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• HRE: The Turkish state attacks people hit by earthquake  

  The Afrin Liberation Forces have denied the Turkish Defense Ministry's claim that the YPG had attacked a military base in Turkey. Rather, the Turkish army has bombed the earthquake-hit Tel Rifat region.
• Thousands of citizens from Şêxmeqsûd and Eşrefiye take shelter in tents set up by General Assembly 

  Thousands of citizens from the neighbourhoods of Şêxmeqsûd and Eşrefiye and other areas of Aleppo are taking shelter in tents set up by the General Assembly.
• Manbij Military Council helps families staying in tents after earthquake 

  Manbij Military Council helps families staying in tents after the earthquake. "We are always ready to serve our people," said one of the commanders.
• SDF: We stand ready to provide assistance to overcome the earthquake’s aftermath 

  "We share our people in all Syrian territories their painful suffering caused by the devastating earthquake that struck the region," stated the SDF.
• Make Rojava Green Again supports Long March 

  Hundreds of internationalists gathered in Geneva to join the Long March that will kick off tomorrow. Make Rojava Green Again called on ecological activists to attend the march.
• Armenian community in Rojava calls for an end to Nagorno-Karabakh siege 

  The Armenian community in Rojava has called on the West to act against the siege of Nagorno-Karabakh. Since mid-December, the population there has been cut off from the outside world due to an Azerbaijani blockade.
• ‘Operation Retaliation For Raqqa Martyrs’ completed 

  The joint forces managed to dismantle the terrorist cells and their dangerous operatives, destroying channels of communication between them, uprooting their potential hideouts, and drying up the enabling environment.
• Curfew lifted in Raqqa 

  The general curfew declared by the Raqqa Civil Assembly has been lifted.
• Threat of invasion against Rojava and the current situation in North-East Syria-III 

  The Turkish state invaded Afrin in 2018, and Serêkaniye and Girê Spî in 2019. Here is the current situation in these occupied areas.
• Turkey and their mercenaries kidnap 39 people in Afrin in one month 

  More than 39 citizens were kidnapped in one month, 7,000 trees were cut down, colonial houses and military bases were established in many areas of the region.
• SDF discovers tunnel dug by the Islamic State in Raqqa 

  The SDF discovered a tunnel dug by the Islamic State in the east of Raqqa.
• Five kidnapped in Turkish-occupied Afrin 

  The Turkish state and allied mercenaries continue committing crimes in the northern Syrian canton of Afrin which they occupied in 2018.
• Curfew declared in Raqqa 

  Raqqa Internal Affairs Committee said it has declared a new general curfew in the city while the 'Revenge of the Raqqa Martyrs' operation continues.
• Kobanê and Manbij start collecting signatures to the petition demanding freedom for Öcalan 

  Many cities in Northern and Eastern Syria are collecting signatures to the petition demanding freedom for Kurdish people’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Foza Yûsif: Turkey uses ISIS in areas it cannot act itself 

  PYD board member Foza Yûsif said that the Turkish state uses ISIS in areas where it cannot become active itself. Turkey is behind the ISIS activities in Raqqa, Deir ez-Zor and other places in northern and eastern Syria.
• Turkey’s mercenary groups continue to cut down trees in Afrin 

  Turkey-backed mercenary groups have cut down hundreds of more trees in Afrin.
• YPJ commander Rojda Kayner (Mizgin Botan) dies in a traffic accident 

  It was announced that YPJ fighter Mizgîn Botan was killed in a traffic accident.
• People in Manbij demand freedom for Abdullah Öcalan 

  Dozens of people gathered in the village of Osecilî in Manbij and marched for the freedom of Kurdish people's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Another civilian kidnapped in occupied Afrin 

  The Turkish-backed Turkmen al-Hamza Brigade kidnapped a local man in the Turkish-occupied Afrin canton.
• Mine blast kills a child in Sherawa, Afrin 

  A child lost his life due to the explosion of a landmine left behind by the Damascus government forces in the occupied Afrin canton.
• SDF arrests an ISIS member in Deir ez-Zor 

  SDF continues its operations against ISIS cells in Deir ez-Zor region.
• Turkey deports 100 Syrian refugees to the region it occupied 

  The Turkish state deported 100 Syrian refugees from the Bab El Selama Border Gate in the north of Aleppo in order to change the demographic structure of the region. These people will be placed in the regions occupied by the Turkish Republic.
• Turkish state mercenaries cut down 520 more trees in Afrin 

  Turkish state mercenaries and settlers from rural Idlib cut down 520 more trees in the villages of the occupied Afrin Canton.
• Six ISIS members arrested in Operation Retaliation for Raqqa Martyrs 

  The joint forces began sweeping the Euphrates neighborhood in Raqqa city and the al-Safsafa area in Tabqa countryside.
• Commander Çekjîn: There is a clear coordination between ISIS and the Turkish state 

  Fîras Çekjîn, a commander of the Operation Retaliation for Raqqa Martyrs, said that there is a clear coordination between ISIS and Turkey.