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• Education and health services stopped in Shehba due to the Syrian embargo 

  Due to the embargo imposed by the Damascus government on the Shehba Canton, health and education services have stopped.
• Çiya Kurd: The issue of ISIS detainees in North-East Syria is an international case 

  Bedran Çiya Kurd, who attended the meeting in Geneva, emphasised that the situation of ISIS prisoners in northern and eastern Syria and the families of gang members in camps is an international case.
• Turkey attacked Afrin and Shehba 27 times in November 

  The invading Turkish state continues its genocidal campaign against North-East Syria where it has already invaded territories in violation of international law.
• Long march by youth activists in North-East Syria on its second day 

  The activists marching for the freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan reached the Çilaxa district on the second day of their action.
• SDF Military Council assesses past three months of activities 

  SDF Military Council’s regular meeting assessed the past three months of activities.
• Two drug traffickers arrested in Tabqa 

  Internal Security Forces arrested two drug dealers in Tabqa countryside.
• The story of Rojîn, kidnapped by ISIS from Shengal nine years ago 

  Rojîn, who was kidnapped by ISIS gangs at a young age, knows nothing about what happened to his family. Rojîn returned to Herdan village in Shengal where he had been abducted from, and reached his relatives.
• Afrin Association denounces the Syrian embargo on Shehba, calling for immediate intervention 

  The Damascus government, which has imposed a heavy embargo on the Shehba Canton, does not allow basic foodstuffs, children's supplies and fuel to enter the canton.
• Youth organizations in North-East Syria stage a three-day march 

  Youth organisations in North-East Syria are staging a three-day march in support of the international campaign for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan and a political solution to the Kurdish question.
• SDF meets Al-Akidat tribe sheiks and International Coalition representatives 

  The SDF met with representatives from the International Coalition, sheiks, and notable figures from the “Al-Akidat” tribe in Deir Ezzor.
• SDF announces the names of three fallen fighters 

  Three SDF fighters who sustained injuries during attacks launched by mercenaries supported by the Syrian regime on the countryside of Deir ez-Zor in September, have lost their lives.
• 419 people abducted in Turkish-occupied territories in northern Syria in 11 months 

  It was announced that 419 people have been abducted since the beginning of the year in the areas occupied by the Turkish state in northern Syria.
• Al Rashid Primary School reopens in Raqqa 

  Al Rashid Primary School, which was destroyed during the occupation of Raqqa by ISIS mercenaries, was reopened.
• Three youngsters kidnapped in Turkish-occupied Girê Spî 

  The Turkish forces and allied mercenaries continue their unlawful treatment against the local people in the Girê Spî (Tal Abyad) city in northern Syria, which they invaded in 2019.
• Sara Qawas: The foundation laid by the PKK and the struggle it wages are decisive 

  PYD Assembly Member Sara Qawas said that the foundation laid by the PKK and the struggle it waged in Rojava were decisive and added: "This revolution is the continuation of Leader Öcalan’s philosophy and the Apoist spirit."
• SDF Commander: The PKK unites all oppressed peoples 

  SDF Commander İsmet Şêx Hesen stated that the PKK, which has reached millions of people and has an armed force exceeding tens of thousands, raises people all over the world and said, "The power and spirit created by the PKK unites all the oppressed."
• SDF captures an ISIS operative in Heseke 

  SDF continues its fight and operations against ISIS remnants and cells in North-East Syria.
• Young Yazidi man rescued by Internal Security Forces 

  Hesekê Internal Security Forces delivered a Yazidi youngster rescued in Idlib to the Yazidi House in the Cizre Region.
• Turkish soldiers on the border with Dirbesîyê injure 4 people in Rojava, including a child 

  Turkish army soldiers stationed on the border with Dirbesîyê have opened fire on people in the autonomous region of Northern and Eastern Syria. Four civilians were injured, including a child.
• ‘People in Shehba will face a major disaster if the embargo continues’ 

  Making a statement following the suspension of education in schools in Afrin and Shehba Canton due to the embargo imposed by the Damascus government, the Municipal Council warned that if the embargo continues, the people will face a major disaster.
• 14,500 students in Shehba region deprived of education 

  Due to the embargo imposed by the Damascus government, 14,500 students in the Shehba region were deprived of education.
• TEV-DEM salutes the PKK's 'history full of struggle’ 

  The Democratic Society Movement (TEV-DEM) made a statement on the occasion of the PKK's 45th founding anniversary on November 27, saying “We salute the PKK's history and consider its patriotic and humane attitudes sacred.”
• Former co-chair of Civil Council of Raqqa dies 

  The former co-chair of the Civil Council of Raqqa, Leyla Mustafa, is dead. She died on Saturday at the age of 35 in a hospital in Damascus from complications of liver surgery.
• AANES calls for action against Turkey's attacks on civilians in North-East Syria 

  The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria calls for an immediate intervention against Turkey's attacks on the civilian population in northern Syria, which violate international law.
• Villager injured in drone attack in Manbij 

  A villager has been injured in a drone attack by the Turkish state in the autonomous region of North and East Syria. It was the fifth drone strike by Turkey in Rojava since Wednesday.