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• Nuri Mehmud: The operation in Hol Camp targets the ISIS mentality 

  The North and East Syria internal security forces have been carrying out an operation against ISIS in Hol Camp since Sunday. YPG spokesman Nuri Mehmud talked to ANF about the context of the operation and the demands to the international community.
• "Humanitarian and Security Operation" in Hol Camp through ANF's lenses 

  ANF cameras captured images of the "Humanitarian and Security Operation" launched by the Internal Security Forces in Hol Camp.
• The Turkish death squad in Europe and its connections 

  A Turkish death squad was exposed in Belgium. It had been involved in preparing an attack Kurdish politicians Remzi Kartal and Zübeyir Aydar. Photos of those involved have now emerged from the Palace in Ankara and the Turkish embassy in Paris.
• Abdullah Öcalan: This is very dangerous, it can't be accepted 

  Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan stated in his short conversation with his brother on Thursday that such a conversation was very wrong and dangerous and added: "If there is to be a meeting, it should be with lawyers".
• Çiya Kurd: Turkish occupation will become permanent without struggle  

  If the world is silent and the peoples of Syria do not fight against it, the Turkish occupation will become permanent, said Bedran Çiya Kurd, representing the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria.
• Newroz 2021: International Starting Signal for the Peoples' Agenda 

  An analysis of Newroz 2021 by Firaz Amargi, journalist in South Kurdistan.
• The HDP has a historical tradition and 40 years of experience, says deputy Nuran Imir  

  HDP deputy Nuran Imir rejected the demand to close the HDP and reminded that the people of Kurdistan have been in the field of politics for 40 years.
• Trial against the Saturday Mothers opens on Thursday 

  On 25 August 2018, the Saturday Mothers met for the 700th time in Istanbul to demand justice for their disappeared relatives. The police dispersed the sit-in with tear gas and plastic bullets. Now the trial begins against 46 activists.
• We must do all we can to show solidarity with our Kurdish brothers & sisters, says British MP 

  Last week in the UK Parliament, Kate Osborne MP highlighted the increasingly authoritarian policies of President Erdoğan and the Turkish Government during a Westminster Hall Debate on the arrest of opposition politicians in Turkey.
• KCK: Need for Constant Protests for Freedom of our Leader Abdullah Öcalan 

  This year`s Newroz was celebrated in a historic way in all the four parts of Kurdistan and abroad. The Newroz celebrations have increased the spirit of our people and friends while at the same time striking horror into the hearts of all enemies of the Kur
• "The crisis in Shengal cannot be resolved militarily" 

  The Iraqi government does not want to resolve the Shengal crisis through dialogue. The Kurdish and international public urgently need to intervene, said Faris Herbo, Shengal's foreign affairs representative.
• Internationalist Alina Sanchez remembered 

  Internationalist Alina Sanchez (Legêrîn Çiya) remembered on the 3rd anniversary of her martyrdom.
• Three years have passed since Turkey's invasion of Afrin 

  After about two months of resistance against Turkish occupying forces, the Afrin defense units decided to withdraw in order to prevent further massacres of the civilian population. Afrin city centre has been occupied on 18 March 2018.
• Salih Muslim: People will be on the streets until reliable news from Imrali are obtained 

  Salih Muslim, from the PYD co-executive board spoke about the significance of the current developments in relation to the situation of Abdullah Öcalan and their consequences for the region.
• Buldan and Sancar: Closure case against HDP is a new blow to democracy 

  HDP's co-chairs Pervin Buldan and Mithat Sancar invite all forces of democracy, the social and political opposition, and the people to joint struggle against this new political coup d’etat, against the overt liquidation of law and democracy.
• HBDH components: Our position will be maintained to the end 

  On the occasion of the 5th foundation anniversary of the Peoples’ United Revolutionary Movement (HBDH), the components of the movement stated that their position will be maintained as they enter the sixth year "with the will for victory".
• Qamishlo uprising provided the basis for the Rojava Revolution 

  Seventeen years ago today, nine people were killed when clashes erupted at a football match in the Kurdish-majority city of Qamishlo between supporters of a local team and those of an Arab team based in Deir Ezzor.
• Last letters of the Turkish POWs killed in Gare 

  In the last letters of the POWs killed during the Turkish invasion of Gare, the soldiers, policemen and intelligence officers ask why the state does nothing for them and their captivity is not an issue in Turkey.
• Jan Fermon: Europe is playing a dangerous game with Turkey 

  European countries are playing a dangerous game, said Belgian lawyer Jan Fermon says in light of European governments' failure to respond to threats by Turkish ex-intelligence agent Ismail Hakkı Pekin.
• Imrali Peace Delegation publishes full report 

  On the occasion of the 22nd anniversary of the abduction of the leader of the Kurdish freedom movement, Abdullah Öcalan, an international peace delegation convened for the purpose of a virtual fact finding mission.
• Remembering Lorenzo ‘Orso’ Tekoşer with his writings 

  On the occasion of the second anniversary (18 March 2019) of the death of Lorenzo ‘Orso’ Tekoşer the family will present a book of his writings from Northeast Syria.
• Abdullah Öcalan: The Revolution is Female 

  Thinking and writing about the issue of women, means calling into question all of history and society. The reason for this is the unprecedented scale of the systematic exploitation of women.
• Let’s Talk About Öcalan, a video comment by academics and politicians 

  Let’s Talk About Öcalan is the title of a series of video realised by the “Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan - Peace in Kurdistan” as part of the "The Time has Come" campaign.
• Economic crisis deepens in Rojhilat, government builds police station 

  As poverty grows in Rojhilat and people are unable to bring home bread, the state decides to spend money in building a police station.
• Global arms trade operates above the law, says Andrew Feinstein 

  Director of Shadow World Investigations and author Andrew Feinstein said that global arms trade operates above the law.