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• Turkish charm offensive for a new war 

  Turkey is currently using fine words and practical concessions in Libya and the eastern Mediterranean to try to win EU and US support for something very concrete: a large-scale military operation in Southern Kurdistan (Northern Iraq).
• Maxmur residents: The embargo is more dangerous than Covid-19 

  Some 12,000 people are living the Maxmur refugee camp in Southern Kurdistan. The camp has been subjected to an unofficial embargo for 18 months - despite the outbreak of coronavirus.
• Catalan MP praises NE Syria's Autonomous Administration model  

  Member of the Catalan Parliament for Esquerra Republicana, Ruben Wagensberg, is visiting Rojava.
• Is Turkey testing the new US government? 

  All indications show that the Turkish state is ready to test whether the green light for the invasion of Dêrik and Shengal will be given at international level after the change of government in the US.
• Colombian party FARC set to change name at its General Assembly 

  The FARC party is holding is General Assembly. Party's leader Rodrigo Londoño (Timochenko) said the party will change its name so to broad participation.
• Open to gangs, closed to patriots: Hewlêr 

  The KDP administration is closing Hewler to refugees from Northern Kurdistan but is opening it up to those who come after dealing with prostitution and murder crimes in Turkey and act like intelligence officers in Southern Kurdistan.
• The story of the city of Merîvan 

  Merîvan is one of the cities of resistance in Rojhilat. It is an extraordinary city marked by history and culture.
• Berwari: Akar's visit to Iraq and Bashur signals a great war 

  Duhok University lecturer Kamuran Berwari stated that the visit of Turkish special war staffs Hulusi Akar, Yaşar Güler and Hakan Fidan to Baghdad and then to Hewlêr signaled a new attack against the PKK.
• AKP expands its police force and intelligence services 

  Over the past decade, the AKP has expanded its police force and intelligence services and increased the authorities' powers.
• Chomsky: The Rojava Revolution is a miracle that the world must see 

  Noam Chomsky said that Rojava is going through a difficult process and that it is a miracle that it has survived until now.
• Shocking new evidence in British supplies to Turkish killer drones 

  Shocking new evidence reveals a six-year secret history of British supplied technology that has fuelled Turkey’s dirty drone wars.
• MIT and KDP propaganda smear campaign collapses 

  In a concerted propaganda campaign, MIT (Turkish Intelligence Services) and KDP tried to connect the “PKK, YPG / YPJ and SDF” with “child abductions”. Investigative media showed that the children are at home.
• Noam Chomksy opens Rojava University Freedom Lectures 

  Today linguist Noam Chomsky will inaugurate the the Rojava Freedom lecture series at the Rojava University in Qamishlo.
• Is the Islamic State coming back? 

  In the past few days there have been a series of large-scale ISIS attacks in Syria. Is the Islamic State coming back?
• Asrin Law Office: Imrali is a black hole 

  “To overcome the Imrali isolation system in real terms can only be possible by ensuring the legal equality and freedom of Mr. Öcalan and the Kurdish people intertwined with him, like all other individuals and peoples,” says the Asrin Law Office.
• Asrin Law Office publishes ‘Imrali Prison’ report for 2020 

  “To overcome the Imrali isolation system in real terms can only be possible by ensuring the legal equality and freedom of Mr. Öcalan and the Kurdish people intertwined with him, like all other individuals and peoples,” says the Asrin Law Office.
• No solution to their complaints for 45 years 

  The carbon dioxide gas formed underground after the Çaldıran earthquake has reached a level that threatens the health of the people of the neighbourhood of Beyazıt.
• Eliaçık: Elitism is to live in a palace detached from the people 

  Author İhsan Eliaçık says that real elitism is to live in the palace, to appoint a trustee-rector and not to recognize the elections, adding that it is extremely far from the "victim" identity the AKP has created for 18 years.
• British actress Maxine Peake launches 'letters for Leyla' campaign 

  British actress Maxine Peake described Leyla Guven's fight as one for the whole of humanity as she launched the Peace in Kurdistan “Letters for Leyla” campaign.
• Law protecting women in Iran: A first step, but still a long way to go  

  The Iranian government has passed a bill on 3 January that criminalizes violence against women, including action or behaviour that causes “physical or mental harm” to women. However, the bill falls short of international standards.
• MP Paylan: Ankara is stuck in a spiral of corruption and waste 

  "Ankara is stuck in a spiral of corruption and waste. We need to move the wheel in the other direction," says HDP economic expert and MP Garo Paylan.
• German families: We want to continue the struggle of our martyrs 

  The families of German revolutionaries Jakob Riemer (Şiyar Gabar), Michael Panser (Bager Nujiyan) and Konstantin Gedig (Andok Cotkar), said: "We want to protect the memories of our martyrs and continue their struggle."
• They might cut off our flowers but they can't stop the spring, Gupta 

  Journalist, activist and writer Rahila Gupta spoke about the killing of Sakine Cansız, Leyla Şaylemez and Fidan Doğan.
• Sakine, Fidan and Leyla: The search for justice continues 

  Eight years ago today the murder of Sakine, Fidan and Leyla.
• Ömer Güney's collaborator is still in DITIB 

  Ruhi Semen, the collaborator of Ömer Güney, the hitman of the Paris Massacre, is still active in DITIB, one of the important institutions of the AKP-MHP government in Germany.