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• Return to Kobane - Part III 

  Patrizia Fiocchetti has been in Kobane to open the Women’s Academy. ANF publishes her reflections on the visit.
• PUK MP Dawudi speaks about MİT’s men in Kirkuk 

  Kirkuk MP in the Iraqi Parliament Shiwan Dawudi spoke to the ANF and said he can prove the armed gangs being formed receive their orders from the MİT, with the documents he obtained throughout his research.
• Witness from Afrin: Even 12-year-old children are tortured 

  A young civilian who managed to flee from Turkish occupied Afrin told about the atrocities he went through and witnessed in the city. He said even 12-year-old children are tortured by the occupation forces.
• Lawyer Xelil tells of atrocities in Afrin 

  The lawyer was detained while investigating crimes against humanity.
• From Turkish military service to guerrilla ranks 

  HPG fighters Sipan Wan and Sipan Rizgar tell ANF why they have joined the guerrillas in the mountains of Kurdistan.
• YPG Spokesperson: We are a model for entire Syria 

  The YPG spokesperson assessed the role of the YPG/YPJ forces in the six years of Rojava Revolution.
• Afrin citizen loses three relatives due to Turkish atrocities 

  E.S. lost three family members within few days under the Turkish bombing.
• Saleh Moslem: The ‘third alternative way’ has proved viable 

  TEV-DEM executive explains how the Rojava model is working.
• PKK: Rojava Revolution paved the way for democratic Middle East 

  "We believe that in the seventh year of the historic Freedom Revolution, the peoples of Rojava Kurdistan and Syria will enhance the struggle for a Democratic Syria and Free Kurdistan, and pave the way further for a Democratic Middle East Revolution."
• What is happening in Iraq? 

  The protests that began last week in many cities are triggering a new process in Iraq. However, it is difficult to predict where this process will lead to.
• KCK’s Karasu: No news about Leader Öcalan 

  “Kurdish People’s Leader is being subjected to a level of isolation never seen in the world.”
• HPG Commander: Qandil war a battle to defend Southern Kurdistan 

  HPG commander Egîd Kelar stated that Turkey’s invasion attempt against Southern Kurdistan was multifaceted and also aimed to disconnect Southern and Eastern Kurdistan.
• Interview with FARC president Rodrigo Londoño, Timochenko 

  Rodrigo Londoño speaks of the current political issues and challenges facing Colombia.
• Political annihilation campaign against Kurds in Germany 

  As in Turkey, a political campaign of annihilation is being waged against Kurds and their institutions in the Federal Republic of Germany.
• HPG Commander: It’s not easy to enter or leave these lands 

  HPG Commander Zerdeşt Navdar spoke about the invasion concept from Afrin to Bradost and the guerrilla’s actions.
• Turkish army defeated in Lêlîkan as well 

  Regions in Southern Kurdistan had peace when the guerrilla had control, and the nature had become one with the guerrilla. With Turkish invasion attacks, the natural beauty throughout the region has been pillaged.
• Nothing Dies for Nothing 

  "I want to go back to my home and village to collect the remains of my daughter's body, from above the olive branches and the grape vines in my house, I will hide her in my lap so no one can touch or hurt her.”
• Child killings and the interests of the AKP government 

  The AKP government uses reports of child and women killings in Turkey to enforce the death penalty. However, the possible reintroduction of the death penalty is directed against those whom the state sees as a danger to itself.
• “I was tortured in MİT centers for three months” 

  Ziynet Sağlam spoke about her experience in Afrin after she was captured and arrested during the invasion attacks. Sağlam said she was tortured in centers that belong to the MİT, Turkish intelligence service.
• Turkey has formed an armed group in Kirkuk 

  Şiwan Dawidî, a member of the Iraqi Parliament for PUK, stated that Turkey has formed and is training an armed force of 500 men in Kirkuk.
• "Germany and Europe are accomplices in the massacre of the Kurds" 

  Mustafa Karasu, a member of the KCK Executive Council, describes Germany and Europe as accomplices in the massacre of the Kurds.
• The repression in the little HDP stronghold of Ardahan 

  Located north of Serhat province, Ardahan has voted en masse for the HDP and for this suffers retaliation.
• What’s behind the extradition of Gülizar Taşdemir? 

  Oslo Council member, Niger Enayati, said the Kurdish woman activist was a bargaining chip.
• Turkish state barbarism in Afrin knows no bounds 

  The Turkish state barbarism in Afrin knows no bounds. The invading Turkish state and their allied gangs continue to commit crimes against humanity in Afrin, as international states sit and watch the atrocities.
• Return to Kobane - Part II 

  Patrizia Fiocchetti has been in Kobane to open the Women’s Academy. ANF publishes her reflections on the visit.