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• SDF says 53 villages were shelled in latest Turkish attacks 

  The SDF says that over the past 24 hours, "the Turkish occupation and its mercenaries have waged large-scale artillery and rocket attacks against dozens of villages and towns in the north and eastern Syria."
• SDF refutes claims by Turkey of an involvement in shelling of Karkmish 

  The SDF Media Center refuted claims by Turkey of involvement in the shelling of Karkmish.
• 'Turkey’s refugee resettlement project threatens the security of communities' 

  Emîna Omer stated that the Turkish government's proposal to resettle Syrian refugees outside of their home regions is dangerous and impedes a political solution in Syria.
• Joint Action Platform: Turkey seeks to expand occupation 

  The Joint Action Platform of North and East Syrian Women's Organizations and Movements denounced Turkey’s ambition to change the demographic structure and expand the occupation.
• Arab tribes condemn Turkish attacks, call for action against invasion 

  The Cizire Tribal Council said that they would not allow attacks on the achievements and values of the peoples and insisted that they would support the autonomous administration, military and civilian institutions in the region.
• Turkish soldiers kill young man trying to crossing into North Kurdistan 

  A young man trying to cross from the village of Eyn Dîwar in Dêrik to North Kurdistan was killed by Turkish soldiers.
• Turkey and its mercenaries bomb villages of Um El-Qura and Seqmûqa in Shehba 

  The Turkish state and its mercenaries are hitting the villages of Um El-Qura and Seqmûqa in Shehba intensively.
• Turkey injures two villagers in attack on villages of Manbij 

  The Turkish state injured two villagers in the attack on the village of Ewn Dadat in Manbij.
• SDF: New refugees arriving from Tal Abyad and Ain Issa 

  A new group of IDPs is coming to the Autonomous Administration areas from the occupied areas in Tal Abyad and Ain Issa, said the SDF.
• Reduction of Euphrates water decreases electricity production in North-East Syria 

  As Turkey is reducing the levels of water in the Euphrates River, the production of electricity supplied to the cities in North and East Syria has dramatically decreased.
• Autonomous Administration: The Turkish state wants to change the demographic structure 

  The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria stated that the Turkish state aims to change the demographic structure and said, "We should not be fooled by the plans of the Turkish state."
• Turkish UCAV attack kills a civilian in Kobane 

  The Turkish state continues its genocidal attacks in various parts of Kurdistan.
• Unmanned Turkish combat aerial vehicles attack Kobanê 

  Unmanned combat aerial vehicles belonging to the Turkish state attacked the center and south of Kobanê.
• Civilian injured in attack on Manbij 

  The Manbij Military Council reported that a civilian was injured in an artillery attack on the village of Mahsanli.
• Mazlum Abdi: We will liberate Afrin and all occupied regions 

  Commander-in-Chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Mazlum Abdi praised the resistance of the Afrin IDPs in the Shehba Canton and said that “We will liberate Afrin and all other occupied regions.”
• 5 Turkish soldiers and one mercenary killed in HRE actions 

  5 Turkish soldiers and a member of Turkish-backed mercenaries were killed in the HRE actions carried out on 6-7 May.
• Ehmed: Syrian refugees should be resettled in their hometowns 

  Nîhad Ehmed, a member of the Board of Directors of the Euphrates Region, slammed Erdogan's plan for return of one million Syrians refugees, warning, “If they are resettled in areas that do not belong to them, they will create a huge danger.”
• NE Syrian Committee for Defending Freedom of Öcalan demands end of isolation 

  The Committee for Defending the Freedom of leader Abdullah Öcalan in North and East Syria issued a statement to condemn the isolation imposed on the Kurdish people's leader as well as the ban on visits by lawyers.
• PYD: Turkey plans to settle refugees in occupied areas in Syria 

  The Democratic Union Party (PYD) said that Turkey plans to settle refugees in the occupied areas under the sponsorship of Muslim Brotherhood associations.”
• Iranian militias and Russian forces bring weapons and ammunition to Palmyra 

  The reinforcements comprise weapons and ammunition.
• TEV-DEM co-chairs say attacks in Zap, Shengal and Shehba are connected 

  Zap in the Kurdish mountains, the Yazidi region of Shengal in North Iraq and Shehba in northern Syria are being attacked at the same time. TEV-DEM co-chairs Rûken Ehmed and Xerîb Hiso said the attacks are connected.
• Turkish state and its mercenaries bomb villages in Shehba and Ain Issa - NEW 

  The Turkish state and its mercenaries hit the village of Samuqa in Shehba as well as villages in Ain Issa.
• SDF arrests one ISIS member and two local collaborators In Raqqa 

  Three arrested and weapons confiscated in SDF operation in the Syrian city of Raqqa.
• Afrin Liberation Forces fighter Ali Beşir laid to rest by thousands of people 

  Heza Rizgariya Afrin (HRE) fighter Ali Beşir (Fedekar) was laid to rest by thousands of people.
• HRE announces the death of a fighter 

  HRE fighter Fedakar (Elî Beşîr) from Afrin died on May 5. HRE pays tribute to his revolutionary struggle and declares that the resistance will continue until liberation from the occupation.