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• 11 people who drowned off the Algerian coast in June buried in northern Syria 

  On June 5, a boat carrying refugees sank off the coast of Algeria. Out of 26 people on the boat, 18 were Syrians and included women and children. Only one Syrian and one Algerian survived.
• International Workshop in Heseke: Solution to the Kurdish question lies in federalism 

  The workshop today discusses the current situation of the Kurds and the challenges they face; ways to confront the war of extermination targeting the Kurdish people; how to overcome Lausanne and the optimal solution to the Kurdish question and the region.
• HRE announces the death of a fighter 

  In a written statement, the Afrin Liberation Forces (HRE) said that one of their fighters, Tekoşer Efrîn, died on duty.
• Pentagon: Russian fighter jets harassing US drones in Syria 

  The US protested the harassment by Russian fighter jets against its drones operating over Syria.
• Talabani appeals to Kurds to pursue national unity  

  PUK president Bafil Talabani sent a message to the Lausanne workshop calling for the Kurdish cause to be supported and adding that they are fighting for national unity.
• Footage of Turkish attack on ambulance in Kobanê 

  On Wednesday, the Turkish army attacked the northern Syrian city of Kobanê. Among the targets was an ambulance that had been dispatched because of a previous bombardment. Two paramedics barely survived the attack.
• Mazlum Abdi appeals to Kurdish political and military forces 

  SDF Commander-in-Chief Mazlum Abdi called on Kurdish political and military forces to continue the struggle and resistance, to unify their forces, to move urgently without any conditions, and to assess the stage accurately.
• Turkish bombardment injures two civilians in Kobanê 

  The invading Turkish state continues its genocidal attacks against North-East Syria where it has already invaded territories in violation of international law.
• Call for international action for Heseke Canton left without water and declared a disaster zone 

  Millions of people do not have access to clean water after the invading Turkish state and its mercenaries cut off water from the Alouk Station, which the Turkish state uses as an element of pressure against the Autonomous Administration of NE Syria.
• Third lecture of Rojava series on YouTube  

  The third lecture of the Rojava series about "the democratic nation, the role of pluralism and the inclusion of ethnic and religious groups in the political system of the region" has been published on YouTube.
• MSD welcomes UN initiative to find missing people in Syria 

  After the Committee of Displaced Persons from Serêkaniyê, the Syrian Democratic Council also welcomed the UN decision to create a new institution to reveal the fate of the missing and forcibly disappeared over the course of 12 years of the Syrian crisis.
• France repatriates 10 women and 25 children from camps in North-East Syria 

  25 children and 10 adults held in camps in North-East Syria were repatriated to France.
• 12 killed, 173 abducted in Turkish-occupied Afrin in 6 months 

  Twelve murders and 173 abductions were recorded in Turkish-occupied Afrin in the first half of 2023.
• Nine killed and injured in Israeli attack in Syria 

  An Israeli attack in the Homs countryside killed and injured 9 people, among them members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and the Damascus government forces.
• SOHR: Three residential complexes established in Afrin with Kuwaiti support and Turkish coordination 

  Turkey continues to build colonial settlements in occupied Afrin in northern Syria. In the course of the ethnic cleansing policy, selected groups are settled in the newly built housing blocks by the Turkish state.
• Displaced Persons Committee Serêkaniyê welcomes new UN mechanism to find missing people 

  The UN wants to set up a facility to find missing people. The Committee of Displaced Persons from Serêkaniyê welcomed the step, but called for the involvement of the Autonomous Administration.
• SOHR: Turkish authorities deported 70 Syrian refugees 

  Turkish authorities continue forcible deportation of Syrian refugees from Turkey to the so-called “safe zone” in northern Syria.
• ‘Trial of ISIS members should be held in Kobanê and involve the families of martyrs’ 

  The people of Kobanê said that the trial of ISIS members should take place at the Free Women's Square and involve the families of the martyrs.
• Balance sheet of rights violations in occupied Girê Spî and Serêkaniyê in June 

  2,759 people have been killed since the beginning of the Turkish occupation in the northern regions of Syria. Out of 9,053 arrested locals, only 6,979 have been released
• Shiler Committee Centre in Aleppo offers workshops to help children recover from traumas of war 

  Children who have suffered from the traumas of war and earthquakes in the Şêxmeqsûd and Eşrefiye neighbourhoods of Aleppo receive training offered by the Shiler Children's Committee Centre.
• The only hope of IDPs from Turkish-occupied regions is to return home 

  IDPs from Turkish-occupied regions, who sadly welcome another religious festival away from their homes, say that their only hope is to return to their land.
• People visit cemeteries of martyrs across North and East Syria 

  Citizens in North and East Syria visited the cemeteries of martyrs in the morning on the first day of Eid al-Adha.
• Ibrahim: Calls made by Autonomous Administration to international community are still valid 

  Xalid Ibrahim said that the Autonomous Administration's decision to prosecute ISIS mercenaries does not invalidate the calls made to the international public in the past.
• Mercenaries kidnap two people in Jindirês 

  wo more people have been kidnapped by mercenaries in the Jindirês district of Afrin, which is under the occupation of the Turkish state and its mercenaries.
• TEV-DEM issues message to mark Eid-al-Adha  

  TEV-DEM issued a message to mark the Eid-al-Adha of the Syrian peoples and the entire Islamic world.