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• We will resist until Afrin is liberated, say residents in Shehba  

  Afrin Canton Council held a march in Berxwedan Camp to protest the Turkish occupation of Afrin.
• YPG commander Xalid Reşîd dies in Aleppo 

  YPG commander Xalid Reşîd has died in a hospital in Aleppo after a serious illness. He was accompanied by hundreds of people on his final journey in the Kurdish resistance district of Sheikh Maqsoud.
• Autonomous Administration: Attacks point to a Turkish-Russian agreement 

  The Executive Council of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria said at its annual conference in Raqqa that the recent attacks point to a secret agreement between Russia and Turkey.
• Action in solidarity with hunger strikes continues in Qamishlo 

  The youth-led tent protest in Qamishlo continues on its seventh day in solidarity with the hunger strike of political prisoners against the isolation and rights violations in Turkish prisons.
• Raqqa people: Attacks on Ain Issa are Russia's scheme 

  The people of Raqqa, who condemn the Turkish state's invasion attacks against Ain Issa, consider the invasion attacks as Russia's scheme.
• Autonomous Administration Executive Council holds its second annual meeting 

  The Executive Council of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria is holding its second annual meeting.
• SOHR: Turkish forces establish new post in northern Saraqeb 

  SOHR reports that Turkish forces established new post in northern Saraqeb, as the city experiences intensive movements by Iranian-backed militias and Hezbollah.
• Military deployment by occupation forces in northern Syria 

  The Turkish occupation army and allied mercenaries have made military dispatchment to a village located between Til Temir and Zirgan.
• Turkey erects observation tower near Ain Issa 

  The Turkish state is monitoring movements on the M4 highway from a newly constructed tower near the northern Syrian town of Ain Issa.
• Autonomous Administration sets out to solve bakeries issue 

  Private bakeries closed down in January as they wanted the price of a bag of bread to be 650 Syrian lira, instead of 500 Syrian lira. The Autonomous Administration set out to solve the issue.
• Autonomous Administration works to provide water to the people of Hesekê 

  Alternative projects are being developed by the Autonomous Administration to solve the water problems of the people in Hesekê.
• YPG Spokesperson: We abide by protocols, do not recruit minors 

  Nuri Mahmoud pointed out that the special-war-circles affiliated parties exploit the minors' issue to defame the values and principles of the revolution, and the democratic system in Rojava, northeast Syria.
• Afrin IDPs vow to continue resistance until occupiers are expelled 

  Afrin IDPs living in Shehba Canton said that the Russian silence towards the Turkish occupation's attacks is tantamount to a conspiracy against Afrin people's resistance, stressing that their resistance will continue until Afrin is liberated.
• SOHR reports disagreements between Turkish-backed factions 

  Disagreements between “Sultan Murad Division” and “Al-Jabha Al-Shamiyyah” frustrate joint security patrols in northern Aleppo, SOHR reports.
• Would vaccination against Covid begin in March in Rojava? 

  Vaccination against the coronavirus in the autonomous region of Northern and Eastern Syria are expected to begin in March at the earliest. Part of the vaccine proposed by the World Health Organization for Syria is to go to Rojava.
• Amude people: We will follow Leader Abdullah Öcalan 

  "We will continue to follow the philosophy and thoughts of Leader Abdullah Öcalan. We will continue to embrace hunger strikes," said Amude people who visited the action tent in Qamishlo.
• Anwar Muslim: We insist on establishing Kurdish national unity 

  Remarking that achieving Kurdish national unity is their strategic goal, PYD Co-Chair Anwar Muslim stated that they insist on establishing a dialogue despite the ENSK's inhibitions.
• Education Committee adopts a full year work for good education in North-East Syria 

  With its vision of creating a competent and educated generation, the Education Committee spreads its training activities over a year.
• Iraqi migrants in Hol Camp: We want to return home  

  Iraqi migrants living in Hol Camp called on the Iraqi government to take action to enable their return to their homes.
• Autonomous Administration says Damascus is avoiding its responsibilities 

  The Directorate of Foreign Affairs of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria said that the Damascus government is avoiding its responsibilities and preventing the resolution of the crisis.
• HPC undertakes tough task on Ain Issa fronts 

  Protecting civilians in Ain Issa against the Turkish state and its gangs, HPC forces are doing a tough task at the front.
• Protest against isolation of Öcalan continues in Hesekê 

  Eleven groups have participated in the tent protest in Hesekê, where resistance against the Imrali isolation continues with growing support.
• "We will not leave our lands, we will resist the invaders"  

  Til Rifat District Council protested in a statement the Turkish state's attacks against the district, where thousands of Afrin IDPs are settled, and the silence of the international public opinion.
• Turkish forces attack Shehba 

  The occupant Turkish state continues its genocidal attacks against North-East Syria in an effort to invade the entire region.
• Protest in Hesekê on day 2: Let's unite against isolation 

  The tent protest launched in Hesekê to support the prison resistance against the Imrali isolation is on its second day. Speakers called upon peoples to stand against the isolation.