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• SDF launches “Operation Retaliation for Raqqa Martyrs” 

  SDF and the Internal Security Forces announce the launch of large-scale security operations named “Operation Retaliation for Raqqa Martyrs” and the formation of a joint operations room backed by International Coalition airpower.
• Syrian Democratic Forces arrest informers working for Turkish intelligence 

  The Syrian Democratic Forces continue to carry out operations to dismantle and detain ISIS cells and mercenaries, as well as informers working for Turkish intelligence.
• Two more people kidnapped in Afrin 

  The Turkish state intelligence kidnapped two people in Cindirêsê, in the province of Afrin.
• Syrian Democratic Forces dismantle ISIS cell in Deir ez-Zor  

  The Syrian Democratic Forces dismantled a new cell in Deir ez-Zor.
• 47 ISIS women and children returned to France 

  After a meeting between representatives of the Autonomous Administration of Northern and Eastern Syria and the French government in Qamişlo, 15 ISIS women and 32 children from Camp Roj have been returned to France. The adults were handed over to justice.
• ‘Isolation of Öcalan violates international conventions’ 

  Legal and civil society organizations in Afrin denounced the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan as a violation of all international conventions and called on the CPT to release a detailed report on the situation of the Kurdish leader.
• Turkish armed drone crashes near Ain Issa 

  A Turkish armed drone has crashed near the village of Abu Sira in the west of Ain Issa for reasons as yet unknown.
• Man injured in Turkish drone attack in Rojava dies 

  The Turkish occupying army continues its aggressions against the areas under the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES).
• HRE and Internal Security Forces martyrs buried in Ehres and Dirbesiyê 

  The Afrin Liberation Forces (HRE) fighter, Martyr Şêrhat Afrin, was laid to rest at the Martyrs' Cemetery in Ehres, while Subhî Teleb Mihemed, a member of the Internal Security Forces, was buried at the Martyr Rustem Cûdî Cemetery in Dirbesiyê.
• Death toll in Sheikh Maqsoud rises to 16 

  After the collapse of a residential building in Sheikh Maqsoud, the death toll has risen to 16.
• People’s Initiative in North-East Syria launches petition for Öcalan 

  The 'North and East Syrian People’s Initiative' launched a petition in cooperation with the ‘Freedom for Leader Abdullah Öcalan Initiative-Syria’ demanding an end to the isolation regime imposed on Kurdish Leader Abdullah Öcalan by the Turkish state.
• Death toll in Sheikh Maqsoud rises to 12 

  A five-storey residential building has collapsed in the neighbourhood of Sheikh Maqsoud in Aleppo, with up to thirty people believed to be trapped in the rubble.
• Afrin Liberation Forces pay tribute to martyr Mihemed Seydo (Şêrhat Afrin) 

  The Afrin Liberation Forces (HRE) said that one of their fighters, Mihemed Seydo (Şêrhat Afrin), fell as a martyr while on duty on 20 January.
• Five-story building collapsed in Aleppo  

  A building collapsed in a neighborhood in Syria’s northern city of Aleppo early Sunday, killing at least 10 people, including one child, Syrian state media reported.
• People of Kobanê bid farewell to fighter martyred in Turkish drone attack 

  Masses bidding farewell to fallen fighter Ehmed Eli saluted the guerrilla resistance.
• Invaders storm a village and kidnap six residents in Afrin 

  Mercenaries loyal to Turkey stormed a village and kidnapped six people in Afrin to an unknown location.
• 12-year-old injured in Turkish drone attack in Rojava loses his life 

  The Turkish occupying army continues its aggressions against the areas under the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES).
• SDF fighter martyred in Turkish drone attack in Rimelan 

  The Turkish occupying army continues the aggressions and attacks against the areas under the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES).
• Thousands of people take to the streets in Aleppo on th 5th anniversary of Turkish invasion of Afrin 

  Thousands of people took to the streets in Aleppo on the 5th anniversary of the Turkish state's invasion attacks on Afrin.
• MSD denounces ongoing Turkish crimes in Afrin on the 5th anniversary of aggression 

  The Syrian Democratic Council released a statement denouncing the ongoing invasion of Afrin and reported daily crimes such as kidnapping, killing, confiscating property, and plundering.
• TEV-DEM remembers martyrs of Peoples’ Hammer Campaign, calls for action to prosecute ISIS criminals 

  The Democratic Society Movement commemorated the 121 martyrs in the Peoples’ Hammer Campaign, saying, “Any further delay to eliminate ISIS will revive terrorism."
• Emine Osê: Erdogan seeks to eliminate North-East Syria with Russian support 

  Emine Osê, the Deputy Co-Chair of the Autonomous Administration of North-East Syria, said “Erdogan seeks to eliminate the Autonomous Administration and defeat the SDF with the support of Russia.”
• YPJ: As long as there are occupiers in our land, we will continue to struggle  

  On the 5th anniversary of the start of the Turkish invasion of Afrin, the YPJ General Command declared: "We will continue our struggle until there are no more occupiers in any part of our country."
• Mass grave discovered in Ain Issa 

  The SDF discovered the remains of 7 Damascus regime soldiers in a mass grave in the south of Ain Issa.
• PYD calls for establishment of international tribunal for ISIS mercenaries 

  The PYD commemorated the 121 fighters who fell as martyrs in the Gurze Gelan Campaign and called for the establishment of an international tribunal for the trial of ISIS mercenaries.