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• 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.
• Over 100 ISIS detainees handed over to Iraq 

  The Syrian Democratic Forces have handed over a hundred ISIS prisoners with Iraqi citizenship to the authorities in Baghdad.
• People of Amude take over action in Semalka 

  Members of the Amude District Council took up the action, which had lasted 68 days in Semalka.
• Turkish state and its mercenaries attak villages in Shera and Ain Issa 

  The Turkish state and its mercenaries are attacking the village of Malikiyê in Shera and the village of Fatsa in Ain Issa.
• YPJ calls for action against Turkey's war crimes in North-East Syria 

  The Women's Defense Units called on the international community and its organisations to end the state of occupation in northern and eastern Syria in order to fulfil their responsibility to respect human rights.
• SDF prevents attempted occupation in a village of Ain Issa 

  The Syrian Democratic Forces have once again foiled an attempted occupation of the invaders in Ain Issa.
• PYD urges the UN to stop Turkey that commits human rights violations 

  The Democratic Union Party asked the United Nations (UN) to end the Turkish state’s gross violations of human rights in Turkey and neighbouring states.
• 686 civilians killed, 8,455 people kidnapped in Afrin since 2018, says Human Rights Organisation 

  Today is World Human Rights Day, but Afrin, occupied by the Turkish state on 18 March 2018, with the silent partnership of the UN and many states, has been transformed into a center where crimes against humanity are committed on a daily basis.
• Thousands of people in Hesekê canton protest killing of Mervan Bedel 

  Thousands of people in the northeast Syrian canton of Hesekê protested the killing of Mervan Bedel.