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• 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.
• '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.