<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rojava_conflict" id="mwAQ8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Rojava conflict">Rojava conflict</a>: At a conference in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rmelan" id="mwARA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Rmelan">Rmelan</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movement_for_a_Democratic_Society" id="mwARE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Movement for a Democratic Society">Movement for a Democratic Society</a> declares the establishment of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_Administration_of_North_and_East_Syria" id="mwARI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria">Democratic Federation of Northern Syria</a>.<sup about="#mwt71" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-12"}}' id="cite_ref-12" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./March_17#cite_note-12" id="mwARM" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 12;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwARQ">[12]</span></a></sup>
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