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• Occupation troops send father photo of his murdered son 

  While Bozan Xelîl was on the phone with his son, who worked at Heyva Sor during the Turkish attacks on Girê Spî, the latter was murdered by the occupying forces. The perpetrators then sent the father a picture of the shot son.
• Armed attack on the Trade Directorate of Tabqa kills two 

  A watchman and a worker lost their lives in the armed attack.
• SDF reports ongoing attacks by the occupation forces 

  The attacks of the Turkish army and its Islamist proxies on Northern Syria continue unabated.
• Autonomous Administration is enlarging camp for Girê Spî IDPs 

  The Canton of Girê Spî, together with Raqqa Civil Assembly, opened a camp on 22 November for the people displaced from Girê Spî.
• Health centre staff from Serêkaniyê call for solidarity 

  Staff members of a health centre in Serêkaniyê, which is operated by the women's foundation WJAR, call for solidarity. They had to flee from the Turkish occupation and now work in Hesekê and Qamishlo.
• Farewell to Self-Defense Forces fighter in Shaddadi 

  Hemûd Letûf El-Erbîd fell on December 16.
• SDF: Ongoing attacks injured three civilians 

  The attacks of the Turkish army and its Islamist proxies on Northern Syria continue unabated.
• EP delegation arrives at Qamishlo 

  A delegation of the European Parliament chaired by the Austrian politician Andreas Schieder has arrived in Rojava. The delegation wants to examine the situation on the spot after the Turkish invasion.
• ISIS sleeper cell ammunition depot seized in Raqqa 

  The interrogation of captured ISIS members continues.
• 80-year-old from Serekaniye: I want to return home 

  Zehra El-Casim calls for solidarity from international human rights organisations.
• Syrian regime makes further advances in Idlib region 

  Regime forces have taken control of several areas following days of clashes in the Idlib region.
• "Those who attacked Serêkaniyê were ISIS gangs" 

  SDF fighter Devrim Dersim speaks about the Turkish invasion of Serêkaniyê and says: "The majority of the jihadists were people from Tunisia, Egypt, Afghanistan and Pakistan."
• Farewell to two YPG fighters in Shehba 

  YPG fighters Ciwan Efrîn and Cûdî Çiya have been buried in the northern Syrian canton of Shehba. They died on December 18 in the resistance against the occupation of Afrin.
• ISIS members: Order for the Qamishlo attack came from Turkey 

  ISIS terrorists detained in Northern Syria testify that they received orders from Turkey for a bomb attack in Qamishlo in which five civilians were killed and 41 others injured last month.
• Six civilians kidnapped near al-Bab "disappeared" 

  The six civilians, including an eleven-year-old, who were abducted from the village of Sheikh Nasir near al-Bab, remain "disappeared". For days, nothing has been heard about their whereabouts.
• Three civilians wounded in Turkish airstrike in Ain Issa 

  Warplanes belonging to the occupying Turkish state bombed the village of Seyda near Ain Issa camp and injured 3 civilians.
• Dozens killed as clashes intensify in Idlib 

  The Syrian regime forces are reported to have captured some villages southeast of Idlib and seek to advance in non-conflict areas.
• Bosnia takes back 25 ISIS people from northern Syria 

  Bosnia-Herzegovina has taken 25 people, including seven highly suspected ISIS Jihadists, back from the self-governing areas in northern Syria.
• SDF: Attacks and attempts of invasion continue 

  The Turkish army and allies continued their occupation attempts in the Serêkaniyê (Ras al-Ain) region.
• Turkey guilty of crimes against civilians  

  The Turkish state and its mercenary allies continue their invasion attacks on northern and eastern Syria, and continue to violate all international and ceasefire agreements carrying out crimes against humanity and war crimes.
• Turkey’s mercenaries kidnap six civilians in al-Bab 

  A child is among those kidnapped by the gangs.
• Families of martyrs protest against Turkish invasion in Kobane 

  “With the blood of martyrs and the scream of our children, we will bring you to account,” said the families of those who fell protecting their lands and people.
• SDF fighter laid to rest in Raqqa 

  People of North-East Syria bid farewell to their martyrs.
• SDF: Attacks repelled, three gangs killed in Serêkaniyê 

  The Turkish army and allied savage jihadists have been trying to invade northern Syria in a genocidal campaign ongoing since October 9.
• A story from the resistance in Serêkaniyê 

  Rojava is a part of Kurdistan that has become the stronghold of resistance against occupation. YPG fighter Xemgin Cudi who survived the Turkish invasion of Serêkaniyê injured tells his story.