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• TEV-DEM remembers martyrs of Peoples’ Hammer Campaign, calls for action to prosecute ISIS criminals 

  The Democratic Society Movement commemorated the 121 martyrs in the Peoples’ Hammer Campaign, saying, “Any further delay to eliminate ISIS will revive terrorism."
• Emine Osê: Erdogan seeks to eliminate North-East Syria with Russian support 

  Emine Osê, the Deputy Co-Chair of the Autonomous Administration of North-East Syria, said “Erdogan seeks to eliminate the Autonomous Administration and defeat the SDF with the support of Russia.”
• YPJ: As long as there are occupiers in our land, we will continue to struggle  

  On the 5th anniversary of the start of the Turkish invasion of Afrin, the YPJ General Command declared: "We will continue our struggle until there are no more occupiers in any part of our country."
• Mass grave discovered in Ain Issa 

  The SDF discovered the remains of 7 Damascus regime soldiers in a mass grave in the south of Ain Issa.
• PYD calls for establishment of international tribunal for ISIS mercenaries 

  The PYD commemorated the 121 fighters who fell as martyrs in the Gurze Gelan Campaign and called for the establishment of an international tribunal for the trial of ISIS mercenaries.
• Students in occupied Girê Spi forced to sing Turkish national anthem 

  As part of its Turkification policies, the invading Turkish state forces students in the occupied Girê Spî Canton to sing the Turkish national anthem.
• TEV-DEM salutes the resistance of Afrin people, calling for action to stop occupation 

  Saluting the resistance by people of Afrin for the past five years, TEV-DEM called on the international community to take action to lift the embargo imposed on the region and to stop the occupation in Afrin.
• Yet another Turkish drone attack in Rojava 

  A car has been bombed by a Turkish drone on the road between Qamishlo and Derik. This is the seventh known drone attack by Turkey in northern Syria this year.
• March in Aleppo protest occupation of Afrin in its 5th anniversary 

  The 5th anniversary of the occupation of Afrin by the Turkish state was protested in Aleppo.
• AANES: There will be no solution or stability until Afrin and other occupied regions are liberated 

  The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria saluted the resistance of the displaced Afrin people in refugee camps, insisting that “The Syrian crisis cannot be resolved without the liberation of Afrin.”
• More Iraqi nationals in Hol camp repatriated 

  Iraq's Ministry of Migration and Displacement announced the repatriation of 584 people from Hol camp, marking Iraq's first repatriation mission since October.
• Turkish state and its mercenaries continue to cut down olive trees in Afrin 

  The Turkish state and its mercenaries cut down 50 olive trees belonging to a resident in Afrin.
• Kongra Star Congress: Work to be increased for freedom of Abdullah Öcalan 

  Kongra Star held its 9th congress. A lot of important decisions, including the establishment of a ‘Freedom for Leader Öcalan Committee’, were taken during the congress.
• Armenian Community Council calls for increasing the struggle for Öcalan's freedom 

  Hesekê Canton's Armenian Community Council co-chair drew attention to the fact that isolation is a denial of the existence of the people of Kurdistan and called for increasing the struggle for the freedom of Öcalan.
• North and East Syria Health Committee will build blood banks and new hospitals in 2023 

  Among the 2023 projects decided at the annual meeting of the Desteya Tenduristiyê Health Committee, blood banks will be opened throughout the region, and new hospitals will be built for eye and ear, nose and throat diseases.
• Defense Committee for Öcalan in North and East Syria sends a letter to UN Secretary Guterres 

  The Defense Committee for Abdullah Öcalan in North and East Syria called on the UN Secretary General to sue the Turkish occupation state before the international judiciary.
• TEV-DEM holds its annual meeting  

  TEV-DEM's annual meeting ended with the announcement of the 2023 projects.
• SDF holds military ceremony in memory of YPG co-founder Xebat Dêrik 

  The Syrian Democratic Forces held a military ceremony in memory of YPG co-founder Xebat Dêrik, who was killed eleven years ago.
• 300 more olive trees cut down in occupied Afrin 

  The mercenaries of the Turkish occupation state are destroying the nature of Afrin and cutting down its trees.
• Artillery attacks on villages in Rojava 

  Turkey fired hundreds of artillery shells at villages in the cantons of Shehba, Afrin and Kobanê in northern Syria on Friday evening. The permanent shelling is intended to wear down the population and drive them to flee.
• 14 people kidnapped in Turkish-occupied Serekaniye 

  The Turkish state and allied mercenaries continue committing crimes against the local people in Serekaniye.
• Turkey attacks 13 villages in five hours 

  The Turkish state carried out bomb attacks on 13 villages in Northern and Eastern Syria in the evening hours.
• Afrin Liberation Forces: 16 invaders killed 

  The Afrin Liberation Forces reported that their latest actions killed 5 soldiers, 1 policeman and 10 mercenaries and injured 2 soldiers and 6 mercenaries.
• SDF kills two terrorists in Deir Ez-zor eastern countryside 

  The SDF killed two terrorists in Deir Ez-zor's eastern countryside.
• Girê Spi Canton Council Municipalities Committee opens 'Women's Park' in Ain Issa 

  Girê Spi Canton Council Municipalities Committee opened a "Women's Park" in Ain Issa.