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• Education term in Turkish in Girê Spî 

  The invading Turkish state changed the demographic structure of the occupied Girê Spî and made Turkish materials compulsory in schools beginning education terms in Turkish.
• Autonomous Administration executive warns against Turkey cutting water supplies to North East Syria 

  The co-chair of the Northern and Eastern Syria Autonomous Administration Executive Council underlined that the peoples of the region are sacrificed to the political and military interests of the US, Russia and Turkey.
• Afrin Liberation Forces say 4 mercenaries were killed in Sherawa 

  The HRE announced that 4 mercenaries were killed in an action targeting the invading Turkish state and its mercenaries in Sherawa.
• Turkish bombing of Afrin continues 

  The invading Turkish army once again bombed the Shera and Sherawa districts of Afrin. Air activity continues in the area.
• Turkey and its mercenaries bomb villages in Manbij and Ain Issa 

  The invading Turkish state and its mercenaries bombarded villages in Manbij and Ain Issa.
• New education term in North and East Syria to begin on September 12 

  The 2021-2022 education term in North and East Syria will start on September 12. The Educational Committee stated that they have taken necessary measures against coronavirus.
• Dirbesiye people condemn betrayal of KDP 

  Dirbesiye people held a march in protest at the Turkish state’s attacks and betrayal of the KDP.
• YPG denies Turkish allegations on Afrin explosion 

  The YPG Press Centre has denied the Turkish state which blamed the YPG for an explosion that took place in Afrin on September 5 and called the Turkish allegation “psychological war propaganda”.
• Swedish delegation visits Northern and Eastern Syria 

  A Swedish delegation, which included Ambassador Frederic Florn, visited the Northern and Eastern Syria Foreign Relations Office.
• Turkish state bombs Sherawa and Shehba 

  The invading Turkish state targeted and bombed Sherawa and Shehba again.
• Soldiers affiliated with Damascus government kidnap 3 Afrin civilians in Aleppo 

  A group of soldiers affiliated with the Damascus government kidnapped 3 Afrin civilians living in Aleppo. It was stated that the abducted people were taken to Damascus.
• Manbij Revolutionary Youth Movement salutes the guerrilla resistance 

  The Manbij Revolutionary Youth Movement protested the Turkish state's invasion attacks against Medya Defense Areas and saluted the guerrilla resistance.
• High-ranking Islamic State mercenary arrested in Deir ez-Zor 

  In the East Syrian region of Deir ez-Zor, a person high in rank belonging to the Islamic State has been arrested.
• Men protest against violence against women in Aleppo 

  The People's Council of self-governing districts in Aleppo has launched an initiative against violence against women. Defending the rights of women is the responsibility of society as a whole, the People's Council said.
• "Honor march against betrayal" in Kobanê 

  A demonstration has been held in Kobanê against betrayal and occupation.
• Autonomous Administration marks third anniversary of its establishment 

  Three years ago, the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria was proclaimed in Ain Issa. On the occasion of its founding day, the Autonomous Administration said that its grassroots democratic and multi-ethnic system is a model for all Syria.
• Freedom to the Leader Committee: Democratic project in Rojava is the work of Abdullah Öcalan 

  The members of the Freedom to the Leader Committee said that the democratic project that came to life in Rojava was the work of Leader Öcalan and added that international public opinion should be put under pressure to end the isolation.
• Reconnaissance drones circle over Kobanê 

  Turkish reconnaissance drones are circling in the west of Kobanê. The population is concerned; in the Turkish drone war against Kurdistan, there are currently daily airstrikes in violation of international law.
• Car bombing in occupied Afrin results in causalities 

  A car bomb exploded in occupied Afrin on Sunday.
• 45 villages in Zirgan without electricity due to Turkish attacks 

  Electricity has been cut off in 45 villages in the center of Zirgan for months due to the bombing of the power lines in the province as the Turkish state and its mercenaries continue their attacks.
• HPC - Grassroots Democratic Self-Defense Forces of Society 

  The Social Defense Forces (HPC) have been an important expression of radical democratic self-organization in Rojava and northern Syria since 2015. They are the democratic counter-model to state security forces.
• Turkish-backed local council opens new village on land owned by Yazidis in Afrin’s Sherawa 

  The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported that the Local Council in Afrin city opened a new village dubbed “Kuwait al-Rahma”, on August 30, with the aim for inhabiting displaced people from various areas across Syria.
• People of Tirbespiyê praise work of Autonomous Administration 

  The people of Tirbespiyê said that communal life has developed with the cooperation and social participation of institutions affiliated to the Autonomous Administration.
• YPJ fighter Zeynep Serêkaniyê laid to rest in Til Temir 

  YPJ fighter Zeynep Serêkaniyê fell a martyr in an attack by Turkish occupation forces on Til Temir.
• Fire breaks out fire in Besta  

  A fire broke out in Besta at the martyrdom points of Mehûjik, Genîferşik, Gundikê Mîrzo, Quntarê Mendêcelê and Besta.