practices of the government which however promises yet no hope with the policies it pursues and the pressure it puts on the people," HDP Co-president Selahattin Demirtaş said.
• NAV-DEM condemns Greens and SPD over 'PKK ban' 

  NAV-DEM Co-president Koç has condemned SPD and Green deputies for supporting the continuation of the PKK ban at Thursday evening’s debate in the German Federal Parliament.
• HDP and AKP government issue joint statement 

  The HDP Imrali delegation and representatives of the AKP government have held a joint press conference on the process of resolution.
• Images from Til Hemîs liberated from ISIS 

  ANF reporter Botan Gulan has captured images from the town of Til Hemîs in Cizîrê Canton of West Kurdistan, Rojava, which was cleansed of ISIS groups and fully liberated yesterday.
• German government insistent on PKK ban 

  At the debate two days ago in the Bundestag on lifting the ban on the PKK, the German government opposed the Left Party motion calling for an end to the ban.
• Turkey digging trench at Nusaybin-Qamışlo border 

  Turkish state has started digging a trench at the border between Nusaybin district of Mardin and Qamishlo city of West Kurdistan, Rojava for “security reasons”.
• HDP delegation meets Deputy Prime Minister 

  HDP İmralı delegation has met Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Yalçın Akdoğan regarding the ongoing process in search of a peaceful and democratic resolution to the Kurdish question.
• DBP Siirt executive remanded in custody 

  DBP Siirt executive Mahfuz Dündar has been arrested after 6 years and 3 months prison sentence asked for him has been approved.
• Turkish army shells Medya Defense Zones 

  HPG-BIM reported that the Turkish army shelled the Avashin and Haftanin regions in Medya Defense Zones under the control of guerrilla forces.
• Til Hemis liberated 

  Fighters of the YPG/YPJ have liberated the town of Til Hemis which had for some time been used by the ISIS gangs as a headquarters in Rojava territory.
• Bingöl University students on hunger strike 

  A group of students at Bingöl University have started hunger strike in protest at the unjust implementations of the university administration, including investigations and disciplinary punishments against the students.