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• ISIS cells increase attacks targeting children in Hesekê 

  Hesekê Internal Security Forces issued a statement on terrorist attacks targeting children recently in various cities of Northern and Eastern Syria.
• Occupiers set cultivated land on fire in Til Berak 

  Invaders set agricultural lands on fire in Şêrawa, while 440 acres of cultivated land in Til Berak have been reduced to ashes.
• Turkish state and mercenaries set houses on fire in Til Temir 

  The invading Turkish state and its mercenary allies set houses belonging to civilians on fire in the village of Menax in Til Temir.
• Attack injures four children in Shaddadi 

  Unknown persons have thrown a hand grenade into a group of playing children in the Shaddadi. Four were injured, some of them seriously.
• Infighting between Turkey’s mercenaries in Afrin 

  Hardly a day passes without reports of crimes in the occupied territories of North and East Syria.
• Fire started by occupation forces kills a civilian in Zirgan 

  Flames killed a civilian and injured another one.
• Imprisoned ISIS members pose a great danger 

  Thousands of ISIS members are waiting for their trial in prisons of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria. The international community has so far done nothing to set up a tribunal for this purpose.
• Turkish army and allied mercenaries target agriculture 

  Since the beginning of May, the Turkish army and Islamist proxies have set fire to over forty fields in northern Syria. Currently, a field near Til Temir is burning, and firefighting is being prevented by targeted shelling.
• First martyrs of YPJ remembered 

  Silava and Bêrîvan fell during the foundation process of the YPJ.
• At least 9 killed as HRE hit occupiers in three regions 

  At least nine jihadists have been killed in retaliatory actions by HRE against the Turkish occupying forces and their Islamist proxies in Afrin, Mare, al-Bab and Azaz.
• An Iraqi refugee murdered in Hol Camp 

  An Iraqi refugee was found dead in the North Syrian Hol camp. It is suspected that ISIS women are behind the murder.
• Syrian Future Party Regional Chair survives murder attempt  

  Al-Ahmed was taken to hospital and is in intensive care.
• Agricultural lands set on fire in Shehba 

  Occupation forces continue their crimes against the people of North-East Syria.
• Two mercenaries flee from Serêkaniyê and surrender to the SDF 

  Violent clashes are increasingly taking place between Islamist proxy troops in the Turkish occupation zone in northern Syria. Two jihadists from Serêkaniyê have surrendered to the SDF due to internal conflicts.
• Semelka border crossing opened for civilians 

  The border crossing between Rojava and southern Kurdistan will remain open from 30 May to 4 June.
• Afrin Liberation Forces pay tribute to martyr Zagros Mabata 

  HRE fighter Zagros Mabata fell on 22 May during the second phase of the Resistance of the Age.
• From Afrin to the world: Act now and end Turkish occupation! 

  Call for international "sponsoring parties" to make the issue of Afrin and other occupied areas a top priority and formulate a clear-cut work program and road map to end the entire Turkish occupation.
• Autonomous Administration extends partial measures till 5 June 

  The curfew will remain in place from 7 pm to 6 am every day till 5 June.
• "ISIS Governor of Iraq" killed in airstrike in Deir ez-Zor 

  Al-Jubouri, ISIS official and most prominent aide to the organization’s leader, was also called "Governor of Iraq".
• Fire in furniture warehouse in Qamishlo 

  A fire broke out in the morning in a furniture warehouse in Qamishlo. Residents alerted the fire department when thick clouds of smoke rose from the building. The cause of the fire is guessed to be a short circuit in a fuse box.
• KRC calls for international support for Washokani camp 

  The Kurdish Red Crescent called for support from international health organizations for the improvement of healthcare services in the Washokani camp which houses people displaced by Turkish invasion in northern Syria.
• SOHR reports ongoing Turkish military deployment to Syria 

  From February 2 to date, 6,845 trucks and military vehicles have entered the Syrian territory. The number of Turkish soldiers who were deployed in Idlib and Aleppo during the same period exceeded 10,400.
• M4 highway opened for civil traffic 

  For the first time in seven months, the M4 highway connecting the Euphrates and Cizîrê regions is open to civilians. This was preceded by negotiations between the SDF and Damascus under Russian mediation.
• Twin explosions rock Turkish occupied Afrin 

  Afrin remains under the occupation of the Turkish army and Islamist proxies since March 2018.
• Number of coronavirus cases in Syria rises to 106 

  106 people have been infected with Covid-19 while four people have died in Syria.