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• Oncology department opens in Raqqa Hospital 

  Oncology department opened in Raqqa Hospital.
• SDF denies information about movements in Deir Ezzor 

  The SDF published a statement denying news about movements of their forces in Deir Ezzor.
• Thousands march in Shehba to protest the isolation imposed on Abdullah Öcalan 

  In Shehba, thousands took to the streets to protest the isolation imposed on Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Turkey bombs a village in Afrin’s Sherawa district 

  The Turkish state continues its genocidal attacks against North-East Syria where it has already occupied territories in violation of international law.
• Manbij Military Council publishes names of three fallen fighters  

  The Manbij Military Council Press Contact Center released the identity information of three fighters who fell as martyrs as a result of a mine attack.
• Lawyers in North-East Syria turn to the UN to meet with Öcalan 

  Lawyers from the “Initiative to Defend Abdullah Öcalan” and “Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Initiative” in Syria denounced the conditions of Abdullah Öcalan and reiterated their demand to visit the Kurdish leader in Imrali Island Prison in Turkey.
• SDF denies reports of alleged participation in the Ukraine war 

  “Our forces are not concerned with issues outside Syria,” said the SDF, refuting reports about their alleged participation in the Ukraine war.
• More colonial settlements built in Turkish-occupied Afrin 

  Turkey continues to build colonial settlements in occupied Afrin in northern Syria. Settlement construction in the Turkish occupied zone is taking place with the support of "aid organisations" from Qatar, Kuwait and Palestine.
• HRE martyr Tekoşer Afrin laid to rest 

  HRE martyr Tekoşer Afrin was laid to rest in the Martyrdom of the Resistance of the Age.
• Workshop on the Treaty of Lausanne ends with final declaration 

  The final declaration of the workshop held in Northern and Eastern Syria on the Treaty of Lausanne, stated that "Kurdish forces must sign a national agreement regardless of their differences of opinion."
• 11 people who drowned off the Algerian coast in June buried in northern Syria 

  On June 5, a boat carrying refugees sank off the coast of Algeria. Out of 26 people on the boat, 18 were Syrians and included women and children. Only one Syrian and one Algerian survived.
• International Workshop in Heseke: Solution to the Kurdish question lies in federalism 

  The workshop today discusses the current situation of the Kurds and the challenges they face; ways to confront the war of extermination targeting the Kurdish people; how to overcome Lausanne and the optimal solution to the Kurdish question and the region.
• HRE announces the death of a fighter 

  In a written statement, the Afrin Liberation Forces (HRE) said that one of their fighters, Tekoşer Efrîn, died on duty.
• Pentagon: Russian fighter jets harassing US drones in Syria 

  The US protested the harassment by Russian fighter jets against its drones operating over Syria.
• Talabani appeals to Kurds to pursue national unity  

  PUK president Bafil Talabani sent a message to the Lausanne workshop calling for the Kurdish cause to be supported and adding that they are fighting for national unity.
• Footage of Turkish attack on ambulance in Kobanê 

  On Wednesday, the Turkish army attacked the northern Syrian city of Kobanê. Among the targets was an ambulance that had been dispatched because of a previous bombardment. Two paramedics barely survived the attack.
• Mazlum Abdi appeals to Kurdish political and military forces 

  SDF Commander-in-Chief Mazlum Abdi called on Kurdish political and military forces to continue the struggle and resistance, to unify their forces, to move urgently without any conditions, and to assess the stage accurately.
• Turkish bombardment injures two civilians in Kobanê 

  The invading Turkish state continues its genocidal attacks against North-East Syria where it has already invaded territories in violation of international law.
• Call for international action for Heseke Canton left without water and declared a disaster zone 

  Millions of people do not have access to clean water after the invading Turkish state and its mercenaries cut off water from the Alouk Station, which the Turkish state uses as an element of pressure against the Autonomous Administration of NE Syria.
• Third lecture of Rojava series on YouTube  

  The third lecture of the Rojava series about "the democratic nation, the role of pluralism and the inclusion of ethnic and religious groups in the political system of the region" has been published on YouTube.
• MSD welcomes UN initiative to find missing people in Syria 

  After the Committee of Displaced Persons from Serêkaniyê, the Syrian Democratic Council also welcomed the UN decision to create a new institution to reveal the fate of the missing and forcibly disappeared over the course of 12 years of the Syrian crisis.
• France repatriates 10 women and 25 children from camps in North-East Syria 

  25 children and 10 adults held in camps in North-East Syria were repatriated to France.
• 12 killed, 173 abducted in Turkish-occupied Afrin in 6 months 

  Twelve murders and 173 abductions were recorded in Turkish-occupied Afrin in the first half of 2023.
• Nine killed and injured in Israeli attack in Syria 

  An Israeli attack in the Homs countryside killed and injured 9 people, among them members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and the Damascus government forces.
• SOHR: Three residential complexes established in Afrin with Kuwaiti support and Turkish coordination 

  Turkey continues to build colonial settlements in occupied Afrin in northern Syria. In the course of the ethnic cleansing policy, selected groups are settled in the newly built housing blocks by the Turkish state.