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• Station in Afrin-Rajo turned into torture center 

  The occupation forces have transformed the station at Meydan Ekbes in Afrin’s Rajo district and the surrounding houses of the population into a "central prison". This place is now notorious as a torture center among the remaining population.
• No support from any international organizations for Afrin people 

  Following the invasion attacks by the Turkish state, over 170.000 civilians who migrated from Afrin to Shehba say none of the international aid organizations support them and they have all forgotten about them.
• Another war crime by Turkey: Waters of the Euphrates cut off 

  Following their massacres and invasion in Northern Syria, the Turkish state now uses water as a weapon of war. The cutting off of the waters of the Euphrates River is causing difficult times for the residents of Tabqa.
• Turkish army and allied gangs abduct and torture people in Afrin 

  The Turkish state and their allied gangs continue to abduct, torture and execute people in Afrin.
• Turkish state turns the border with Rojava into a line of torture 

  Turkish invasion forces have tortured another man on the border with Rojava.
• Occupation regime in Afrin 

  The Turkish military and its militia seize the houses of the population of Afrin and settle there members of militias, among others from eastern Ghouta.
• "Afrin's occupation is a threat to all peoples of Syria" 

  A statement by the TEV-DEM on the genocidal attacks and looting campaigns of the Turkish occupying army and its jihadist aid workers on Afrin said: "The occupation of Afrin poses a danger to all the peoples of Syria."
• Education system in Rojava favors the common life of the peoples 

  In schools across Northern Syria, an education system based on the common life of the peoples that is multilingual and multinational, unlike the nation-state based system that ignores the language and culture of minorities.
• Turkish army and their gangs abduct Êzidîs in Afrin 

  The invading Turkish army and their allied gangs continue to abduct, loot, destroy and torture in Afrin.
• Turkish forces torture two civilians to death 

  Lifeless bodies have been reached of civilians abducted by Turkish forces.
• “People of Manbij won’t let Turkey repeat what ISIS did" 

  Manbij Legislative Council Co-chair Faruk al-Mashi stated that the people of Manbij won’t let the invading Turkish army and their allied gangs repeat what ISIS did.
• Urgent call for medical aid for the people of Afrin 

  Heyva Sor a Kurd stated that the people of Afrin who the Turkish state forcibly displaced with barbaric attacks do not have access to medical services and called for urgent medical aid.
• "ISIS sleeper cells were activated with the attack on Afrin" 

  According to domestic security forces in Tabqa, northern Syria, sleeper cells of the Islamic State (ISIS) have been activated after the start of the Turkish military invasion of Afrin.
• Turkish-backed gangs continue torture and looting in Afrin 

  Jihadist gangs backed by Turkey in Afrin have brutally tortured a civilian who objected to their inhuman practices.
• Two babies from Afrin die in the Berxwedan camp in Shehba 

  Two babies of protection seekers displaced by the Turkish state from Afrin have died of illness due to poor conditions.
• “The invaders’ council can’t represent people of Afrin” 

  The people of Afrin who have been displaced by the barbaric attacks of the invading Turkish army and their allied gangs called the so called council formed by the Turkish state in Antep for the administration of Afrin “a council of traitors”.
• Afrin co-chair: Turkey and gangs set up “treacherous assembly” 

  Following the occupation of the Afrin city, the Turkish state announced on Thursday that a "local government" has been formed.
• Refugees: “Silence of the international community is surprising” 

  Syrian citizens who have had to migrate to Manbij due to the war in Syria say the silence of the international community for the conditions they have to endure is surprising.
• Turkish-backed gang commander found dead in Bab 

  Conflict among gang groups allied with the Turkish state in Northern Syria continues to deepen. A Sultan Murad Brigade Commander (operating under the MİT) has been found dead.
• Call for “international support” for Afrin people in Shehba 

  The administrators of Shehba and Afrin have built a second camp for the people from Afrin with their own means, and are calling for support from international organizations.
• Mine explosion on Shehba-Aleppo road kills 11 people from Afrin 

  Mine explosion has killed 11 people from Afrin on Shehba-Aleppo road.
• First school to open in Shebha camp 

  After the attacks and invasions of Afrin by the Turkey army and its mercenary gangs, tens of thousands of students in the city had to leave together with their families.
• Life in Shehba camp among shortages and difficulties 

  After being forced to leave their homes, Afrin people is now struggling against shortages and difficulties in the Berxwedan (Resistance) Camp, set up in Shehba.
• People of Afrin: “Our camp is our second struggle grounds” 

  People from Afrin who have had to migrate to Shehba due to the genocidal invasion attacks against Afrin by the Turkish state say: “Our resistance won’t stop until Afrin is cleared of all invaders and we return to our olive groves freely.”
• “The Turkish state uses the water of Euphrates as a threat” 

  For a long time, the Turkish state has been cutting off the waters of the Euphrates River flowing into the region, and as such the water wells in Ayîd and Kerîn villages which provide water for many of Tabqa’s villages have dried up.