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• Turkish attack injures a civilian in Manbij 

  The Turkish state continues its genocidal campaign against North-East Syria where it has already invaded territories in violation of international law.
• New lights for Raqqa 

  Raqqa Lighting department is starting a project to provide new lights for the city in April.
• SOHR: ISIS attacked people collecting desert mushrooms in Deir ez-Zor killing 18 

  SOHR announced that ISIS attacked people collecting desert mushrooms in the south of Deir ez-Zor killing 18 people.
• March 9 declared public holiday in North and East Syria 

  The Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria declared March 9 as a public holiday on the occasion of International Women's Day on March 8.
• Four students kidnapped in Turkish-occupied Afrin 

  The Turkish state and its army recruited from ISIS and its affiliates continue committing crimes against humanity in Afrin, which they occupied in 2018.
• Kurdish women in Rojava: We were freed thanks to the Revolution 

  Zubeyde Îsmaîl comes from the self-governing city of Hesekê in Rojava. "For us, - she said - 8 March is a symbolic expression of renewal, liberation and the re-creation of woman."
• Jabhat al-Akrad shoots down a kamikaze drone in Manbij 

  A kamikaze drone shot down in Boyêhic village in Manbij is reported to belong to the Turkish state.
• Turkey-backed mercenaries loot archaeological site of Bir al-Tall in Afrin 

  The archaeological site of Bir al-Tall in the Kurdish canton of Afrin is being pillaged and razed by the Turkish occupation army and its mercenaries.
• Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Initiative collects 1.5 million signatures in North-East Syria 

  The Initiative for the Freedom of Abdullah Öcalan reported that 1.5 million signatures were collected as of yesterday in the signature campaign launched on February 9 in North and East Syria.
• Anti-Narcotic Operation: SDF seizes and destroys 20 million Captagon pills in Manbij 

  The SDF reiterates their commitment to combatting illegal narcotics trafficking in the North-East Syria Region.
• Security operation: Internal Security Forces arrest 47 gang members 

  In a large security operation launched by the Internal Security Forces of North and East Syria against the sleeper cells of ISIS gangs and criminal organizations, 47 people were detained and a large number of weapons and drugs were seized.
• 4 people killed, 27 abducted in Afrin in one month 

  At least 4 people were killed, and 27 people, including 6 women and a girl, were kidnapped and hundreds of trees were cut down in February in Afrin, which is under the occupation of the Turkish state.
• Turkey deports more than 3,000 Syrian refugees to Girê Spî in February 

  The Turkish state deported more than 3,000 Syrian refugees last month to Girê Spî, as part of the policy of demographic change in the Kurdish-majority regions occupied by Turkey.
• YPJ reunites Yazidi woman with her family 

  The Women’s Protection Units (YPJ) and the Yazidi House handed over the Yazidi woman Kovan Aidi Aidi Khourto to her family.
• Afrin Liberation Forces: Turkey and it mercenaries attacked the region 126 times in February 

  After Turkey and its mercenary allies occupied Afrin in 2018, the region was transformed from a rich and prosperous area into a battlefield. Attacks on Afrin are carried out every day: in February there were more than 120. Seven people were killed.
• 9th Women's Literature and Arts Festival in Qamishlo 

  The 9th Women's Literature and Arts Festival kicked off with the participation of Kurdish, Arab, Assyrian, Yazidi, Armenian and Circassian people. The number of participants this year is remarkable, said the organizers.
• Woman injured in the attacks by the Turkish army in Afrin and Shehba Canton 

  It was reported that a woman was injured in the attacks by the Turkish army in Afrin and Shehba Canton.
• Memorial march for Bişeng Brûsk and Sara Hogir Riha in Qamishlo 

  A memorial march for the fallen Kurdish revolutionaries Bişeng Brûsk and Sara Hogir Riha took place in the northern Syrian city of Qamishlo.
• Thousands march for freedom for Abdullah Öcalan in Manbij 

  Thousands of people marched for the freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Ocalan in Manbij Canton of Northern and Eastern Syria.
• Turkish UCAV attacks claim the lives of three Syriac Military Council fighters in Derik 

  The Turkish state continues its genocidal attacks against North-East Syria where it has already invaded territories in violation of international law.
• Turkey bombs four vehicles in Dêrik - UPDATE 

  The Turkish state bombed four vehicles in the Dêrik district of the Jazira canton.
• Council of Notables believes in MSD’s role in fulfilling Syrian people’s aspirations 

  The Council of Notables met with MSD co-chairs.
• Syrian Democratic Council condemns attack on its office in Qamishlo 

  A hand grenade filled with explosives was thrown at the headquarters of the Syrian Democratic Council on Monday night. No one was injured; the damage was limited. The grenade exploded on an outside wall.
• Another civilian kidnapped in Turkish-occupied Afrin 

  The Turkish state and its army recruited from ISIS and its affiliates continue committing crimes against humanity in Afrin, which they occupied in 2018.
• Assembly of Martyrs’ Families calls on the CPT to visit İmralı 

  The Assembly of Martyrs' Families in the Euphrates Canton protested the Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT), which did not visit İmralı during its last visit to Turkey, and called on the CPT to visit İmralı immediately.