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• Lawyers from North and East Syria call on international community to deal with ISIS prisoners 

  Lawyers from North and East Syria are calling for an international commitment to the trials of ISIS mercenaries imprisoned in the region, underlining that the prisons are a "live bomb".
• SOHR reports illegal excavation by Turkey’s gangs in Afrin 

  Turkish-backed factions continue to bulldoze archaeological sites and hills in Afrin, SOHR reports.
• Five civilians abducted in Afrin in five days 

  In the past five days, five civilians were abducted in Afrin by the occupation forces. In addition, several hundred olive trees were cut down.
• Civilian injured in mortar attack on Manbij 

  A civilian was injured in a mortar attack by occupation forces on a village in the northern Syrian town of Manbij.
• Ongoing attacks leave a civilian injured in North-East Syria 

  While the world looks on spellbound at the war in Ukraine and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan offers himself as a mediator, NATO's second largest army is bombing civilian settlement areas in Syria with the support of jihadist mercenary troops.
• "ISIS sees the embargo against Rojava as an opportunity" 

  The foreign affairs officer of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, Abdulkarim Omar, warns of the serious consequences of the embargo against the region, saying: "In economic problems, ISIS sees the opportunity to reorganise."
• Zelal Ceger says people of Northern and Eastern Syria see PKK as their will 

  Evaluating the signature campaign launched by the Northern and Eastern Syria People's Initiative two months ago, TEV-DEM's former co-chair Zelal Ceger said, "People see the PKK as their will, their representative, and those who defend their rights."
• The Turkish state kidnaps one man in Afrin 

  The Turkish state kidnaped a man named Welid Mihemed Reşid (45) in Afrin.
• 7th Women's Literature Festival ready to start in Qamishlo 

  The preparations for the 7th Women's Literature Festival, organized by the Jazira Culture and Art Committee, have come to an end.
• Citizens of Hesekê: Turkish aggression is encouraged by international silence 

  The citizens of Hesekê said that the Turkish invasion attacks on North-East Syria are encouraged by the silence of the international community.
• MSD co-chair Emine Omar speaks about process leading to new Social Contract 

  MSD co-chair Emine Omar said that after liberating areas such as Raqqa, Deir ez-Zor and Tabqa, they saw that the existing Social Contract was insufficient and that a new one was needed.
• Women’s Council of North-East Syria calls for action against Turkish attack on civilians 

  The Women’s Council called upon the international community to break their silence and prevent the crimes of the Turkish state that tramples on international norms of law.
• TEV-DEM supports international campaign to delist the PKK 

  Institutions and organizations affiliated with TEV-DEM have announced their support to the international campaign launched to remove the PKK from the list of terror organizations.
• Four injured in Turkish drone attack in northern Syria 

  Four people, including three women, have been injured in a drone attack by Turkey on a civilian minibus near Amûdê in northern Syria. This is the third drone attack on Amûdê since the beginning of February.
• SDF Special Units arrest Iraqi ISIS terrorist trying to cross into Turkey 

  The Syrian Democratic Forces Special Units arrested an Iraqi terrorist affiliated with the Islamic State at a checkpoint in the city of Raqqa. He was trying to cross into Turkey.
• Turkish drone bombs Manbij Military Council positions 

  Positions of the Manbij Military Council have been bombed by Turkish drones for the fourth time. On Monday evening, the village of Tukhar was also bombed by the Turkish army. Drones continue to hover over the region.
• Turkish border guards kill old man working in Idlib countryside, SOHR reports 

  An old man was shot dead by Turkish forces while working in farmland in Idlib countryside, SOHR reported.
• Ten killed and 96 abducted in Afrin since the beginning of the year 

  According to Ibrahim Şêxo of the Human Rights Organisation of Afrin, ten civilians were murdered and 96 abducted by the occupying forces in Afrin in the first two months of the year.
• Old ISIS bomb factory discovered in Raqqa 

  The Internal Security Forces (ISF) discovered an old factory belonging to ISIS mercenaries, containing a quantity of explosive materials and materials for manufacture of explosive devices in the city of Raqqa.
• Invaders kidnap imam of the Great Mosque in occupied Afrin 

  Turkish intelligence service MIT and allied mercenaries abducted the Imam of the Great Mosque in the center of Afrin city and took him to the intelligence center in the city.
• Nine more civilians kidnapped in Afrin 

  The Turkish forces and allied mercenaries continue committing crimes in the territories they have invaded in North-East Syria in violation of international law.
• 15 students graduate in Kurdish language in Kobanê 

  15 students who received education in Kurdish language courses organized by the PYD received their certificates at a graduation ceremony.
• Six more locals kidnapped in Turkish-occupied Afrin 

  The Turkish forces and allied mercenaries continue committing crimes in the territories they have invaded in North-East Syria in violation of international law.
• Afrin people call upon the EU and US to delist the PKK 

  People from Afrin have joined the international campaign for the delisting of the Kurdish movement.
• Romani people from Afrin do not leave Shehba despite Turkish attacks 

  The Romani people from Afrin, who are targeted by the Turkish state in camps in Shehba, said they have “migrated to Shehba since we refused to live under occupation. We will stay here and definitely return to free Afrin.”