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• Seminar on the importance of the Rojava Revolution 

  Many events are organised throughout Rojava this week to mark 19 July 2012.
• Afrin witness: It was like being a stranger in my own city 

  A family returned to Afrin and told of the repression and violence carried out by Turkey and mercenaries.
• MSD Co-chair: Dialogue is the basis for a solution in Syria 

  MSD Co-chair Riyad Dirar said that the dialogue should be focused on resolving the Syrian war. He called on the Syrian state to give up its old practice and take a constructive stance.
• 7 civilians abducted in Afrin 

  The occupant Turkish army and allied mercenaries continue their atrocities against people in Afrin.
• New commune set up in Sheikh Maqsoud 

  Population increased in Aleppo’s neighbourhood and residents set up new commune
• At least 24 civilians abducted in Afrin in three days 

  The invading forces in Afrin have abducted not less than 24 people during the past three days.
• Cizire Canton’s Saruxan: Afrin will be liberated from invaders 

  Cizire Canton Executive Council co-chair said people of Afrin will return to their homes.
• Mine explosion kills a 13-year-old girl in Afrin 

  Fehîma Kenan Seydo (13) lost her life after a mine planted by the mercenaries exploded in Afrin.
• Invaders murder another civilian in Afrin 

  The occupant Turkish army and allied mercenaries continue abducting, torturing and killing people in addition to looting their properties in the occupied Afrin territory.
• Editing and recording studio opens in Serdem Camp  

  The studio opened in Shehba to keep links between people and their language and culture 
• Turkish-backed gangs brutally murder 70-year-old man in Afrin 

  70-year-old man who was kidnapped by Turkish-backed mercenaries recently, has been found dead today.
• Invading forces kidnap 9 civilians in Sherawa, Afrin 

  The occupant Turkish army and allied mercenaries continue abducting people in Afrin region which is under their occupation.
• Preparations to mark the beginning of Rojava Revolution underway 

  Kobane was the first city to be liberated from the Syrian regime forces on 19 July 2012.
• TEV-DEM statement on Afrin and Daraa 

  “War is not the solution. Dialogue will bring peace.”
• Second Middle East Youth Conference to be held in Rojava 

  After the first conference in Amed, this year youth from the Middle East will meet in Rojava.
• Four more civilians kidnapped in Afrin 

  The occupant Turkish army and allied mercenaries continue their inhumane acts against the population in Afrin city under their invasion.
• Meeting in Asaliya to talk about the developments in Manbij 

  People met the Democratic Civil Authorities to share their concerns.
• Rojava Youth Union says no to Turkish invasion 

  The Youth organisation called on the international community to speak out.
• Mortar and howitzer attack in Afrin 

  The village of Beyni in Afrin’s Sherawa district is under the attack of invading forces.
• Turkish state gangs start setting houses on fire in Afrin 

  The invading Turkish state and their allied gangs who pillage Afrin have started to set fire to people’s homes in the Sariya village of the Mabata district.
• Tabqa Administration denies allegations on Tabqa Dam 

  The Administration of Tabqa confirmed no regime forces in Tabqa.
• Ayn Îsa representatives protest against Turkish invasion attacks 

  Representatives of councils and institutions in Ayn Îsa protested against the invasion attacks of the Turkish state.
• YPG martyr Polat Efrîn’s story 

  Young Polat was 17 when he joined the Kurdish fighters in Rojava to defeat DAESH and the Turkish State. 
• Rojava youth rally against Turkish attacks on South Kurdistan 

  Young people protested against increasingly ongoing attacks of the Turkish state against southern Kurdistan, northern Iraq.
• Invaders abduct another civilian in Afrin 

  The Turkish state and their allied gangs are pillaging Afrin and treating the people inhumanely. Now they have abducted a civilian named Mehmûd Şêx Îbrahîm.