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• 200 young people join the YPG in Shaddadi 

  More recruits have completed their training and joined the YPG ranks in northern Syria.
• SDF makes further advances towards Dashisha 

  The SDF are at 13 km from the Iraqi border.
• Manbij Military Council: We can defend our city 

  Manbij Military Council announced that they can maintain the security of the city themselves, and that the last advisory group of the YPG in the city has withdrawn.
• Turkish army attacks a village of Kobanê 

  Armed forces of the Turkish state continue their attacks in an effort to intimidate the people of Rojava, northern Syria as Afrin remains under their occupation.
• Looting continues in Afrin 

  Turkish forces and allied gangs continue to change the demography of Afrin region on the basis of de-Kurdification, and to loot the properties of local people.
• Invaders blow up the Ezidi centre in Afrin 

  Historical structures and sites are among the targets of invading Turkish state and allied jihadists in Afrin.
• PYD Co-chair: Our project provides a solution to Syrian crisis 

  At the PYD meeting in Kobane, the latest political developments in the region were discussed.
• SDF liberate a village and three hamlets in Cizire Storm campaign 

  A village and three hamlets were liberated by SDF on Tuesday.
• Syrian Democratic Council calls for medical aid for Deir ez-Zor 

  Civil society organisations met with Syrian Democratic Council.
• People of Manbij oppose Turkish threats 

  Turkey wants to occupy Manbij and divide Syria.
• YPG: “Last advisory group withdrew from Manbij” 

  YPG has announced that the last advisory group has completed its mission to aid the Manbij Military Council in military training and has withdrawn from the city.
• Operation Cizire Storm: SDF advances 4 km - UPDATED 

  The SDF fighters have advanced 4 km in the Operation Cizire Storm, bringing the distance between the SDF forces and the Dashisha town to 25 km.
• Kobanê people in solidarity with the HDP 

  Kobanê residents stated that HDP must be supported in June 24 elections, warning that a victory by Erdoğan would be a great trouble for the peoples of the region.
• Women from Afrin call for action from international community 

  Protesting the inhumane acts of the Turkish state and allied jihadist gangs in Afrin, women from the city -who are now staying in Shehba- called on the international community to not remain silent.
• Martyr Nalin Muş Park to open in Tirbespi 

  Memory of the martyrs lives in the new parks of Rojava.
• SDF statement on Operation Cizire Storm 

  The SDF issued a statement on the operation to liberate the Dashisha town in Heseke and secure the Syria-Iraq border.
• Turkey cuts off waters of the Euphrates and the Tigris 

  The Turkish state is lowering the water levels in the rivers Euphrates and Tigris with the dams they build. The reduction in the river waters is affecting the agriculture and husbandry activity in Syria.
• Notes of a Scottish woman in Rojava 

  Sarah Glynn visited Rojava as part of a British delegation.
• Ezidis from Afrin: Turkish forces and mercenaries have no faith 

  Ezidis from Afrin stated that the Turkish forces and allied mercenaries that have invaded Afrin are forcing the Ezidis in the city to convert to Islam, and that they have no faith.
• Turkish army attacks villages near Serêkaniyê 

  The Turkish military yesterday attacked villages in northern Syria along the Turkish border near Serêkanîyê with gas grenades and live ammunition.
• The resistance of Afrin people against occupation continues 

  According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, two protests were held in Afrin against the Turkish state and its militias over the past 24 hours.
• Inhumane acts of invaders on the rise in Afrin 

  The Turkish state and allied mercenaries that continue their attacks on civilians who do not accept invasion have increased their acts of murder, abduction, harassment, rape, torture and looting during the month of May.
• Children of Kobanê remember Gezi victims 

  Children of Kobanê did not forget the victims of Gezi resistance.
• More people kidnapped in Afrin 

  The fate of the people kidnapped in Afrin is unkonw
• Italian medicines reach Rojava 

  After a long wait 280 kilos of medicines have reached the people of Rojava