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• PYD: Erdoğan is the representative and guarantor of terrorists 

  On Saturday, heads of state and government from Germany, France, Turkey and Russia met to discuss the peace process in Syria at a four-party summit. One day later, the Turkish military attacked Kobanê.
• Free Press Union: Working for a fair and free press 

  The Union is also in contact with world press institutions, as well as with all press agencies in Syria.
• Ehmed: A solution can only be reached through dialogue 

  It is the people of Idlib who should have the right to decide the future of Idlib, said Ilham Ehmed of the MSD.
• YPG: No attack against northern Syria will be left unanswered 

  YPG announced that Turkey continues its provocations from across the border.
• Turkish military attacks villages in Kobanê 

  The Turkish military has shelled two villages in the west of Kobanê with tanks.
• Serêkaniyê: An example of education in many languages 

  Education is provided in both Kurdish and Arabic and the Autonomous Administration is planning to introduce the other languages of the region.
• Rojava: Shaping the new University 

  How universities in Rojava and Northern Syria are designing a new education model where student and its ability to serve the community are at the core.
• "Inclusiveness in writing new Constitution is the key to unity" 

  TEV-DEM executive said that full participation and inclusiveness would have a major impact on the protection of the unity of Syria.
• Northern and Eastern Syria Administration to begin working 

  ​​​​​​​Among the tasks of the new coordination body are education, services and the reconstruction of the newly liberated areas.
• Celebrations to mark Raqqa’s liberation underway 

  Celebrations are underway in Raqqa to mark the first anniversary of its liberation from the DAESH mercenaries, defeated by the SDF.
• Forced Islamisation, destruction and usurpation continue in Afrin 

  The Turkish army and their allied gangs continue their invasion practices in Afrin.
• MSD Executive: We succeeded in ensuring people govern themselves 

  People living in Northern and Eastern regions of Syria are now self governing themselves: this is a success, said Syrian Democratic Council executive member Eli.
• Attack on ‘military police’ point in Afrin: 1 dead 

  One mercenary was killed and another wounded as result of an attack in Afrin.
• Mabrûka camp not ready to cope with winter months 

  The 2,500 refugees still housed in the camp in Serêkaniyê province are still waiting for aid organisations to honour their promise to help.
• Intense clashes in Hajin  

  ISIS gangs have attacked SDF positions in the Hajin front. Fighters have retaliated the attack. 
• Wife of man murdered by gangs speaks of atrocities  

  Turkish forces and their allied gangs have killed Nebîha Shexo’s husband and are not even allowing her to see the body. Shexo said she couldn’t “take any more of the hell that was [her] life” and migrated to Shehba.
• Several ISIS members killed in Operation Cizire Storm 

  ISIS gangs suffered a heavy blow after launching an aggression on SDF positions in Deir ez-Zor.
• Kobane University, a year on 

  The University in Kobane opened in September 2017 with 45 students. This year 120 people have already enrolled and the number is growing.
• 37 ISIS members killed in Operation Cizire Storm 

  Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are making further advances against ISIS in Deir ez-Zor.
• US delegation: MSD should be included in Geneva 

  The coalition insists on the inclusion of the autonomous administration and the MSD in Geneva and meetings for the new constitution for Syria.
• Psychological support for children who suffered from war 

  Education, literacy and psychological support are the services provided for children in Ebû Xeşeb Camp.
• 51 ISIS members killed in Operation Cizire Storm 

  The fighting for the liberation of Hajin on the border with Iraq, the last stronghold of the so-called Islamic State in Syria, continues. The SDF reported attacks on their positions with heavy weapons and car bombs.
• Fierce clashes on Hajin front in Deir ez-Zor 

  Heavy fighting is taking place at Deir ez-Zor fronts in the wake of the aggression ISIS launched on SDF positions from several points Wednesday evening.
• Sheikh Maqsoud People’s Municipality clears the remnants of war 

  The Sheikh Maqsoud People’s Municipality has launched efforts to clear the remnants of war from the Al Mûxaberat neighborhood.
• Man from Afrin: We will continue to resist 

  The invading Turkish army and their allied gangs have confiscated the livelihood of Mihemed Kirîsh, who used to live in the Basuta village in Afrin’s Sherawa district before the occupation. Mihemed now makes a living selling salep in Shehba.