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• MLKP fighters in Sinjar commemorate Mahir Çayan 

  MLKP fighters in Sinjar have commemorated the 43rd anniversary of the death of Turkish revolutionary leader Mahir Çayan at Kızıldere on 30 March 1972.
• Syriac Military Council commander laid to rest in Hasekê 

  Syriac Military Council Commander Senherîb (Heysem Yonan) who lost his life in Til Temir was laid to rest at Syriac Cemetery in Hasekê.
• YPG/YPJ forces close to Tel Abyad 

  YPG/YPJ forces are reported to be close to the town of Girê Sip (Tel Abyad) as they continue their advance, forcing back ISIS gangs.
• Öcalan writes letter to Barzani and Talabani 

  HDP MPs Sırrı Süreyya Önder and Leyla Zana have gone to Erbil after visiting PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan and obtaining his views on a Kurdish National Congress.
• Karasu: Guerrillas are the resistant essence of Newroz 

  Guerrilla celebrations are continuing in the Medya Defence Areas for Heroes Week (21-28 March).
• Thousands remember Commander Egît in Newala Qesaba 

  A march led by MEYA-DER Siirt branch has been staged to Newala Qesaba where mass graves containing the bodies of 300 people, including PKK's leading cadre Mahsum Korkmaz (Egît), were found.
• Turkish army shells guerrilla areas 

  People’s Defense Forces (HPG) Press Office has reported in a written statement that the Turkish army bombarded Medya Defence Zones on 26 March, opening mortar fires on guerrilla controlled areas.
• People of Roboski moving to Shirit high pasture 

  The inhabitants of the village of Roboski in the Uludere district of Şırnak said the repression of the Turkish soldiers and the military activity around the village is such that they decided to move to the Shirit high pasture to protect themselves.
• People of Urfa to march to birth place of Öcalan 

  People are preparing to march from Urfa to the birthplace of the Kurdish Leader Abdullah Öcalan, Amara, on the occasion of his birthday, under the slogan “Enough is enough, freedom for Öcalan”.
• 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.