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• SDF forms a special commission of inquiry for the disappeared 

  3,286 persons have been documented missing so far, including: 544 kidnapped by ISIS.
• Villages of Ain Issa under Turkish attack 

  The genocidal campaign of the Turkish state and allied mercenaries seeking to invade North and East Syria has continued since October 9 in violation of international law and in spite of so-called ceasefire agreements mediated by the US and Russia.
• Turkey's mercenaries rob civilians in Ain Issa 

  The Turkish state’s genocidal campaign seeking to invade North and East Syria together with jihadist gangs has continued since October 9.
• Eight Hashd al-Shaabi members killed in air strike in Syria 

  Eight militias were reportedly killed in an airstrike on pro-Iranian group Hashd al-Shaabi in eastern Syria.
• Two civilians killed in clashes between rival mercenaries in Bab 

  In Bab, two civilians lost their lives in an armed clash between two rival mercenary groups called Cebhet al-Şamiye and Ehrer al-Şerqiye.
• Turkey’s track report: The occupation of Afrin 

  Two years of the Turkish occupation of Afrin in numbers. These figures were obtained via the Violations Documentation Center of North and East Syria.
• SDF: Turkey and its mercenaries keeps attacking civilian areas 

  The SDF Press Center reported that the Turkish state have been carrying out heavy weapons attacks on civilians between 6 and 8 January.
• Turkey plunders 20,000 tons of grain from Girê Spî 

  Similar to Afrin, the Turkish state is also beginning to plunder the Girê Spî region. 20,000 tons of confiscated grain are to be brought to Turkey.
• 4,500 Rojava refugees return to their homes from South Kurdistan 

  Around 4 ,500 people who were forced to leave Rojava due to invasion attacks have returned to their homes.
• Turkish drone strike injures two in Ain Issa 

  The Turkish state’s genocidal campaign seeking to invade North and East Syria has continued since October 9.
• Ehmê: Erdoğan wants a 'safe zone' for jihadists at Europe borders 

   Ehmê said that the Turkish state aims to threaten both the Middle East and Europe in many ways.
• SDF repels attack on a village of Ain Issa 

  Turkey’s genocidal campaign seeking to invade North and East Syria in violation of international law has continued since October 9.
• Booby traps: Raqqa soon free of ISIS legacies 

  Mine clearance work in Raqqa has been largely completed. Since the liberation of the northern Syrian city in October 2017, more than 18,000 booby traps and other explosive ISIS legacies have been defused.
• Dozens of trigger-happy New Year fans arrested in Rojava 

  In northern and eastern Syria, there have recently been a high number of deaths and injuries caused by so-called "shots of joy". 40 trigger-happy New Year fans have now been arrested in the course of investigations by the Internal Security Forces.
• Women from Afrin: We won’t leave our city to the invaders 

  People from Afrin who were forcibly displaced by the Turkish state, say that they will not leave their city to the invaders.
• Occupation forces attack villages of Ain Issa 

  Turkey’s genocidal campaign seeking to invade North and East Syria in violation of international law has continued since October 9.
• Female body discovered in Hol Camp 

  In the Hol Camp in northern Syria, the lifeless body of an Iraqi refugee has been discovered. The Islamist-motivated violence in the camp has risen sharply parallel to the beginning of the Turkish invasion.
• YPG martyr laid to rest in Shehba 

  People of northern Syria bid farewell to their martyrs.
• Rojava Asayish Forces member martyred in Deir ez-Zor 

  Mihemed lost his life as result of an attack in a village of Deir ez-Zor.
• SDF fighter Rojhilat Amed buried in Qamishlo 

  SDF fighter Rojhilat Amed was buried in Qamishlo. At the funeral service, the names of four other fallen fighters who joined the fight during the siege of Kobanê from Northern Kurdistan were announced.
• People of Til Hemis rally for Sakine, Fidan and Leyla 

  The conspiracies against the Kurdish people and their leading figures seek to inflict a blow on their demand for freedom, according to Coza El-Hasûd of Kongreya Star.
• Autonomous Administration: Turkey created a safe route for ISIS 

  Abîr Iliya, deputy co-chair of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Autonomous Administration, stated that the Turkish state has opened a safe way for the ISIS to move into the territories it has occupied.
• Refugees from Idlib in Raqqa: SDF have ensured our safety 

  Many thousands of people flee from Idlib to escape the war and attacks of the Syrian regime and Russia. The self-government takes in those seeking protection from Idlib and provides for them, despite their own difficult situation.
• Sheikh Maqsoud: 15,500 pupils at eight schools 

  In the self-governing neighborhoods of Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyah in Aleppo there are great problems with the schooling of children and young people. 15,500 students attend eight schools. Classes have to be held in shifts.
• Demo against the isolation of Öcalan in Kobane 

  The crowd called on women and youth to enhance the struggle to counter the isolation of the Kurdish leader.