ROJAVA-SYRIA

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• Human shield actions in Kobane and Serekaniye continue 

  People of Northern Syria are committed to prevent an invasion by the Turkish state.
• Military councils to be stationed at Northern Syria border 

  As of today, local military councils will be stationed in the border area in northern Syria in place of the YPG/YPJ, according to SDF commander Hesen Qamişlo.
• Newroz Ehmed: We will grow stronger in the new period 

  The annual meeting of the SDF constituents in Heseke city of Cizire Canton continues closed to the press.
• HRE: Six Turkish-backed terrorists killed in Azaz and Mare 

  HRE continue inflicting blows on the occupation forces in northern Syria.
• Mazlum Abdi announces restructuring of SDF 

  At the annual meeting of the SDF in Hesekê, Mazlum Abdi announced a restructuring of the military forces as a guarantee for a free Syria.
• Shehba suffers Turkey’s bombs and Syria’s embargo 

  People from Afrin who live in Shehba are suffering due to the Syrian regime’s embargo against the canton, and are subjected to bombings by the Turkish state and their allied gangs.
• Invaders abduct 7 more civilians in Afrin 

  The invading Turkish army and their allied gangs have abducted seven more civilians in Afrin.
• Teachers protest Turkish threats in Kobanê and Serêkaniyê 

  Thousands of teachers have demonstrated on Wednesday in Kobanê and Serêkaniyê against the Turkish state threats of invasion of Northern and Eastern Syria.
• Turkish army and mercenaries plundering historical sites in Afrin 

  The occupying Turkish army is plundering the historical places in Afrin and stealing the ancient artifacts they find.
• Churches in Raqqa being restored 

  The war destroyed most buildings, including schools and churches. The Martyrs’ Church was completely destroyed as a result of military operations in the city.
• HRE: One Turkish soldier killed, three others wounded in Azaz 

  Turkish military bases in Azaz, from which attacks against Afrin’s Shera and Sherawa districts were conducted, were targeted by HRE.
• El-Ebid: Turkey doesn't want a safe zone, but a surrender zone 

  Speaking at a human shield action in Serêkaniyê, Northern and Eastern Syria Autonomous Administration deputy co-chair, Hemdan El-Ebid, said that Turkey does not want a safety zone but a surrender occupation area.
• SDF condemns the killing of civilians in Idlib and Hama 

  The SDF, said Gabriel Kino, "condemn in the strongest terms this brutal use of excessive force on both sides of the trenches in populated areas."
• Four German children born to ISIS members to be repatriated 

  Four German children are at Semalka border crossing and will be repatriated today, the Rojava Information Centre confirmed.
• Mine explodes in Afrin 

  An explosion occurred on the way to Tirindê in Afrin on night.
• The Turkish army increased bombing of villages in Shera 

  The invading Turkish army started to bomb the villages of Merenaz, Elqemiya, Eyn Diqna and Minêx after bombing the villages of Shewarxê and Malikiyê in Shera.
• Syriac Union Party: We will not allow another genocide 

  "Turkey seeks to take on the legacy of the Ottoman Empire and cause further massacres in Rojava. However, we will not allow another genocide," said Bitris Bişrix of the Syriac Union Party.
• “The regions freed by martyrs won’t be brought up for discussion" 

  Various media organs have claimed that some regions in the south of Tabqa, including the Mansura town, would be handed over to the Syrian region.
• Human shield action against invasion continues in Kobane 

  People of North and East Syria continue their protests against Turkish attacks and invasion threats.
• First 100 orphans born into ISIS to be handed over to Germany 

  On Monday some 100 orphans born to ISIS members will be handed over to the German Foreign Ministry envoys.
• Syrian tribes call on the regime to enter into dialogue with MSD 

  The Tribes and Clans in Cizire Region called on the Syrian regime to enter into dialogue with MSD and reiterated their commitment to stand with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
• Car bomb attack kills one, wounds two in Qamishlo 

  The explosion in Arbawiya neighborhood left a member of Security Forces dead.
• Turkish occupiers kidnap more people in Afrin 

  The occupying Turkish state and its mercenary allies have once again kidnapped dozens of civilians.
• Suicide attack in Qamishlo wounds two 

  Two people were injured in a suicide bomb attack in Qamishlo.
• "Rojava was not liberated to be handed over to Turkey" 

  "We have not liberated our country from ISIS to give it to Turkey, but to live here freely," said Xerîb Hiso of TEV-DEM to activists in Serêkaniyê on the border with Turkey.