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• Turkish state blocks river Belîx flow into northern Syria 

  The Turkish state has dammed the Belîx River, which flows about 110 kilometers through northern Syria, and stopped the flow. That's why thousands of hectares of agricultural land are now withering away.
• Illegal Turkey-led Jindires Council made up of criminals 

  What Turkey is trying to do to keep control of the Afrin region it illegally occupied is naming fake councils to run the cities and villages.
• Hospital in Rojava named after fallen Argentinian doctor Alina 

  The hospital of the city of Tal Tamir in Rojava has now been named after Lêgerîn Çiya.
• Thousands protest against the Turkish state in Manbij 

  A mass demonstration is taking place against the invading Turkish state in Manbij.
• Looming threat in Shehba: Water 

  With the summer heat coming in, the Shehba region, with hundreds of thousands of migrants from Afrin following the Turkish invaion attacks, is having issues with water.
• 45 Kurdish youths kidnapped in Afrin 

  The Turkish military and its militias have taken 45 Kurdish youth from Afrin to an unknown location.
• Project presented for a new university in Kobanê 

  A project for a new university was presented in Kobanê.
• Non-stop work in Shehba despite the difficulties and shortages 

  After the aggression and occupation of Afrin by the Turkish state and its al-Qaeda, ISIS and Al-Nusra gang allies, hundreds of thousands of people from the city migrated to the Shehba region after having staged a heroic resistance.
• Committee from British Labour Party visits Rojava 

  A committee from the Labour Party visited Qamishlo and met with Northern Syrian Federation institutions.
• Êzidîs who migrated from Afrin: We can see Shengal before our eyes 

  Êzidîs have suffered 73 firmans (decree of genocide) throughout history, most of which were at the hands of the Ottomans, and are now targeted by the Turkish state in Afrin.
• Turkish army attacks asayish checkpoint in Derik 

  Turkish soldiers attacked a checkpoint of Asayish forces on Semelka road in Derik. Intervention by YPG fighters left two Turkish soldiers dead.
• Afrin Autonomous Administration issues a call to Syrian peoples 

  The Democratic Autonomous Administration of Afrin Canton called on the peoples of Syria displaced from their homeland, especially the inhabitants of Ghouta, not to be deceived by the Turkish state.
• Ezidis kidnapped, their sacred places demolished in Afrin 

  The co-chair of Afrin Canton Foreign Affairs Council, Silêman Cefer, reports that Turkish-backed militias in particular have plundered houses of Ezidis and kidnapped 16 Ezidis.
• People of Manbij: “We don’t want ISIS and we don’t want Turkey" 

  The people of Manbij, who had set up a martyrs' cemetery as soon as they were rid of ISIS tyranny, protested the Turkish state and said, “We didn’t want ISIS tyranny and we don’t want Turkish tyranny now either.”
• YPG reports unsuccessful Turkish army operation in Afrin region 

  The air-supported operation of the Turkish invasion forces and allied gangs in the surroundings of Rajo and Bilbilê-Shera-Mabata triangle area has been withdrawn inconclusively.
• Church representative Yeqûb: Öcalan respects all people 

  The director of the Marîsa Hekîm Church in Dirbesîyê, Mîxaîl Yeqûb, explains that Öcalan's ideas, without distinction, defend the rights of the Kurdish, Arab and Syrian components of society.
• “Afrin people’s will of resistance will change the balances” 

  TEV-DEM held public meetings in Afrin’s Sherawa district where residents of Afrin displaced by the Turkish state’s barbaric attacks have settled.
• Manbij continues to take in refugees 

  The number of refugees arriving in Manbij from various regions of Syria continues to increase daily.
• Jihadist militia torture young men from Afrin 

  Young men captured by pro-Turkish militias in Afrin have been tortured.
• Shehba calls for a safe zone for 175.000 civilians from Afrin 

  The administrations of Afrin and Shehba are calling for the UN to declare a safe zone in Shehba, where the Turkish state threat continues.
• 12 gang members killed in Afrin 

  YPG/YPJ fighters carried out actions against invading forces in Afrin city center this morning. 12 invaders have been killed as a result.
• Tripartite summit between Iran, Russia and Turkey on April 4 

  Turkey, Russia and Iran’s head of state will hold a summit in Ankara on April 4, Turkish media reported.
• Afrin people: We have full trust in YPG/YPJ 

  People of Afrin say YPG and YPJ forces have protected them since the first day Syrian war erupted, and they firmly believe that Afrin will be cleared of invaders.
• “Allegations of Turkish invasion of Tal Rifat have no basis” 

  The population of Arfet (Tal Rifat) and people who fled there from Afrin refute claims by the Turkish media that Turkish forces have taken the city. They strongly condemn the invasion and massacres of Erdoğan regime and allied militias in Afrin.
• Invaders force Ezidis to convert to Islam in Afrin 

  ANHA reported that the invading forces in Afrin are forcing the Ezidi Kurds to convert to Islam.