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• Northern and Eastern Syria Social Contract Drafting Committee holds second meeting in Amûdê  

  The Northern and Eastern Syria Social Contract Drafting Committee held its second meeting in Amûdê district. The opinions and suggestions of the residents were received.
• Turkish-backed mercenaries excavate and destroy archaeological site in Afrin 

  Turkish-backed factions have destroyed by machinery the archaeological site of Bishirak located near the village of Premja in Afrin’s Mabeta district.
• IDPs from Serêkaniyê denounce Turkey's plans to annex occupied regions 

  The Serêkaniyê Immigrants Committee said that the Turkish state aims to annex the occupied territories to Turkey through the colonial houses project.
• Evîn Cuma: Erdoğan wants to permanently change the demography of the region 

  Pointing out that Erdoğan wants to permanently change the demography of the region by sending some of the refugees to the Kurdish lands he occupied, Evîn Cuma said, "This is against international laws and will deepen the war in the region."
• Turkey and its mercenaries bomb villages in Shehba  

  The Turkish state and its mercenaries are bombing the villages of Shehba Canton.
• 14,739 students busy with final exams in Shehba despite Turkish attacks 

  14,739 students officially participated in the year-end exams held on Sunday despite the daily attacks suffered by the Afrin region.
• Kongra Star Coordination members condemn Turkish state's attacks on Kurdistan 

  Kongra Star Coordination members Rîhan Loqo and Elif Şêx Mihemed condemned the Turkish state's attacks on Kurdistan and said that the Turkish state wants to renew the Ottoman project with these attacks.
• Is Turkey trying to settle a million Syrians in Afrin, Serêkaniyê and Girê Spî?  

  Hamdan al-Abid from the Northeast Syrian Autonomous Administration appealed to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait to stop supporting the Turkish settlement policy in northern Syria: "This land belongs to the people who have been displaced."
• SOHR: Russia begins transfer of troops from Syria to Ukraine 

  Russia’s abandoned air bases in Syria are being transferred to the Iranian military-political organisation, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the militant group Hezbollah, according to SOHR.
• Fierce clashes between mercenaries and people in occupied Afrin 

  Fierce clashes were reported between mercenaries and the people in occupied Afrin.
• What's going on at Hol Camp? 

  Migrants and refugees at Hol Camp live in constant terror of ISIS groups. ISIS cells are organizing in the camp using perspectives from both inside and outside the camp to sustain their radical worldview.
• Luqman Ehmê: Turkey’s ‘resettlement’ project is a war crime 

  In assessing the Turkish government's effort to resettle refugees in occupied territories in North-East Syria, Autonomous Administration Spokesperson Luqman Ehmê stated that the project is a war crime, and those who support it are also complicit.
• Three Turkish-backed mercenaries killed in HRE actions in Afrin and Mare 

  HRE announced that three Turkey-backed mercenaries were killed, and one other was injured in the actions they carried out in Şera and Mare on May 9 and 10.
• Sozdar Dêrik: New social contract draft almost ready 

  Sozdar Dêrik from the Command Council of the YPJ underlined the importance of the new social contract of North and East Syria and sees in it the "guarantee of the rights of the peoples of the region".
• SDF says 53 villages were shelled in latest Turkish attacks 

  The SDF says that over the past 24 hours, "the Turkish occupation and its mercenaries have waged large-scale artillery and rocket attacks against dozens of villages and towns in the north and eastern Syria."
• SDF refutes claims by Turkey of an involvement in shelling of Karkmish 

  The SDF Media Center refuted claims by Turkey of involvement in the shelling of Karkmish.
• 'Turkey’s refugee resettlement project threatens the security of communities' 

  Emîna Omer stated that the Turkish government's proposal to resettle Syrian refugees outside of their home regions is dangerous and impedes a political solution in Syria.
• Joint Action Platform: Turkey seeks to expand occupation 

  The Joint Action Platform of North and East Syrian Women's Organizations and Movements denounced Turkey’s ambition to change the demographic structure and expand the occupation.
• Arab tribes condemn Turkish attacks, call for action against invasion 

  The Cizire Tribal Council said that they would not allow attacks on the achievements and values of the peoples and insisted that they would support the autonomous administration, military and civilian institutions in the region.
• Turkish soldiers kill young man trying to crossing into North Kurdistan 

  A young man trying to cross from the village of Eyn Dîwar in Dêrik to North Kurdistan was killed by Turkish soldiers.
• Turkey and its mercenaries bomb villages of Um El-Qura and Seqmûqa in Shehba 

  The Turkish state and its mercenaries are hitting the villages of Um El-Qura and Seqmûqa in Shehba intensively.
• Turkey injures two villagers in attack on villages of Manbij 

  The Turkish state injured two villagers in the attack on the village of Ewn Dadat in Manbij.
• SDF: New refugees arriving from Tal Abyad and Ain Issa 

  A new group of IDPs is coming to the Autonomous Administration areas from the occupied areas in Tal Abyad and Ain Issa, said the SDF.
• Reduction of Euphrates water decreases electricity production in North-East Syria 

  As Turkey is reducing the levels of water in the Euphrates River, the production of electricity supplied to the cities in North and East Syria has dramatically decreased.
• Autonomous Administration: The Turkish state wants to change the demographic structure 

  The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria stated that the Turkish state aims to change the demographic structure and said, "We should not be fooled by the plans of the Turkish state."