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• "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."
• Turkish-German ISIS member speaks to ANF 

  German citizen Turkish ISIS member Ergün Orhan surrendered to the YPG with the operation in Deir ez-Zor. The dual citizen ISIS member spoke about the relationship between ISIS and the Turkish state.
• KCK’s Karasu: “PKK will pay the price, but won’t surrender” 

  KCK Executive Council Member Karasu reminded the Turkish state who claim they will invade Qandil of the Zap and Çelik operations and said, “PKK will pay the price, but won’t surrender.”
• Footage from Avrin Hospital bombed by the Turkish army 

  Video footage has been acquired by the ANF on the Avrin Hospital bombed by the Turkish state, where 16 people lost their lives in the attack on March 16.
• PKK’s Karayilan: Afrin resistance will result in a great victory 

  PKK’s Murat Karayilan saluted the struggle of the people of Afrin against Turkish invaders and said that the resistance will result in a great victory.
• Turkish state’s massacres in Afrin and its districts 

  Kurdish Red Crescent Heyva Sor A Kurd has shared with ANF documents of the massacres perpetrated by the Turkish state in the districts of Afrin since the launch of the invasion operation against the canton on January 20.
• The global war in Syria and the importance of Afrin 

  Column: The global war in Syria and the importance of Afrin for the democratic departure.
• Message from Northern Syria to Ankara: You will lose this war 

  Turkey will pay a heavy price for the attack on Afrin and there is no way that Erdogan-Bahceli alliance will win this war, Northern Syrian Democratic Federation Constituent Assembly Co-chair Hediye Yusif said.
• Efrîn Diary: No dignity to expect from cowards 

  You read in the news of Turkish air raids on Afrin, but do you know what happens when a bomb is dropped? I have experienced it, I know it.
• Commander from Afrin in Deir ez-Zor: "Erdoğan strengthens ISIS" 

  "The Turkish state attacking Afrin is definitely aiming to give second wind to ISIS and to strengthen ISIS and other gangs like them who are at the point of ending", says SDF commander Numan Cilo from Afrin in Deir ez-Zor.
• The resistance of Afrin, developments and results 

  If the Turkish state continues its attacks, the people of Afrin and the Kurdish freedom movement will continue their resistance. This resistance will shake the regional and global balance of power in their foundations.