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• Turkish state and its mercenaries bomb village in Manbij, injure a man  

  The Turkish state and its mercenaries bombed the village of Toxara Biçûk in Manbij, and injured one man.
• KDP is responsible for attack on Shengal on 7 December, say the YPJ 

  The Women's Defense Units (YPJ) said that the KDP was responsible for the attack on Shengal on 7 December.
• AANES hands over two children of female ISIS member to Switzerland 

  The External Relations Office of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria handed over two children of a Swiss ISIS member to a delegation of the Swiss government on Monday.
• North-East Syria Administration calls for urgent action against attacks on Shengal 

  The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria raised concern over the attacks on Shengal and said that the gains of the Yazidis are under the threat of the Turkish state.
• PYD condemns Turkish state's drone attack in Shengal 

  In a statement regarding the Turkish state's drone attack in Shengal, the PYD demanded that Iraq be held accountable for crimes carried out in violation of Iraq's territorial sovereignty.
• Protesters at Semelka condemn KDP’s non-delivery of martyrs’ bodies 

  Girkê Legê District Council members took over the protest at Semalka border crossing. HPC Derik members and Girziro Company workers also paid a visit to the demonstration and protested the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP).
• Closure of Til Koçer Border Gate increases problems of refugees in camps in Manbij 

  The fact that the Til Koçer Border Gate is closed, the lack of humanitarian aid to the region and the embargo imposed by the Damascus government increase the difficulties experienced by the refugees staying in the camps in Manbij.
• Peace Mothers: We will not leave until we receive the bodies of martyrs 

  Kurdish, Yazidi and Arab mothers from Rojava, carrying out a protest at Semalka for 63 days to receive the bodies of their children who were martyred by the KDP in Xelîfan, insist that they will not stop their protest until they receive the bodies.
• Another civilian kidnapped in Turkish-occupied Afrin 

  The Turkish forces and mercenary groups under Turkish control continue targeting civilians in the occupied regions in North and East Syria.
• New group takes over the vigil at Sêmelka 

  For two months now, 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.
• Refugee children from Afrin face diseases due to embargo imposed by Damascus government 

  Paediatrician Y.C said that refugee children from Afrin face diseases every year due to the embargo imposed by the Damascus government in the region, and added that international organizations are not fulfilling their duty.
• “We will not leave until we get the bodies of our martyrs” 

  For two months, families of martyrs have been protesting at the Sêmalka border crossing in Rojava demanding to be given the bodies of their children. One activist said: "The martyrs are our honor, we will never leave them behind.”
• North and East Syrian Internal Security Forces deal heavy blow to Turkish Secret Service in Hol Camp 

  The gang members that the Internal Security Forces caught while trying to transfer weapons and ammunition into Hol Camp admitted that they were brought from Girê Spi, under Turkish occupation.
• Vigil by Martyrs' Families Council at Semalka Border enters 61st day 

  The Martyrs' Families Council continues to carry out the vigil they launched 61 days ago at Semalka Border Gate.
• Serêkaniyê Refugees Committee sends 3 letters to Basque Parliament exposing Turkish crimes 

  The Serêkaniyê Refugees Committee sent three separate letters to the Basque Parliament to the government and the first party in the parliament. The letters drew attention to the crimes committed by the Turkish state.
• Call for international action as more civilians are kidnapped in Afrin 

  The Turkish intelligence service MIT and jihadist mercenaries of the occupying regime in Afrin have abducted more civilians to unknown locations. The Afrin Human Rights Organization appeals to the world community to stop the crimes.
• Family of 8 kidnapped by Turkish state unaccounted for 

  For 5 months, 8 members of the Hisên family from Afrin, who were kidnapped by the Turkish state and allied gangs, have been unaccounted for. Ehmed Mistefa Hisên urged the authorities to inform them about the situation of his relatives.
• Protest at Semalka on day 59: “Resistance will triumph” 

  Members of the Cizre Region Internal Security Committee administration and institutions paid a visit to the Semalka demonstration. The message "Resistance will triumph, treachery will lose" was delivered during the visit.
• Turkish intelligence kidnaps 2 civilians in Mabata, Afrin 

  The Turkish state and its mercenary allies continue to commit crimes in Afrin, which they occupied in March 2018. One of the aims pursued by Turkey is to change the demographic structure in Afrin, and to plunder and try to destroy its culture and history.
• 4th annual meeting of Kobanê Women's Council stresses need to further strengthening role of women 

  At the 4th annual meeting of the Kobanê Women's Council, it was underlined that the role of women in the communes should be further strengthened.
• PYD members take over the vigil at Sêmalka on day 58 

  For 58 days, relatives of fallen guerrillas have been protesting at the Sêmalka border crossing in Rojava, demanding that the South Kurdistan’s ruling party KDP hand over the bodies of guerrilla fighters killed in an ambush by its forces.
• Final farewell to Anter Dersim in Qamishlo 

  Thousands of people paid their last respects to revolutionary Anter Dersim, who died of a heart attack in Rojava, in Qamişlo.
• Mother and baby kidnapped in Turkish-occupied Girê Spî 

  Forces affiliated with the occupying Turkish state have kidnapped a mother and her baby in Girê Spî Canton, north-eastern Syria.
• 6 civilians killed, 95 others kidnapped in Afrin in 2 months 

  Roşîn Hido, a member of the Afrin Human Rights Organization, gave information about the crimes committed by the Turkish state and its mercenaries in Afrin, saying that 6 civilians, one of them being a woman, were killed in October and November.
• Autonomous Administration opens university in Raqqa 

  The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria continues its activities for the expansion of the academic sector. A new university has been opened in Raqqa: the Zanîngeha Şerq.