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• Second episode of '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.
• AAN report: 71 people abducted in Turkish-occupied Afrin in November 

  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.
• YPG International launches web series 'Meet the Internationals' 

  The YPG International has launched a web mini-series called 'Meet the Internationals', a series of portraits and interviews with internationalist fighters in Roajava.
• Hesen Koçer: Only through dialogue we can achieve a solution to the Syrian crisis 

  Speaking about the possible dialogue between the Damascus government and the Autonomous Administration, Hesen Koçer said: "The recognition of the Autonomous Administration and the acceptance of the SDF's status are issues beyond discussion."
• Families asking for the bodies of fallen guerrillas on day 55 of protest at Sêmalka 

  For 55 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.
• Necah Gulo: We will avenge our children and prosecute their murderers 

  For Necah Gulo from Qamişlo, Nov. 27 is a holiday despite everything. Her husband Mustafa died in the Kurdish liberation struggle and her son Mazlum was killed by a Turkish killer drone almost three weeks ago.
• Civilian from Afrin tortured to death in prison 

  The Turkish forces and mercenary groups under Turkish control continue targeting civilians in the occupied regions in North and East Syria.
• Mercenaries in occupied Girê Spî kidnap two civilians and hand them over to Turkish intelligence 

  Mercenaries linked to the Turkish state kidnapped 2 people in the occupied Girê Spî and handed them over to the Turkish intelligence.
• Two women and two young children killed in car explosion in Manbij 

  Two women and two young children were killed in a car explosion in the northern Syrian city of Manbij, and five other people were injured.
• Turkish army and its mercenaries interrupt water flow of Alouk station 

  The Turkish army and its mercenaries once again stopped the water flow of Alouk station, which supplies water to Hesekê Canton.
• SDF: Eight Turkish-backed mercenaries were killed in clashes in Ain Issa 

  As a result of the clashes following the failed attacks of Turkish-backed mercenaries on two villages, eight mercenaries were confirmed dead and nine others wounded, stated the SDF.
• Ehmed Gulo: The existence of the PKK means the existence of Kurds 

  Ehmed Gulo has served the Kurdistan Freedom struggle for 40 years. He said: “27 November is the day history was renewed. The existence of the PKK became the existence of the Kurds.”
• Jazira Canton Lawyers Union visits martyr's families at Semalka Border Gate 

  Condemning the betrayal of the KDP, the Jazira Canton Lawyers Union demanded that the bodies of the martyrs be handed over to their families.
• PYD celebrates PKK’s foundation, calls for its removal from the 'terror list' 

  PYD celebrated the 43rd foundation anniversary of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and urged international forces to remove the group from the list of "terrorist" organizations.
• Three civilians kidnapped in Jindires, Afrin 

  The Turkish forces and mercenary groups under Turkish control continue targeting civilians in the occupied regions in North and East Syria.
• TEV-DEM: Turkey’s AKP stays in power with the support of KDP 

  TEV-DEM called on the people to “expose the policies of the KDP which supports the occupying Turkish state's policies and justifies its attacks against our will and values.”
• SDF: Turkey aims to destroy stability and security in the region 

  Turkey's strategy of provocation and deterrence against the autonomous region of North and East Syria is intended to destroy stability and security in the region in the long term, the SDF said after a meeting of their military councils.
• More civilians 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.
• PYD urges Masrour Barzani to “stop legitimizing Turkey” 

  The PYD urged the Kurdistan Regional Government’s PM Masrour Barzani to stop “legitimizing the Turkish state” and to keep its distance from it “before it's too late”.
• PYD says Damascus government's accusations against Autonomous Administration deepen crisis 

  The PYD said that the Damascus government's accusations against the Autonomous Administration deepened the crisis.
• Families asking for the bodies of fallen guerrillas on day 48 of protest at Sêmalka 

  For 48 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.
• Children in Kobanê demonstrate for their rights and against war 

  Children demonstrated for their rights and against war with a protest march through Kobanê. The occasion was the Children's Rights Day.
• Tortured body of an elderly civilian found in Jindires, Afrin 

  The Turkish forces and mercenary groups under Turkish control continue targeting civilians in the occupied regions in North and East Syria.
• Turkish MIT kidnaps six people in Afrin 

  Turkish MIT (Secret Services) kidnapped 6 people between 50 and 70 in the district of Raco in occupied Afrin.
• SDF commander Baz Cindirês: We will defend our lands together with our people 

  The Turkish regime is trying to compensate for its so far failed invasion of South Kurdistan with an attack on the autonomous region of northeast Syria. SDF commander Baz Cindirês explains that the region will be defended together with the population.