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• Human shield action in Kobane on day 30 

  People of North and East Syria continue their protests against Turkish attacks and invasion threats.
• War crimes in Afrin: 3 more civilians abducted 

  The Turkish regime and the gangs under their control have abducted three more civilians in occupied Afrin.
• Youth of Aleppo celebrate 15 August 

  15 August 1984 marks the first PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) attack, led by guerrilla commander Mahsum Korkmaz, “Agit”.
• SDF statement on ‘safe zone’ 

  SDF Commander General Mazlum Ebdi said they were having indirect talks with the Turkish state on ‘safe zone’.
• HRE announces 2 gang members killed in Shehba 

  The HRE announced that two gang members were killed in a sabotage action against invaders in Shehba’s Til Mediq village.
• Victim of vile torture in Afrin speaks out 

  Civilian M.E. was abducted by Turkish soldiers and their allied gangs in Afrin and subjected to vile torture for 3 months.
• Girê Spî youth protest against Turkish occupation 

  Hundreds of people have protested in the North Syrian Girê Spî city against an imminent occupation by the Turkish state.
• Human shield action in Serekaniye on day 6 

  The human shield action launched in Serekaniye against Turkey’s threats of invasion continues on day 6.
• Sheikh Maqsoud People’s Municipality continues service efforts 

  The Sheikh Maqsoud People’s Municipality is finishing service projects despite limited resources.
• HRE announces the balance sheet of conflict for 10 days 

  HRE announced the details of the actions carried out in Afrin region from August 1st to 10th.
• ISIS sleeper cell preparing for an attack neutralized by YPG 

  Alongside Turkey's invasion threats, sleeper cells of the "Islamic State" have been activated in northern and eastern Syria recently.
• “We are human shields against Erdogan’s tanks and mortars” 

  The human shield activists say they don’t accept the invading Turkish state’s threats against North and East Syria and that they will resist to the end.
• "Muslim countries should stand against Turkey’s threats” 

  Religious scholar Heysem Xelil stressed the importance of resistance against the Turkish state’s threats of invasion and called on Muslim countries to stand against Turkey’s tyranny.
• Human shields in Serekaniye: We will resist invasion to the end 

  The human shield action launched in Serekaniye against the Turkish state’s threats of invasion continues on day 5. Participants say they will resist the invasion to the end.
• Farmer can’t plant crops for 4 years due to the Turkish army 

  A farmer named Xelil Abdullah’s fields along the Turkish border in Tirbespiye haven’t been planted for 4 years as soldiers open fire on anyone who approaches.
• Families of martyrs: We don’t want Erdoğan on our land 

  Martyrs’ families, who have paid the greatest price for the establishment and protection of the Northern and Eastern Syrian Federation, say they don’t want the Turkish regime on their lands.
• People of Dirbêsiyê and Til Temir against Turkish occupation 

  People of North and East Syria continue their protests against Turkey’s threats to invade the region.
• HRE: 7 Turkish soldiers killed in Sherawa, Afrin 

  On August 9, HRE fighters carried out two simultaneous actions targeting a Turkish military base and a military construction equipment in Kimare village of Sherawa.
• Foza Yusif: If Turkey chooses war, we will defend our lands 

  Yusif said the Turkish state is carrying out any method possible to inflict a blow on the democratic project implemented in North and East Syria.
• Turkish army bombs villages of Sherawa, Afrin 

  Yet another attack on villages of Afrin.
• Rojava: resistance as the only alternative 

  Every day, people in northern Syria are attacked by Turkish border guards. The agriculture in the border area lies idle and schools had to be closed for security reasons.
• Soxaneke villagers: Our homes are directly targeted in attacks 

  The invading Turkish army and their allied gangs have bombed the Sherawa district heavily. The Soxaneke villagers in the region said their homes were directly targeted in the bombings.
• Armenians and Turkmens in Gire Spi: Turkey seeks a new massacre 

  Armenian and Turkmen people from Gire Spi said the Turkish state aims to invade Gire Spi and enact a new massacre against the peoples like the Ottoman empire did. The peoples of the region gave a message of resistance against invasion attacks.
• Services in Serdem Camp in Shehba nearing completion 

  At the Serdem camp in Shehba, where displaced people from Afrin live, work on the construction of the sewer system and the roads is nearing completion. This has been possible through the created self-government structures in the camp.
• Turkish regime's war crimes in NE Syria to be taken to the ICC 

  The Union of Lawyers in Raqqa is preparing to document the war crimes committed by the Erdoğan regime in northern and eastern Syria, which will be handed over to the International Criminal Court.