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• Farewell to Internal Security Forces fighter in Dirbesiye 

  Speakers vowed to follow in the footsteps of the martyrs who sacrificed their lives defending their lands and people.
• SDF fighters repel attack on M4 highway 

  Attempts to occupy the strategically important M4 highway continue.
• Civilian defense in response to invasion 

  With the Turkish invasion of northern and eastern Syria, the Civilian Defense Forces have assumed a particularly important role in protecting the population. ANF spoke to members of these autonomously organised structures.
• SDF: Attacks by occupation forces continue 

  The Turkish army and allied savage jihadists have been trying to invade northern Syria in a genocidal campaign ongoing since October 9.
• Three explosions reported in Deir ez-Zor 

  Three explosions have been reported in Bisêra in Deir ez-Zor.
• Two explosions in Raqqa 

  Two separate explosions took place in Raqqa.
• Turkey bombs villages in Girê Spî and Eyn Îsa 

  The invading Turkish state and its mercenaries bombed the village of Xirbet Beqer in Girê Spî and the village of Erîda in Eyn Îsa.
• Teachers in Raqqa call for international action against invasion 

  Call for international authorities to act against the genocidal campaign of the Turkish state.
• “Turkey commits a war crime in North-East Syria” 

  The attendees denounced an ethnic cleansing in the Turkish-occupied areas in North-East Syria.
• Hesen: The will of peoples is stronger than weapons of occupiers 

  “We have no choice other than protecting our existence and lands. This struggle will achieve victory through the resistance of the youth in the region,” said Hesen of the Syrian Future Party.
• Four more civilians kidnapped in occupied Afrin 

  Human rights violations by Turkey's mercenary troops continue in occupied Afrin city.
• MEP Schieder: We shouldn’t allow a demographic change in Rojava 

  Schieder called for the European Union to support the Rojava model that includes all the peoples and faith groups living in the region.
• Occupation troops send father photo of his murdered son 

  While Bozan Xelîl was on the phone with his son, who worked at Heyva Sor during the Turkish attacks on Girê Spî, the latter was murdered by the occupying forces. The perpetrators then sent the father a picture of the shot son.
• Armed attack on the Trade Directorate of Tabqa kills two 

  A watchman and a worker lost their lives in the armed attack.
• SDF reports ongoing attacks by the occupation forces 

  The attacks of the Turkish army and its Islamist proxies on Northern Syria continue unabated.
• Autonomous Administration is enlarging camp for Girê Spî IDPs 

  The Canton of Girê Spî, together with Raqqa Civil Assembly, opened a camp on 22 November for the people displaced from Girê Spî.
• Health centre staff from Serêkaniyê call for solidarity 

  Staff members of a health centre in Serêkaniyê, which is operated by the women's foundation WJAR, call for solidarity. They had to flee from the Turkish occupation and now work in Hesekê and Qamishlo.
• Farewell to Self-Defense Forces fighter in Shaddadi 

  Hemûd Letûf El-Erbîd fell on December 16.
• SDF: Ongoing attacks injured three civilians 

  The attacks of the Turkish army and its Islamist proxies on Northern Syria continue unabated.
• EP delegation arrives at Qamishlo 

  A delegation of the European Parliament chaired by the Austrian politician Andreas Schieder has arrived in Rojava. The delegation wants to examine the situation on the spot after the Turkish invasion.
• ISIS sleeper cell ammunition depot seized in Raqqa 

  The interrogation of captured ISIS members continues.
• 80-year-old from Serekaniye: I want to return home 

  Zehra El-Casim calls for solidarity from international human rights organisations.
• Syrian regime makes further advances in Idlib region 

  Regime forces have taken control of several areas following days of clashes in the Idlib region.
• "Those who attacked Serêkaniyê were ISIS gangs" 

  SDF fighter Devrim Dersim speaks about the Turkish invasion of Serêkaniyê and says: "The majority of the jihadists were people from Tunisia, Egypt, Afghanistan and Pakistan."
• Farewell to two YPG fighters in Shehba 

  YPG fighters Ciwan Efrîn and Cûdî Çiya have been buried in the northern Syrian canton of Shehba. They died on December 18 in the resistance against the occupation of Afrin.