Category: Report

North-East Syrian playground for armored vehicles; Russian and American dyna

North-East Syria has become a playground for armored vehicles. Not a week goes by without the Russian army stopping a US patrol, the Syrian Arab Army stopping a US patrol, or the other way around. Military patrols have even been reported to chase each other through the countryside like cat and mouse. Another flare-up between […]

Kidnappings of women in Afrin and why the Turks don’t stop it

The Afrin region is famous throughout Syria for its beautiful green and hilly landscape, filled with olive trees. Kurds refer to it as the ‘garden of Eden’ and Kurds and Arabs have lived together in peace under the rulings of both Hafez and Bashar al-Assad. The multi-ethnic city of Afrin has been gripped by violence […]

Kurdish-Kurdish peace talks on hold

Kurdish opposition and ruling parties in northeast Syria are to begin a new round of unity talks in the “coming days” according to a member of the opposition delegation. Mazloum Abdi, general commander of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), tweeted on May 29 that the first stage of talks between the ruling Democratic Union […]

New governor of Hasakah: Kurds held NE Syria originally

The newly appointed Governor of the Al-Hasakah governate General Ghalim Khalil, one of Assad’s top security figures, told a delegation of Kurdish figures yesterday in NE Syria on his reception in the governor’s office in Hasakah city;” the Kurds are not migrants to Syria, they’re not guests, they are the original owners of this territory.” […]

Protests against SDF continue

Locals in al-Shadadi City in Hasaka southern countryside on Thursday protested against practices of US occupation-backed “SDF” groups, and in condemnation of their repressive practices against them. Local sources said that locals in al-Shadadi City protested against practices of US occupation-backed SDF groups after the spread of chaos, kidnapping, killing and monopolization and other brutal […]

ISIS cells increase attacks targeting children in Hasakah

Hasakah Internal Security Forces issued a statement on terrorist attacks targeting children recently in various cities of Northern and Eastern Syria, as the security situation in SDF-held territory worsens day by day. While the attacks of ISIS mercenaries increased in parallel with the attacks of the Turkish state, the rebel groups affiliated to Ankara threw […]

“Mazlum Kobani is in Baghdad,” the Iraqi journalist claimed

Iraqi journalist Ahmad Malal Talal claimed on his Twitter page that Mazlum Kobani, the commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces,the PKK branch in Syria, is in Baghdad now. He says Mazlum Kobani crossed the border by helicopter and came to Sulaimaniyah, and then was transported to Baghdad by special vehicles of Lahor Sheikh Jangi. If […]

KRG protests against lockdown

As the COVID-19 cases face an increase in North-Iraq’s KRG, new lockdowns are imposed on its citizens. With the delays in payments of government officials and a profit gap for those that have businesses in different sectors, the economical pressure on the population increases day by day. Yesterday night, people in both Ranya and Darbandikhan […]

Arrests and kidnappings of children and women by Turkish-backed factions

Arrests and kidnappings of children and women by Turkish-backed factions take place in most areas occupied by Turkey in north Syria. These kidnappings are a way these factions obtain intelligence and money. Here are some names of women and children who were kidnapped lately: ۱- Fatima Muhammad Hassan (22-year-old), from Aleppo. She was living in […]

Kurdish political activist to the IKHRW: Talebani family is anti-Kurdish

Due to the escalation and deepening of the differences between the two ruling parties in the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) led by Massoud Barzani and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), a party led by the family of Jalal Talebani, discussions are underway in various circles in the KRG. The KRG is […]