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• Positive balance of first meetings for drafting of new Social Contract of the AANES 

  Representatives of different nations in North and East Syria described the draft Social Contract for the Autonomous Administration of North East Syria being discussed these days.
• Third episode of mini-series 'Meet the Internationals' online 

  The YPG International has launched a web mini-series called 'Meet the Internationals', a series of portraits and interviews with internationalist fighters in Roajava.
• 200 people leave Hol camp and return to their homes in Manbij 

  A new group, consisting of 200 people, left Hol camp and returned to their homes.
• 5 ISIS members killed in Deir ez-Zor 

  5 members of an ISIS cell were killed during a joint security operation in Deir ez-Zor.
• Civilian injured in attack on Ain Issa 

  Turkey’s allied jihadist militias attack the surrounding area of the refugee camp in Ain Issa, located on the edge of the M4, with heavy artillery. One civilian was injured.
• Protest at Semalka on its 70th day 

  For over two months, a vigil has been held around the clock at the Sêmalka border crossing in Rojava. Families are demanding the delivery of the bodies of the guerrillas fallen in an ambush by the KDP.
• Committee for the renewal of Social Contract continues  

  The committee established for the renewal of the Social Contract continued to work for the second day.
• Turkish-linked mercenaries kidnap 5 civilians in Afrin 

  The Turkish state-linked forces kidnapped 5 civilians in a village in the district of Sherawa in Afrin.
• Mother of two martyrs continues the struggle with resolve 

  Mother ‘Furat Deir ez-Zor’ endowed her two sons for freedom, and now she is following their path.
• MLKP commander who fell in Kobanê remembered in Qamishlo 

  An apple tree has been planted in Qamishlo in memory of Sarya Özgür (Sibel Bulut), an MLKP fighter who died seven years ago in the fight against ISIS in Kobanê.
• TEV-DEM: Baghdad and Hewler fail to stand against Turkish fascism 

  “The Iraqi government and the KDP remain silent on Turkey’s fascist policies against the will of the Yazidi community, raising doubts over a possible handover of the Shengal dossier to Turkish occupation,” TEV-DEM said.
• Confessions from MIT agents in northeast Syria 

  Various MIT agents have been arrested in northeast Syria. They say that for money they passed information on military installations and were supposed to carry out attacks.
• Over 100 ISIS detainees handed over to Iraq 

  The Syrian Democratic Forces have handed over a hundred ISIS prisoners with Iraqi citizenship to the authorities in Baghdad.
• People of Amude take over action in Semalka 

  Members of the Amude District Council took up the action, which had lasted 68 days in Semalka.
• Turkish state and its mercenaries attak villages in Shera and Ain Issa 

  The Turkish state and its mercenaries are attacking the village of Malikiyê in Shera and the village of Fatsa in Ain Issa.
• YPJ calls for action against Turkey's war crimes in North-East Syria 

  The Women's Defense Units called on the international community and its organisations to end the state of occupation in northern and eastern Syria in order to fulfil their responsibility to respect human rights.
• SDF prevents attempted occupation in a village of Ain Issa 

  The Syrian Democratic Forces have once again foiled an attempted occupation of the invaders in Ain Issa.
• PYD urges the UN to stop Turkey that commits human rights violations 

  The Democratic Union Party asked the United Nations (UN) to end the Turkish state’s gross violations of human rights in Turkey and neighbouring states.
• 686 civilians killed, 8,455 people kidnapped in Afrin since 2018, says Human Rights Organisation 

  Today is World Human Rights Day, but Afrin, occupied by the Turkish state on 18 March 2018, with the silent partnership of the UN and many states, has been transformed into a center where crimes against humanity are committed on a daily basis.
• Thousands of people in Hesekê canton protest killing of Mervan Bedel 

  Thousands of people in the northeast Syrian canton of Hesekê protested the killing of Mervan Bedel.
• Turkish state and its mercenaries bomb village in Manbij, injure a man  

  The Turkish state and its mercenaries bombed the village of Toxara Biçûk in Manbij, and injured one man.
• KDP is responsible for attack on Shengal on 7 December, say the YPJ 

  The Women's Defense Units (YPJ) said that the KDP was responsible for the attack on Shengal on 7 December.
• AANES hands over two children of female ISIS member to Switzerland 

  The External Relations Office of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria handed over two children of a Swiss ISIS member to a delegation of the Swiss government on Monday.
• North-East Syria Administration calls for urgent action against attacks on Shengal 

  The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria raised concern over the attacks on Shengal and said that the gains of the Yazidis are under the threat of the Turkish state.
• PYD condemns Turkish state's drone attack in Shengal 

  In a statement regarding the Turkish state's drone attack in Shengal, the PYD demanded that Iraq be held accountable for crimes carried out in violation of Iraq's territorial sovereignty.