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• Political parties call for international action to stop Turkey’s colonial project 

  10 Kurdish, Arab and Syriac political parties in Qamishlo reacted to the Turkish attacks on North and East Syria and called on the international community to stop Turkey’s project of resettling Syrian refugees in the occupied regions in North-East Syria.
• 4 Turkish soldiers and 8 mercenaries killed in HRE actions 

  Four soldiers of the Turkish army and eight members of allied mercenaries were killed in the latest HRE actions in North-East Syria.
• Arab and Kurdish tribes: Stop the Turkish state's colonial project 

  The leaders of the Hesekê Canton urged the United Nations and the Security Council to put an end to the atrocities committed by the Turkish state in order to change the demographic structure of the occupied territories in North-East Syria.
• PYD youth supports guerrilla resistance 

  Young activists affiliated with the Democratic Union Party (PYD) marched in Kobane to support the guerrilla resistance.
• HRE Commander: "Our present to the martyrs and the people of Afrin will be freedom" 

  One of the HRE's commanders, Şiyar Deniz, vowed to inflict severe blows on the invading Turkish army, saying, "We believe we will triumph, the invaders will be defeated, and Afrin will be liberated."
• Woman injured along with her 4 children in Turkish attack: “Why are they attacking us so violently?” 

  Neime El-Mudhi was injured along with her four children in Turkish attacks near one of Russia's most important bases.
• Refugee children call for international action for safe return 

  Refugee children residing in the Girê Spi Refugee Camp called on international human rights organizations to stop the colonial project of the Turkish state and secure a safe return for displaced locals.
• Turkish attack in Ain Issa injures a woman and 4 children 

  Five people, a woman and 4 children, were injured in artillery shelling carried out by Turkey.
• Attacks on northern Syria continue 

  The Turkish army and its mercenary groups are again attacking villages around Manbij and Ain Issa. Two artillery shells of unknown origin hit Shaddadi on Tuesday.
• Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria says Turkey wants NATO to serve its interests 

  The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria states that the Turkish government is trying to create an environment in which NATO behaves according to Turkey's interests.
• Turkish armed drone hit a house in Til Rifet  

  A Turkish unmanned armed plane bombed a house in Til Rifet district.
• Northern and Eastern Syria Social Contract Drafting Committee holds second meeting in Amûdê  

  The Northern and Eastern Syria Social Contract Drafting Committee held its second meeting in Amûdê district. The opinions and suggestions of the residents were received.
• Turkish-backed mercenaries excavate and destroy archaeological site in Afrin 

  Turkish-backed factions have destroyed by machinery the archaeological site of Bishirak located near the village of Premja in Afrin’s Mabeta district.
• IDPs from Serêkaniyê denounce Turkey's plans to annex occupied regions 

  The Serêkaniyê Immigrants Committee said that the Turkish state aims to annex the occupied territories to Turkey through the colonial houses project.
• Evîn Cuma: Erdoğan wants to permanently change the demography of the region 

  Pointing out that Erdoğan wants to permanently change the demography of the region by sending some of the refugees to the Kurdish lands he occupied, Evîn Cuma said, "This is against international laws and will deepen the war in the region."
• Turkey and its mercenaries bomb villages in Shehba  

  The Turkish state and its mercenaries are bombing the villages of Shehba Canton.
• 14,739 students busy with final exams in Shehba despite Turkish attacks 

  14,739 students officially participated in the year-end exams held on Sunday despite the daily attacks suffered by the Afrin region.
• Kongra Star Coordination members condemn Turkish state's attacks on Kurdistan 

  Kongra Star Coordination members Rîhan Loqo and Elif Şêx Mihemed condemned the Turkish state's attacks on Kurdistan and said that the Turkish state wants to renew the Ottoman project with these attacks.
• Is Turkey trying to settle a million Syrians in Afrin, Serêkaniyê and Girê Spî?  

  Hamdan al-Abid from the Northeast Syrian Autonomous Administration appealed to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait to stop supporting the Turkish settlement policy in northern Syria: "This land belongs to the people who have been displaced."
• SOHR: Russia begins transfer of troops from Syria to Ukraine 

  Russia’s abandoned air bases in Syria are being transferred to the Iranian military-political organisation, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the militant group Hezbollah, according to SOHR.
• Fierce clashes between mercenaries and people in occupied Afrin 

  Fierce clashes were reported between mercenaries and the people in occupied Afrin.
• What's going on at Hol Camp? 

  Migrants and refugees at Hol Camp live in constant terror of ISIS groups. ISIS cells are organizing in the camp using perspectives from both inside and outside the camp to sustain their radical worldview.
• Luqman Ehmê: Turkey’s ‘resettlement’ project is a war crime 

  In assessing the Turkish government's effort to resettle refugees in occupied territories in North-East Syria, Autonomous Administration Spokesperson Luqman Ehmê stated that the project is a war crime, and those who support it are also complicit.
• Three Turkish-backed mercenaries killed in HRE actions in Afrin and Mare 

  HRE announced that three Turkey-backed mercenaries were killed, and one other was injured in the actions they carried out in Şera and Mare on May 9 and 10.
• Sozdar Dêrik: New social contract draft almost ready 

  Sozdar Dêrik from the Command Council of the YPJ underlined the importance of the new social contract of North and East Syria and sees in it the "guarantee of the rights of the peoples of the region".