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• Muslim: A new war would affect North-East Syria as well 

  Salih Muslim stated that the situation between Ukraine and Russia would affect global politics as well as North-East Syria, and that "we are taking measures to be less affected."
• Over half a million signatures collected in North and East Syria for campaign to delist PKK 

  Over half a million people in the autonomous region of northern and eastern Syria have signed the petition for the PKK to be removed from the list of terrorist organizations. A particularly large number of signatures were collected in Tabqa.
• SOHR reports infighting among Turkish-backed groups in Serekaniye 

  Reports of clashes among the so-called “National Army” factions in Turkish-occupied Serekaniye (Ras al-Ain) in northern Syria.
• "With the PKK, we got to know ourselves" 

  Cihan Gulo from Qamishlo talks about a profound historical change brought about by the PKK's presence in northern Syria. "We didn't know anything about our identity as Kurds and women before. With the PKK, we came to know ourselves," says Gulo.
• Two twelve-year-olds injured in Turkish attack on Ain Issa 

  Two twelve-year-old children were injured in a Turkish attack on the village of Khirbet al-Baydah near Ain Issa.
• 2022 Newroz in North and East Syria: Freedom for Öcalan 

  Peoples of North and East Syria celebrated the Newroz festival, March 21, on Monday. The participants vowed that "The 2022 Newroz will be the Newroz of physical freedom of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan."
• Newroz in Qamishlo and Afrin: PKK is the Newroz of oppressed peoples 

  Kurds are celebrating the New Year, Newroz, across Kurdistan and all around the world.
• ‘We can celebrate Newroz thanks to the sacrifices of martyrs’ 

  The family of Süleyman Êdi who was murdered by the Baathist forces on the Newroz day in 1986 said that the Newroz can be celebrated today thanks to the blood of martyrs.
• Mother and son abducted in Afrin 

  In a village in Afrin’s Mabeta district, two people have been abducted by the paramilitary "military police" of the Turkish occupation forces. The victims are a mother and son; a daughter is already in prison.
• Yazidi woman from Afrin: "I recited Quran verses in order not to be killed" 

  Before the Turkish occupation, 25,000 Yazidis lived in Afrin; today there are 2,000. Emira Fuat had to recite Koranic verses to avoid being killed. She had to bury her son with her own hands on Newroz four years ago.
• Aldar Xelîl calls on all people of the region to make Newroz 2022 a day of freedom 

  PYD Co-Presidency Council member Aldar Xelîl called on all the peoples of the region to increase the victory in the 50th year of freedom and said: "Let's intensify the fire of victory for freedom with the spirit of Mazlum Doğan resistance, on Newroz 2022.
• Şexo: Afrin was made a pilot site of genocide 

  Afrin Human Rights Organization spokesperson Ibrahim Şêxo, who stated that the Turkish state transformed Afrin into a pilot site of Kurdish genocide, said that at least 676 civilians have been killed and 8,328 people kidnapped since the invasion.
• MSD and PYD mark the 4th anniversary of the invasion of Afrin 

  The northern Syrian canton of Afrin has been occupied by the Turkish army and allied jihadist mercenaries for four years now.
• Xelîl: Everyone should take a clear stance against the KDP-Turkish state  

  PYD Co-Presidency Council member Aldar Xelîl said: "All of our people should get together to oppose the KDP-Turkish state. Everyone must take a firm position against the occupation and its allies."
• ‘The Freedom Movement gave hope to the peoples in North-East Syria’ 

  The Arab, Syriac, Kurdish and Armenian people living in North-East Syria said that the Freedom Movement has given hope to them by protecting their rights.
• "Afrin will be liberated at any price" 

  Afrin was occupied by Turkey four years ago. With the approval of NATO and Russia, an Islamist occupation regime has been established in what was once Syria's most peaceful region. The displaced population is fighting for their return.
• TEV-DEM: Demographic change in Afrin is a Turkish project ready to explode 

  TEV-DEM said that the invaders had turned Afrin into a "militization center of terror and gangs", and evaluated the demographic change as "a Turkish project ready to explode against the will of the peoples of the region".
• 13-year-old boy killed when mine exploded in Tabqa 

  A 13-year-old boy was killed in an IS mine explosion in Tabqa. His younger sister suffered serious injuries.
• Autonomous Administration in North East Syria declares partial general amnesty to mark Newroz 

  The Autonomous Administration of Northern and Eastern Syria declared a general amnesty, excluding certain crimes, on the occasion of Newroz.
• SDF Commander-in-chief meets U.S. diplomatic delegation 

  SDF Commander-in-chief Mazlum Abdi met a delegation from the US State Department. The talks focused on cooperation in the fight against ISIS, which both sides continue to regard as a major threat.
• Two young men from Rojava tortured to death by Turkish soldiers 

  It is reported that Turkish soldiers tortured and murdered two young men from Rojava.
• Living in a half-destroyed house, a family challenges Turkish occupation 

  The SDF Press Center interviewed a local from the Turkish-occupied Gire Spi (Tal Abyad) city who challenges the Turkish occupation army and allied jihadist mercenaries.
• Yet another civilian kidnapped in Turkish-occupied Afrin 

  The Turkish forces and allied mercenaries continue committing crimes in the territories they have invaded in North-East Syria in violation of international law.
• PYD: Turkish withdrawal needed to resolve the Syrian crisis 

  If the AANES and the SDF are not recognized in the Syrian constitution, the rights of the Kurdish people and minorities are not guaranteed in it, and a decentralized democratic system is not established, there will be no solution in Syria.”
• Fatma Omer: I couldn't leave my country 

  Fatma Omer is co-chair of the Federation of War Invalids of North and East Syria. Instead of fleeing the region, she chose to fight and join the YPJ. This gave her life meaning.