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• YBŞ Commander: We will never allow another massacre of Êzîdîs 

  YBŞ commander Tîrêj Şengalî, an Êzîdî that took part in the operation to liberate Khanasor from ISIS occupation, said “We will not allow another massacre of our people to take place.”
• Manbij Political Council member: We're already free, don't need Turkey 

  Manbij Political Council's Turkmen member: ISIS cruelty was the biggest threat against us. Now, the people of Manbij govern themselves. From what will the Turkish state liberate us with this invasion? We are free already.
• Family of YBŞ fighter martyred in Shengal: We will resist to the end 

  Family of YBŞ fighter Qulo who fell a martyr in Shengal's Khanasor town said: “We will not leave Shengal and the Mount Shengal to anyone. We will resist to the last drop of blood.”
• 20 seconds in Shengal that will go down in history 

  Orhan and Çekdar wanted to be the messengers so there wouldn’t be new conflicts in Shengal, but they were treacherously murdered. They have gone down in history as defenders of not only Shengal and the Kurds, but of humanity.
• Al-Bab resident: I’m not afraid of the Turkish attacks, won't leave home 

  Hesen Heci Musa al-Ali who doesn't leave his village Boxaz despite the Turkish state’s attacks on Manbij and al-Bab said: “I won’t let this place go, even if it costs me my life.”
• Êzidî mothers: Barzani sold Shengal out to Erdoğan 

  Regarding the KDP attack on Shengal, Êzidî mothers said: “Barzani has sold us out once again. KDP sold us out to ISIS first, and to Erdoğan now. We will fight the KDP until one single Êzidî remains alive.”
• Two HPG guerrillas murdered whilst trying to stop clashes in Shengal 

  Two HPG guerrillas were murdered whilst trying to stop clashes after the attack of KDP forces in Shengal.
• MMC Spokesperson: We will protect our people and land against attacks 

  Derwish pointed out that with its attacks on Manbij, the Turkish state aimed to expand its invasion in Northern Syria and to increase the rate of nationalist votes it expects to receive in the referendum to be held in April.
• PJAK Co-President: Barzani is serving the colonialists 

  PJAK Co-President: KDP and affiliated Rojava peshmergas did not fight against the ISIS in Shengal one single day, but they are attacking Shengal today. Barzani is serving the gains and interests of the colonialists.
• MSD Co-chair Ehmed: We are the true opposition in Syria 

  MSD Co-chair Ilham Ehmed stressed that Turkey “bought” al-Bab by making a deal with ISIS and that some forces were trying to convince the Syrian Regime for fragmentation.
• YPJ fighter: Fascism lost, women’s emancipation ideology prevailed 

  YPJ fighter Viyan remarked that the fascism that tried to break the will of the peoples to make them surrender lost, and the YPJ’s founding philosophy of women’s emancipation ideology has prevailed.
• Pillaging and tyranny by the Turkish state in Jarablus 

  The Turkish state's pillaging and tyranny wasn’t limited with al-Bab. Since the day of the invasion, the Turkish army, their allied gangs and so-called police forces have confiscated 60 trucks taking food items from Jarablus to Manbij.
• PKK's Karayılan: The Turkish state bluffs on Manbij and Raqqa 

  Remarking that the Turkish state would not attack Manbij without an approval of the US and Russia, Karayılan said Erdoğan pursued a bluff politics on Northern Syria due to his enmity towards the Kurds, and he would fail.
• Karayılan: If Turkey comes at us, they will get what's coming to them 

  Referring to a probable Turkish 'cross border operation', PKK's Karayılan said: “If they come at us, they will get what's coming to them”, remarking that the Kurdistan freedom struggle was stronger than ever.
• KCK's Karasu: Xerabê Bava is Kurdistan, everyone must rise up 

  KCK's Karasu called for an uprising and all-out resistance against the Turkish state's attacks on North Kurdistan, describing the aggression as AKP-MHP alliance's approach towards the Kurds.
• Aleppan Armenians visit home liberated by YPG/YPJ 

  Years later, Armenians who left their homes after their neighborhood fell under gang groups’ invasion have returned for a visit to the neighborhood they grew up in after YPG/YPJ forces liberated the eastern neighborhoods of the city.
• Heval Marcello: Rojava Revolution is a hope for all of us 

  Italian revolutionary Franceschi, the author of the book translated into Turkish with the title Heval Marcello, returned to Rojava. Franceschi joined the war against ISIS and said: “The Rojava revolution means hope, it’s the hope for a better world.”
• Karayılan: Colonialism is afraid of the Kurds and their freedom struggle 

  PKK's Karayılan: "This is the beginning of a major battle. The war between Turkish colonialism and us will exacerbate and transform into a major and strategic war."
• Liberated Manbij city institutionalizes its self-administration 

  Co-presidents of the self-administration of the liberated Manbij city stated that the people of Manbij, who are ruling themselves for the first time, will heal the wounds of ISIS cruelty with their democratic and egalitarian self-administration.
• “Erdoğan and FSA will bring death and destruction to Manbij” 

  “As Manbij Military Council's fighters, we can defend our lands and we do not need anyone. We want neither Erdoğan nor FSA. If we happen to need someone one day, we know very well who those people will be."
• Syriac fighter: Kobanê did not fall but Raqqa is falling 

  Syriac fighter Qamişlo: “In the operation to liberate Raqqa, our goal is to rescue our people under ISIS atrocity. We will liberate our brothers and sisters very soon.”
• YPJ fighters in Aleppo: Conspirators lost, Öcalan and his ideas won 

  YPJ Aleppo fighters Avesta, Nuda and Mitra condemned the February 15 conspiracy against Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan, and emphasized that women adopted Öcalan's philosophy and defeated the conspiracy.
• SDF Commander: We promise our people to liberate Raqqa very soon 

  SDF Commander Dijwar Serêkaniyê: “Everywhere where ISIS are, is a target to us. We promise our people that we will liberate Raqqa very soon."
• YPG fighters: The common life project won in Aleppo 

  YPG fighters stated that the true winners in Aleppo cleared of gangs is the new common life project as seen in Sheikh Maqsoud.
• Ehmed: Buffer zone and the immigrant settlement areas belong to SDF 

  Following a series of meetings in the US, MSD Co-chair Ehmed said the most important decision made by the new US administration is the buffer zone and the secure zone, and settling immigrants in this area under SDF and YPG control.