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• Yazidi youth: It’s time to protect our honor and Shengal 

  Yazidi youth gave the message of embracing the guerrilla resistance, saying, "It is time to defend our dignity and protect Shengal."
• Euphrates Region Administration: The international community must stop this war 

  The Democratic Autonomous Administration of the Euphrates Region condemned the Iraqi army's attacks on Şengal as a new genocidal campaign against the Yazidis and called on the international community to fulfill its duties.
• ‘Honor March Against Occupation and Betrayal’ kicks off in Qamishlo 

  Masses march in Qamishlo to protest joint attacks of Turkey and the KDP against guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq).
• Turkish state and its mercenaries kidnap a woman in Afrin 

  The Turkish state and its mercenaries kidnapped a woman at a checkpoint at the entrance of Afrin.
• Arab opinion leaders urge Iraq to fight Turkey, not the Yazidis 

  Opinion leaders of Arabic tribes in the Hesekê Canton called on the Iraqi government to end the Turkish occupation instead of fighting the Yazidi community.
• Turkish lieutenant killed in Afrin 

  A Turkish lieutenant named Talha Bahadır was killed in Turkish-occupied Afrin.
• Turkish state and its mercenaries bomb Shehba Canton and villages in Sherawa 

  The Turkish state and its mercenaries heavily bombed Shehba Canton and villages in Sherawa.
• HRE: 14 invaders were killed in Afrin and Shehba 

  HRE reported that 14 invaders were killed and 2 more injured in their actions against the invading Turkish army and allied mercenaries in Afrin and Shehba.
• TEV-DEM calls for mobilization to defend the Yazidis against a new genocide  

  TEV-DEM called for mobilization to defend the Yazidis against a new genocide and said: "The defense of Shengal is a historical responsibility."
• HPC member Melek Mahmud: We are not a military force, but we are ready to defend our land 

  Social Defense Forces (HPC) member Melek Mahmud, said that defending their land is a civic duty, and added that the "HPC is not a military force, but it will fight if necessary."
• Dr. Naisse calls on Arabs to endorse the PKK 

  The General Coordinator of the Syrian Revolutionary Left Movement called for support for the PKK which resists the Turkish invasion of the region and protects all peoples.
• Villages in occupied Afrin under renewed attack 

  The first day of the Ramadan holiday has begun in Afrin with renewed attacks by the Turkish army and its mercenaries. More than 200 shells hit villages in the districts of Sherawa and Shera.
• Another murder in Hol camp  

  Another murder has occurred in the north-eastern Syrian Hol camp and detention center. The victim is an Iraqi refugee. The 32-year-old was literally executed with two shots in the head.
• Armenian couple refuses to leave their village in Til Temir despite Turkish attacks 

  Despite ongoing Turkish bombing, Armenian couple Khoshaba and Ailshwa remain faithful to their village of Tel Juma’a.
• PYD says it collected 37,000 signatures in and around Derik demanding the delisting of PKK 

  The PYD announced that it has collected 37,000 signatures in and around Derik for the campaign launched to demand the removal of the PKK from the EU list of terrorist organisations.
• Turkish army and its mercenaries heavily bomb Shehba and Afrin 

  The Turkish army and its mercenaries heavily bombed the Sherawa and Shera districts of Afrin and some villages in the Shehba canton on Saturday night.
• AANES congratulates workers on May Day 

  The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria congratulated workers in North and East Syria, the whole of Syria and the world on the occasion of May Day, hoping that goodness and peace will prevail in a new, democratic and decentralized Syria.
• PYD congratulates all workers on May 1  

  The Democratic Union Party (PYD) congratulates all workers and peoples on the occasion of International Workers' Day, May 1.
• One person dies in Manbij following Turkish attack 

  The village of El Muhsinli in Manbij was attacked by the Turkish state. One person was killed.
• Young women in Shehba say they stand by guerrillas 

  The invasion attacks and the KDP's betrayal were protested in a march organised by the Afrin Young Women's Union. The women said that they stand by the guerrillas.
• Three more civilians kidnapped in Turkish-occupied Afrin 

  The Turkish forces and allied mercenaries continue committing crimes in the territories they have invaded in North-East Syria in violation of international law.
• People of Manbij stand together against Turkish attacks 

  The people of Manbij said that the Turkish aggression is targeting all peoples in the region and the Democratic Nation project insisting that they would withstand attacks in support of the Autonomous Administration.
• Turkish bombing injures a Syrian soldier in Til Temir 

  A soldier of the Damascus government forces has been injured following a Turkish shelling in Til Temir.
• 3-day tent protest in Manbij against Turkey's attacks on Northern and Eastern Syria 

  A 3-day tent protest was launched in Manbij against Turkey's attacks on Northern and Eastern Syria and Federated Kurdistan.
• Russian airstrikes target ISIS hideouts in Syria 

  20 Russian airstrikes hit ISIS hideouts in Al-Raqqah and Homs deserts amid escalation in ISIS activity, according to SOHR.