Four martyrs of the resistance against the invasion have been buried in Kobanê. The YPJ fighter Arjîn Reşîd (Berfîn Mihemed) was killed on 8 December while defending the Tishreen Dam, the SDF fighter Amanos Xizênê (Oso Bekî) was killed on 11 December while resisting at the Qereqozax Bridge, the SDF fighter Taha Hemze in Kobanê and the SDF fighter Çiya (Şêx Hisên Muslim) on 14 December in Qamishlo.

The martyrs were buried in the Şehîd Dîcle cemetery accompanied by a large crowd. A representative of the Autonomous Administration, Ehmed Xoce, spoke of the determined resistance of the fighters and the population in the region of Northern and Eastern Syria. "There are families who have lost several relatives within a few days due to attacks by Turkey and its proxy militia SNA," said Xoce, adding: "We are living through a very critical time. The Turkish state wants to annihilate the Kurdish people and destroy Kobanê because the 19 July [2012] revolution began here. It has been trying to do this from the beginning. But we have proven ourselves in the battle for Kobanê, and we will win this time too. We, the population of the entire region, will follow the line of our fallen soldiers."

Civil Council member Shaban al-Mahmud buried in Tabqa

Shaban al-Mahmud, a member of the Autonomous Council in the Tabqa Canton, was killed on 1 December in an attack in the town of Ehdas in Afrin-Shehba. His funeral took place at the cemetery of the fallen soldiers in Tabqa.

Representatives of the Autonomous Council, the Future Party of Syria and youth and women's associations attended the funeral. The co-chair of the Tabqa Canton Council said in a speech that the population was prepared to make great sacrifices, and added: "We will not allow ourselves to be broken and will continue our resistance. We will stand firm against the barbaric jihadist groups that want to destroy our democratic project."