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• Afrin and Shehba people march against Turkey’s occupation 

  The people of Afrin vowed to resist until their territories are liberated.
• Mass ceremony for American YPG fighter Klebs 

  A mass ceremony was held for American YPG fighter Jack Klebs (Delil Amerika).
• People of Afrin and Shehba rally against Turkish invasion 

  People of Afrin and Shehba cantons of Rojava are protesting against Turkish invasion in northern Syria.
• Turkish soldiers shoot two citizens from Rojava 

  The invading Turkish soldiers on the Girê Spî border line shot and wounded two citizens working in their fields.
• Turkish policy of Turkification and demographic change in Afrin 

  Local sources confirmed that the process of demographic change is taking place in Afrin in a clear way. Fifty families were evacuated from the eastern Ghouta to Janderis, west of Afrin.
• War crimes in Afrin: 58 people including 26 Êzidîs abducted 

  Turkish invasion forces and their allied gangs have abducted at least 58 people including 26 Êzidîs since April 18. The abductees were tortured and held for ransom, and their homes are confiscated.
• Ehrez town opens doors for those seeking protection from Afrin 

  Ehrez was occupied by Turkish-supported militias two years ago and the population was expelled. Many found shelter in Ehrez. Now the people in the Shehba region take in protection seekers from Afrin.
• "The education system of Rojava is a rebirth" 

  Participants in a delegation visiting the University of Rojava described the education system in Rojava as a "rebirth of education".
• People with diabetes in Shehba have little supplies 

  Kurdish Red Crescent Heyva Sor a Kurd calls on international aid institutions to help as diseases quickly spread in camp where displaced people from Afrin are housed in Shehba.
• YPG Command commemorates Qereçox martyrs 

  YPG General Command commemorated the Qereçox martyrs and said, “The resistance of peoples against tyranny and oppression will continue.”
• Turkish secret service kidnaps an Ezidi family in Afrin 

  According to the ANHA news agency, the Turkish secret service MIT has kidnapped an Ezidi family from Afrin to Turkey.
• YPG: 2420 Turkish soldiers and terrorists killed since January 

  The YPG Press Center said that since the invasion of Afrin by the Turkish state on January 20th, "the losses suffered by the Turkish army and gangs have risen to 2,420".
• Turkish occupation: torture and abductions in Afrin 

  The Turkish military has again kidnapped and tortured civilians in Afrin, plundered their homes and settled jihadists in them.
• Victims of Turkish attack remembered in Qereçox 

  Victims of the Turkish airstrikes on hill Qereçox in Rojava have been remembered in a grand ceremony participated by thousands from Cizire and Shengal.
• 15 people, including 6 Ezidis, kidnapped in Afrin 

  Turkish invasion forces and allied gangs have abducted 6 people from an Ezidi family, and 9 other people from various villages in Afrin.
• Children of Afrin start education after three months 

  Children of Afrin who are staying in the Berxwedan Camp in Shehba have restarted education after three months of interruption due to invasion attacks.
• Turkish-backed gangs and families settled in Afrin 

  Gangs affiliated with the Turkish army are evacuating the residents of Afrin’s Berava village by use of force, and settle their families in their place. Hundreds of gang members and their families brought in from Damascus region were settled in Jindires.
• Report: The invasion plan aims to return to Misak-i Milli borders 

  Northern Syria Platform Preparatory Committee issued a report on Afrin and stated that the Turkish state’s attacks against Afrin are not only against the Kurdish people but an invasion plan that aims to return to Misak-i Milli (the “National Pact”) border
• Arab tribes: Terrorist is he who invades the lands of others 

  Opinion leaders of Arab tribes in Tal Barak responded to Turkey’s attacks on Afrin under the pretext of “fight against terror”, saying “Terrorist is he who invades the lands of others.”
• Latest developments in Afrin and Northern Syria 

  Information Center Afrin Resist has published weekly bulletin about developments in Afrin and Northern Syria for between 13-19 April.
• Polat Can: “ISIS has reorganised with Turkish attacks on Afrin” 

  Remarking that the Operation Cizire Storm to liberate Deir ez-Zor has been halted due to Turkey’s attacks against Afrin, Polat Can said the sleeper cells of ISIS have revived by taking advantage of this situation.
• Bodies of two men killed by Turkish soldiers at border found 

  YPG/YPJ fighters have found the bodies of Mecîd Mihemed Xenamî and Ebdulhadî Mihemed Xenamî who were killed by Turkish soldiers at Rojava border.
• Photos prove torture in Afrin 

  A few days ago the house of Ali Ibrahim, who lives in the village of Nisriye (Cindiris) was raided by the Free Syrian Army. Ibrahim, who was not at home at the time of the raid, was later detained by FSA members in the center.
• People of Afrin protest the international silence 

  Afrin people at the Berxwedan Camp in Shehba protest the international institutions ignoring the challenging conditions they are facing in the camp.
• “Turkey wants no trace of Kurdishness left in Afrin” 

  In its attempt to Turkifying everything reminding of Kurds in Afrin, Turkey has even changed the name of Avrin Hospital (in Kurdish Avrin Nexweşxaneya) into Turkish.