Tag Archives: SDF
SDF Sells Syrian Oil To Israel
After the control of areas of Northern and North-Eastern Syria by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the PKK branch, and with US support, the region’s oil wells attracted the attention of the United States and Israel. The PKK-affiliated armed goup, without the permission of the central government and illegally, has given all the authority to […]
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 […]
Hasakah insecurity: SDF expels residents from their homes near ISIS prison
IKHRW registrates new expulsions in Hasakah Guiram neighbourhood. As a result of the prison revolts and escapes that have occurred over the last months in the prisons that hold ISIS members, SDF forces people in the neighborhood out of their homes. The riots and expulsions underscore the fragile security situation in North-East Syria, as the […]
Assassinations of ex-SDF members continue
Another ex-SDF member has been assassinated in eastern Deir ez-Zor. Unknown masked gunmen opened fire on an ex-fighter of Syria Democratic Forces and another civilian escorting him, in Hawayij village in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor this morning. The ex-fighter died instantly, while the civilian sustained injuries. It is unclear who the ex-fighter was […]
Multiple ISIS attacks on SDF checkpoints
On Sunday, a Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighter lost his life after being shot in al- Hawayij town in the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor in a series of shoot attacks on SDF points believed to have been carried out by Islamic State (ISIS) cells. On Sunday afternoon, a landmine exploded near a military vehicle […]
Seven ISIS members escape from al-Hol on the day SDF announces prison amnesty
The SDF still experience problems with the security of their prisons. Seven members of the Islamic State (ISIS) group escaped from a small prison in North-East Syria today, with four recaptured and a search continuing for the remaining three, said Syrian state media and an official with the main Kurdish-led US-backed force in the region. […]
STJ: SDF still recruiting child soldiers
The Geneva-based Human Rights Watchdog called Syrians for Truth and Justice have released a special report documenting cases of recruitment of minors in Syria. Operating in Northeastern Syria, the SDF has not yet shown full commitment to preventing child recruitment, even though, given the blessings of the Autonomous Administration, it had signed an action plan […]
Pentagon disgruntled: Syrian government and Russia ‘exploit’ Arab discontentment in North-East Syria
As you have read in my last article Damascus repaving the ground for its return to North-East Syria, the legitimate Syrian government is regaining popularity amongst the population of North-East Syria. Big ideological differences between the PKK-affiliated PYD and the local Arab majority are taking its toll on the long run. Discontment among the […]
Outrage in Syria: US-backed SDF seizes bank and empties government buildings in Hasakah
New developments targeting the Syrian government’s presence in Hasakah city come amid the arrival of military and logistical reinforcements for the U.S. military to its bases in the governorates of Al-Hasakah and Deir Ezzor. The PKK-affiliated forces have seized the Syrian Commercial Bank in Hasakah, as they expelled all the employees inside the building and […]
Washington: PKK/SDF does not allow Arabs to decision-making positions
When PKK’s Syrian branch PYD, and its armed wing YPG was founded, it had as primary goal to form a Kurdish statelet in North-Syria. Its plans did not include the Arab majority of the region and many reports by international Human Rights organisations reported ethnic cleansing of Arabs in the territory it occupied. As ISIS […]