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• Israeli airstrikes target the surroundings of Damascus 

  Israel fired shells at the Damascus area last night. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), the missile attack was directed against the Lebanese Hezbollah.
• Attacks by invaders leave fields on fire in Ain Issa 

  Fires broke out in agricultural land in Ain Issa due to the attacks of the Turkish state and its mercenaries on the eastern countryside of the northern Syrian town.
• One child killed in "celebrations" by Erdogan supporters in Afrin 

  In Afrin, groups celebrating AKP's Erdogan's results in the presidential elections fired gunshots in the air, killed a child and injured other people.
• Joint anti-ISIS operation in Deir ez-Zor countryside 

  The operation resulted in arresting a terrorist who was responsible for facilitating the work of the ISIS cells in the region, supporting them, and supplying them with weapons.
• People of Şêxmeqsûd demand freedom for Abdullah Öcalan 

  The people of Şêxmeqsûd said that the time had come for Abdullah Öcalan's freedom and added that their struggle continues.
• Koçer: The Arab League should encourage Syria to resolve the crisis 

  As Syria was readmitted to the Arab League, AANES representative Hesen Koçer calls on the Arab League to mediate between the autonomous administration and the government in Damascus.
• Amara Library in Rojava offers over 15,000 books in different languages 

  Amara Library, one of the first cultural achievements of the Rojava Revolution, became a must for language and literature lovers with 15 thousand books written in different languages.
• MSD: Arab-Syria normalization will be a positive step if it seeks to end the Syrian crisis 

  MSD’s Afrin and Shehba Communication Office held a panel to discuss the effects of normalization between the Arab states and the Damascus government, the situation in the region, Syria, and North and East Syria.
• SDF captures two Turkish occupation intelligence agents  

  The SDF said it captured two Turkish occupation intelligence agents.
• Shehba FM will go on air on 1 June  

  Shehba FM will start its official broadcasting life on 1 June with news bulletins and a variety of programs.
• Damascus continues to impose a heavy embargo on Şêxmeqsûd and Eşrefiye 

  The government of Damascus continues to impose a heavy embargo on the neighbourhoods of Şêxmeqsûd and Eşrefiye in Aleppo.
• YPJ commander meets Catalan representatives in Barcelona 

  YPJ General Command Member Sozdar Dêrik met with the speaker of the parliament and several political party representatives in Barcelona, the capital of Catalonia.
• Another civilian kidnapped in occupied Afrin 

  The Turkish state and allied mercenaries continue committing crimes in the northern Syrian canton of Afrin, which they occupied in 2018.
• People in Derik protest attempts to besiege Maxmur Camp  

  Hundreds of people marched in Derik against the attempts to besiege Maxmur Camp by the Iraqi army saying "We stand with the people of Maxmur".
• TEV-DEM condemns UN silence on Maxmur, calling for urgent intervention 

  TEV-DEM called on all political, national and civil society organizations, intellectuals, journalists, artists, patriots, women and social organizations to stand up for the will and resistance of the Maxmur people.
• Eight ISIS members arrested in Heseke, Deir ez-Zor and Manbij 

  Four security operations conducted by the SDF against ISIS cells in the countryside of Tal Hamis, Deir ez-Zor, Manbij and Heseke resulted in the arrest of eight mercenaries.
• AANES expresses support for the resistance of Maxmur people 

  Announcing solidarity with the people of Maxmur against Iraq’s siege, AANES called for a solution to problems through dialogue rather than military force.
• Three SDF fighters injured in attack in Deir ez-Zor 

  Initial investigations into the attack in Deir ez-Zor confirm the involvement of ISIS.
• DKP/BÖG commemorates fallen revolutionaries on the 'Week of Immortals' 

  The Revolutionary Communard Party/the United Freedom Forces (DKP/BÖG) commemorated the fallen Communard revolutionaries in Rojava as part of the May 9-16 ‘Week of the Immortals’.
• Turkish drone attack kills civilian in Manbij 

  A civilian was killed in Manbij as the result of a Turkish drone attack.
• Newroz Ehmed calls for expansion of struggle 

  Newroz Ehmed from the General Command of the Democratic Syrian Forces said highlighted the importance of expanding the struggle, insisting that the system of democratic modernity and peoples' fraternity should be reinforced.
• North-East Syrian Council of Martyrs' Families holds 1st Congress in Hesekê 

  The 1st Congress of the North-East Syrian Council of Martyrs' Families is being held in Hesekê.
• Reactions to closing of Semalka Border Crossing continue to increase 

  Reactions to the KDP's decision to close the Semalka Border Crossing continue to increase. Several politicians stated that this was a crime against the Kurdish people and that the aim was to break up the people of Kurdistan.
• KDP does not allow the passage of injured and sick locals through Semalka border crossing 

  The Semalka Border Crossing Administration said that the KDP did not allow the passage of injured locals through.
• Three injured in attacks on Ain Issa 

  Three people have been injured in attacks by Turkish jihadist occupation forces on the northern Syrian town of Ain Issa.