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• TEV-DEM co-chair: A new phase has begun in Syria 

  “The Turkish state is playing on a few tables at the same time. There is no politics that is so solid and primal. Turkey tries to protect its interests by building relationships with one of the other depending on the day.”
• Karasu: War in Syria continues due to Turkey’s policies 

  We publish the English translation of a piece written by KCK Executive Council Member Mustafa Karasu for Yeni Özgür Politika newspaper about latest developments in Syria and Kurdistan.
• Orders from the MİT, murders from the Kiyam Movement 

  It has come to light that the MİT and ISIS are behind the Kiyam (“Mutiny”) Movement, which poses as an independent organization of Syrians.
• Footage from the shooting of Kurkut at Amed Newroz 

  Footage has surfaced from the shooting of Kemal Kurkut who was executed on the street during Newroz celebrations in Amed in 2017.
• Karasu:Turkey engaged in a new comprehensive attack against Kurds 

  Karasu noted that a new conspiracy process has begun, with occupation attacks spread across all Medya Defense Zones and southern Kurdistan.
• KCK's Bayık: Syria must accept Kurds' self-government and freedom 

  "Today, the world's most liberal, most democratic mindset lie with Kurds. And nobody wants to have such a people against them."
• "Freedom movement won't let this people suffer another genocide" 

  Avesta: “The Êzidî people are going through a historic period. The Êzidî people are now conscious of how they will live, how they will defend themselves and how they will be united with other peoples, and that needs to continue."
• Former FARC guerrillas discuss the peace process 

  This weekend there will be an important meeting in Colombia where the leadership of the FARC party and the delegates of the Territorial Spaces for Training and Reincorporation Spaces will analyze the progress and difficulties of reincorporation process.
• Turkey's Afrin policy echoes the English Plantation of Ulster 

  Turkey’s policy of ethnically cleansing Afrin by killing former citizens, expelling them from the area and, ultimately, replacing them with other people literally “planted” in the city and wider area, resembles the so called Plantation of Ulster.
• The footprint of Alina in Latin America 

  Alina Sánchez, Lêgerîn Çiya, fighter, companion, anxious to know, share, weave networks from the most human places, has walked and touched many lives in Latin America. ANF publishes stories and memories of some of those who have known her.
• "We liberated Manbij, we will continue to defend it" 

  “When we were within the FSA and fighting against the regime, we were no terrorists, but today, as we have nothing to do with them, we become terrorists. So, are we terrorists then because we live as free people and we take decision and life in our hands?
• KCK: Leader Apo gets the Middle East up on its feet again 

  "Leader Apo has turned the Middle East into a center of free and democratic life by re-empowering this area and embracing all the positive values ​​of the Middle East," said the KCK Executive Council Co-Presidency on 4 April.
• KCK’s Bayık discloses latest information on Imralı 

  "Despite obstacles, leader Apo's thoughts are accepted by the majority of the Kurdish people. Today, the thoughts of Leader Apo are influential in all parts of Kurdistan. Kurds will certainly have a free and democratic life on the basis of his thoughts."
• Impressions from Shengal: “Derwishes of our hearts" 

  “You brought along bread, water and your pure hearts. Now we bid you farewell with roses and prayers to Tawusî Melek."
• New development on Imrali: Öcalan’s TV and radio taken away 

  KCK Executive Council Member Mustafa Karasu shared new information on the situation in Imrali, stating that Öcalan's television and radio have been taken away after the Turkish army took over the Afrin city center.
• What did Macron and representatives of Northern Syria talk about? 

  Rêdur Xelil, SDF foreign affairs official, has told ANF details of the meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron.
• Dozens of girls missing in Afrin 

  A mother looking for her 14-year-old girl who was abducted in Afrin under invasion, stated that dozens of girls are held captive and raped by Turkish forces and allied gangs.
• Colonialist messages from Sur to Afrin 

  It is no coincidence that the first colonialist practice to surface from Afrin came out of a school-place of education. It is the first and perhaps most important initiative in their sociocide efforts.
• ANF in Tal Rifat: No traces of the Turkish army and FSA 

  Reports by the Turkish media and Rudaw that the Turkish army and affiliated gang groups have entered Tal Rifat turned out to be false.
• Karayılan: "Turkey sent a delegation to İmralı for Afrin" 

  Speaking to radio station Dengê Mezopotamya, PKK’s Murat Karayilan said that the Turkish government sent a delegation to Imrali to negotiate with Ocalan for an end to the resistance in Afrin.
• YPG Spokesperson: Erdoğan is expanding with ransom from the West 

  YPG Spokesperson: Sultan of Terror Erdoğan collects “jizya”, i.e. a ransom, from the Christian populace through Germany, and uses it for attacks and expansion. Meanwhile the West is opportunistic, weak and lacking in vision, and they let him.
• “With the Newroz spirit AKP-MHP fascism will be defeated” 

  "With the Contemporary Med Movement, hardships and obstacles will be overcome everywhere in Kurdistan in 2018 as well, and important developments will be created so the Kurdish people and oppressed peoples can achieve a free and democratic life."
• PKK: “The duty falls on everyone’s shoulders everywhere now” 

  PKK Executive Committee issued a statement on the Afrin resistance and the upcoming Newroz day to give a message of “Whatever will be done for freedom and democracy has to be done now”.
• ISIS revived after Turkey’s attacks against Afrin 

  ISIS had almost been eradicated in Iraq and Syria, but has since experienced a revival following the Turkish state’s attacks against Afrin. ISIS gangs have started to reappear around many villages and towns in Mosul and Kirkuk.
• Saleh Moslem: Guerrilla warfare begins in Afrin 

  Kurdish politician Saleh Moslem stated that a new phase of resistance is beginning in Afrin: "The population has been evacuated for security reasons. From now on, the YPG and YPJ will lead a guerilla warfare."