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💥Ankündigung! Samstag 10.06.2023💥
🔥Zîyaret Vernissage🔥
Samstag, 10.06.2023 | 18:00 Uhr | Babett Galerie Franz-Mehring-Platz 1 10243 Berlin
Anreise: Bus 240, 347 Franz-Mehring-Platz | S3, S5, S7, S9, S75, Bus 140, 142, 147, 300, Ostbahnhof
📣Infos & Aufruf: https://www.muenzenbergforum.de/veranstaltung/ausstellung-ziyaret/
Unter dem Titel „Zîyaret“ dokumentieren die gezeigten Bilder & Inhalte die aktuelle Situation in den Städten Qamishlo, Kobane und anderen Orten Nord-Ost Syriens.
Darüber hinaus sollen die Betrachter*innen verstehen, wie sich die Gesellschaft in Zeiten verschiedener Herausforderungen und Konflikten, zu einer selbstverwalteten, autonomen Administration in Nord- und Ostsyrien entwickelt.
Begleitend zu der Ausstellung könnt ihr vor Ort den Bildband „Zîyaret“ erhalten.
Der Erlös geht an „Heyva Sor A Kurd“ - https://www.heyvasor.com/de/ , der kurdische rote Halbmond.
Die NGO ist seit 2012 in der Region Nord- und Ostsyrien aktiv und organisiert humanitäre Hilfe für die Menschen vor Ort.
10.06.2023 | 18 Uhr | Babett Galerie
AusstellungseröffnungMit Beiträgen von Caspar Ermert, dem kurdischen Frauenverein Cenî und einer Videobotschaft aus Syrien zur aktuellen Situation.
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💥Ankündigung! Samstag 10.06.2023💥
🔥Zîyaret Vernissage🔥
Samstag, 10.06.2023 | 18:00 Uhr | Babett Galerie Franz-Mehring-Platz 1 10243 Berlin
Anreise: Bus 240, 347 Franz-Mehring-Platz | S3, S5, S7, S9, S75, Bus 140, 142, 147, 300, Ostbahnhof
📣Infos & Aufruf: https://www.muenzenbergforum.de/veranstaltung/ausstellung-ziyaret/
Unter dem Titel „Zîyaret“ dokumentieren die gezeigten Bilder & Inhalte die aktuelle Situation in den Städten Qamishlo, Kobane und anderen Orten Nord-Ost Syriens.
Darüber hinaus sollen die Betrachter*innen verstehen, wie sich die Gesellschaft in Zeiten verschiedener Herausforderungen und Konflikten, zu einer selbstverwalteten, autonomen Administration in Nord- und Ostsyrien entwickelt.
Begleitend zu der Ausstellung könnt ihr vor Ort den Bildband „Zîyaret“ erhalten.
Der Erlös geht an „Heyva Sor A Kurd“ - https://www.heyvasor.com/de/ , der kurdische rote Halbmond.
Die NGO ist seit 2012 in der Region Nord- und Ostsyrien aktiv und organisiert humanitäre Hilfe für die Menschen vor Ort.
10.06.2023 | 18 Uhr | Babett Galerie
AusstellungseröffnungMit Beiträgen von Caspar Ermert, dem kurdischen Frauenverein Cenî und einer Videobotschaft aus Syrien zur aktuellen Situation.
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💥Ankündigung! Samstag 10.06.2023💥
🔥Zîyaret Vernissage🔥
Samstag, 10.06.2023 | 18:00 Uhr | Babett Galerie Franz-Mehring-Platz 1 10243 Berlin
Anreise: Bus 240, 347 Franz-Mehring-Platz | S3, S5, S7, S9, S75, Bus 140, 142, 147, 300, Ostbahnhof
📣Infos & Aufruf: https://www.muenzenbergforum.de/veranstaltung/ausstellung-ziyaret/
Unter dem Titel „Zîyaret“ dokumentieren die gezeigten Bilder & Inhalte die aktuelle Situation in den Städten Qamishlo, Kobane und anderen Orten Nord-Ost Syriens.
Darüber hinaus sollen die Betrachter*innen verstehen, wie sich die Gesellschaft in Zeiten verschiedener Herausforderungen und Konflikten, zu einer selbstverwalteten, autonomen Administration in Nord- und Ostsyrien entwickelt.
Begleitend zu der Ausstellung könnt ihr vor Ort den Bildband „Zîyaret“ erhalten.
Der Erlös geht an „Heyva Sor A Kurd“ - https://www.heyvasor.com/de/ , der kurdische rote Halbmond.
Die NGO ist seit 2012 in der Region Nord- und Ostsyrien aktiv und organisiert humanitäre Hilfe für die Menschen vor Ort.
10.06.2023 | 18 Uhr | Babett Galerie
AusstellungseröffnungMit Beiträgen von Caspar Ermert, dem kurdischen Frauenverein Cenî und einer Videobotschaft aus Syrien zur aktuellen Situation.
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💥Ankündigung! Samstag 10.06.2023💥
🔥Zîyaret Vernissage🔥
Samstag, 10.06.2023 | 18:00 Uhr | Babett Galerie Franz-Mehring-Platz 1 10243 Berlin
Anreise: Bus 240, 347 Franz-Mehring-Platz | S3, S5, S7, S9, S75, Bus 140, 142, 147, 300, Ostbahnhof
📣Infos & Aufruf: https://www.muenzenbergforum.de/veranstaltung/ausstellung-ziyaret/
Unter dem Titel „Zîyaret“ dokumentieren die gezeigten Bilder & Inhalte die aktuelle Situation in den Städten Qamishlo, Kobane und anderen Orten Nord-Ost Syriens.
Darüber hinaus sollen die Betrachter*innen verstehen, wie sich die Gesellschaft in Zeiten verschiedener Herausforderungen und Konflikten, zu einer selbstverwalteten, autonomen Administration in Nord- und Ostsyrien entwickelt.
Begleitend zu der Ausstellung könnt ihr vor Ort den Bildband „Zîyaret“ erhalten.
Der Erlös geht an „Heyva Sor A Kurd“ - https://www.heyvasor.com/de/ , der kurdische rote Halbmond.
Die NGO ist seit 2012 in der Region Nord- und Ostsyrien aktiv und organisiert humanitäre Hilfe für die Menschen vor Ort.
10.06.2023 | 18 Uhr | Babett Galerie
AusstellungseröffnungMit Beiträgen von Caspar Ermert, dem kurdischen Frauenverein Cenî und einer Videobotschaft aus Syrien zur aktuellen Situation.
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💥Ankündigung! Samstag 10.06.2023💥
🔥Zîyaret Vernissage🔥
Samstag, 10.06.2023 | 18:00 Uhr | Babett Galerie Franz-Mehring-Platz 1 10243 Berlin
Anreise: Bus 240, 347 Franz-Mehring-Platz | S3, S5, S7, S9, S75, Bus 140, 142, 147, 300, Ostbahnhof
📣Infos & Aufruf: https://www.muenzenbergforum.de/veranstaltung/ausstellung-ziyaret/
Unter dem Titel „Zîyaret“ dokumentieren die gezeigten Bilder & Inhalte die aktuelle Situation in den Städten Qamishlo, Kobane und anderen Orten Nord-Ost Syriens.
Darüber hinaus sollen die Betrachter*innen verstehen, wie sich die Gesellschaft in Zeiten verschiedener Herausforderungen und Konflikten, zu einer selbstverwalteten, autonomen Administration in Nord- und Ostsyrien entwickelt.
Begleitend zu der Ausstellung könnt ihr vor Ort den Bildband „Zîyaret“ erhalten.
Der Erlös geht an „Heyva Sor A Kurd“ - https://www.heyvasor.com/de/ , der kurdische rote Halbmond.
Die NGO ist seit 2012 in der Region Nord- und Ostsyrien aktiv und organisiert humanitäre Hilfe für die Menschen vor Ort.
10.06.2023 | 18 Uhr | Babett Galerie
AusstellungseröffnungMit Beiträgen von Caspar Ermert, dem kurdischen Frauenverein Cenî und einer Videobotschaft aus Syrien zur aktuellen Situation.
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💥Ankündigung! Freitag 17.03.2023💥
🔥Erdbebenhilfe – Benefizkonzert im RegenbogenKino!🔥
Freitag, 17.03.2023 | ab 19:00 Uhr | Regenbogen Kino Lausitzer Straße 21a 10999 Berlin
Anreise: M29 Ohlauer Straße | U1, U3, U8 Kottbusser Tor | U8 Schönleinstraße
📣 Aufruf: https://regenbogenfabrik.de/erdbebenhilfe-benefizkonzert/
Wenige Wochen nach den verheerenden Erdbeben wird das Ausmaß der Zerstörung erahnbar.
Zehntausende sind gestorben, Millionen Menschen wurden obdachlos und mussten bei winterlichen Minustemperaturen und mit der ständigen Angst vor weiteren Erdbeben im Freien ausharren.
Selten war ein Erdbeben in dieser Region (und die zahlreichen Nachbeben) so gewaltig und noch nie so politisch.
Wir wollen unseren Teil dazu beitragen und bieten Euch einen kulturellen Abend mit revolutionären Liedern und Redebeiträgen zur aktuellen Situation.
Die Spenden gehen komplett an den Kurdischen Roten Halbmond, der seit Jahrzehnten in den Gebieten humanitäre Hilfe von unten organisiert.
Live:
* Der KMC | Chorkollektiv aus Kreuzberg
* ANTIFACHOR | offenes Chorkollektiv Berlin
* Neşwan Hariki – Saz und GesangRedebeiträge:
* Videobotschaft von Heyva Sor a Kurdistanê aus Qamişlo
* Andreas Wulf, medico internationalEintritt frei | Spenden erwünscht.
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Un atac de dron turc a un cotxe al sud de Kobanê. Segons els informes, 2 persones de les SDF (autodefenses kurdes) van morir. Aquest és el 29è atac de dron turc a Nord Est Sirià el 2022.
Aquest matí, un altre atac amb avions no tripulats turcs va atacar a una casa al costat de la carretera de circumval·lació de Qamishlo#kurd #kurds #kurdistan #siria #rojava #kobane #erdogan #freedomforkurdistan
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Weekly highlights 13-20.04.2026
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# ILHAM AHMED AND MAZLOUM ABDI IN DAMASCUS
Al-Sharaa tried to 'buy' Abdi and Ahmed by offering Abdi the position of vice president and Ahmed a senior advisory role. Both rejected those offers on the basis of it being symbolic and representational instead of offering real decision making power. The offers were made during a meeting between the transitional government and a Kurdish delegation to discuss the integration of Kurdish civilian and security structures into the Syrian state.
# MAJOR US BASES NOW IN HANDS OF STG
The US has completed the handover of all their major military basis in Syria to the STG amid the AANES integration process. Some US forces do stay in the region for joint anti-ISIS operations. The handover extends STG military power in NES, where they previously had very limited presence.
# SEREKANIYE REFUGEES ATTEMPTING TO RETURN HOME SHOT AT
As the road between Til Tamer and Serekaniye is opened again, former residents of Serekaniye who became refugees in other parts of NES attempted a return home and were met with live fire. It is unknown whether there were any casualties. The return of all IDP's to their homes is supposed to be part of the integration, these incidents show that this will continue to be a point of tension.
# ATTACK ON KURDISH FLAG SPARKS MOBILIZATIONS
Hussein al-Hasou, a man form al-Aramiya village, recently made a video opening fire with an AK-47 on the Rojava flag in the southern Qamishlo roundabout. The action sparked a mobilization in many cities around northern Syria as well as a campaign on social network with the tag #AlaMePiroze (My flag is sacred). Hussein al-Hassou was known for having relations with the old baath regime, the sheik of Hassou tribe already made a statement distancing itself from his actions. Hussein was recently arrested, but the mobilizations in defense of Rojava flag still ongoing.
# DISAPPEARED JOURNALISTS PROBABLY IN ALEPPO PRISON
The journalists Eva Maria Michelmann and Ahmed Polad that had been disappeared since January might be in STG prison in Aleppo. Accounts of former SDF fighters who were freed in recent prison exchange suggest that, since most of them were held in that prison during their captive time, along with other captured SDF members.
# SIT-IN PROTEST IN DAMASCUS
A protest took place in Damascus to draw attention to the general living condition of people, political freedom and needed improvements in public services. The issue of favoritism within the new regime was also addressed, the protesters demand merit-based assignment of positions. The demonstration was met by a counter-demonstration that tried to disrupt, police forces were also present, no big bursts of violence seem to have happened.
Iranian Attacks in South Kurdistan
Iran renewed attacks on the Iraq Kurdistan Region, with multiple drone strikes on different targets including refugee camps and civilian institutions.-----------------------------------------------------------------
#Syria #NES #SDF #DAANES #AANES #SNA #SDF #PYD #YPJ #YPG #HTS #Rojava #Kurdistan #Revolution #DefendRojava #Anarchy #Anarchism #Comrades #Internationalism #AbdullahOcalan #Öcalan #PKK #WomenLifeFreedom #TekosinaAnarsist -
Weekly highlights 13-20.04.2026
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# ILHAM AHMED AND MAZLOUM ABDI IN DAMASCUS
Al-Sharaa tried to 'buy' Abdi and Ahmed by offering Abdi the position of vice president and Ahmed a senior advisory role. Both rejected those offers on the basis of it being symbolic and representational instead of offering real decision making power. The offers were made during a meeting between the transitional government and a Kurdish delegation to discuss the integration of Kurdish civilian and security structures into the Syrian state.
# MAJOR US BASES NOW IN HANDS OF STG
The US has completed the handover of all their major military basis in Syria to the STG amid the AANES integration process. Some US forces do stay in the region for joint anti-ISIS operations. The handover extends STG military power in NES, where they previously had very limited presence.
# SEREKANIYE REFUGEES ATTEMPTING TO RETURN HOME SHOT AT
As the road between Til Tamer and Serekaniye is opened again, former residents of Serekaniye who became refugees in other parts of NES attempted a return home and were met with live fire. It is unknown whether there were any casualties. The return of all IDP's to their homes is supposed to be part of the integration, these incidents show that this will continue to be a point of tension.
# ATTACK ON KURDISH FLAG SPARKS MOBILIZATIONS
Hussein al-Hasou, a man form al-Aramiya village, recently made a video opening fire with an AK-47 on the Rojava flag in the southern Qamishlo roundabout. The action sparked a mobilization in many cities around northern Syria as well as a campaign on social network with the tag #AlaMePiroze (My flag is sacred). Hussein al-Hassou was known for having relations with the old baath regime, the sheik of Hassou tribe already made a statement distancing itself from his actions. Hussein was recently arrested, but the mobilizations in defense of Rojava flag still ongoing.
# DISAPPEARED JOURNALISTS PROBABLY IN ALEPPO PRISON
The journalists Eva Maria Michelmann and Ahmed Polad that had been disappeared since January might be in STG prison in Aleppo. Accounts of former SDF fighters who were freed in recent prison exchange suggest that, since most of them were held in that prison during their captive time, along with other captured SDF members.
# SIT-IN PROTEST IN DAMASCUS
A protest took place in Damascus to draw attention to the general living condition of people, political freedom and needed improvements in public services. The issue of favoritism within the new regime was also addressed, the protesters demand merit-based assignment of positions. The demonstration was met by a counter-demonstration that tried to disrupt, police forces were also present, no big bursts of violence seem to have happened.
Iranian Attacks in South Kurdistan
Iran renewed attacks on the Iraq Kurdistan Region, with multiple drone strikes on different targets including refugee camps and civilian institutions.-----------------------------------------------------------------
#Syria #NES #SDF #DAANES #AANES #SNA #SDF #PYD #YPJ #YPG #HTS #Rojava #Kurdistan #Revolution #DefendRojava #Anarchy #Anarchism #Comrades #Internationalism #AbdullahOcalan #Öcalan #PKK #WomenLifeFreedom #TekosinaAnarsist -
Weekly highlights 13-20.04.2026
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# ILHAM AHMED AND MAZLOUM ABDI IN DAMASCUS
Al-Sharaa tried to 'buy' Abdi and Ahmed by offering Abdi the position of vice president and Ahmed a senior advisory role. Both rejected those offers on the basis of it being symbolic and representational instead of offering real decision making power. The offers were made during a meeting between the transitional government and a Kurdish delegation to discuss the integration of Kurdish civilian and security structures into the Syrian state.
# MAJOR US BASES NOW IN HANDS OF STG
The US has completed the handover of all their major military basis in Syria to the STG amid the AANES integration process. Some US forces do stay in the region for joint anti-ISIS operations. The handover extends STG military power in NES, where they previously had very limited presence.
# SEREKANIYE REFUGEES ATTEMPTING TO RETURN HOME SHOT AT
As the road between Til Tamer and Serekaniye is opened again, former residents of Serekaniye who became refugees in other parts of NES attempted a return home and were met with live fire. It is unknown whether there were any casualties. The return of all IDP's to their homes is supposed to be part of the integration, these incidents show that this will continue to be a point of tension.
# ATTACK ON KURDISH FLAG SPARKS MOBILIZATIONS
Hussein al-Hasou, a man form al-Aramiya village, recently made a video opening fire with an AK-47 on the Rojava flag in the southern Qamishlo roundabout. The action sparked a mobilization in many cities around northern Syria as well as a campaign on social network with the tag #AlaMePiroze (My flag is sacred). Hussein al-Hassou was known for having relations with the old baath regime, the sheik of Hassou tribe already made a statement distancing itself from his actions. Hussein was recently arrested, but the mobilizations in defense of Rojava flag still ongoing.
# DISAPPEARED JOURNALISTS PROBABLY IN ALEPPO PRISON
The journalists Eva Maria Michelmann and Ahmed Polad that had been disappeared since January might be in STG prison in Aleppo. Accounts of former SDF fighters who were freed in recent prison exchange suggest that, since most of them were held in that prison during their captive time, along with other captured SDF members.
# SIT-IN PROTEST IN DAMASCUS
A protest took place in Damascus to draw attention to the general living condition of people, political freedom and needed improvements in public services. The issue of favoritism within the new regime was also addressed, the protesters demand merit-based assignment of positions. The demonstration was met by a counter-demonstration that tried to disrupt, police forces were also present, no big bursts of violence seem to have happened.
Iranian Attacks in South Kurdistan
Iran renewed attacks on the Iraq Kurdistan Region, with multiple drone strikes on different targets including refugee camps and civilian institutions.-----------------------------------------------------------------
#Syria #NES #SDF #DAANES #AANES #SNA #SDF #PYD #YPJ #YPG #HTS #Rojava #Kurdistan #Revolution #DefendRojava #Anarchy #Anarchism #Comrades #Internationalism #AbdullahOcalan #Öcalan #PKK #WomenLifeFreedom #TekosinaAnarsist -
Weekly highlights 13-20.04.2026
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# ILHAM AHMED AND MAZLOUM ABDI IN DAMASCUS
Al-Sharaa tried to 'buy' Abdi and Ahmed by offering Abdi the position of vice president and Ahmed a senior advisory role. Both rejected those offers on the basis of it being symbolic and representational instead of offering real decision making power. The offers were made during a meeting between the transitional government and a Kurdish delegation to discuss the integration of Kurdish civilian and security structures into the Syrian state.
# MAJOR US BASES NOW IN HANDS OF STG
The US has completed the handover of all their major military basis in Syria to the STG amid the AANES integration process. Some US forces do stay in the region for joint anti-ISIS operations. The handover extends STG military power in NES, where they previously had very limited presence.
# SEREKANIYE REFUGEES ATTEMPTING TO RETURN HOME SHOT AT
As the road between Til Tamer and Serekaniye is opened again, former residents of Serekaniye who became refugees in other parts of NES attempted a return home and were met with live fire. It is unknown whether there were any casualties. The return of all IDP's to their homes is supposed to be part of the integration, these incidents show that this will continue to be a point of tension.
# ATTACK ON KURDISH FLAG SPARKS MOBILIZATIONS
Hussein al-Hasou, a man form al-Aramiya village, recently made a video opening fire with an AK-47 on the Rojava flag in the southern Qamishlo roundabout. The action sparked a mobilization in many cities around northern Syria as well as a campaign on social network with the tag #AlaMePiroze (My flag is sacred). Hussein al-Hassou was known for having relations with the old baath regime, the sheik of Hassou tribe already made a statement distancing itself from his actions. Hussein was recently arrested, but the mobilizations in defense of Rojava flag still ongoing.
# DISAPPEARED JOURNALISTS PROBABLY IN ALEPPO PRISON
The journalists Eva Maria Michelmann and Ahmed Polad that had been disappeared since January might be in STG prison in Aleppo. Accounts of former SDF fighters who were freed in recent prison exchange suggest that, since most of them were held in that prison during their captive time, along with other captured SDF members.
# SIT-IN PROTEST IN DAMASCUS
A protest took place in Damascus to draw attention to the general living condition of people, political freedom and needed improvements in public services. The issue of favoritism within the new regime was also addressed, the protesters demand merit-based assignment of positions. The demonstration was met by a counter-demonstration that tried to disrupt, police forces were also present, no big bursts of violence seem to have happened.
Iranian Attacks in South Kurdistan
Iran renewed attacks on the Iraq Kurdistan Region, with multiple drone strikes on different targets including refugee camps and civilian institutions.-----------------------------------------------------------------
#Syria #NES #SDF #DAANES #AANES #SNA #SDF #PYD #YPJ #YPG #HTS #Rojava #Kurdistan #Revolution #DefendRojava #Anarchy #Anarchism #Comrades #Internationalism #AbdullahOcalan #Öcalan #PKK #WomenLifeFreedom #TekosinaAnarsist -
Weekly highlights 13-20.04.2026
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# ILHAM AHMED AND MAZLOUM ABDI IN DAMASCUS
Al-Sharaa tried to 'buy' Abdi and Ahmed by offering Abdi the position of vice president and Ahmed a senior advisory role. Both rejected those offers on the basis of it being symbolic and representational instead of offering real decision making power. The offers were made during a meeting between the transitional government and a Kurdish delegation to discuss the integration of Kurdish civilian and security structures into the Syrian state.
# MAJOR US BASES NOW IN HANDS OF STG
The US has completed the handover of all their major military basis in Syria to the STG amid the AANES integration process. Some US forces do stay in the region for joint anti-ISIS operations. The handover extends STG military power in NES, where they previously had very limited presence.
# SEREKANIYE REFUGEES ATTEMPTING TO RETURN HOME SHOT AT
As the road between Til Tamer and Serekaniye is opened again, former residents of Serekaniye who became refugees in other parts of NES attempted a return home and were met with live fire. It is unknown whether there were any casualties. The return of all IDP's to their homes is supposed to be part of the integration, these incidents show that this will continue to be a point of tension.
# ATTACK ON KURDISH FLAG SPARKS MOBILIZATIONS
Hussein al-Hasou, a man form al-Aramiya village, recently made a video opening fire with an AK-47 on the Rojava flag in the southern Qamishlo roundabout. The action sparked a mobilization in many cities around northern Syria as well as a campaign on social network with the tag #AlaMePiroze (My flag is sacred). Hussein al-Hassou was known for having relations with the old baath regime, the sheik of Hassou tribe already made a statement distancing itself from his actions. Hussein was recently arrested, but the mobilizations in defense of Rojava flag still ongoing.
# DISAPPEARED JOURNALISTS PROBABLY IN ALEPPO PRISON
The journalists Eva Maria Michelmann and Ahmed Polad that had been disappeared since January might be in STG prison in Aleppo. Accounts of former SDF fighters who were freed in recent prison exchange suggest that, since most of them were held in that prison during their captive time, along with other captured SDF members.
# SIT-IN PROTEST IN DAMASCUS
A protest took place in Damascus to draw attention to the general living condition of people, political freedom and needed improvements in public services. The issue of favoritism within the new regime was also addressed, the protesters demand merit-based assignment of positions. The demonstration was met by a counter-demonstration that tried to disrupt, police forces were also present, no big bursts of violence seem to have happened.
Iranian Attacks in South Kurdistan
Iran renewed attacks on the Iraq Kurdistan Region, with multiple drone strikes on different targets including refugee camps and civilian institutions.-----------------------------------------------------------------
#Syria #NES #SDF #DAANES #AANES #SNA #SDF #PYD #YPJ #YPG #HTS #Rojava #Kurdistan #Revolution #DefendRojava #Anarchy #Anarchism #Comrades #Internationalism #AbdullahOcalan #Öcalan #PKK #WomenLifeFreedom #TekosinaAnarsist -
Highlights 30.03.-05.04.2026
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# QUESTION OF YPJ INTEGRATION INTO SYRIAN ARMY
The position of YPJ is a key stumbling block in the integration process. Publicly made suggestions of what integration should look like from the STG side insist on it becoming part of a (women's) police force, instead of being collectively granted a place in the military which YPJ demands. On April 2nd a YPJ delegation discussed the topic in Damascus and said that the minister showed some openness and 'flexibility'. However what this means concretely is unclear. YPJ, which just celebrated their 14th anniversary, has been a cornerstone of the Rojava revolution and is not willing to dissolve nor to integrate individually.
# TENSIONS IN JALABIYA
According to the agreements between the SDF and STG, important offices should be held by people from the areas they govern. With the appointment of a mayor by the STG, Kobane residents say this is not being applied. Officials from other regions are appointed without the promised consultation of Kobane residents. The people of the city where also violently prevented by STG security forces to express their dissent by way of a statement. This is another point of friction in the integration process. Thus, people took to the streets in protest, and were met with live fire, which they see as a breach of the January 29 agreement.
# SECOND LARGER GROUP OF AFRIN RESIDENTS RETURN
Another convoy of 200 people who were displaced from Afrin now returned with about 145 vehicles from Hesekeh to their homes. As part of the January 29 agreement, STG overlooked the transit.
# 4 CIVILIANS ABDUCTED FROM SEREKANIYE
Turkish military police abducted four civilians from occupied Serekaniye handing them over to Turkish secret service. Their whereabouts remain unclear.
# PROTESTS DEMANDING TO KNOW ABOUT MISSING PEOPLE
Protests took place in Kobane and Qamishlo to demand more information about people still missing. With prisoner exchanges some detainees have returned home, while many families remain without information of their loved ones. There was also a protest in front of the UN in Geneva to demand information on the two journalists that went missing in Raqqa, now about two months ago.
# FIRST STEPS FOR SYRIAN CITIZENSHIP FOR STATELESS KURDS
Following a January 16 decree, the Syrian Interim Government set up places where 'stateless' Kurds can go to register, as a first step to eventual citizenship in the Syrian state. This comes after decades of systematically removing or denying citizenship for Kurds living in Syria that started in the 1960s.
# EXPLOSION IN HESEKEH, CHILDREN AMONG DEAD
An explosion in a shop in Hesekeh took the lives of six people including children. The origins and reasons for the explosions remain unclear.
# TURKEY RENTS OUT KURDISH VILLAGES IN BAKUR AS TRAINING FACILITY TO MILITARY
Since the 'scorched earth' politics of 1990, Kurdish villages around Mount Sirnex had been emptied and people are prohibited from resettling or even stepping foot up to this day. Now it got known that since 2009, the Turkish state had been renting out those places to the military for 49 years. Besides the use for military training, those areas have been turned into extraction sites for timber, coal, and other raw material. Additionally, there are plans for a dam that would flood and thereby extinguish at least two villages. Among those is the village Sax which is registered a first grade archaeological site.
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# MONTHLY EVALUATION
On the ground in Rojava, not much has changed over March. The situation still seems fragile. The more the time goes, the more negotiations and agreements are falling short on their implementation, it becomes more clear that women liberation is the core of this revolution. It is something we already knew as it is often emphasized, but it is becoming very clear once again. As political and military lines are changing due to "integration", it is the women's movement that helps to remember where are the fault lines and main contradictions located. The discussions about YPJ are the most clear example of it.
For all those forces who those who try to impose their authority, the question of women's freedom, together with the proposal of all nations coexisting together with ethnic and cultural autonomy, is still a problem. It questions their legitimacy, it poses a danger to the program of the Syrian state, as well as to the ongoing regional projects of Israel, US and Turkey. It is a reminder about the real ongoing struggles and the eventuality of renewed war. The military structures of SDF, as well as the civilian bodies of the Autonomous Administration, continue their resistance, navigating the contradictions and conflicts as they come.
One thing is sure, the Syrian civil war is not over yet: there are constant militarized attacks on minorities, there is Assadist underground insurgency, there are powerful Arab tribes who won't accept external domination, there is Israeli intervention in the south, there are Druze who advocate for independence from Syria... And there are also entire battalions of religious fundamentalists, who after more than a decade fighting for an islamic state with al-Qaeda or ISIS, see now themselves integrated in the new Syrian army. Many of them are comfortable as they rise the ranks of state power, but others are disappointed to see the new Syrian government shaking hands with US, Russia and Israel. That is creating a perfect ground for ISIS, which is on the rise again .
Syria is far from any sort of resolution and peace, and on top of all that the new regional war, unleashed by the attacks of Israel and US against Iran, are making things even more complicated. Kurdish forces are trying to keep distance with this war, not just in Syria but also in Iran. Revolutionary forces are working to build up a political alliance with other forces opposed to the Islamic republic, mainly other Kurdish parties but not only. They are not rushing into the war, knowing from experience that war itself won't address the political and ideological struggle that is needed for a real transformation of society.
Still, iranian drones are not only exploding on US bases, but also on critical infrastructure all around middle east. Several locations on the Kurdish regions in Iraq are suffering attacks, including kurdish revolutionary territories close to the iranian border. KRG authorities don't have the capacity to stop iranian dornes, and even the house of Maseud Barzani has become a target for the Shahed drones.
Another sidetrack of this war is how it is serving as excuse for Turkey to stall the peace process started in Bakur. It gives them the perfect smoke cover to simply delay any steps for democratization, leaving the steps taken by the revolutionary movement made in this last year unanswered. Still, many kurds continue working tirelessly for such a peace process. In Öcalans recent message for Newroz, emphasis was put on action, on making the struggle practical. A key term coming up in this regard is the commune, thus efforts of grassroots decentralized self-organisation of society. But when it comes to the Turkish government, seems clear they prefer to wait, leaving doors open to consider what will be more beneficial for them based on the results of the war on Iran.
All this unfolding conflicts are forcing us more than ever to reflect what it means to be a revolutionary. Rojava created an example of what a stateless society can be, navigating a sea of local, regional and geopolitical conflicts with really high consequences. But nothing lasts forever and the situation is constantly changing, constantly evolving. Can we achieve victory through war as the dominant field of struggle? Perhaps the answer might not be the same everywhere. In Kurdistan, the Kurdish Liberation Movement has been fighting a war for over half a century. Currently this movement is taking steps to open their for political maneuvering, shifting away from armed struggle as the main strategy without losing their means of self-defense. Now, can this revolutionary society coexist with the Syrian state and wage this political struggle, can it stop the war? The answer to this is unfolding before our eyes, but the final result is yet to be seen.
Revolutionary greetings 🖤
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#Syria #NES #SDF #DAANES #AANES #SNA #SDF #PYD #YPJ #YPG #HTS #Rojava #Kurdistan #Revolution #DefendRojava #Anarchy #Anarchism #Comrades #Internationalism #AbdullahOcalan #Öcalan #PKK #WomenLifeFreedom #TekosinaAnarsist -
Highlights 30.03.-05.04.2026
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# QUESTION OF YPJ INTEGRATION INTO SYRIAN ARMY
The position of YPJ is a key stumbling block in the integration process. Publicly made suggestions of what integration should look like from the STG side insist on it becoming part of a (women's) police force, instead of being collectively granted a place in the military which YPJ demands. On April 2nd a YPJ delegation discussed the topic in Damascus and said that the minister showed some openness and 'flexibility'. However what this means concretely is unclear. YPJ, which just celebrated their 14th anniversary, has been a cornerstone of the Rojava revolution and is not willing to dissolve nor to integrate individually.
# TENSIONS IN JALABIYA
According to the agreements between the SDF and STG, important offices should be held by people from the areas they govern. With the appointment of a mayor by the STG, Kobane residents say this is not being applied. Officials from other regions are appointed without the promised consultation of Kobane residents. The people of the city where also violently prevented by STG security forces to express their dissent by way of a statement. This is another point of friction in the integration process. Thus, people took to the streets in protest, and were met with live fire, which they see as a breach of the January 29 agreement.
# SECOND LARGER GROUP OF AFRIN RESIDENTS RETURN
Another convoy of 200 people who were displaced from Afrin now returned with about 145 vehicles from Hesekeh to their homes. As part of the January 29 agreement, STG overlooked the transit.
# 4 CIVILIANS ABDUCTED FROM SEREKANIYE
Turkish military police abducted four civilians from occupied Serekaniye handing them over to Turkish secret service. Their whereabouts remain unclear.
# PROTESTS DEMANDING TO KNOW ABOUT MISSING PEOPLE
Protests took place in Kobane and Qamishlo to demand more information about people still missing. With prisoner exchanges some detainees have returned home, while many families remain without information of their loved ones. There was also a protest in front of the UN in Geneva to demand information on the two journalists that went missing in Raqqa, now about two months ago.
# FIRST STEPS FOR SYRIAN CITIZENSHIP FOR STATELESS KURDS
Following a January 16 decree, the Syrian Interim Government set up places where 'stateless' Kurds can go to register, as a first step to eventual citizenship in the Syrian state. This comes after decades of systematically removing or denying citizenship for Kurds living in Syria that started in the 1960s.
# EXPLOSION IN HESEKEH, CHILDREN AMONG DEAD
An explosion in a shop in Hesekeh took the lives of six people including children. The origins and reasons for the explosions remain unclear.
# TURKEY RENTS OUT KURDISH VILLAGES IN BAKUR AS TRAINING FACILITY TO MILITARY
Since the 'scorched earth' politics of 1990, Kurdish villages around Mount Sirnex had been emptied and people are prohibited from resettling or even stepping foot up to this day. Now it got known that since 2009, the Turkish state had been renting out those places to the military for 49 years. Besides the use for military training, those areas have been turned into extraction sites for timber, coal, and other raw material. Additionally, there are plans for a dam that would flood and thereby extinguish at least two villages. Among those is the village Sax which is registered a first grade archaeological site.
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#Syria #NES #SDF #DAANES #AANES #SNA #SDF #PYD #YPJ #YPG #HTS #Rojava #Kurdistan #Revolution #DefendRojava #Anarchy #Anarchism #Comrades #Internationalism #AbdullahOcalan #Öcalan #PKK #WomenLifeFreedom #TekosinaAnarsist -
Highlights 30.03.-05.04.2026
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# QUESTION OF YPJ INTEGRATION INTO SYRIAN ARMY
The position of YPJ is a key stumbling block in the integration process. Publicly made suggestions of what integration should look like from the STG side insist on it becoming part of a (women's) police force, instead of being collectively granted a place in the military which YPJ demands. On April 2nd a YPJ delegation discussed the topic in Damascus and said that the minister showed some openness and 'flexibility'. However what this means concretely is unclear. YPJ, which just celebrated their 14th anniversary, has been a cornerstone of the Rojava revolution and is not willing to dissolve nor to integrate individually.
# TENSIONS IN JALABIYA
According to the agreements between the SDF and STG, important offices should be held by people from the areas they govern. With the appointment of a mayor by the STG, Kobane residents say this is not being applied. Officials from other regions are appointed without the promised consultation of Kobane residents. The people of the city where also violently prevented by STG security forces to express their dissent by way of a statement. This is another point of friction in the integration process. Thus, people took to the streets in protest, and were met with live fire, which they see as a breach of the January 29 agreement.
# SECOND LARGER GROUP OF AFRIN RESIDENTS RETURN
Another convoy of 200 people who were displaced from Afrin now returned with about 145 vehicles from Hesekeh to their homes. As part of the January 29 agreement, STG overlooked the transit.
# 4 CIVILIANS ABDUCTED FROM SEREKANIYE
Turkish military police abducted four civilians from occupied Serekaniye handing them over to Turkish secret service. Their whereabouts remain unclear.
# PROTESTS DEMANDING TO KNOW ABOUT MISSING PEOPLE
Protests took place in Kobane and Qamishlo to demand more information about people still missing. With prisoner exchanges some detainees have returned home, while many families remain without information of their loved ones. There was also a protest in front of the UN in Geneva to demand information on the two journalists that went missing in Raqqa, now about two months ago.
# FIRST STEPS FOR SYRIAN CITIZENSHIP FOR STATELESS KURDS
Following a January 16 decree, the Syrian Interim Government set up places where 'stateless' Kurds can go to register, as a first step to eventual citizenship in the Syrian state. This comes after decades of systematically removing or denying citizenship for Kurds living in Syria that started in the 1960s.
# EXPLOSION IN HESEKEH, CHILDREN AMONG DEAD
An explosion in a shop in Hesekeh took the lives of six people including children. The origins and reasons for the explosions remain unclear.
# TURKEY RENTS OUT KURDISH VILLAGES IN BAKUR AS TRAINING FACILITY TO MILITARY
Since the 'scorched earth' politics of 1990, Kurdish villages around Mount Sirnex had been emptied and people are prohibited from resettling or even stepping foot up to this day. Now it got known that since 2009, the Turkish state had been renting out those places to the military for 49 years. Besides the use for military training, those areas have been turned into extraction sites for timber, coal, and other raw material. Additionally, there are plans for a dam that would flood and thereby extinguish at least two villages. Among those is the village Sax which is registered a first grade archaeological site.
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# MONTHLY EVALUATION
On the ground in Rojava, not much has changed over March. The situation still seems fragile. The more the time goes, the more negotiations and agreements are falling short on their implementation, it becomes more clear that women liberation is the core of this revolution. It is something we already knew as it is often emphasized, but it is becoming very clear once again. As political and military lines are changing due to "integration", it is the women's movement that helps to remember where are the fault lines and main contradictions located. The discussions about YPJ are the most clear example of it.
For all those forces who those who try to impose their authority, the question of women's freedom, together with the proposal of all nations coexisting together with ethnic and cultural autonomy, is still a problem. It questions their legitimacy, it poses a danger to the program of the Syrian state, as well as to the ongoing regional projects of Israel, US and Turkey. It is a reminder about the real ongoing struggles and the eventuality of renewed war. The military structures of SDF, as well as the civilian bodies of the Autonomous Administration, continue their resistance, navigating the contradictions and conflicts as they come.
One thing is sure, the Syrian civil war is not over yet: there are constant militarized attacks on minorities, there is Assadist underground insurgency, there are powerful Arab tribes who won't accept external domination, there is Israeli intervention in the south, there are Druze who advocate for independence from Syria... And there are also entire battalions of religious fundamentalists, who after more than a decade fighting for an islamic state with al-Qaeda or ISIS, see now themselves integrated in the new Syrian army. Many of them are comfortable as they rise the ranks of state power, but others are disappointed to see the new Syrian government shaking hands with US, Russia and Israel. That is creating a perfect ground for ISIS, which is on the rise again .
Syria is far from any sort of resolution and peace, and on top of all that the new regional war, unleashed by the attacks of Israel and US against Iran, are making things even more complicated. Kurdish forces are trying to keep distance with this war, not just in Syria but also in Iran. Revolutionary forces are working to build up a political alliance with other forces opposed to the Islamic republic, mainly other Kurdish parties but not only. They are not rushing into the war, knowing from experience that war itself won't address the political and ideological struggle that is needed for a real transformation of society.
Still, iranian drones are not only exploding on US bases, but also on critical infrastructure all around middle east. Several locations on the Kurdish regions in Iraq are suffering attacks, including kurdish revolutionary territories close to the iranian border. KRG authorities don't have the capacity to stop iranian dornes, and even the house of Maseud Barzani has become a target for the Shahed drones.
Another sidetrack of this war is how it is serving as excuse for Turkey to stall the peace process started in Bakur. It gives them the perfect smoke cover to simply delay any steps for democratization, leaving the steps taken by the revolutionary movement made in this last year unanswered. Still, many kurds continue working tirelessly for such a peace process. In Öcalans recent message for Newroz, emphasis was put on action, on making the struggle practical. A key term coming up in this regard is the commune, thus efforts of grassroots decentralized self-organisation of society. But when it comes to the Turkish government, seems clear they prefer to wait, leaving doors open to consider what will be more beneficial for them based on the results of the war on Iran.
All this unfolding conflicts are forcing us more than ever to reflect what it means to be a revolutionary. Rojava created an example of what a stateless society can be, navigating a sea of local, regional and geopolitical conflicts with really high consequences. But nothing lasts forever and the situation is constantly changing, constantly evolving. Can we achieve victory through war as the dominant field of struggle? Perhaps the answer might not be the same everywhere. In Kurdistan, the Kurdish Liberation Movement has been fighting a war for over half a century. Currently this movement is taking steps to open their for political maneuvering, shifting away from armed struggle as the main strategy without losing their means of self-defense. Now, can this revolutionary society coexist with the Syrian state and wage this political struggle, can it stop the war? The answer to this is unfolding before our eyes, but the final result is yet to be seen.
Revolutionary greetings 🖤
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#Syria #NES #SDF #DAANES #AANES #SNA #SDF #PYD #YPJ #YPG #HTS #Rojava #Kurdistan #Revolution #DefendRojava #Anarchy #Anarchism #Comrades #Internationalism #AbdullahOcalan #Öcalan #PKK #WomenLifeFreedom #TekosinaAnarsist -
Highlights 30.03.-05.04.2026
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# QUESTION OF YPJ INTEGRATION INTO SYRIAN ARMY
The position of YPJ is a key stumbling block in the integration process. Publicly made suggestions of what integration should look like from the STG side insist on it becoming part of a (women's) police force, instead of being collectively granted a place in the military which YPJ demands. On April 2nd a YPJ delegation discussed the topic in Damascus and said that the minister showed some openness and 'flexibility'. However what this means concretely is unclear. YPJ, which just celebrated their 14th anniversary, has been a cornerstone of the Rojava revolution and is not willing to dissolve nor to integrate individually.
# TENSIONS IN JALABIYA
According to the agreements between the SDF and STG, important offices should be held by people from the areas they govern. With the appointment of a mayor by the STG, Kobane residents say this is not being applied. Officials from other regions are appointed without the promised consultation of Kobane residents. The people of the city where also violently prevented by STG security forces to express their dissent by way of a statement. This is another point of friction in the integration process. Thus, people took to the streets in protest, and were met with live fire, which they see as a breach of the January 29 agreement.
# SECOND LARGER GROUP OF AFRIN RESIDENTS RETURN
Another convoy of 200 people who were displaced from Afrin now returned with about 145 vehicles from Hesekeh to their homes. As part of the January 29 agreement, STG overlooked the transit.
# 4 CIVILIANS ABDUCTED FROM SEREKANIYE
Turkish military police abducted four civilians from occupied Serekaniye handing them over to Turkish secret service. Their whereabouts remain unclear.
# PROTESTS DEMANDING TO KNOW ABOUT MISSING PEOPLE
Protests took place in Kobane and Qamishlo to demand more information about people still missing. With prisoner exchanges some detainees have returned home, while many families remain without information of their loved ones. There was also a protest in front of the UN in Geneva to demand information on the two journalists that went missing in Raqqa, now about two months ago.
# FIRST STEPS FOR SYRIAN CITIZENSHIP FOR STATELESS KURDS
Following a January 16 decree, the Syrian Interim Government set up places where 'stateless' Kurds can go to register, as a first step to eventual citizenship in the Syrian state. This comes after decades of systematically removing or denying citizenship for Kurds living in Syria that started in the 1960s.
# EXPLOSION IN HESEKEH, CHILDREN AMONG DEAD
An explosion in a shop in Hesekeh took the lives of six people including children. The origins and reasons for the explosions remain unclear.
# TURKEY RENTS OUT KURDISH VILLAGES IN BAKUR AS TRAINING FACILITY TO MILITARY
Since the 'scorched earth' politics of 1990, Kurdish villages around Mount Sirnex had been emptied and people are prohibited from resettling or even stepping foot up to this day. Now it got known that since 2009, the Turkish state had been renting out those places to the military for 49 years. Besides the use for military training, those areas have been turned into extraction sites for timber, coal, and other raw material. Additionally, there are plans for a dam that would flood and thereby extinguish at least two villages. Among those is the village Sax which is registered a first grade archaeological site.
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# MONTHLY EVALUATION
On the ground in Rojava, not much has changed over March. The situation still seems fragile. The more the time goes, the more negotiations and agreements are falling short on their implementation, it becomes more clear that women liberation is the core of this revolution. It is something we already knew as it is often emphasized, but it is becoming very clear once again. As political and military lines are changing due to "integration", it is the women's movement that helps to remember where are the fault lines and main contradictions located. The discussions about YPJ are the most clear example of it.
For all those forces who those who try to impose their authority, the question of women's freedom, together with the proposal of all nations coexisting together with ethnic and cultural autonomy, is still a problem. It questions their legitimacy, it poses a danger to the program of the Syrian state, as well as to the ongoing regional projects of Israel, US and Turkey. It is a reminder about the real ongoing struggles and the eventuality of renewed war. The military structures of SDF, as well as the civilian bodies of the Autonomous Administration, continue their resistance, navigating the contradictions and conflicts as they come.
One thing is sure, the Syrian civil war is not over yet: there are constant militarized attacks on minorities, there is Assadist underground insurgency, there are powerful Arab tribes who won't accept external domination, there is Israeli intervention in the south, there are Druze who advocate for independence from Syria... And there are also entire battalions of religious fundamentalists, who after more than a decade fighting for an islamic state with al-Qaeda or ISIS, see now themselves integrated in the new Syrian army. Many of them are comfortable as they rise the ranks of state power, but others are disappointed to see the new Syrian government shaking hands with US, Russia and Israel. That is creating a perfect ground for ISIS, which is on the rise again .
Syria is far from any sort of resolution and peace, and on top of all that the new regional war, unleashed by the attacks of Israel and US against Iran, are making things even more complicated. Kurdish forces are trying to keep distance with this war, not just in Syria but also in Iran. Revolutionary forces are working to build up a political alliance with other forces opposed to the Islamic republic, mainly other Kurdish parties but not only. They are not rushing into the war, knowing from experience that war itself won't address the political and ideological struggle that is needed for a real transformation of society.
Still, iranian drones are not only exploding on US bases, but also on critical infrastructure all around middle east. Several locations on the Kurdish regions in Iraq are suffering attacks, including kurdish revolutionary territories close to the iranian border. KRG authorities don't have the capacity to stop iranian dornes, and even the house of Maseud Barzani has become a target for the Shahed drones.
Another sidetrack of this war is how it is serving as excuse for Turkey to stall the peace process started in Bakur. It gives them the perfect smoke cover to simply delay any steps for democratization, leaving the steps taken by the revolutionary movement made in this last year unanswered. Still, many kurds continue working tirelessly for such a peace process. In Öcalans recent message for Newroz, emphasis was put on action, on making the struggle practical. A key term coming up in this regard is the commune, thus efforts of grassroots decentralized self-organisation of society. But when it comes to the Turkish government, seems clear they prefer to wait, leaving doors open to consider what will be more beneficial for them based on the results of the war on Iran.
All this unfolding conflicts are forcing us more than ever to reflect what it means to be a revolutionary. Rojava created an example of what a stateless society can be, navigating a sea of local, regional and geopolitical conflicts with really high consequences. But nothing lasts forever and the situation is constantly changing, constantly evolving. Can we achieve victory through war as the dominant field of struggle? Perhaps the answer might not be the same everywhere. In Kurdistan, the Kurdish Liberation Movement has been fighting a war for over half a century. Currently this movement is taking steps to open their for political maneuvering, shifting away from armed struggle as the main strategy without losing their means of self-defense. Now, can this revolutionary society coexist with the Syrian state and wage this political struggle, can it stop the war? The answer to this is unfolding before our eyes, but the final result is yet to be seen.
Revolutionary greetings 🖤
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#Syria #NES #SDF #DAANES #AANES #SNA #SDF #PYD #YPJ #YPG #HTS #Rojava #Kurdistan #Revolution #DefendRojava #Anarchy #Anarchism #Comrades #Internationalism #AbdullahOcalan #Öcalan #PKK #WomenLifeFreedom #TekosinaAnarsist -
Highlights 30.03.-05.04.2026
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# QUESTION OF YPJ INTEGRATION INTO SYRIAN ARMY
The position of YPJ is a key stumbling block in the integration process. Publicly made suggestions of what integration should look like from the STG side insist on it becoming part of a (women's) police force, instead of being collectively granted a place in the military which YPJ demands. On April 2nd a YPJ delegation discussed the topic in Damascus and said that the minister showed some openness and 'flexibility'. However what this means concretely is unclear. YPJ, which just celebrated their 14th anniversary, has been a cornerstone of the Rojava revolution and is not willing to dissolve nor to integrate individually.
# TENSIONS IN JALABIYA
According to the agreements between the SDF and STG, important offices should be held by people from the areas they govern. With the appointment of a mayor by the STG, Kobane residents say this is not being applied. Officials from other regions are appointed without the promised consultation of Kobane residents. The people of the city where also violently prevented by STG security forces to express their dissent by way of a statement. This is another point of friction in the integration process. Thus, people took to the streets in protest, and were met with live fire, which they see as a breach of the January 29 agreement.
# SECOND LARGER GROUP OF AFRIN RESIDENTS RETURN
Another convoy of 200 people who were displaced from Afrin now returned with about 145 vehicles from Hesekeh to their homes. As part of the January 29 agreement, STG overlooked the transit.
# 4 CIVILIANS ABDUCTED FROM SEREKANIYE
Turkish military police abducted four civilians from occupied Serekaniye handing them over to Turkish secret service. Their whereabouts remain unclear.
# PROTESTS DEMANDING TO KNOW ABOUT MISSING PEOPLE
Protests took place in Kobane and Qamishlo to demand more information about people still missing. With prisoner exchanges some detainees have returned home, while many families remain without information of their loved ones. There was also a protest in front of the UN in Geneva to demand information on the two journalists that went missing in Raqqa, now about two months ago.
# FIRST STEPS FOR SYRIAN CITIZENSHIP FOR STATELESS KURDS
Following a January 16 decree, the Syrian Interim Government set up places where 'stateless' Kurds can go to register, as a first step to eventual citizenship in the Syrian state. This comes after decades of systematically removing or denying citizenship for Kurds living in Syria that started in the 1960s.
# EXPLOSION IN HESEKEH, CHILDREN AMONG DEAD
An explosion in a shop in Hesekeh took the lives of six people including children. The origins and reasons for the explosions remain unclear.
# TURKEY RENTS OUT KURDISH VILLAGES IN BAKUR AS TRAINING FACILITY TO MILITARY
Since the 'scorched earth' politics of 1990, Kurdish villages around Mount Sirnex had been emptied and people are prohibited from resettling or even stepping foot up to this day. Now it got known that since 2009, the Turkish state had been renting out those places to the military for 49 years. Besides the use for military training, those areas have been turned into extraction sites for timber, coal, and other raw material. Additionally, there are plans for a dam that would flood and thereby extinguish at least two villages. Among those is the village Sax which is registered a first grade archaeological site.
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# MONTHLY EVALUATION
On the ground in Rojava, not much has changed over March. The situation still seems fragile. The more the time goes, the more negotiations and agreements are falling short on their implementation, it becomes more clear that women liberation is the core of this revolution. It is something we already knew as it is often emphasized, but it is becoming very clear once again. As political and military lines are changing due to "integration", it is the women's movement that helps to remember where are the fault lines and main contradictions located. The discussions about YPJ are the most clear example of it.
For all those forces who those who try to impose their authority, the question of women's freedom, together with the proposal of all nations coexisting together with ethnic and cultural autonomy, is still a problem. It questions their legitimacy, it poses a danger to the program of the Syrian state, as well as to the ongoing regional projects of Israel, US and Turkey. It is a reminder about the real ongoing struggles and the eventuality of renewed war. The military structures of SDF, as well as the civilian bodies of the Autonomous Administration, continue their resistance, navigating the contradictions and conflicts as they come.
One thing is sure, the Syrian civil war is not over yet: there are constant militarized attacks on minorities, there is Assadist underground insurgency, there are powerful Arab tribes who won't accept external domination, there is Israeli intervention in the south, there are Druze who advocate for independence from Syria... And there are also entire battalions of religious fundamentalists, who after more than a decade fighting for an islamic state with al-Qaeda or ISIS, see now themselves integrated in the new Syrian army. Many of them are comfortable as they rise the ranks of state power, but others are disappointed to see the new Syrian government shaking hands with US, Russia and Israel. That is creating a perfect ground for ISIS, which is on the rise again .
Syria is far from any sort of resolution and peace, and on top of all that the new regional war, unleashed by the attacks of Israel and US against Iran, are making things even more complicated. Kurdish forces are trying to keep distance with this war, not just in Syria but also in Iran. Revolutionary forces are working to build up a political alliance with other forces opposed to the Islamic republic, mainly other Kurdish parties but not only. They are not rushing into the war, knowing from experience that war itself won't address the political and ideological struggle that is needed for a real transformation of society.
Still, iranian drones are not only exploding on US bases, but also on critical infrastructure all around middle east. Several locations on the Kurdish regions in Iraq are suffering attacks, including kurdish revolutionary territories close to the iranian border. KRG authorities don't have the capacity to stop iranian dornes, and even the house of Maseud Barzani has become a target for the Shahed drones.
Another sidetrack of this war is how it is serving as excuse for Turkey to stall the peace process started in Bakur. It gives them the perfect smoke cover to simply delay any steps for democratization, leaving the steps taken by the revolutionary movement made in this last year unanswered. Still, many kurds continue working tirelessly for such a peace process. In Öcalans recent message for Newroz, emphasis was put on action, on making the struggle practical. A key term coming up in this regard is the commune, thus efforts of grassroots decentralized self-organisation of society. But when it comes to the Turkish government, seems clear they prefer to wait, leaving doors open to consider what will be more beneficial for them based on the results of the war on Iran.
All this unfolding conflicts are forcing us more than ever to reflect what it means to be a revolutionary. Rojava created an example of what a stateless society can be, navigating a sea of local, regional and geopolitical conflicts with really high consequences. But nothing lasts forever and the situation is constantly changing, constantly evolving. Can we achieve victory through war as the dominant field of struggle? Perhaps the answer might not be the same everywhere. In Kurdistan, the Kurdish Liberation Movement has been fighting a war for over half a century. Currently this movement is taking steps to open their for political maneuvering, shifting away from armed struggle as the main strategy without losing their means of self-defense. Now, can this revolutionary society coexist with the Syrian state and wage this political struggle, can it stop the war? The answer to this is unfolding before our eyes, but the final result is yet to be seen.
Revolutionary greetings 🖤
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#Syria #NES #SDF #DAANES #AANES #SNA #SDF #PYD #YPJ #YPG #HTS #Rojava #Kurdistan #Revolution #DefendRojava #Anarchy #Anarchism #Comrades #Internationalism #AbdullahOcalan #Öcalan #PKK #WomenLifeFreedom #TekosinaAnarsist -
Elisapie – Inuktitut (2023, Inuk)
Our next spotlight is on number 1086 on The List, submitted by @Yuki.
I’m not a covers person. Too often they come off to me as an artist just trying to prove their chops, saying ‘hey, check out what I can do with this song’, and I, more often than not, reply ‘I would prefer not to’. But this album, an entire album of covers from Inuk alt-folk artist Elisapie, comes off entirely differently. This isn’t a ‘look what I can do’ but a ‘these are how I heard these songs, where I lived and with the things happening in my life at the time’. Or even, given that every cover on this album has been translated and is sung in the artist’s own language (Inuktitut), ‘this is my story, told through these songs other people wrote’.
From the Bandcamp description:
“It’s a covers album that sprouted in the artist’s mind…when songs by artists such as Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Blondie, Fleetwood Mac, Metallica, Queen, and Cyndi Lauper, whose music once took over the community radio airwaves throughout Nunavik, Northern Quebec, triggered a flood of tears. Many of these songs were an escape as the community and cultural references were being challenged by colonization. Elisapie began a mental archaeological process: finding songs associated with emotional memories and people from her past… Every song is linked to a loved one or an intimate story that has shaped the person Elisapie is today. Through this act of cultural reappropriation, she tells her story, offers these songs as a gift to her community, and makes her language and culture resonate beyond the Inuit territory.”
Below is a track list noting the originals.
- Isumagijunnaitaungituq (The Unforgiven – Metallica)
- Sinnatuumait (Dreams – Fleetwood Mac)
- Taimangalimaaq (Time After Time – Cyndi Lauper)
- Qimatsilunga (I Want to Break Free – Queen)
- Qaisimalaurittuq (Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd)
- Californiamut (Going to California – Led Zeppelin)
- Uummati Attanarsimat (Heart of Glass – Blondie)
- Inuuniaravit (Born to Be Alive – Patrick Hernandez)
- Taimaa Qimatsiniungimat (Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye – Leonard Cohen)
- Qimmijuat (Wild Horses – Rolling Stones) 05:29
I guarantee you’ve never heard these songs like this before. Grab a tissue and give this incredible album a spin. And, if you like what you hear but maybe want a bit of a pick-me-up afterwards, also check out the Remixes EP, which has danceable takes on tracks 2, 4, and 7.
#altFolk #covers #Elisapie #folk #Inuk #Inuktitut #singerSongwriter -
Elisapie – Inuktitut (2023, Inuk)
Our next spotlight is on number 1086 on The List, submitted by @Yuki.
I’m not a covers person. Too often they come off to me as an artist just trying to prove their chops, saying ‘hey, check out what I can do with this song’, and I, more often than not, reply ‘I would prefer not to’. But this album, an entire album of covers from Inuk alt-folk artist Elisapie, comes off entirely differently. This isn’t a ‘look what I can do’ but a ‘these are how I heard these songs, where I lived and with the things happening in my life at the time’. Or even, given that every cover on this album has been translated and is sung in the artist’s own language (Inuktitut), ‘this is my story, told through these songs other people wrote’.
From the Bandcamp description:
“It’s a covers album that sprouted in the artist’s mind…when songs by artists such as Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Blondie, Fleetwood Mac, Metallica, Queen, and Cyndi Lauper, whose music once took over the community radio airwaves throughout Nunavik, Northern Quebec, triggered a flood of tears. Many of these songs were an escape as the community and cultural references were being challenged by colonization. Elisapie began a mental archaeological process: finding songs associated with emotional memories and people from her past… Every song is linked to a loved one or an intimate story that has shaped the person Elisapie is today. Through this act of cultural reappropriation, she tells her story, offers these songs as a gift to her community, and makes her language and culture resonate beyond the Inuit territory.”
Below is a track list noting the originals.
- Isumagijunnaitaungituq (The Unforgiven – Metallica)
- Sinnatuumait (Dreams – Fleetwood Mac)
- Taimangalimaaq (Time After Time – Cyndi Lauper)
- Qimatsilunga (I Want to Break Free – Queen)
- Qaisimalaurittuq (Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd)
- Californiamut (Going to California – Led Zeppelin)
- Uummati Attanarsimat (Heart of Glass – Blondie)
- Inuuniaravit (Born to Be Alive – Patrick Hernandez)
- Taimaa Qimatsiniungimat (Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye – Leonard Cohen)
- Qimmijuat (Wild Horses – Rolling Stones) 05:29
I guarantee you’ve never heard these songs like this before. Grab a tissue and give this incredible album a spin. And, if you like what you hear but maybe want a bit of a pick-me-up afterwards, also check out the Remixes EP, which has danceable takes on tracks 2, 4, and 7.
#altFolk #covers #Elisapie #folk #Inuk #Inuktitut #singerSongwriter -
Elisapie – Inuktitut (2023, Inuk)
Our next spotlight is on number 1086 on The List, submitted by @Yuki.
I’m not a covers person. Too often they come off to me as an artist just trying to prove their chops, saying ‘hey, check out what I can do with this song’, and I, more often than not, reply ‘I would prefer not to’. But this album, an entire album of covers from Inuk alt-folk artist Elisapie, comes off entirely differently. This isn’t a ‘look what I can do’ but a ‘these are how I heard these songs, where I lived and with the things happening in my life at the time’. Or even, given that every cover on this album has been translated and is sung in the artist’s own language (Inuktitut), ‘this is my story, told through these songs other people wrote’.
From the Bandcamp description:
“It’s a covers album that sprouted in the artist’s mind…when songs by artists such as Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Blondie, Fleetwood Mac, Metallica, Queen, and Cyndi Lauper, whose music once took over the community radio airwaves throughout Nunavik, Northern Quebec, triggered a flood of tears. Many of these songs were an escape as the community and cultural references were being challenged by colonization. Elisapie began a mental archaeological process: finding songs associated with emotional memories and people from her past… Every song is linked to a loved one or an intimate story that has shaped the person Elisapie is today. Through this act of cultural reappropriation, she tells her story, offers these songs as a gift to her community, and makes her language and culture resonate beyond the Inuit territory.”
Below is a track list noting the originals.
- Isumagijunnaitaungituq (The Unforgiven – Metallica)
- Sinnatuumait (Dreams – Fleetwood Mac)
- Taimangalimaaq (Time After Time – Cyndi Lauper)
- Qimatsilunga (I Want to Break Free – Queen)
- Qaisimalaurittuq (Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd)
- Californiamut (Going to California – Led Zeppelin)
- Uummati Attanarsimat (Heart of Glass – Blondie)
- Inuuniaravit (Born to Be Alive – Patrick Hernandez)
- Taimaa Qimatsiniungimat (Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye – Leonard Cohen)
- Qimmijuat (Wild Horses – Rolling Stones) 05:29
I guarantee you’ve never heard these songs like this before. Grab a tissue and give this incredible album a spin. And, if you like what you hear but maybe want a bit of a pick-me-up afterwards, also check out the Remixes EP, which has danceable takes on tracks 2, 4, and 7.
#altFolk #covers #Elisapie #folk #Inuk #Inuktitut #singerSongwriter -
Elisapie – Inuktitut (2023, Inuk)
Our next spotlight is on number 1086 on The List, submitted by @Yuki.
I’m not a covers person. Too often they come off to me as an artist just trying to prove their chops, saying ‘hey, check out what I can do with this song’, and I, more often than not, reply ‘I would prefer not to’. But this album, an entire album of covers from Inuk alt-folk artist Elisapie, comes off entirely differently. This isn’t a ‘look what I can do’ but a ‘these are how I heard these songs, where I lived and with the things happening in my life at the time’. Or even, given that every cover on this album has been translated and is sung in the artist’s own language (Inuktitut), ‘this is my story, told through these songs other people wrote’.
From the Bandcamp description:
“It’s a covers album that sprouted in the artist’s mind…when songs by artists such as Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Blondie, Fleetwood Mac, Metallica, Queen, and Cyndi Lauper, whose music once took over the community radio airwaves throughout Nunavik, Northern Quebec, triggered a flood of tears. Many of these songs were an escape as the community and cultural references were being challenged by colonization. Elisapie began a mental archaeological process: finding songs associated with emotional memories and people from her past… Every song is linked to a loved one or an intimate story that has shaped the person Elisapie is today. Through this act of cultural reappropriation, she tells her story, offers these songs as a gift to her community, and makes her language and culture resonate beyond the Inuit territory.”
Below is a track list noting the originals.
- Isumagijunnaitaungituq (The Unforgiven – Metallica)
- Sinnatuumait (Dreams – Fleetwood Mac)
- Taimangalimaaq (Time After Time – Cyndi Lauper)
- Qimatsilunga (I Want to Break Free – Queen)
- Qaisimalaurittuq (Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd)
- Californiamut (Going to California – Led Zeppelin)
- Uummati Attanarsimat (Heart of Glass – Blondie)
- Inuuniaravit (Born to Be Alive – Patrick Hernandez)
- Taimaa Qimatsiniungimat (Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye – Leonard Cohen)
- Qimmijuat (Wild Horses – Rolling Stones) 05:29
I guarantee you’ve never heard these songs like this before. Grab a tissue and give this incredible album a spin. And, if you like what you hear but maybe want a bit of a pick-me-up afterwards, also check out the Remixes EP, which has danceable takes on tracks 2, 4, and 7.
#altFolk #covers #Elisapie #folk #Inuk #Inuktitut #singerSongwriter -
Elisapie – Inuktitut (2023, Inuk)
Our next spotlight is on number 1086 on The List, submitted by @Yuki.
I’m not a covers person. Too often they come off to me as an artist just trying to prove their chops, saying ‘hey, check out what I can do with this song’, and I, more often than not, reply ‘I would prefer not to’. But this album, an entire album of covers from Inuk alt-folk artist Elisapie, comes off entirely differently. This isn’t a ‘look what I can do’ but a ‘these are how I heard these songs, where I lived and with the things happening in my life at the time’. Or even, given that every cover on this album has been translated and is sung in the artist’s own language (Inuktitut), ‘this is my story, told through these songs other people wrote’.
From the Bandcamp description:
“It’s a covers album that sprouted in the artist’s mind…when songs by artists such as Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Blondie, Fleetwood Mac, Metallica, Queen, and Cyndi Lauper, whose music once took over the community radio airwaves throughout Nunavik, Northern Quebec, triggered a flood of tears. Many of these songs were an escape as the community and cultural references were being challenged by colonization. Elisapie began a mental archaeological process: finding songs associated with emotional memories and people from her past… Every song is linked to a loved one or an intimate story that has shaped the person Elisapie is today. Through this act of cultural reappropriation, she tells her story, offers these songs as a gift to her community, and makes her language and culture resonate beyond the Inuit territory.”
Below is a track list noting the originals.
- Isumagijunnaitaungituq (The Unforgiven – Metallica)
- Sinnatuumait (Dreams – Fleetwood Mac)
- Taimangalimaaq (Time After Time – Cyndi Lauper)
- Qimatsilunga (I Want to Break Free – Queen)
- Qaisimalaurittuq (Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd)
- Californiamut (Going to California – Led Zeppelin)
- Uummati Attanarsimat (Heart of Glass – Blondie)
- Inuuniaravit (Born to Be Alive – Patrick Hernandez)
- Taimaa Qimatsiniungimat (Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye – Leonard Cohen)
- Qimmijuat (Wild Horses – Rolling Stones) 05:29
I guarantee you’ve never heard these songs like this before. Grab a tissue and give this incredible album a spin. And, if you like what you hear but maybe want a bit of a pick-me-up afterwards, also check out the Remixes EP, which has danceable takes on tracks 2, 4, and 7.
#altFolk #covers #Elisapie #folk #Inuk #Inuktitut #singerSongwriter -
NOUS VOUS ÉCRIVONS POUR DÉFENDRE LA RÉVOLUTION
Chères lectrices, amies, camarades et soeurs de lutte,
En 2021, à travers notre ouvrage "Nous vous écrivons depuis la révolution", nous vous avions partagé l’expérience de la révolution des femmes du Rojava qui, depuis, n’a jamais cessé d’inspirer nos vies et nos luttes. Vous aviez été nombreuses à nous inviter pour parler de cette expérience, à participer à nos présentations publiques et à nous envoyer vos impressions et sentiments suite à la lecture du livre. Toutes ces rencontres et discussions ont nourri nos pratiques et nos pensées communes jusqu’à aujourd’hui.
Cinq ans plus tard, c’est depuis la France, la Belgique et la Suisse que "nous vous écrivons pour défendre la révolution", aujourd’hui menacée par une alliance entre les puissances régionales et internationales avec le gouvernement réactionnaire à la botte des capitalistes d’Ahmed al-Chareh. La nouvelle armée syrienne, constituée par des organisations djihadistes comme HTS, des milices pro turque et abritant des combattants de Daesh, assiège en ce moment même la ville de Kobané où toutes et tous - femmes, hommes, jeunes et personnes âgées - se préparent, dans des conditions de vie dramatiques à une nouvelle résistance historique.
Depuis le début de l’offensive du 6 janvier, nous avons vu les atrocités commises par les combattants islamistes de Damas, qui ont spécialement visées les femmes et la population kurde, à Alep d'abord puis dans les régions de Tabqa, Raqqa et Deir-ez-Zor. Les structures du Kongra Star (confédération d'organisations de femmes au Rojava) et les centres de jineolojî ont été particulièrement ciblés, incendiés, les tresses des combattantes coupées et les statues des YPJ renversées. Sur les réseaux numériques, les auteurs de ces crimes de guerre font leur propre propagande et se vantent de l’asservissement des femmes qu’ils sont en train de réinstaurer. Pendant ce temps, les déclarations diplomatiques occidentales et les médias mainstream cherchent à montrer le régime d’al-Chareh, qui assassine son propre peuple comme l'a fait Bachar al-Assad, comme la nouvelle force partenaire « anti-terroriste » de la coalition internationale de la Syrie. Il s'agit bien d'une opération idéologique visant à légitimer l’inimaginable et à forcer l’Administration Autonome du Nord et de l’Est de la Syrie (AANES) et les Forces démocratiques syriennes (YPG-YPJ-FDS) à capituler.
Pourtant, les représentantes politiques et militaires du Rojava ont décidé de tenir leur promesse aux côtés de leur peuple. Personnes ne va se rendre. Ensemble, armes à la main, toutes et tous s’organisent. Les bénévoles des maisons des femmes, les mères de martyres, les jeunes lycéennes, les travailleuses des coopératives agricoles, les étudiantes de jineolojî, les internationalistes sont sur les places des villes et des villages, aux checkpoints stratégiques et près des infrastructures vitales pour défendre la terre, la vie et la liberté.
Des milliers de personnes se soulèvent dans la rue au Kurdistan, en Europe et dans le monde entier pour les soutenir, les personnes se relaient près de la frontière à Nusaybin face à Qamishlo et à Suruç face à Kobanê, et une caravane internationaliste qui a déjà rallié des dizaines de personnes est actuellement en route pour le Rojava.
Cette offensive n’est pas une opération isolée, mais elle s’inscrit dans un contexte mondial. Face aux attaques capitalistes, masculinistes et fascistes sans précédent du système dominant, nous vivons une époque décisive pour la libération des femmes et des peuples partout dans le monde. Défendre la révolution des femmes du Rojava c’est avant tout faire obstacle aux plans impérialistes au Moyen-Orient, mais aussi dans le monde entier. Dans ce contexte, nous, les femmes, sommes celles qui pouvons faire la différence. Dans cette Troisième guerre mondiale qui s’accélère, nous, les femmes, nous sommes celles qui peuvent faire la différence et créer une réelle alternative basée sur des efforts de paix et la nécessité de la légitime défense.
Défendre le Rojava, c’est défendre nos amies et camarades kurdes qui se sacrifient chaque jour dans la lutte pour la libération des femmes.
Défendre le Rojava, c’est défendre celles qui, face à toutes les forces réactionnaires, ont réussi à nous faire rêver et à nous faire agir pour un monde plus juste et plus beau, un monde d’amour et de joie depuis près de 15 ans maintenant.
Défendre le Rojava, c’est défendre notre dignité à toutes.Alors, rejoingnez la résistance en participant aux différentes actions locales et internationales !
Rejoignez et relayez les campagnes WomenDefendRojava (WDR) et Riseup4Rojava (R4R) !
Diffusez les infos du terrain via les réseaux sociaux, contactez les médias et organisez des rencontres pour informer sur la situation du Rojava !OU LA VICTOIRE OU LA VICTOIRE !
VIVE LA RÉSISTANCE INTERNATIONALISTE DES FEMMES !Le comité de rédaction du livre "Nous vous écrivons depuis la révolution"
#Bijirojava
#alleyesonrojava
#defendrojava
#ypg
#ypj
#SDF
#AANES
#QSD
#kurdistan
#Rojava
#communalisme
#riseup4rojava
#Syrie -
NOUS VOUS ÉCRIVONS POUR DÉFENDRE LA RÉVOLUTION
Chères lectrices, amies, camarades et soeurs de lutte,
En 2021, à travers notre ouvrage "Nous vous écrivons depuis la révolution", nous vous avions partagé l’expérience de la révolution des femmes du Rojava qui, depuis, n’a jamais cessé d’inspirer nos vies et nos luttes. Vous aviez été nombreuses à nous inviter pour parler de cette expérience, à participer à nos présentations publiques et à nous envoyer vos impressions et sentiments suite à la lecture du livre. Toutes ces rencontres et discussions ont nourri nos pratiques et nos pensées communes jusqu’à aujourd’hui.
Cinq ans plus tard, c’est depuis la France, la Belgique et la Suisse que "nous vous écrivons pour défendre la révolution", aujourd’hui menacée par une alliance entre les puissances régionales et internationales avec le gouvernement réactionnaire à la botte des capitalistes d’Ahmed al-Chareh. La nouvelle armée syrienne, constituée par des organisations djihadistes comme HTS, des milices pro turque et abritant des combattants de Daesh, assiège en ce moment même la ville de Kobané où toutes et tous - femmes, hommes, jeunes et personnes âgées - se préparent, dans des conditions de vie dramatiques à une nouvelle résistance historique.
Depuis le début de l’offensive du 6 janvier, nous avons vu les atrocités commises par les combattants islamistes de Damas, qui ont spécialement visées les femmes et la population kurde, à Alep d'abord puis dans les régions de Tabqa, Raqqa et Deir-ez-Zor. Les structures du Kongra Star (confédération d'organisations de femmes au Rojava) et les centres de jineolojî ont été particulièrement ciblés, incendiés, les tresses des combattantes coupées et les statues des YPJ renversées. Sur les réseaux numériques, les auteurs de ces crimes de guerre font leur propre propagande et se vantent de l’asservissement des femmes qu’ils sont en train de réinstaurer. Pendant ce temps, les déclarations diplomatiques occidentales et les médias mainstream cherchent à montrer le régime d’al-Chareh, qui assassine son propre peuple comme l'a fait Bachar al-Assad, comme la nouvelle force partenaire « anti-terroriste » de la coalition internationale de la Syrie. Il s'agit bien d'une opération idéologique visant à légitimer l’inimaginable et à forcer l’Administration Autonome du Nord et de l’Est de la Syrie (AANES) et les Forces démocratiques syriennes (YPG-YPJ-FDS) à capituler.
Pourtant, les représentantes politiques et militaires du Rojava ont décidé de tenir leur promesse aux côtés de leur peuple. Personnes ne va se rendre. Ensemble, armes à la main, toutes et tous s’organisent. Les bénévoles des maisons des femmes, les mères de martyres, les jeunes lycéennes, les travailleuses des coopératives agricoles, les étudiantes de jineolojî, les internationalistes sont sur les places des villes et des villages, aux checkpoints stratégiques et près des infrastructures vitales pour défendre la terre, la vie et la liberté.
Des milliers de personnes se soulèvent dans la rue au Kurdistan, en Europe et dans le monde entier pour les soutenir, les personnes se relaient près de la frontière à Nusaybin face à Qamishlo et à Suruç face à Kobanê, et une caravane internationaliste qui a déjà rallié des dizaines de personnes est actuellement en route pour le Rojava.
Cette offensive n’est pas une opération isolée, mais elle s’inscrit dans un contexte mondial. Face aux attaques capitalistes, masculinistes et fascistes sans précédent du système dominant, nous vivons une époque décisive pour la libération des femmes et des peuples partout dans le monde. Défendre la révolution des femmes du Rojava c’est avant tout faire obstacle aux plans impérialistes au Moyen-Orient, mais aussi dans le monde entier. Dans ce contexte, nous, les femmes, sommes celles qui pouvons faire la différence. Dans cette Troisième guerre mondiale qui s’accélère, nous, les femmes, nous sommes celles qui peuvent faire la différence et créer une réelle alternative basée sur des efforts de paix et la nécessité de la légitime défense.
Défendre le Rojava, c’est défendre nos amies et camarades kurdes qui se sacrifient chaque jour dans la lutte pour la libération des femmes.
Défendre le Rojava, c’est défendre celles qui, face à toutes les forces réactionnaires, ont réussi à nous faire rêver et à nous faire agir pour un monde plus juste et plus beau, un monde d’amour et de joie depuis près de 15 ans maintenant.
Défendre le Rojava, c’est défendre notre dignité à toutes.Alors, rejoingnez la résistance en participant aux différentes actions locales et internationales !
Rejoignez et relayez les campagnes WomenDefendRojava (WDR) et Riseup4Rojava (R4R) !
Diffusez les infos du terrain via les réseaux sociaux, contactez les médias et organisez des rencontres pour informer sur la situation du Rojava !OU LA VICTOIRE OU LA VICTOIRE !
VIVE LA RÉSISTANCE INTERNATIONALISTE DES FEMMES !Le comité de rédaction du livre "Nous vous écrivons depuis la révolution"
#Bijirojava
#alleyesonrojava
#defendrojava
#ypg
#ypj
#SDF
#AANES
#QSD
#kurdistan
#Rojava
#communalisme
#riseup4rojava
#Syrie -
CW: A Call for Solidarity from the Universities in Rojava/Northern and Eastern Syria
We, the faculty, students, and staff of the Universities in Rojava/Northern and Eastern Syria, send you this message as we leave our classrooms to help defend our universities, our cities, and our revolution alongside the self-defense forces. Before the autonomous administration, Raqqa (Sharq) and Kobanê had no universities. Our campuses, built in the midst of war, have reclaimed long-denied education to young people, grounding learning in women’s liberation, ecology, and a democratic, communal life for the people.
For the past fifteen years in Rojava/Northern and Eastern Syria, under constant pressure and repeated attacks by imperial, sub-imperial, and colonial powers, our people have built a shared life through collective capacity. Against capitalism and patriarchy, we have worked to advance a society rooted in women’s liberation, ecological life, and democratic self-rule. Under the conditions of war across the region, and against the violence and impositions of regional states and their mercenaries, we relied on our own self-defense and our own diplomacy to carve out space, and within that space, we struggled to build a life that once seemed impossible.
Today, that life is under attack. What we have built, this source of hope for oppressed peoples in the region and around the world, is being targeted from all sides by the fascist forces of the Syrian Arab Army, an al-Qaeda lineage rebranded into state authority and dressed in suits, and by mercenaries, backed by regional and global imperial powers.
We are living through an unfolding feminicide and genocide. The situation on the ground is urgent and worsening by the day. Our university buildings are full of displaced people trying to survive the winter without blankets or extra clothing. Turkish drones have targeted several places near the University of Rojava in Qamishlo during the last few days. Students in the dormitories in Qamishlo are cut off from their families in Kobanê, not knowing if their loved ones are safe, and unable to reach them.
The situation in Kobanê is particularly dire. The city is currently under siege, surrounded by Syrian Army forces on one side and the Turkish army on the other. For seven days, there has been no electricity, no access to water, and no reliable access to basic necessities. Under these conditions, learning, safety, and survival are being targeted as part of a coordinated siege.
We say this clearly to our friends, colleagues, and comrades: we will defend ourselves with everything we have. We will defend our people, our universities, and the possibility of the life we have struggled to build.
We call on you, wherever you are, to stand with Rojava. Raise your voice. Organize on your campuses, in your unions, and in your communities. Use your positions, however limited they may feel, to push for action, to demand accountability, and to refuse silence. Strengthen the networks of solidarity that make resistance possible. Stand up for the revolutionary aims of freedom, women’s liberation, ecological life, and democratic communal life. Your solidarity is part of our self-defense, and it can help shift the balance and prevent yet another genocide in the region.
Universities in Rojava/Northern and Eastern Syria
University of Rojava,
Kobani University,
University of Al-Sharq Students,
Faculty and Staff -
Highlights
18.01.26 - 20.01.26-----------------------------------------------------------------
Full scale war is here. We were caught up in the midst of it and did not manage to publish updates the past two days. We'll do our best to be back on track here to keep you updated, but also call on all of you to seek out the truth of what is happening on the ground. If you run into relevant things we did not mention, let us know and we'll do our best to verify and inform. Solidarity is our best weapon!
# NES LOOSES GROUND
The past three days, the border between NES and the Syrian regions under STG control has been moving by the minute - to the loss of NES and gain of STG. Following a fragile ceasefire agreement that has not been respected, SDF had to withdraw from Raqqa as well as Deir ez-Zor region. US by its non-reaction gives green light.
Despite everything that is at stakes for all the people and the revolution, two major risks arising with this are for one the consequences for women.
Women in places like Raqqa, who were liberated from certain of the patriarchal and fascist constraints, are being and will be thrown back to full oppression with all the abuses we can picture. The second is the risk that prisons holding thousands of ISIS fighters captive being lost control over which would bolster an ISIS resurgence. At Raqqa Al Aqtaan prison, while SDF withdrew from the city, some SDF fighters stayed behind to defend the prison in order to prevent ISIS being liberated. They are besieged and water supplies being intentionally cut off. The situation is very fragile. Second, the prison in Shedadi had to be left behind by SDF, with US army watching idly from close distance. Consequently, STG went in and freed the prisoners. Third, Al-Hol camp, the refugee camp housing about 40.000 women and children and affiliates of ISIS fighters, cannot be controlled any longer by the SDF. SDF announced that due to the ongoing attacks they can't secure it any longer, shortly after US allegedly deployed some forces and stated that SDF is still in control of the facilities. Several days ago already, after Tabqa Church Prison was evacuated by SDF, STG-affiliated cells entered and opened fire, staging a scene as if taking control of the prison.Kobani is an island on the map now, encircled by STG and Turkish state factions. STG intentionally cut off water and electricity from the city, putting the inhabitants at great risk.
# MASS MOBILISATION
As last hopes for diplomatic and peaceful solutions are being crushed by Turkey-backed STG aggression, organisations and structures of NES, of other parts of Kurdistan, and internationally call for mass mobilisation in order to defend NES and the revolution. DAANES concludes: “We must understand that we are facing an existential war. To preserve the gains of our revolution and our identity, there is only one option, popular resistance.” In NES, even politicans and injured fighters take up arms.
In other parts of Kurdistan, people in Southern Turkey and Northern Iraq managed to break through the borders to come and join the resistance. Semalka border - the main entry and exit point for NES - allegedly opened doors, allowing many buses full of kurdish civilians going to join the resistance in Rojava. A protest of thousands in Nusaybin, which lies in Turkish territory just next to Qamishlo, culminated successfully in the tearing down of the border. Hundreds rushed across into NES, but Turkish soldiers opened fire against the protestors and at least four people were injured.
This mobilisation is also being echoed by people all around the world, taking to the streets to condemn the attacks. Many protests and demonstrations already took place in Turkey, France, Switzerland, US, Germany, Austria, Catalunya.
# KURDISH UNITY AND PUSHES FOR ETHNIC DIVISION
In face of such grave attacks, different Kurdish organisations and politically differently affiliated populations can be seen moving closer together, recognising the threat to all of them. Talabani, president of PUK in Kurdistan-Iraq condemned the attacks, expresssing to side with NES. At the same time, the current situation sadly also fuels anti-Arab racism in NES, with Arabs sometimes being seen as one with what STG are representing. These ethnic divisions are precisely what Turkey and HTS are striving for and thriving on. In such times we need to remind ourselves and each other more than ever, that what is being defended in NES is a political liberatory effort that bridges among ethnic and national differences.
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#Syria #NES #SDF #DAANES #AANES #SNA #SDF #PYD #YPJ #YPG #HTS #Rojava #Kurdistan #Revolution #DefendRojava #Anarchy #Anarchism #Comrades #Internationalism #AbdullahOcalan #Öcalan #PKK #WomenLifeFreedom #TekosinaAnarsist -
- https://www.akb.bzh/alerte-en-syrie-mobilisation-generale-pour-defendre-rojava/ (Alerte en Syrie ; mobilisation générale pour défendre Rojava)
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La rencontre récente entre Mazlum Abdi, commandant en chef des Forces démocratiques syriennes FDS), et Ahmad al-Chareh, président autoproclamé de la Syrie, a révélé la nature des exigences de Damas : une capitulation totale, la négation de toute autonomie politique et la soumission du peuple kurde à un pouvoir jihadiste. Face à cette impasse, les forces kurdes ont rejeté toute reddition et ont décrété une mobilisation générale pour défendre leur existence et leurs droits.Unis face à la menace djihadiste
‘’Le Conseil démocratique kurde en France (CDK-F) informe l’opinion publique que la situation au Rojava a connu une évolution majeure depuis la nuit dernière, marquée par une mobilisation historique et mondiale du peuple kurde face aux massacres commis par des groupes djihadistes affiliés à Al-Qaïda et à Daech, soutenus ou tolérés par le pouvoir installé à Damas. Depuis hier, des millions de Kurdes à travers le monde se mobilisent pour exprimer leur soutien inconditionnel au Rojava. Des milliers de Kurdes de Turquie ont franchi les frontières depuis Nusaybin, et des centaines depuis le poste-frontière de Semalka, afin de rejoindre le Rojava pour défendre leurs frères et sœurs et protéger les acquis politiques, sociaux et démocratiques du peuple kurde. En Europe, et notamment en France, les Kurdes se mobilisent dans toutes les grandes villes. Fait exceptionnel, toutes les sensibilités politiques kurdes sont aujourd’hui unies pour stopper les massacres et faire face à la menace djihadiste. Le CDK-F alerte également sur un fait d’une extrême gravité : le ministère du culte syrien a appelé les mosquées à diffuser vendredi prochain la fatwa dite “Al-Anfal”, référence directe aux campagnes génocidaires contre les Kurdes,
80 ans après la chute la République de Mahabad, même complot, même trahison
‘’80 ans plus tard exactement, un même complot, une même trahison ! Ceux qui ont anéanti la République de Mahabad de la nation kurde en Iran en 1946 s’attaquent aujourd’hui avec la même abjection à l’entité autonome de la même nation au Rojava en Syrie’’ déclare Doğan Özgüden, (Artı Gerçek, 20 janvier 2026) journaliste et éditeur d’Info-Turk., en exil à Bruxelles depuis 55 ans. Il dénonce les agissements du gouvernement syrien ‘’aux mains des terroristes daechiens’’ (- et les agissements de la Turquie -), ‘’soutenu ou toléré par les USA et les Etats de l’Union européenne’’, qui tente de détruire la région autonome du Rojava, ‘’un acquis majeur de la nation kurde en Syrie’’. Il note les propos de Devlet Bahçeli, le leader du MHP, prononcé ce jour , prenant pour cible les FDS : « Les racines des activités terroristes opérant à l’est de l’Euphrate, d’Ayn al-Arab à Qamishli, doivent être éradiquées, et le nettoyage de la région doit être mené de manière globale et coordonnée ». Il note aussi la réaction de Murat Karayılan, commandant du HPG, la branche militaire du PKK :
‘’ Sachez que nous ne vous abandonnerons pas. Quel qu’en soit le prix, nous ne vous abandonnerons jamais. Dans ce processus, au nom de tout le peuple kurde, et au nom de notre Mouvement, nous ferons tout ce qui est nécessaire’’.
Et de conclure :
‘’ Soutenir le peuple du Rojava et l’Administration autonome du Rojava, est aujourd’hui le devoir primordial de tous ceux qui défendent la liberté, l’égalité et la fraternité entre les peuples’’.La France a obligation de réagir
A cette situation, le silence de la diplomatie française est profondément inquiétant et suscite une incompréhension croissante au sein des centaines de milliers de Kurdes vivant en France. Ce silence interroge la sincérité des engagements de la France envers ses alliés kurdes dans la lutte contre Daech. Le Conseil démocratique kurde en France dénonce ‘’avec force le silence et l’inaction de l’Occident, et en particulier de la France, pourtant engagée hier aux côtés des Kurdes dans la lutte contre Daesh’’. S’adressant directement au Président de la République française , il attire son attention sur les conséquences directes de cette politique d’abandon.
Le CDK-F appelle les partis politiques et les organisations de la société civile à se mobiliser sans délais et demandent aux médias de relayer l’urgence et la gravité de la situation.
Pour une Syrie laïque, démocratique et fédérale.
La reconnaissance des droits politiques, démocratiques et collectifs des peuples en Syrie est en jeu.
Sauvons Kobané.
Sauvons Rojava.Sauvons ce modèle démocratique, progressiste et féministe, multi-ethnique – unique au Moyen-Orient -, porteur d’espoir dans un monde bouleversé et chaotique au bord de l’implosion.
Sauvons les FDS créées pour contrer l’État islamique (EI) en Syrie, regroupant des forces kurdes, arabes sunnites et chrétiennes, avec un objectif affiché de créer, sous l’impulsion des Kurdes, une Syrie laïque, démocratique et fédérale.
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Die Situation in Nordostsyrien #Rojava ist weiter extrem belastet. Die vom türkischen #Erdoganregime unterstützte islamistische SNA Miliz greift seit Jahren immer wieder kurdische, jesidische, assyrische und auch arabische Menschen an, die sich im multiethnisch selbstverwalteten Gebiet im Norden Syriens #Rojava organisiert haben. Während sich die gemäßigt gebende Al Qaida nahe HTS Miliz und ihr Anführer Dscholani (jetzt Ahmed al-Scharaa) auf die Zerschlagung des Assad Regimes und die Etablierung einer Übergangsregierung konzentrieren, sind die Aktionen der türkischen Proxitruppen SNA aggressiv gegen die Selbstorganisierung und die sozialen Errungenschaften in Nordostsyrien gerichtet. Durch die Angriffe 2018/19 sowie die jüngsten Offensiven wurden hundertausende Menschen vertrieben. Die Geflohenen fanden Aufnahme im Gebiet östlich des Euphrat, das von Selbstverteidigungseinheiten der Region geschützt wird. Diese sind gleichzeitig mit der Kontrolle des weitgehend zerschlagenen, aber noch aktiven IS gefordert. Die Bevölkerung, die Selbstverwaltung, sowie der Kurdische rote Halbmond und internationale Hilfsorganisationen versuchen die Geflohenen soweit als möglich zu unterstützen. Jedoch haben aktuell die Kürzungen der internationalen Hilfe (maßgeblich die von USAID durch Trump) die Versorgungslage massiv gefährdet. Die Region ist extrem belastet, der Unterricht an vielen Schulen fällt aus, weil Menschen untergebracht werden müssen. Viele Tausende leben seit den Vertreibungen 2018/19 in Zeltlagern unter marginalen Bedingungen (Fotos). Auch Bauruinen müssen als Unterkünfte herhalten (Fotos). Die Menschen der Region, die über Jahre den IS bekämpfen, bemühen sich um den Aufbau ihrer vom Krieg zerstörten Heimat und ihrer Existenz. Das #Erdoganregime muss gestoppt werden, um die Angriffe auf Menschen und Infrastruktur zu beenden. Hilfe zum Aufbau einer funktionierenden Zivilgesellschaft ist dringend notwendig. Hier versagt jedoch westliches Regierungshandeln seit Jahren. Bekämpft endlich Fluchtursachen - nicht die Geflohenen! Fotos MW 4/2025: Washokani Camp bei Haseke, 16.000 Menschen seit 2019, Geflohene in Bauruinen Qamishlo.
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-----------------------------------------------------------------# NEWROZ PIROZ BE!
This week all Kurdistan went to the streets for Newroz, the new year celebrations for many peoples in West and Central Asia, Caucasus and Balkans. It has a very significant meaning of resistance for Kurdish people. Throughout northern Syria big celebrations were organized by the DAANES, with music, political speeches and other cultural events. Many political and social organizations made statements to celebrate Newroz and to celebrate the achievements of the Kurdish liberation movement, as well as the revolutionary steps taken this year, and the recent statement of Abdullah Öcalan invigorated the celebrations.
# NEXT STEPS ON THE AGREEMENTS SIGNED BY ABDI-SHARA'A
Following the agreements of cooperation signed by Mazlum Abdi and Ahmed al-Shara'a, the provisional goverment formed a committee to coordinate its implementation. Alongside discussions about the integration of SDF into the Ministry of defense and other topics related to security and military affairs, steps are also been taken in civilian affairs. UNICEF mediated a discussion between the DAANES and the Ministry of Education to develop a fair and accessible process for students across the region, mainly concerning Syrian universities and mechanisms for conducting secondary and preparatory certificate exams. Discussions about oil and gas fields and electricity plants are also taking place, with the Syrian Minister of Electricity Omar Shaqrouq giving at a press conference about energy infrastructure repairs in northeast Syria. Rumors and alleged conditions of SDF and the transitional government about the integration of SDF in the new Syrian army are spreading on some social networks, but as terms are being discussed no official announcements have been made this week.
# AGREEMENTS BETWEEN PYD AND ENKS
Representants of PYD (Partiya Yekitiya Democratic - Democratic Union Party, leading political party of DAANES) and ENKS (Kurdish national union party, a party in Rojava that is closely connected to KRG and Turkey) held a meeting in Qamishlo with mediation of Mazlum Abdi and American officials. After the meeting both sides communicated they reached agreements to end the disputes between both organizations and to build a common delegation to negotiate with the Damascus provisional government. Both parties also expressed their common disagreement with the provisional consitution that was recently proposed by the provisional government, calling for a decentralized and federal Syria. They also stated that they will meet again after the celebrations of Newroz to continue negotiations.
#COASTAL INSURGENCE
Incidents continue in the coastal areas of the Latakia province that saw the recent wave of insurgency. Revenge killings and kidnappings have continued over the past week, even as coordinated insurgent attacks and extrajudicial sectarian killings by interim government forces have decreased. Alawite media have widely reported on instances of violence committed against the Alawite community by Sunnis and government forces. Several thousands, mostly Alawites, left their homes seeking shelter from the attacks in Lebanon. Near 10.000 found temporary shelter in the Russian base at Hmeimim, but after the tensions lowered, Russian military personal urged them to leave the military base.
# CLASHES IN LEBANESE BORDER
After a confusing incident on the border between Syria and Lebanon where some Syrians were killed, clashes took place. Forces of HTS connected to the Syrian Ministry of Defense (MoD) launched a raid into Lebanese territory, taking control of one small border town. The Lebanese army engaged in clashes, allegedly against smugglers or tribal armed groups. HTS-linked media blame Hezbollah for the incidents, but Hezbollah denied involvment. Over the week, clashes continued on and off, with discussions ongoing between Lebanese goverment and Syrian provisional government to secure the border and stop the clashes. Allegedly, Hezbollah used the tensions and confusion to launch raids on Syrian territory.
# DEIR EZZOR INSURGENCY
Soldiers of the MoD launched several raids in the Deir Ezzor region, in areas under control of the provisional government. The raids followed a wave of insurgency and attacks against military points of the MoD, allegedly by smuggling networks and militias aligned with Hezbollah or with Iran. It seems there is no direct relation between the insurgency in Deir Ezzor and the insurgency in coastal areas, but in both cases Assad loyalist elements seem to be involved in one way or another.
# HALT ON TURKISH ATTACKS?
On Sunday 16th of March a Turkish drone attacked a family home in the Kobane countryside killing both parents and 7 children, with only two children surviving with serious injuries. Many protests denouncing the attack took place all across north-east Syria. Two days after the massacre, the attacks of SNA and the Turkish army slowed down to a point that in the last days, no new attacks are reported. This pause could be a temporary phenomenon, but it comes against the backdrop of the SDF-Syrian provisional government talks. Turkey and the SNA appeared to halt attacks on March 19, which was the same day that the Syrian interim government met with the SDF at al Shaddadi base in Hasakah Province to continue negotiations over the SDF’s integration into the Syrian army.
# ISRAEL ATTACKS
Israel continued its attacks on Syrian military positions, further advancing their occupation in southern Syria. Some airstrikes are claimed to be targeting military installations in southern Syria, which were allegedly being repurposed by military personal, and becoming a potential threat to Israel. Military occupation forces entered several new villages of the Quneitra region. Besides the expansion of the military occupation, they launched airstrikes next to the Lebanese border, allegedly targeting Hezbollah militias. The Israeli air force also bombed the Palmyra military airport in central Syria in several raids.
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# Evaluation
First of all, we want to share a self-criticism for not sharing our weekly update last week. We included some relevant events from past week in the present update. A combination of technical difficulties, shortcomings in coordination and other relevant works prevented us from curating a coherent update to share last week. We consider this task an important work to do. We value the trust you give us by following our channels, and we want to keep up with the commitments we agreed. Nevertheless, we are not professional journalists or analysts, and have limited capacities and resources. We are revolutionary anarchist militants keeping up with the duties we committed to: support, defend and expand the revolutionary developments achieved in northeastern Syria.
About the situation on the ground, as the recent escalation in Latakia region unfolds, the military forces of the transitional government are reacting as everyone expected them to do. The Salafist elements of HTS together with other Islamist militias of SNA are massacring Alawite people and inciting ethnic hate and revenge. Al-Sharaa's measured declarations to simulate control of the situation are just a performance. Nevertheless, his recent statements about conspiracies and plans to sow discord and instability in Syria, may have some foundations besides just diverting public attention. Russian elements have been negotiating with the transitional government, but they probably kept connections with what remains of the military of the ousted regime. The scale and coordination of the attacks may suggest some external support for the insurgents. The fast reaction of Russian army providing aid and humanitarian support to displaced Alawites is an indicator that they have clear interest to keep presence in the region, working to gain support from the local population. How much are they offering a solution to the problem they themselves created is a matter of speculation for now.
In any case, this escalation of tensions can lead to clashes even in other regions. Different forces in opposition the new government might find an opportunity to challenge their rule, pushing back to gain better positions in these moments of chaos. Also other Islamist groups may use this situation to incite hate and push for further escalation to advance their agendas. As we write these lines, we are following reports on attacks being repelled by security forces in Sheikh Maqsoud, the Kurdish neighborhood in the city of Aleppo.
In the geopolitical board, the "power vacuum" of Syria is clearly unleashing waves that will influence the region for decades to come. Turkey in the north and Israel in the south are trying to use this situation to expand their influence, entering in a race for hegemony in Middle east that is now being played in Syria. This creates and interesting contradiction for US, since Turkey being a NATO member will oblige them to defend Turkish forces in case of conflict with Israel. But we all know that in such a conflict US will align with Israel and not with Turkey, questioning the value of the whole NATO alliance. Such a situation still far away from taking place, but it is probably what Russia would like to see, and their presence in Syria is not over yet. How all those things will play out, especially now with a narcissitic clown in the White house, is still unknown.
But going back to the ground level, while those terrible massacres are happening on the Syrian coast and another escalation of Syrian civil war is looming over us, the celebrations of 8 of March brought the women of northeastern Syria out to the streets from Heseke to Raqqa, From Qamishlo to Deir Ezzor. Women's Protection Units (YPJ) held a military ceremony and reaffirmed its resolve to build democratic Syria with the commitment to the principle of "Woman, Life, Freedom". Women, the leading force behind revolution of northeastern Syria, are and will be in the forefront of unfolding events in Syria and elsewhere - including the resistance of Tishreen dam which, as we speak, holds strong and doesn't let Turkish army and their proxies pass to the other shore of the Euphrates.
Revolutionary greetings! 🖤
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