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• Afrin-Shehba Canton Education Board sets up 33 tents for students affected by earthquake 

  Afrin-Shehba Canton Education and Training Board set up 33 tents so that students whose schools were damaged in the earthquake would not be deprived of education.
• Turkish state-linked mercenaries cut down nearly 2,500 olive trees in Sherawa 

  Turkish state-linked mercenaries and their families cut down nearly 2,500 olive trees in the villages of Basûfanê and Heyder in the Sherawa district of the occupied Afrin Canton.
• Hemze Kobanê fell a martyr as a result of attack in Şêxmeqsûd 

  An attack has been carried out on members of the Autonomous Administration economic committee in Şêxmeqsûd in the north of Aleppo. Hemze Kobanê was killed and three other people were injured.
• Attack in Sheikh Maqsoud kills one, injures two others 

  One person was killed, two others were injured as a result of an attack against employees of the Economic Committee in the self-governing neighborhood of Sheikh Maqsoud in Aleppo.
• Gas cylinders don't arrive in Afrin and Shehba due to Damascus government embargo  

  Due to the heavy embargo imposed by the Damascus government, gas cylinders for cooking have not been allowed in the Cantons of Afrin and Shehba for about 5 months.
• 300 tents in Serdem Camp for victims of earthquake 

  Serdem Camp People's Municipality put up 300 tents in the village of Til Sosin for the citizens affected by the earthquake in Aleppo's Şêxmeqsûd and Eşrefiye neighbourhoods and Shehba Canton.
• Autonomous Administration sends 11 more trucks of humanitarian aid to earthquake-affected regions 

  The Autonomous Administration Social Affairs Committee sent 11 more trucks of humanitarian aid from Cizre to the earthquake-affected regions.
• NE Syria Education Committee says schooling will be back to normal soon 

  The North and East Syria Education and Training Committee has completed the damage assessment of the schools after the earthquake, and took some steps to continue education.
• Number of families coming to Shehba after earthquake increased 

  With the increase in the number of families coming to Shehba from the neighbourhoods of Şêxmeqsûd and Eşrefiye after the earthquake, the Bakers Committee in Shehba increased the daily bread production.
• Universities of Rojava and Kobane hold meeting with German EmdenLeer University 

  A delegation from the Universities of Rojava and Kobane was officially invited by the German EmdenLeer University.
• MSD warns against further displacement of Kurds in the aftermath of earthquake 

  Noting that more than 70 percent of Afrin's people have already been displaced, MSD warned against Turkish policy of demographic change in the wake of the 6 February earthquake.
• Two ISIS members arrested by SDF in Raqqa 

  The arrested terrorists were collaborating with the cells of ISIS by providing intelligence and coordinates to facilitate terrorist acts.
• Turkish drone strikes a vehicle in Qamishlo 

  A vehicle has been bombed by a Turkish killer drone in the north-eastern Syrian town of Qamishlo.
• Autonomous Administration Education Committee ends meetings in Germany 

  The Autonomous Administration Education Committee ended its meetings with the German Education Association and many other educational institutions.
• Seven trucks of aid from Sulaymaniyah arrive in Shehba  

  After 5 days of blockades from the Damascus government, 7 trucks of aid collected by the people of Sulaymaniyah in Bashur Kurdistan as part of the "We are all together" campaign, reached Shehba Canton, which is still under embargo.
• Raqqa Zenûbiya Women's Community Office launches campaign to plant 4,500 saplings 

  The Economic Committee of the Raqqa Zenûbiya Women's Community Office launched a campaign to plant 4,500 saplings.
• 'There is an international and regional morality crisis' 

  Residents of Hesekê condemned the closure of the Til Kocher and Semalka border crossings, calling it an immoral practice.
• International aid convoy reaches Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyah 

  An international humanitarian aid convoy has entered the quake-hit Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyah neighbourhoods of Aleppo.
• Schools in Euphrates Region reopen two weeks after earthquake 

  Schools in the Euphrates Region, which were closed for two weeks due to the earthquake, reopened on Sunday.
• Student Council of Rojava University collects aid for victims of earthquake 

  The Student Council of Rojava University, in cooperation with the Democratic Student Movement, collected aid for the victims of the earthquake.
• UN says 8.8 million people affected by earthquake in Syria 

  According to the UN, 8.8 million people have been affected by the Turkey-centered earthquake in Syria.
• Dozens of olive trees cut down in occupied Afrin 

  Inhumane crimes and ecocide continue in Afrin, which has been occupied by the Turkish state and its mercenaries since 2018.
• 90 civilians and soldiers of the regime killed in ISIS attack in Syria 

  Dozens were killed in an attack by the terrorist organisation Islamic State (ISIS) in central Syria.
• Two senior ISIS members eliminated in SDF-Coalition operations in Deir ez-Zor 

  Two SDF-Coalition security operations in Deir ez-Zor resulted in the elimination of two senior terrorists of ISIS.
• 18 villages west of Kobanê face thirst as earthquake damaged water treatment plant  

  18 villages to the west of Kobanê faced thirst because their groundwater became unusable after the severe earthquake in North Kurdistan.