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• Amudê cinema massacre to be remembered at Kobanê Film Festival 

  On 13 November 1960, 283 children died in the fire of the Amudê cinema.
• Martyrs’ Families in Rojava rally against the US decision 

  A march and rally were organised by the Councils of Martyrs’ Families in Girkê Legê, Çilaxa and Til Kocher.
• Policies of assimilation and cultural genocide continue in Afrin 

  The invading Turkish state continues its policies of assimilation and societal genocide with no moral bounds, at the price of the destruction of a whole community.
• SDF Commanders start new trainings 

  The 8th training term opened for SDF commanders in the Martyr Eziz Ereb Academy in the Ayn Isa district, the Martyr Qurshîn Training Term, started with a ceremony.
• SDF resumes Operation Cizire Storm in Deir ez-Zor 

  SDF has announced relaunching the Operation Cizire Storm they had suspended in response to Turkey’s attacks against Rojava and Northern Syria.
• Tirbespiyê Council of Martyrs’ Families condemns the US decision 

  The Council of Martyrs’ Families said the US decision was a continuation of the international conspiracy against Öcalan.
• Mine explosion kills a child from Afrin in Shehba 

  Explosion of an ISIS mine killed a child in Shehba.
• Euphrates artists and intellectuals condemned Turkish attacks 

  A press release was read  in front of the Baqî Xido Culture and Art Center in Kobanê.
• Democratic Society Academies Conference held in Tirbesipiyê 

  Intellectuals and academics from Northern and Eastern Syria joined the Fourth Conference of the Democratic Society Academies in Tirbesipiyê.
• Rojava Youth Union Congress ended in Rimelan 

  49 youth movement councils from Northern and Eastern Syria were elected and a new logo was created for the movement.
• Second congress of the YCR continues 

  Second congress of Rojava Youth’s Union (YCR) continues in its second day with the participation of 5 thousand young people.
• Turkish-backed terrorists open fire on civilians in Manbij 

  The invading forces targeted villagers harvesting olives in Manbij’s Hemran village.
• Erdogan’s gangs murder another woman during robbery in Afrin 

  Severe rights violations and war crimes are committed systemically in the Turkish state occupied Kurdish lands. Civilians are abducted almost every day in the Afrin region, people are tortured and their property is confiscated.
• YPG: 8 terrorists killed, 12 others wounded in Afrin 

  YPG Press Office announced that at least 8 members of Turkish-backed terrorist groups have been killed in two separate actions in Afrin.
• New camp for Afrin people ready in two weeks 

  A new camp has been prepared in Sherawa and will be opened in two weeks.
• “Young people should be ready to liberate Afrin and Öcalan” 

  The 2nd Congress of the Rojava Youth Union (YCR) is taking place in the Rimêlan district of Girkê Legê. The slogan of the Congress is: ’Building a Free Syria with the Revolutionary Youth Struggle’.
• ISIS gang leader captured in Raqqa 

  SDF Press Center announced that an ISIS gang leader was captured in a special operation by SDF’s Anti-terror Units.
• People’s Market opened in Sheikh Maqsoud 

  The people’s market was opened to respond to the needs of the increasing population in Aleppo.
• First meeting of Northern and Eastern Syria Council 

  The meeting focused on Turkish attacks against Northern Syria.
• Rojava Youth Union goes to Congress 

  Delegates from all cities of Northern and Eastern Syria will join the Second Congress of the Rojava Youth Union (YCR).
• “Come and see for yourself how we govern ourselves in Girê Spî” 

  Co-Chair of the Executive Council of the Girê Spî Canton invited all journalists to come and see for themselves the developments in Girê Spî.
• Association of Yazidis from Afrin opened in Shehba 

  On 3 November the Yazidi Association was opened in Til Rifat district.
• Afrin’s nightmare: over 2,500 civilians kidnapped since invasion 

  Since Turkey and its mercenary allies invaded and occupied Afrin, over 2,500 people have been kidnapped.
• Mine explosion kills five civilians in Afrin 

  Five people from the same family lost their life as result of a mine explosion.
• Two explosions in Azaz 

  Mercenaries clash in Turkey-occupied areas of Northern Syria.