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"It took 2-3 days for people to reach NES. During that time, women experienced incredibly dangerous and traumatic circumstances. They saw their husbands, brothers, and sisters being beaten - this is severe harm. And some have also been kidnapped."
📌85,000 IDPs from Aleppo and environs have reached North and East Syria (NES), as the DAANES estimates that IDP numbers will soon reach 120,000
The SDF have been deployed to the DAANES-controlled neighborhoods of Aleppo, Sheikh Maqsood and Ashrafiye. These neighborhoods are home to tens of thousands of Kurds and have maintained autonomy from both Assad and HTS despite heavy fighting throughout the conflict.
"These attacks are war crimes. All intl. agreements, the Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocols, say civilian infrastructure and civilians should not be a target. It is forbidden. But as has been seen, Turkey violates this. No other states raise their voice against this."
The exhibited projects ranged from large-scale solar panels for agricultural use to innovative applications in health care, as well as surveillance technology for private owners. 
Those leaving al-Hol camp will be sent to al-Jada camp in Iraq's Nineveh governorate. With this most recent repatriation mission, the total number of Iraqi citizens repatriated from NES since 2017 rises to 11,484. This includes those repatriated from prisons as well as camps.
... the significance of Shammar-AANES relations, as well as of that between their respective defence forces: the Sanadid and YPG-YPJ.
Shelling has been ongoing in other places across NES as well. 
During the meeting, Erdoğan once again raised the issue of Turkish national security, saying "The terrorist organizations [referring to the YPG/YPJ] must be confronted and ousted from Syria." He also expressed his hope "to receive Iranian and Russian support in this regard."
At an international conference hosted by the Rojava Center for Strategic Studies, several prominent voices gave speeches on the occasion, including Amina Kakabaveh, a Swedish MP of Kurdish descent, Simon Dubbins of @unitetheunion, & @IRFSecretariat president @nadinemaenza.
Ten years ago, the people of Kobane took to the streets demanding autonomy, thus sparking a revolution. Our first piece seeks to trace the developments between the early uprising in Kobane & today's AANES system. 
📌Prison sentences for crimes will be quartered
21 cases of gender-based violence were recorded across Afrin, including the arrest of a 17-year-old in Tel Abyad who remains missing, as well as the return of a 16-year-old who was kidnapped by SNA militias for the past year. 
Shops across the city remained closed today out of reverence for the fallen soldiers.
Ayn Diwar, in the tri-border area of Jazeera region, was shelled by Turkish forces this afternoon, injuring 4 civilians. The attack reportedly destroyed houses & displaced more civilians.
The Kurdish Makhmour refugee camp in Iraq was hit 10 times according to local sources, as well as Yazidi-majority Mount Sinjar, which appears to have been airstriked at least 20 times.
Additionally, 374 ISIS fighters were killed. Truckloads of bodies were photographed in Heseke today. No final numbers for those arrested were reported, however, the statement affirmed that "all the terrorist detainees were recaptured and transferred to other prisons." 
“Several institutions, industrial and agricultural sectors are affiliated with the Agriculture and Economy Commission and all those sectors cannot be linked to only one commission," Economy Co-chair Salman Barudo said.