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• International Forum on Afrin: final statement 

  The last session agreed that “all military initiatives and actions to be launched for the liberation of Afrin are legitimate.”
• Chaliand: Turkish occupation of Afrin totally illegal 

  Chaliand said that the occupation decision was made after negotiations between Turks and the Russians.
• SDF rescues 1200 more civilians in Hajin region 

  SDF fighters have rescued 1200 civilians during the past 24 hours in Hajin region where heavy fighting with ISIS continues.
• YPG’s balance sheet of the war and resistance for November 

  “Our YPG and YPJ forces are fighting against all kinds of invasion and terrorist activities in Rojava and Northern Syria."
• Two HPC members injured in explosion in Qamishlo 

  In Qamishlo, two people were injured in the explosion of a bomb that had previously been installed in a vehicle.
• Tent action to protest closure of Shengal-Northern Syria border 

  A delegation of the Shengal Democratic Autonomy Council met with border officials.
• Another civilian kidnapped in Afrin 

  The occupying Turkish army and its mercenary allies kidnapped another civilian in Afrin.
• YPG Spokesperson: Turkey guilty of war crimes 

  YPG spokesperson told International Forum on Afrin how Turkey has violated all international laws and agreements.
• TEV-DEM Co-chair: Stop Turkish invasion of Afrin 

  “Afrin, Bab, Jarablus and Idlib are not Turkey's cities. Why is the Turkish state able to intervene in the territory of another country?”
• YPG: Eleven Turkish-backed terrorists killed in Afrin 

  Operations by YPG fighters left 11 members of Turkish-backed terrorists dead in Afrin.
• YPJ Spokesperson: We never faced a war like this 

  The YPJ spokesperson has underlined the role of Turkey in the war. “Turkey has been the first to enter in Syria through its support to the opposition and trying to manipulate the democratic movement of the people in order to fulfill its interests”.
• Franceschi: There are lessons to be learned from Afrin 

  French writer Patrice Franceschi spoke in the Afrin forum and stated that the Turkish state attacked after they made sure of international silence. Franceschi said: “There are lessons to be learned from Afrin for the protection of the region."
• SDF rescues hundreds of civilians from ISIS 

  Several civilians have been rescued on Hajin front where fierce clashes continue.
• Day 2 in the Afrin Forum 

  The International Demographic Change and Ethnic Cleansing in Afrin Forum continues on day two.
• Fierce clashes on Baghouz region of Deir ez-Zor 

  Heavy fighting between SDF and ISIS continues in the ongoing Operation Cizire Storm to end terror in Deir ez-Zor countryside.
• Woman who lost both legs in Turkish attacks tells of Afrin terror 

  Medîne Hisên lost both legs as the result of Turkish warplanes bombardment of Afrin.
• Emergency Committee set up in Qamishlo 

  The Emergency Committee has been set up in Qmishlo to cope with natural disasters.
• Explosion in Afrin’s Jindirese district 

  Reports of casualties as result of an explosion in Jindirese.
• "There is a genocide of culture and language in Afrin" 

  "Turkey argues that these policies are actually to guarantee its own security. However, everyone knows that the liberated areas of Northern Syria have been known for their security since the first day of the Syrian crisis."
• Philips: Northern Syria experience important and positive 

  “Kurds, who have democratic projects, have paid the price not only for themselves but for the whole world. Evidence of these sacrifices are under everyone’s eyes and should never be forgotten. We will tell this to the whole world."
• Yusif: We believe in a new future 

  Despite all pain and sufferance the peoples of Syria believe in a new future, where a democratic and people-based system will prevail.
• Afrin witnesses tell of massacres at international forum 

  A number of witnesses told the International Forum on Demographic Change and Ethnic Cleaning in Afrin about their ordeal.
• SDF inflicts heavy blows on ISIS in Hajin 

  SDF fighters have destroyed 4 vehicles and seized a Hummer type vehicle of ISIS in Hajin.
• Bernard Kouchner: We must stand against Turkish occupation 

  The Forum will address the ongoing Turkish and its mercenary allies’ occupation and ethnic cleansing practices, as well as the crimes committed by Turkey and the mercenaries against humanity.
• KDP prevents participation in international forum on Afrin 

  Southern Kurdistan delegates were denied border crossing by the KDP for the international forum on ethnic cleansing in Afrin.