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• YPG captures 4 agents providing intelligence to Turkey 

  The YPG announced that it had captured 4 agents providing intelligence to the Turkish state.
• Three SDF fighters killed in Til Temir 

  SDF announced that fighters Cîhad Kobanê, Diyar Kesk and Fedakar Kurdistan were killed in Til Temir on Monday. Cîhad Kobanê was buried in Kobanê today.
• Families of martyrs slam KDP for closing the border crossing 

  The Kurdistan Democratic party (KDP) closed the Semalka border crossing where the families of martyrs have been staging a protest to receive the mortal remains of the guerrillas killed by the KDP.
• 126 people murdered in Hol Camp in one year 

  IS continues to be organised and active in al-Hol camp. Within one year, 126 people were murdered, there were 41 assassination attempts, 13 tents were set on fire.
• Turkish state kidnap two people in Mabata 

  The Turkish state kidnapped two people in Mabata, in the province of Afrin.
• KDP forces close second bridge at Semalka/Peşxabûr Border 

  The KDP forces have also closed the second bridge at the Semalka/Peşxabûr Border Gate.
• KDP forces close Semalka Border Gate 

  KDP forces have closed the Rojava Semalka Border Gate with giant metal blocks.
• 15 injured in KDP attack at Sêmalka border crossing 

  Several activists were injured in an attack by KDP security forces at the border crossing between Rojava and Southern Kurdistan.
• Martyrs' families continue their action at Semalka Border 

  The vigil launched by families in Semalka to demand the return of the bodies of the guerrillas who died as a result of a KDP ambush continues on its 72nd day.
• YPG International releases 4th episode of mini-web series 

  The YPG International has launched a web mini-series called 'Meet the Internationals', a series of portraits and interviews with internationalist fighters in Roajava.
• Sêmalka protesters salute the guerrilla resistance 

  For 71 days, relatives of martyrs have been demanding at the northern Syrian border crossing of Sêmalka that the bodies of fallen guerrilla fighters be handed over by South Kurdistan’s ruling party, KDP.
• Long march by young people in Rojava enters second day 

  The long march promoted by the Syrian Revolutionary Youth Movement and the Young Women's Union continues on its second day.
• Alarming draught hits Euphrates River 

  The Turkish state continues to reduce the water influx of the Euphrates River to Syria since January. The photographs reveal the alarming extension of the draught.
• Positive balance of first meetings for drafting of new Social Contract of the AANES 

  Representatives of different nations in North and East Syria described the draft Social Contract for the Autonomous Administration of North East Syria being discussed these days.
• Third episode of mini-series 'Meet the Internationals' online 

  The YPG International has launched a web mini-series called 'Meet the Internationals', a series of portraits and interviews with internationalist fighters in Roajava.
• 200 people leave Hol camp and return to their homes in Manbij 

  A new group, consisting of 200 people, left Hol camp and returned to their homes.
• 5 ISIS members killed in Deir ez-Zor 

  5 members of an ISIS cell were killed during a joint security operation in Deir ez-Zor.
• Civilian injured in attack on Ain Issa 

  Turkey’s allied jihadist militias attack the surrounding area of the refugee camp in Ain Issa, located on the edge of the M4, with heavy artillery. One civilian was injured.
• Protest at Semalka on its 70th day 

  For over two months, a vigil has been held around the clock at the Sêmalka border crossing in Rojava. Families are demanding the delivery of the bodies of the guerrillas fallen in an ambush by the KDP.
• Committee for the renewal of Social Contract continues  

  The committee established for the renewal of the Social Contract continued to work for the second day.
• Turkish-linked mercenaries kidnap 5 civilians in Afrin 

  The Turkish state-linked forces kidnapped 5 civilians in a village in the district of Sherawa in Afrin.
• Mother of two martyrs continues the struggle with resolve 

  Mother ‘Furat Deir ez-Zor’ endowed her two sons for freedom, and now she is following their path.
• MLKP commander who fell in Kobanê remembered in Qamishlo 

  An apple tree has been planted in Qamishlo in memory of Sarya Özgür (Sibel Bulut), an MLKP fighter who died seven years ago in the fight against ISIS in Kobanê.
• TEV-DEM: Baghdad and Hewler fail to stand against Turkish fascism 

  “The Iraqi government and the KDP remain silent on Turkey’s fascist policies against the will of the Yazidi community, raising doubts over a possible handover of the Shengal dossier to Turkish occupation,” TEV-DEM said.
• Confessions from MIT agents in northeast Syria 

  Various MIT agents have been arrested in northeast Syria. They say that for money they passed information on military installations and were supposed to carry out attacks.