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• “I will not leave comrade Barin’s weapon on the ground” 

  Women and men, youth, and everyone who believes in the struggle participates in the Resistance of the Age against the Turkish state's colonial attacks on Afrin.
• Two female arrestees in Iran go on hunger strike 

  Political activist and artist Atena Daimi and activist Gulrux Ibrahim Irayi, both under arrest in Iran, are going on a hunger strike.
• Women from Kobane form a battalion to support Afrin 

  Members of Kongreya Star in Kobane formed a battalion to support the resistance in Afrin.
• Kongreya Star launches #WomenRiseUpForAfrin campaign 

  Kongreya Star called upon all women around the world to take urgent action and join the campaign by using and spreading #WomenRiseUpForAfrin in local protests, creative actions, marches and social media campaigns.
• Peace Mothers in Rojhilat salute the Afrin resistance 

  Peace Mothers in Rojhilat (Eastern Kurdistan) have saluted the Afrin resistance against invasion attacks.
• YPJ Storm Team destroys another Turkish tank in Afrin 

  YPJ Storm Team has destroyed another tank of the invading Turkish army in a village of Afrin.
• 28 women killed in January in Turkey 

  At least 28 women were killed in Turkey in January 2018, We Will Stop Femicide Platform says.
• 43 new recruits complete training cycle and join YPJ ranks 

  The Martyr Nejbir academy saw the graduation of 43 YPJ fighters who attended political and military training in the Martyr Şilan education cycle.
• YPJ: Turkish army fundamentally not different from Al-Qaeda 

  "What has been done by the Turkish soldiers and Al-Qaeda faction in mutilating the corpse of our comrade fighter, confirms once again that the Turkish army is fundamentally not different from Al-Qaeda, that is an official ally for Turkey."
• 29 women detained in Iran for headscarf protests 

  Iranian police have arrested 29 women for appearing in publish without headscarves to protest the dress code of the state.
• International Women's Alliance expresses solidarity with Afrin 

  The International Women's Alliance (IWA) Executive Council expressed solidarity with the Kurdish women and men in Afrin against the invasion attacks of the Turkish state and allied gangs.
• Young women of Qandil: “We are ready to go to Afrin” 

  The young women in Qandil are protesting the invasion attacks in Afrin and say they are ready to go to Afrin to resist against the invasion attacks.
• Investigation against arrested women politicians over Afrin 

  An investigation has been launched against HDP and DBP’s arrested women politicians for going on a hunger strike for Afrin.
• Sexual torture against female prisoners 

  Female prisoners in the Tarsus Type T Prison relayed through their lawyers that they have been subjected to sexual torture and that sick prisoner Sisê Bingöl (75) was taken to the hospital in handcuffs.
• Arab women to join the Afrin resistance with the spirit of Avesta 

  Arab Youth Women’s Union members announced that they will join the Resistance of the Age in Afrin with the spirit of martyr Avesta.
• YPJ Press Office member martyred in Afrin 

  YPJ Press Office member Avrin Mahsum has fallen a martyr in Afrin’s Rajo district.
• YPJ: Comrades of Avesta will make Afrin a grave for invaders 

  YPJ Command stated that comrades of Avesta Xebur, who carried out an action of self-sacrifice against Turkish forces in Afrin, will make Afrin a grave for the invading forces.
• Female fighter made the ultimate sacrifice against the invaders 

  A Kurdish female fighter killed several Turkish soldiers and destroyed a Turkish tank, Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) sources say.
• YPJ footage from the battle of Afrin 

  YPJ Press Office released footage from the battle with the Turkish army and allied gangs in Afrin’s Bilbile district last night.
• International fighters of YPJ join the defense of Afrin 

  “Erdogan's dictatorship already caused so many deaths, the international community must condemn his policies and break all relationships with his fascist government.”
• Cenî calls on governments to refrain from arms exports to Turkey 

  Kurdish Women's Office for Peace called on the EU, the UN, Russia and the forces of the coalition against ISIS to position themselves clearly against Turkish attacks on Afrin that are in violation of international law.
• YPJ fighters: We will fight in Afrin and we will win 

  YPJ fighters say they are headed to victory in the Deir ez-Zor operation, that they will go to Afrin after the operation and that they will not abandon Afrin in any case.
• Jineology Conference in Northern Syria ends  

  On Friday and Saturday, women attended the first conference on Jineology -the science of women aimed at developing a sociology, and practice behind it, based on truth and equality- in Derîk city of Democratic Federation of Northern Syria.
• 1st Jineology Conference held in Northern Syria 

  On Friday, women gathered in the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria in the city of Derîk for the first ever conference on Jineology; the science of women aimed at developing a sociology, and practice behind it, based on truth and equality.
• Raqqan women step into freedom from slavery 

  Raqqan women’s lives had been hell during the ISIS invasion, but now they are taking part in every institution and organization in the city to make their own paths.