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• “The new caliph of ISIS is in Turkey” 

  ISIS member Taner Sabri Görenoğlu said that the new caliph of ISIS was in Turkey with his men.
• New ISIS head is Erdoğan sympathizer 

  ISIS prisoner Taner Sabri Görenoğlu comes from the close environment of the new ISIS chief al-Salbi. He tells about the sympathy of the head of the terror militia for Erdoğan and Turkey.
• Collaboration of the KDP with Turkey in Shengal 

  Last week four Yazidi fighters of the YBŞ were killed in a Turkish air raid on the Shengal region. The Turkish attacks there are also a result of the collaboration of the South Kurdistan’s KDP with the Turkish AKP regime.
• "We will not allow the Turkish forces to stay", say guerillas 

  YJA STAR guerrillas Sozdar Cudi and Rosida Botan, who are part of the Cenga Heftanîn Offensive, spoke to ANF.
• Hrant Dink murder: 13 years demanding justice 

  Today Agos editor Hrant Dink is being commemorated in many cities on the 13th anniversary of his murder. The center of the commemoration ceremonies is former Agos newspaper office in Şişli. The memorial will start at 3 pm (Turkish time).
• The Afrin resistance continues in Shehba 

  Afrin located near the border with Turkey and northwest of the city of Aleppo was a mostly Kurdish-populated city, but displaced Arabs, Turkmens and Yazidis also moved in seeking shelter from war.
• Mama Serhildan 

  Serhildan was a student when ISIS attacked Kobanê in 2014. She first joined the battle, fought, was injured and worked in the orphanage "Alan's Rainbow" after the victory in the city. The children call her "Mama" and even now she keeps her weapon handy.
• Internationalist march: Another dimension of self-defense 

  The Long March will take place from 9 to 15 February. The slogan this year is "Freedom for Öcalan - shoulder to shoulder against fascism".
• PJAK’s Herekol: Sara is the pioneer of the women's revolution 

  "The level that the Kurdish women's movement has reached today is the result of Sara's resistance. She is the pioneer of the women's revolution", Avesta Herekol of PJAK said on the seventh anniversary of the murder of Sakine Cansız.
• Kurds, Women and Revolutionaries: Sakine, Fidan, Leyla 

  This is a murder which concerns the very democratic and justice values professed by Europe.
• PKK: From the murders in Paris to the war in the Middle East 

  On the anniversary of the killings in Paris, PKK draws a parallel to the current political developments in the Middle East and calls for focusing the struggle on smashing the AKP/MHP fascism.
• Zapatistas celebrate 26th anniversary of their uprising 

  The EZLN leader pointed out that the Mexican government challenges them with the project on Indigenous territories, and warned that the movement will defend the land "until death if necessary."
• From the free mountains of Kurdistan to the southeast of Mexico 

  ​​​​​​​“It is time for a new alliance. Against their capitalist modernity, a new culture of diplomacy, an International of hope, which makes a democratic age, a democratic modernity possible.”
• KCK’s Bayik: It is not about a state, it is about freedom 

  “In the past, nobody defended the Kurdish people. Nobody knew the Kurds, nobody saw their struggle, there was no support. Through their resistance they are now present in the world. They have become a hope.”
• "Rojava is art of resistance" 

  Worldwide solidarity with the people of Rojava and their resistance against the brutal offensive of the Turkish state and allied mercenaries seeking to invade the region.
• KCK’s Cemil Bayik: Mankind is on a quest 

  "The system of capitalist modernity is all about power. In this chaos, the socialist movements must offer an alternative. Mankind is currently in a search," KCK executive Cemil Bayik said in a TV interview.
• Bougainville: Birth of a new country? 

  The results of the referendum held, during 15 days, in the autonomous region of Bougainville, a region of Papua New Guinea, leave no doubt: with a participation of 87%, 98,3% of the people expressed their preference for independence.
• Stories of Roboski victims 

  The pain is still fresh in Roboski and the smiles are still partial. The walls with photographs of the deceased are decorated as if to complete the lives that are lacking.
• Roboski: "The state became a bomb and rained on us from the air” 

  Perpetrators of the Roboski Massacre are yet to be brought to justice as eight years have passed since 34 Kurdish civilians, of whom 19 were children, were bombed by Turkish warplanes on 28 December 2011.
• Roboski Massacre: Eight years demanding justice 

  On 28 December 2011, 34 people, including nineteen under 18, died as a result of Turkish warplanes bombardment. Eight years on families are still demanding justice and the truth.
• SDF Commander Akif Hesekê: We will end the invasion 

  SDF commander Akif Hesekê talks to ANF about the Turkish occupation plans and the prospects of the resistance in northeast Syria and Rojava.
• Women call for solidarity with Rojava: One World, One Fight 

  "Today, as people struggle against repressive rule in their own countries, they understand what the Kurdish movement long taught: that resistance is life. This international solidarity gives all our struggles hope."
• Intellectuals, academics and writers speak out for Rojava 

  Numerous intellectuals, writers and human rights defenders spoke to the ANF underlining that the invasion of Rojava carried out by the Turkish state is a violation of international law and warned against the danger of genocide.
• ISIS members with the badges of FSA and the SNA 

  ISIS members participated in the occupation of Serêkaniyê and Girê Spî under the Turkish flag and in the uniform of the so-called Syrian National Army (SNA). Meanwhile, they no longer consider it necessary to hide their identity.
• Call for the internationalist long march for Öcalan in Europe 

  ​​​​​​​Call for the long march "Freedom for Öcalan - shoulder to shoulder against fascism" to Strasbourg from 9 to 15 February 2020.