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• Protection of civilians in Syria remains an illusion says UN Syria Commission of Inquiry 

  “We witnessed a wholesale failure by the Government and the international community, including the United Nations, to rapidly direct life-saving support to Syrians in the most dire need,” said Paulo Pinheiro.
• Damascus government blocks aid from Sulaymaniyah 

  25 trucks of aid supplies were enabled to access the Tahiyah border crossing by AANES six days ago, but the Damascus government has not approved their passage yet.
• More than 2,5 million signatures collected in campaign for Öcalan’s freedom 

  The campaign launched to demand the physical freedom of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan has collected over 2,5 million signatures in North and East Syria since January 22.
• Belgian delegation meets Autonomous Administration Executive Council Presidency Committee 

  A Belgian delegation met with the Northern and Eastern Syria Autonomous Administration Executive Council Presidency Committee.
• First Newroz fire in Qamishlo lit by Martyr Adil Lewend's mother 

  The first Newroz fire in Qamishlo was lit by Martyr Adil Lewend's mother, Terfa Musa.
• ‘Qamishlo uprising is the source of the Rojava Revolution’ 

  On 12 March 2004, an uprising broke out in Qamishlo, sowing the seeds of the Rojava's revolution. At least 34 people were killed in pogrom-like violence.
• Nineteen years ago, the Qamishlo Uprising 

  On 12 March 2004, an uprising broke out in Qamishlo, which quickly spread to all of Rojava. The Qamishlo uprising is considered to be the first mass uprising in Rojava.
• Turkish-backed group cuts down 80 olive trees in occupied Afrin 

  Inhumane crimes and ecocide continue in Afrin, which has been occupied by the Turkish state and its mercenaries since 2018.
• Students in Aleppo continue to go to university in buildings damaged in earthquake 

  The earthquake that hit many regions in Syria also affected education. The Damascus government is putting the safety of students and staff at risk by ignoring the damage done to buildings at the University of Aleppo.
• Northern and Eastern Syria Autonomous Administration hands over 49 ISIS kids to Russia 

  The Northern and Eastern Syria Autonomous Administration Foreign Relations Department handed over 49 children of ISIS families to a Russian government delegation.
• Schooling continues for thousands of students in Afrin and Shehba 

  Thousands of students continue their education in Afrin and Shehba, despite the difficult conditions experienced after the earthquake.
• Autonomous Administration hands over families of ISIS mercenaries to Sudan 

  The Autonomous Administration Foreign Relations Department handed over 5 family members of ISIS mercenaries, 2 women and 3 children, to the Sudanese government.
• Greening up a school in Rojava 

  Make Rojava Green Again announced a new project. Together with the children of Dêrîk, the activists are greening up the schoolyard of the elementary school “Mesrûd Mirad”.
• Third primary school opens in Serêkaniyê Refugee Camp 

  The Northern and Eastern Syria Autonomous Administration opened a primary school in Serêkaniyê Refugee Camp. This is the third school opened in the camp.
• Citizens of Manbij: Cutting off Euphrates water aims to decimate people 

  Citizens of Manbij warned that cutting off water flow from the Euphrates River would bring a major disaster to the region: “The invading Turkish state wants to decimate people by cutting off the Euphrates water.”
• Relief supplies from Sulaymaniyah reach North-East Syria 

  The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria received another aid convoy sent by the people of Sulaymaniyah for the earthquake victims in the region.
• Martyrs buried in Hesekê and Manbij 

  Cizre Region Customs Forces member Meen El Bedran was buried in the Martyr Dijwar Cemetery in the village of Dawidiyê, while SDF fighter Seyf Abu Ferec was buried in Manbij.
• More olive trees cut down by mercenary groups in occupied Afrin 

  Inhumane crimes and ecocide continue in Afrin, which has been occupied by the Turkish state and its mercenaries since 2018.
• Girê Spi Canton Assembly Economic Committee implements project to support refugees 

  Girê Spi Canton Assembly Economic Committee implemented a communal project to support the refugees in Girê Spi Camp.
• German doctors visit Shehba camps 

  A delegation from the International Emergency Aid organization examined the situation of the refugees from Afrin in the Shehba canton.
• Embargo aggravates the challenges faced by earthquake victims in Kurdish neighborhoods of Aleppo 

  The challenges faced by the 6 February earthquake victims in the Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyah neighborhoods of Aleppo are aggravated by the embargo imposed by the Damascus government.
• Turkish attack on villages of Kobane results in injuries 

  The invading Turkish state continues its attacks against various parts of the Kurdistan territory.
• Rojava Information Centre says Turkey carried out 130 drones strikes in NE Syria in 2022 

  Ankara's drone war in the northeast Syrian autonomous region is taking place internationally unnoticed and unchallenged. The Rojava Information Center documented 130 drone strikes in 2022 that resulted in the killing of 87 people and the injuring of 151.
• Internal Security Forces Press Center publishes identity of member who fell martyr in Deir ez-Zor 

  The Internal Security Forces Press Liaison Center announced that its member, Xelef El Omer, fell as a martyr in Deir ez-Zor.
• Nearly 900,000 signatures for Öcalan’s freedom collected in North-East Syria 

  The campaign launched to demand the physical freedom of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan has collected nearly 900 thousand signatures in North and East Syria since January 22.