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• HSM: Turkish army deliberately increasing military activity 

  People's Defense Central Headquarters Command (HSM) said in a written statement Thursday that the Turkish army deliberately increased its military activities recently.
• Tent action in Amed against hydroelectric power plants 

  Amed Mesopotamia Ecology Movement is preparing to hold a tent action against the construction plans of a hydroelectric power plant in Kulp district.
• 25 vehicles of aid for Kobanê departed from Mardin 

  25 vehicles of aid collected in Mardin for Kobanê departed after a press conference held by Mardin co-mayor Ahmet Türk who said that the sending of the aid is also a message of “Don’t forget Kobanê” to the people of North Kurdistan and Turkey.
• People of Efrîn: Newroz fire will not die down 

  Thousands of people are joining today's celebrations to mark the Kurdish New Year, Newroz, in Efrîn city in Rojava, West Kurdistan.
• Yazidis: Sinjar attack should be recognised as a massacre 

  Sinjar people who were forced to leave their homeland and took shelter in Şırnak province in North Kurdistan after the attacks of ISIS gangs called on the European Parliament to recognise this most recent attack on Yazidi people as a massacre.
• Clashes intensify in Cizîrê Canton of Rojava 

  The clashes that started with attacks by ISIS gangs on and around Serakaniye and Til Temir are said to be intensifying.
• YPG launch operation in memory of Hasekê martyrs 

  YPG/YPJ forces have launched an operation in memory of the people who lost their lives in the attacks by ISIS on Haseke during Newroz celebrations
• EU diplomats discuss reconstruction of Kobanê 

  Diplomats from EU member countries have met at the Amed (Diyarbakır) Chamber of Commerce and Industry to discuss the reconstruction of Kobanê.
• Turkish army launches operation in Mazıdagi 

  The Turkish army has launched an operation in the rural area around Mazıdağı with the participation of special operation teams and village guards.
• 'Yazidi youth must join the ranks of the YBŞ and YPJ-Sinjar’ 

  YBŞ (Sinjar Resistance Units) assembly members Argeş Şengali and Viyan Rodin evaluated the decisions taken at the first conference on 16-18 March for ANF.
• Kawa’s resistance flag in the hands of Kurdish guerrillas 

  The Newroz fire has been lit in the mountains of Kurdistan at a splendid military ceremony attended by PKK Executive Committee member Duran Kalkan, who drew attention to the mass attendance at Newroz celebrations in Kurdistan.
• Newroz celebrated in Kurdistan mountains 

  Kurdish New Year Newroz has been celebrated in Medya Defense Zones with the participation of hundreds of guerrillas.
• Newroz celebrations continue in North Kurdistan 

  While the long march from Cizre to Amed demanding the freedom of the Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan continues, Newroz rallies are taking place in many centres in North Kurdistan with mass participation.
• DBP: Kurdish people’s most important demand is freedom for Öcalan 

  DBP Co-presidents Emine Ayna and Kamuran Yüksek have saluted the march demanding freedom for Abdullah Öcalan, adding that this is the most important demand of the Kurdish people.
• KCK: 2015 Newroz should be the most magnificent Newroz 

  The KCK Executive Council Co-Presidency has called on all Kurds, peoples, faiths, women, youth and all revolutionary democratic forces to ensure there is a mass participation at Newroz.
• TEV-DEM announces 'Project for a Democratic Syria’ 

  The Rojava Democratic Society Movement (TEV-DEM) has announced a ‘Resolution Project for a Democratic Syria’ to find a way out of the current crisis.
• KCK: We condemn those who carried out the Halabja Massacre 

  The KCK Executive Council Co-presidency has issued a written statement on the 27th anniversary of the Halabja Massacre in which it condemned the forces that perpetrated the massacre of 5,000 Kurds with chemical weapons.
• YPG Commander: We resisted with firm belief in victory 

  The historic resistance led by YPG/YPJ against the occupation attempt of ISIS gangs in Kobanê has left 6 months behind.
• KCK: Guerrilla will be there where needed 

  KCK vowed that the guerrilla as the defense force of the Kurdistan people will unhesitantly be there where there they are needed, and continue fulfilling their duties and responsibilities with a self-sacrificing spirit and determination.
• Bayık: Rojava Revolution will lead democratization in Syria 

  KCK Executive Council Co-President Cemil Bayık remarked that the victory in Kobanê has revealed a new situation and strengthened the Rojava Revolution which has proved itself capable of leading democratization in Syria.
• Street clashes continue in Tikrit 

  Iraqi soldiers and the Shia al-Hashed al-Shabi militia have speed up the operations against the ISIS gangs in Tikrit. Iraqi military forces have the upper hand during the ongoing clashes, according to the reports.
• Til Hemis-Til Berak operation ended, struggle continues 

  YPG General Command said that the operation launched on 21 February in order to liberate the towns of Til Hemis-Til Berak and surrounding rural areas has been completed successfully as had been planned.
• Ayşe Efendi: Reconstruction of Kobanê needs world support 

  Kobanê Canton People's Assembly Co-Chair Ayşe Efendi said the cleaning in the war-torn town continued, remarking that they however didn't have the power to manage this alone.
• Syriza MP: Kurdish women’s struggle set an example 

  Syriza MP Afroditi Stampouli said she stood by the struggle of the Kurdish women, stressing that “YPJ’s resistance has been a source of hope for all the world women”.
• West Kobanê cleansed of ISIS gangs 

  After taking control of the Şêxler town yesterday, YPG/YPJ (People's/Women's Defense Units) have gone beyond their prior emplacements on the western front of the Kobanê Canton of West Kurdistan, Rojava.