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• Turkish attacks deprive 86,000 students of the right to education 

  One of the main targets in the occupation attacks launched by the Turkish state on 9 October is education. 810 schools were closed due to the attacks, 86 thousand students were forced to stop their classes.
• Turkey-linked mercenaries kidnap 9 civilians in Afrin 

  The invading Turkish state and its mercenaries kidnapped 9 civilians in the village of Unqelê, Şiyê in Afrin.
• Occupation forces attack villages of Afrin and Gire Spi 

  After villages in Gire Spi, the invaders are attacking villages in Afrin now.
• Occupation forces bomb areas east of Ain Issa 

  Turkey’s genocidal campaign seeking to invade North and East Syria has continued since October 9.
• SDF fighter martyred in Serekaniye laid to rest in Qamishlo 

  YPG Spokesperson promised to continue to follow in the footsteps of the martyrs.
• Heyva Sor treats 700 sick people a day in Shehba 

  The Kurdish Red Crescent (Heyva Sor a Kurd) treats around 700 sick people every day in the northern Syrian canton of Shehba. Most of the patients are displaced persons from Afrin.
• Torch march in Afrin against the isolation of Öcalan 

  The Kurdish youth movement protested against the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan in the not completely Turkish-occupied district of Sherawa in Afrin in northern Syria. For four months now, the PKK founder has again been cut off from the outside world.
• Photo reportage from Til Temir 

  The city of Til Temir in northern Syria, besieged by Turkey and jihadist militias, looks like a film scene. With one difference, the scenes and the people are real, nobody plays a role.
• HRE: One mercenary killed, two others wounded in al-Bab 

  HRE said that their actions and operations against the Turkish army troops and allied mercenary groups in and around Afrin continued unabated.
• Rojava: Dreams and thoughts expressed in paintings 

  Anod Faris Hesen overcame all obstacles put in her path by the patriarchy and became an artist at the age of 60. She participated in ten exhibitions. Her paintings deal with the theme "woman".
• The lifeline of cross-border UN aid to NE Syria to be cut off 

  Official aid into North and East Syria must arrive with the approval of the regime.
• Young women: SDF is the only force that protects us 

  The youth, as the leading figures of society, stand in the very front rank in the struggle against Turkish invasion.
• Child wounded by Turkish soldiers in Rojava waiting for treatment 

  13-year-old Abdullah Berzan was shot by Turkish soldiers while playing in Rojava and has been paralyzed ever since. He has been waiting for one and a half years for an opportunity for treatment.
• Occupation forces attack a village of Til Temir 

  The bombardment is reported to be continuing.
• Two soldiers killed as HRE hit Turkish military base in Afrin 

  The action by HRE units in Afrin's Shera district left at least two soldiers dead and three others wounded.
• Flight and despair in the paintings of an 14-year-old from Afrin 

  14-year-old Rewşen had to flee from Afrin with her family two years ago. The talented artist draws the suffering of war, occupation and flight not only on canvas, but also on the walls of destroyed houses.
• Returnees arrested by Turkey’s SNA gangs with false accusations 

  Aiming a demographic change in the occupied areas, the Turkish forces and allied gangs are arresting the civilians who have been displaced by the recent attacks and want to return home now.
• Syriac women: Turkey targets not only Kurds but all peoples 

  Syriac women in Heseke said that Turkey’s current aggression on northern Syria was a continuation of the Ottoman genocides of Armenians, Assyrians, Syriacs and Chaldeans.
• Massive funeral for SDF Commander Sîpan Efrîn in Derîk 

  "Today we bid farewell to a great commander here, a commander who played a leading role against Erdoğan and his gangs, and confronted all kinds of treason, said the Spokesperson of the YPG.
• Turkish forces attack the populated Tal Rifat town in Shehba 

  The attack endangers the lives of many civilians residing in the town.
• Northern Syria: Situation of IDPs deteriorates 

  With the onset of winter, the health situation of internally displaced persons in northern Syria has deteriorated. Support from international aid organisations continues to be lacking.
• Camp built for displaced people of Girê Spî in Tal Samin 

  The autonomous administration of North and East Syria has opened a camp for people from Girê Spî seeking protection in Tal Samin near Raqqa.
• Christians in Til Temir celebrate Christmas 

  Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ across North and East Syria.
• Mammography center opened in Qamishlo 

  The Kurdish Red Crescent has opened a centre for early detection of breast cancer in Qamishlo. It is the first mammography practice in northern and eastern Syria. The treatment is free of charge.
• Christmas celebrated in Tirbêsbiyê 

  Emphasis was laid on the unity of the peoples of North-East Syria against those attacking and invading their lands.