Yekitiya Ragihandina Azad - Free Press Association (YRA) held its first meeting in Manbij on Sunday.

The meeting, in the Manbij Legislative Council hall, was attended by the journalists in the city, as well as the co-chair of the YRA Sipan Can and YRA council member Şilan Mihemed who chaired the meeting.

Following the setting up of the YRA, the majority of the journalists in the region have joined the union, said YRA co-chair Sîpan Can, who added that unity will be the main feature of the journalists’ organization.

At the meeting, assessments were made on the YRA's statute and on the current conditions of journalists.