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• Hesekê people get water 72 hours after Turkey disrupted service 

  Hesekê Water Directorate began a water well digging project to counter the interruption in service caused by Turkey and its mercenaries.
• SDF Commanders visit Deir ez-Zor 

  After the frequent attacks on well-known personalities in Deir ez-Zor, SDF Commander-in-Chief Mazlum Abdi visited the East Syrian region to get a personal impression of the situation.
• HRE discloses identity of a fallen fighter 

  Afrin Liberation Forces disclosed the identity information of a fighter who fell martyr on 18 August.
• More COVID-19 cases reported in North-East Syria 

  In the autonomous region of North and East Syria, 34 new corona infections have been detected. The total number of infection cases is thus 253. 15 infected people have died so far.
• MIT agent talks about activities in Northern Syria 

  Mustafa Osman is an agent of the Turkish secret service MIT and is in the custody of the North-East Syrian autonomous administration. He reports how he recruited young people for the secret service and recruited them for militias.
• Turkish-backed mercenaries kidnap 10 civilians in Afrin 

  Afrin was occupied by the Turkish army together with jihadist mercenaries in March 2018.
• Russian major general killed, 2 soldiers wounded in Deir ez-Zor 

  A major-general of Russia died in a blast in Deir ez-Zor while two other soldiers were wounded.
• Two civilians abducted in a village of Til Temir 

  Turkish forces and jihadist allies continue committing crimes against humanity in the occupied territories of North-East Syria.
• Attack injures two civilians in Ain Issa 

  Occupation forces continue targeting civilians in their genocidal campaign seeking to invade North-East Syria.
• Three more Kurdish civilians abducted in occupied Afrin 

  The Turkish army and allied mercenaries continue committing crimes in occupied territories of North-East Syria.
• Iraqi refugee murdered in Hol Camp 

  An Iraqi refugee housed in Hol Camp in north-eastern Syria has been found dead.
• Air attack on regime positions in Qamishlo 

  After regime troops in Qamishlo prevented a convoy of the international coalition from passing through, they were attacked from the air.
• Survey says people approve SDF efforts for national unity 

  The Rojava Center for Strategic Studies carried out a popular survey to find out what people think of the initiative launched by the SDF, calling on Kurdish parties to dialogue and unifying visions to face the dangers facing the Kurdish national issue.
• Camp set up for mercenary families in Yazidi village 

  The report of Afrin Human Rights Association said that civilian settlements were evacuated by mercenaries and camps were set up in villages once inhabited by Yazidi Kurds to make rooms for the mercenaries and their families.
• New camp for Serêkaniyê refugees opens in Hesekê 

  620 tents were set up in this first phase for 620 families living in schools in Hesekê.
• Afrin Human Rights Organisation: MIT abducted 3 Kurdish civilians 

  Afrin has been occupied by the Turkish state in March 2018 and has witnessed countless crimes against humanity since.
• Mask-wearing made compulsory in North-East Syria 

  In northern and eastern Syria, the fight against the coronavirus will continue with compulsory mask-wearing in public places from Tuesday. The regulation affects city centres, parks and other areas.
• Coronavirus cases in northeast Syria on the rise 

  In the autonomous region of North-East Syria, the number of confirmed coronavirus infections has increased to 204. One person infected with the corona virus has died. In total there are eleven pandemic deaths.
• A worldwide call from the people of Heseke 

  Emergency call to the whole world to interfere and contribute to save the life of civilians and consider Heseke as a truly afflicted city as Turkey’s mercenaries controlling the Allouk water station are again cutting the water.
• Autonomous Administration opens new refugee camp in Hesekê 

  The Autonomous Administration has begun preparations to open a new camp in the east of Hesekê. The Serêkaniyê Camp will welcome refugees on 20 August.
• Mothers of martyrs in Kobane salute 15 August Initiative 

  Mothers vowed to carry the flag of the martyrs who based on the ideas of Abdullah Öcalan.
• Attack injures Deir ez-Zor Agricultural Committee Co-chair 

  The co-chair of Deir ez-Zor Agricultural Committee survived the attack with injuries.
• COVID-19 cases in northeast Syria rise to 182 

  The number of confirmed coronavirus infections in the autonomous region of North and East Syria has increased to 182.
• Syria’s death toll from Coronavirus rises to 58 

  1515 confirmed cases of Coronavirus and 58 deaths registered in Syria since March.
• Turkey’s mercenaries kill a Yazidi civilian in Afrin 

  The Turkish army and allied mercenaries continue committing crimes in the territories they have occupied in North and East Syria.