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• Semalka border office reopens today 

  The Semalka border office resumes its work today for humanitarian agencies, foreigners, patients, and marriage cases.
• Manbij Education Committee gives special courses for teachers  

  Manbij Education Committee started special courses for teachers of science and education.
• Hemo: So-called Syrian opposition became a putty in Turkey’s hands 

  Fehime Hemo, member of Syrian Democratic Council Co-Presidency Council stated that so-called Syrian opposition only serves the Turkish state and became a putty in Turkey’s hands.
• ‘External forces strive to sow discord between the Autonomous Administration and the people’ 

  Co-chair of Manbij Association of Lawyers, Xelil El-Ehmed stated that external forces have been involved in the provocations emerging in the city, yet the civil administration prevents discords with rational approaches.
• 22 ISIS members captured in SDF operation in Deir ez-Zor countryside 

  Al-Busayrah sweep operation ends with arresting 22 terrorists.
• Russian internationalist: Support Rojava to build democratic free societies 

  Russian internationalist Zirek Rus said: “The attacks of ISIS and the Turkish state create a difficult situation in Rojava. Russian people should support Rojava in order to defeat ISIS and the fascist Turkish state."
• Turkish-linked mercenaries cut down trees in Afrin 

  Furqet El-Hemzat mercenaries cut down 1,500 olive trees belonging to Behçet Ebdo and confiscated his two houses in Afrin.
• Turkish assimilation process continues, Chechen centre opened in Serêkaniyê 

  Continuing its efforts to change the demographic composition in the Northern and Eastern Syrian areas it occupies, the Turkish state continues to open assimilation associations saying they are cooperation projects.
• Kobane Massacre: Revenge for the ISIS defeat 

  ISIS attacked Kobane with the support of Turkey 5 months after the liberation of Kobane. 233 civilians were killed, and hundreds of people were injured in this attack.
• Rojava commemorates victims of the ISIS massacre in Kobanê 

  On June 25, 2015, the ISIS committed a massacre in Kobanê: 252 civilians, including 64 women and 35 children, were murdered. However, the ISIS is not solely responsible for the crime; the Turkish state is also partly responsible.
• HRE: 7 invaders killed, two bases destroyed 

  A soldier, a staff member and 5 mercenaries were killed, while 3 mercenaries were injured in the actions carried out by HRE in Mare, Shera and Azaz.
• Former peshmerga: We should unite against the Turkish occupation 

  Hesen Yusif Mele Hüseyin, from Dêrîk and a former peshmerga with the KDP in the 1990s, calls for unity against the Turkish invasion. "If we unite, - he said - the Turkish state could not stand against us."
• Manbij Military Council foiled attempt by Syrian National Army to enter the area  

  The Manbij Military Council reports on clashes with the mercenaries of the Syrian National Army. Four of the attackers were killed.
• The Turkish state continues to carry out crimes against humanity in Afrin 

  The invading Turkish state continues to plunder Afrin's historical and cultural heritage, cut down olive trees, change the demographic structure and commit crimes against humanity.
• Local production provides food self-sufficiency 

  Vegetable greenhouse projects promoted in Heseke provide food self-sufficiency in the region.
• Attack on Shehba and Til Rifat continue 

  The invading Turkish state has been carrying out artillery attacks on Shehba and Til Rifat since the early hours of the morning.
• Turkey bombs Girê Spi, injures boy aged 17 

  Mihemed Ibrahim El Hêşêr, 17, was wounded in Girê Spi, as a result of the bombing carried out by the Turkish state.
• Delegation from Catalonia visits northeastern Syria 

  A delegation from Catalonia visits the autonomous region of northern and eastern Syria to learn about the situation on the ground and evaluate support options.
• Autonomous Administration calls for release of NES representatives detained by KDP 

  The Foreign Relations Department of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria has asked the KDP about the PYD and Autonomous Administration representatives detained in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq).
• 17 ISIS members arrested by SDF in Deir ez-Zor 

  17 members of the ISIS were arrested by SDF’s Anti-Terror Units while a number of documents and a large quantity of ammunition were seized.
• Turkish army and its mercenaries shell villages near Manbij 

  The Turkish army and their mercenaries bombed villages near Manbij.
• Hevrin Xelef’s mother: There are thousands of Hevrin and Deniz 

  Suad Mistefa, mother of martyr Hevrin Xelef, extended her condolences to Deniz Poyraz’s mother and said that thousands of Hevrin and Deniz will continue the struggle.
• Autonomous Administration bans Kurdistan24 for inciting hatred 

  The license of Kurdistan24 channel has been cancelled on the grounds that it promotes hatred among the peoples which violates the laws of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria.
• SDF repels Turkish attacks on Girê Spi villages 

  The Syrian Democratic Forces are responding to the invading Turkish military's attacks on Girê Spî villages.
• SDF: Four mercenaries arrested for murder in al-Hol Camp 

  According to video confessions, the arrested mercenaries received instructions from Daesh leaders through mobile phones using Turkish communications numbers.