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• Non-stop work in Shehba despite the difficulties and shortages 

  After the aggression and occupation of Afrin by the Turkish state and its al-Qaeda, ISIS and Al-Nusra gang allies, hundreds of thousands of people from the city migrated to the Shehba region after having staged a heroic resistance.
• Committee from British Labour Party visits Rojava 

  A committee from the Labour Party visited Qamishlo and met with Northern Syrian Federation institutions.
• Êzidîs who migrated from Afrin: We can see Shengal before our eyes 

  Êzidîs have suffered 73 firmans (decree of genocide) throughout history, most of which were at the hands of the Ottomans, and are now targeted by the Turkish state in Afrin.
• Turkish army attacks asayish checkpoint in Derik 

  Turkish soldiers attacked a checkpoint of Asayish forces on Semelka road in Derik. Intervention by YPG fighters left two Turkish soldiers dead.
• Afrin Autonomous Administration issues a call to Syrian peoples 

  The Democratic Autonomous Administration of Afrin Canton called on the peoples of Syria displaced from their homeland, especially the inhabitants of Ghouta, not to be deceived by the Turkish state.
• Ezidis kidnapped, their sacred places demolished in Afrin 

  The co-chair of Afrin Canton Foreign Affairs Council, Silêman Cefer, reports that Turkish-backed militias in particular have plundered houses of Ezidis and kidnapped 16 Ezidis.
• People of Manbij: “We don’t want ISIS and we don’t want Turkey" 

  The people of Manbij, who had set up a martyrs' cemetery as soon as they were rid of ISIS tyranny, protested the Turkish state and said, “We didn’t want ISIS tyranny and we don’t want Turkish tyranny now either.”
• YPG reports unsuccessful Turkish army operation in Afrin region 

  The air-supported operation of the Turkish invasion forces and allied gangs in the surroundings of Rajo and Bilbilê-Shera-Mabata triangle area has been withdrawn inconclusively.
• Church representative Yeqûb: Öcalan respects all people 

  The director of the Marîsa Hekîm Church in Dirbesîyê, Mîxaîl Yeqûb, explains that Öcalan's ideas, without distinction, defend the rights of the Kurdish, Arab and Syrian components of society.
• “Afrin people’s will of resistance will change the balances” 

  TEV-DEM held public meetings in Afrin’s Sherawa district where residents of Afrin displaced by the Turkish state’s barbaric attacks have settled.
• Manbij continues to take in refugees 

  The number of refugees arriving in Manbij from various regions of Syria continues to increase daily.
• Jihadist militia torture young men from Afrin 

  Young men captured by pro-Turkish militias in Afrin have been tortured.
• Shehba calls for a safe zone for 175.000 civilians from Afrin 

  The administrations of Afrin and Shehba are calling for the UN to declare a safe zone in Shehba, where the Turkish state threat continues.
• 12 gang members killed in Afrin 

  YPG/YPJ fighters carried out actions against invading forces in Afrin city center this morning. 12 invaders have been killed as a result.
• Tripartite summit between Iran, Russia and Turkey on April 4 

  Turkey, Russia and Iran’s head of state will hold a summit in Ankara on April 4, Turkish media reported.
• Afrin people: We have full trust in YPG/YPJ 

  People of Afrin say YPG and YPJ forces have protected them since the first day Syrian war erupted, and they firmly believe that Afrin will be cleared of invaders.
• “Allegations of Turkish invasion of Tal Rifat have no basis” 

  The population of Arfet (Tal Rifat) and people who fled there from Afrin refute claims by the Turkish media that Turkish forces have taken the city. They strongly condemn the invasion and massacres of Erdoğan regime and allied militias in Afrin.
• Invaders force Ezidis to convert to Islam in Afrin 

  ANHA reported that the invading forces in Afrin are forcing the Ezidi Kurds to convert to Islam.
• Seven gang members killed in Afrin 

  YPG/YPJ fighters killed seven gang members in Afrin’s Shera district.
• Afrin will be a part of Turkish province: Turkish supported gangs 

  Turkish supported gangs announced that Afrin will be governed as a part of Turkey’s Hatay province.
• Aid convoy for Afrin refugees reaches Shehba 

  An aid convoy of 26 trucks for Afrin refugees reached the camps in Shehba.
• Salafists from East Ghouta are being settled in Afrin 

  Turkey is settling Salafist gang members and their families who were evacuated from East Ghouta to Afrin.
• Afrin People’s Municipality continues services in Shehba 

  The Afrin People’s Municipality continues to provide services in Shehba where hundreds of thousands of Afrin residents have had to migrate to due to barbaric attacks by the Turkish state.
• YPG/YPJ hit in Shera: 30 gang members killed 

  YPG/YPJ fighters carried out an action in Afrin’s Shera district which resulted in the death of at least 30 gang members.
• The fire of revenge in the heart of a woman from Afrin 

  "I promised my husband to raise our children to honorable people. One day they will grow up and take their father's revenge."