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• New group takes over the vigil at Tishrin Dam on day 63 

  A group of people from Tabqa, Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor took over the vigil to protect the Tishrin Dam, the lifeblood of the Syrian peoples, from destruction by the invaders.
• HRW calls for an end to coastal killing spree, protection of civilians in Syria 

  “Government action to protect civilians and prosecute perpetrators of indiscriminate shootings, summary executions, and other grave crimes must be swift and unequivocal," HRW demands.
• PYD Women's Assembly: Massacres against Alawites must be investigated 

  PYD Women's Assembly called for an investigation into the massacres of Alawites in Syria.
• YPJ Commander on Qereqozax front: As long as the war continues, we will resist and liberate our land 

  Şîlan Şoreş, one of the YPJ commanders on the Qereqozax resistance front, said, “It is our people who enable us to fight and resist with such strength and morale. As long as the war continues, we will resist and liberate our land.”
• SDF reports intensified attacks on Tishrin and Qereqozak areas  

  SDF reports unprecedented escalations of Turkish occupation attacks on Tishrin Dam and Qereqozak fronts.
• Salih Muslim: Agreement between SDF and Damascus consistent with Abdullah Öcalan’s letter 

  PYD politician Salih Muslim said the agreement signed by SDF Commander Mazloum Abdi and Syrian Interim President Al-Sharaa is consistent with Abdullah Öcalan’s letter.
• DÎK co-chair Xerzî: HTS continues to carry out its occupation and death mentality 

  DÎK co-chair Mihemed Xerzî condemned the massacre of Alawite civilians and said that HTS continues to carry out its occupation and death mentality.
• Mazloum Abdi and Ahmed al-Sharaa sign agreement 

  SDF General Commander Mazloum Abdi and Syrian interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa signed an agreement which includes guaranteeing all constitutional rights of the Kurds and integrating NE Syria military and civilian institutions into the Syrian Government.
• A senior ISIS leader captured in Deir ez-Zor countryside 

  SDF continues working tirelessly to dismantle ISIS cells, disrupt their financial and logistical networks, and eliminate the organization at its roots.
• Turkish drone attack kills a child, injures two others near Kobanê 

  The Turkish state continues its genocidal campaign against North-East Syria.
• Kongra Star condemns the massacres of Alawites in Syria and calls for international action 

  The North-East Syrian Kongra Star Movement Assembly condemned the massacres of Alawites in the cities of Latakia, Homs and Tartus and called on the international community to take a stance.
• Genocide in Syrian coastline and Latakia mountains: Death toll rises to 973 

  SOHR calls upon the international community to interfere immediately and send international investigation teams to document the blatant violations committed against civilians.
• Successful operations by the SDF thwart attacks on Tishrin Dam and Qereqozak 

  Confronted by the SDF resistance, the Turkish army and allied mercenaries fail to make any territorial advances in North-East Syria.
• Aslan: Struggle is necessary to preserve a hard-won peace 

  Seyit Aslan stressed that peace is not only achieved but must also be defended through ongoing struggle.
• TEV-DEM: Peoples of Syria should be united against killings of Alawites 

  TEV-DEM has condemned the massacres against the Alawite community in Syria’s coastal cities.
• Democratic Autonomous Administration condemns massacre in coastal cities of Syria 

  The Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria issued a statement condemning the massacre in the coastal cities of Syria and stressed that those responsible must be held accountable.
• Mazloum Abdi: Those behind the massacre of Alawites must be held accountable 

  SDF Commander-in-Chief Mazloum Abdi said that al-Jolani should hold those responsible for the attacks against Alawites to account, adding that Turkey-backed and pro-ISIS groups were responsible for the attacks.
• UN calls for immediate cease of killings of civilians in Syria 

  UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk called for an immediate cease of the killing of civilians in coastal areas in northwest Syria.
• SDF reports ongoing attacks by the Turkish army and allied mercenaries  

  The Syrian Democratic Forces reported that the Turkish army and allied mercenaries continue their attacks against North-East Syria.
• SOHR: 745 Alawite civilians killed since Thursday 

  The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that forces affiliated with the HTS government in Damascus have killed at least 745 Alawite civilians since Thursday.
• SDF Commander-in-Chief meets with sheikhs and dignitaries from Raqqa and Tabqa 

  The Commander-In-Chief of the SDF, in collaboration with the Commander of the International Coalition Forces, held an expanded meeting with sheikhs and dignitaries from Raqqa and Tabqa.
• Several mercenaries killed and wounded in SDF and YPJ actions on Tishrin and Qereqozak fronts 

  In the autonomous region of North and East Syria, at least 18 Turkish-backed mercenaries were killed in actions by the SDF forces. Eight of them were eliminated in a retaliatory action by the YPJ.
• Kurdish intellectuals establish joint committee 

  Kurdish intellectual unions decided to stand with the SDF and form a joint committee of writers and intellectuals in Western Kurdistan.
• YPJ fighters: 8 March should be a day of freedom for all women 

  YPJ fighters Rojbîn Ereb and Ronahî Çiya are fighting in the Qereqozax resistance front against the attacks by the Turkish state and its proxies. On 8 March, they said that this should be a day of freedom for all women.
• Civil Friday prayer at Tishrin Dam amid continued attacks 

  Turkey continues its attacks against Tishrin while the people’s vigil at the dam continues. During a civil Friday prayer, the sheikh of the Arab Tay tribe reiterated his desire for peace.