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• Turkish TRT portrays ISIS member as a civilian against YPG 

  Numerous ISIS members fled to Turkey after the liberation of Northern Syrian territories in recent years and participated in the Turkish occupation operation in October as members of the "SNA". ANF uncovers their identity.
• FARC former guerrillas produce protective masks 

  Former FARC guerrillas at the Icononzo ECTR have produced 180 masks for the protection of ex-combatants and the community of Icononzo (Tolima). 
• Dublin follows London in shutdown due to coronavirus 

  The measures are in line with those announced on Monday night by British Prime Minister.
• The relationship between ecology and the system is unsustainable 

  Öcalan: We are witnessing the beginning of a chain reaction that threatens a final breakdown. No one has any idea how to stop it.
• Öcalan: not only society but all life on earth is under threat 

  Öcalan: The problem is not with industry itself but with the way it is used. Industry is like the nuclear option. When it is used by the monopolies it can be an unparalleled threat to life, portending both ecological disaster and war.
• Northern Syria: Thousands of ISIS jihadists await trial 

  Thousands of ISIS jihadists are sitting in prisons in northern Syria awaiting trial - many of them from European countries. The lack of clarity, however, creates new problems. We visited two prisons and talked to the prisoners.
• Right to health is connected to freedom 

  Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan: To struggle for the right to health is to respect yourself and understand the essence of freedom. 
• Six organisations write to WHO about serious situation in Shehba 

  The letter underlined the very concerning situation in Shehba, where over 200,000 displaced people are living.
• Öcalan: Chaos-causing diseases are spreading 

  Kurdish People's Leader Öcalan wrote: Chaos-causing diseases such as cancer, AIDS and stress are spreading. The society for the first time has realised that it's trapped in chaos.
• Children in Waşokanî Camp dream of going back home 

  The children forced to flee from the attacks of the invading Turkish state mercenaries who settled in Waşokanî Camp, are dreaming of returning to their homes while working with their families to create new living spaces.
• HBDH Executive Ferzad Can: Freedom and revolution will triumph 

  For four years now, the guerrilla alliance HBDH has been making an appearance with spectacular anti-capitalist and anti-militarist urban guerrilla actions. We spoke with Ferzad Can from the executive council of the organization.
• A wound bleeding for 32 years: Halabja 

  On 16 March 1988, 32 years ago, 5,000 Kurds, mostly women and children, were killed when deadly gas was released on the northern Iraqi town of Halabja by Saddam Hussein's forces.
• Bayik: Turkey needs mercenaries for its Ottoman expansion plans 

  Cemil Bayik, co-President of the Executive Council of the KCK, analyzed the latest developments in Kurdistan, Turkey and the Middle East in a television interview.
• “No crisis can be managed without resolving the Kurdish question" 

  "All political and economic crises in Turkey are linked to the Kurdish question. As soon as it is solved, all other problems will be dealt with as well", Leyla Güven explains in an interview on the recent meeting with Abdullah Öcalan.
• March 12, 2004: The uprising of Qamishlo 

  On 12 March 2004 an uprising broke out in Qamishlo which quickly spread to all of Rojava. Contemporary witnesses report about the events and the political atmosphere of that time.
• Erdogan's diplomatic defeats 

  The war in Idlib is inevitable despite negotiated breathing space. If Erdogan had been promised the desired support in Brussels, he could have started the war without waiting for an attack by the Syrian army.
• Situation on the Turkish border: racism and despair 

  Social worker Berfin Ateşmen and human rights activist Leman Yurtsever have been observing the situation of refugees at the Turkish-Greek border on the spot. They declare that the refugees there are left to die.
• Turkish ambulances in the service of ISIS and al-Nusra 

  Uzbek jihadist Dayanç Dervişov was injured as a member of al-Nusra in Idlib, was taken to Turkey in an ambulance and from there to the then ISIS area in Syria. Now he is in captivity of the SDF in Northern Syria.
• Conference on the Kurdish question in the German Parliament 

  Under the title "Divided yet united? - Chances and Perspectives for the Solution of the "Kurdish Question" in the Middle East" a conference organised by the parliamentary group DIE LINKE and the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation (RLS) took place in Bundestag.
• Short break in Idlib: Sultan at the feet of Catherine the Great 

  The contradictory Moscow agreement between Erdogan and Putin indicates only a short break in the Idlib war.
• Öcalan: Everything depends on your struggle 

  Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan said in a meeting with his brother: "Everything depends on your struggle. If you do nothing, the isolation and bloodshed will continue. Nobody will come and solve the problem for you."
• Russia's Idlib tactics and the Russian frigates in the Bosporus 

  The conflict between Turkey and Russia in Syria continues to intensify. Russia is betting on a multiplayer plan and Turkey is using up its last playing cards in the swamp it has gotten into.
• How many refugees' bodies are under the snow at the border? 

  In Van which borders with Eastern Kurdistan, refugee tragedies have increased in recent years.
• PKK: Everything depends on our struggle 

  "The AKP/MHP fascism has no chance to survive against the effective and holistic struggle for freedom and democracy that we will lead. Everything depends on the strength of our struggle," the PKK said in a recent statement.
• Our history sinks before our eyes 

  Mesopotamia is a highly important region in the history of mankind. In Hasankeyf up to 12 thousand years old settlement remains have been found. This largely unexplored history is now sinking into the floods of the Ilisu Dam.