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• 'ISIS corpses in Kobanê an invitation to disease' 

  With the onset of spring and warmer weather in Kobanê the stench of putrefying ISIS corpses in the city is an invitation to disease.
• Six more Kurdish prisoners executed in Iran 

  It came out that 6 Kurdish prisoners jailed because of their faith were executed in the Iranian town of Recaî Shehr a Kerec.
• Peace process discussed with the people in Amed 

  The Yenişehir municipality, one of the suburbs of the city of Amed, is holding regular discussions on the peace process with local people in neighbourhood meetings.
• Human chain salutes YPG/YPJ on 171st day 

  People holding a border vigil in the villages of Miseynter and Elizer greeted the YPG/YPJ fighters on the 171st day of the resistance.
• 'We will fight until the scourge of ISIS is destroyed’ 

  Fighters from the Habur Defence Assembly say fighting against ISIS to defend the Assyrian-Syriac villages around Til Temir with Kurds, Arabs and members of other communities in the YPG is a great morale-booster.
• Self-defence units formed in Zaret 

  Villagers are returning to the village of Zaret, on the banks of the Euphrates opposite the town of Jarablus, after its liberation from ISIS gangs.
• ‘Yazidis know who to trust’ 

  65 year-old Îdo Seydo Hisên from Sinjar, has returned to Sinjar from a refugee camp in Zakho to join the YBŞ. Îdo Seydo Hisên said: “The YBŞ are the Yazidis’ source of morale and trust." .
• YPG/YPJ focus on Jarablus 

  YPG/YPJ forces that have liberated the villages of Zaret and Zormixar on the banks of the Euphrates west of Kobanê have begun to monitor the town of Jarablus on the other side of the river.
• Bayık: We will protect our people as long as the ISIS threat remains 

  KCK Executive Council Co-president Cemil Bayık told religious leaders from South Kurdistan that they would continue to protect the Kurdish people as long as the ISIS threat existed.
• 30 gang members killed in Sinjar 

  It has been reported that an attack by ISIS gangs in Sinjar town in South Kurdistan met a strong response from the guerrilla forces and that at least 30 gang members were killed in the clashes.
• Salute from the border to those resisting in Kobanê 

  People holding a border vigil in the villages of Miseynter and Elizer in the district of Suruç saluted those resisting in Kobanê for the 168th day by forming a human chain.
• Attempted operation by Turkish army on guerrilla areas 

  People’s Defence Forces Press Office HPG-BIM has reported that the Turkish army attempted to launch an operation in the Haftanin area in guerrilla-controlled Medya Defense Zones.
• KJK condemns ISIS attacks on peoples and cultures 

  Kurdistan Women’s Communities (KJK) Coordination has issued a statement strongly condemning the savage attacks of ISIS on communities and cultures in the Middle East.
• YPJ fighters tell about operation in Tal Hamis 

  YPJ fighters who took part in the operation to liberate Tal Hamis that started on 21 February and resulted in the liberation of the town on 27 February, told ANF about the operation.
• Til Hemîs town in Cizîrê Canton liberated 

  The town of Til Hemîs in Cizîrê Canton of West Kurdistan, Rojava, has been cleansed of ISIS groups and fully liberated on the seventh day of the operation by YPG/YPJ (People's/Women's Defense Units).
• YPG Commander: All Kurdish-inhabited areas will be liberated 

  YPG Commander Mahmud Berxwedan spoke to ANF about the latest situation in Kobanê, their next targets and the recent Suleyman Shah operation.
• Rêdur Xelil: Over 100 Assyrians massacred by ISIS in Til Temir 

  Rêdur Xelil said: “After suffering heavy blows in Til Hemis, the gangs headed for Til Temir and committed a massacre against the Assyrian people here, killing over 100 Assyrian civilians and abducting dozens of others.”
• HDP calls for urgent action for Assyrian-Syriac people in Khabour 

  HDP Mardin MP Erol Dora held a press conference calling for urgent action from international agencies and democratic powers against the recently intensified attacks of ISIS gangs on Assyrian/Syriac people in Kurdistan territory.
• HSM: Turkish army attempting to end the non-conflict situation 

  People's Defense Central Headquarters Command reported in a written statement that the Turkish army has in recent days made critical attempts to end the non-conflict situation.
• ISIS base taken on South Kurdistan border 

  YPG/YPJ operations are continuing against ISIS gangs to the south of the village of Tal Hamis. A broad area has been liberated and fighters say the operation will continue until all Kurdistan is liberated from the occupiers.
• Turkish soldiers ask journalists not to take photos of YPG/YPJ in Ashma 

  Journalists taken to the village of Ashma, the new site of the Tomb of Suleyman Shah, have been asked by Turkish soldiers not to take photos of YPG/YPJ fighters and flags and posters of Abdullah Öcalan.
• 5,500 children from Kobanê being educated in Suruç 

  While education is restarting in Kobanê, Kurdish primary schools have now been opened in 6 tent cities in Suruç for children from Kobanê, with over 5 thousand children attending these schools.
• Operation in south Qamishlo continues 

  YPG (People's Defense Units) Press Centre said that the operation launched in south Qamishlo in order for the elimination of the terrorist threat in the Cizire Canton of Rojava continued on the third day.
• Over a thousand people returned to Kobanê 

  More people from Kobanê who were forced by ISIS attacks to take shelter in North Kurdistan are turning back to their hometown.
• HPG/YBŞ: 12 gang members killed in Sinjar 

  12 ISIS members were killed and 13 others were wounded in clashes in Sinjar.