Tag Archives: SDF

Damascus is repaving the ground for its return to North-East Syria

Damascus has never let the people of North-East Syria down. Even though its territory has been under ISIS and SDF rule for years, it has always provided its doctors, nurses, teachers and other officials with their monthly wages. Neither has it cut off telephone and internet connections. It has even provided the area with vaccination […]

Raqqah civilian died from torture in SDF prison

Ali Hasan Sheikh Muhammad, born in 1977, from Raqqah city, was a father of three small children. He was arrested on 6 July 2015 by Syrian Democratic Forces at the Marash Binar crossing in Ein Arab city, while he was travelling with other civilians to pass the border to Turkey. He was trying to flee […]

Yet another ISIS prison break-out

Sources in Hasekah tell IKHRW another breakout attempt is happening right now at the major ISIS detention facility there, housing thousands of suspected ISIS fighters. Coalition drones and helicopters are circling over the Gheiran neighborhood for two hours now, and locals have been asked to remain indoors. The uprising is in an ISIS detention facility […]

Yazidi girls trapped in al-Hawl camp

Just today, we heard about Ronya on PKK-affiliated news outlets. Ronya was saved from ISIS enslavement in al-Hawl camp. Ronya was not the first to be ‘saved’ from the camp, reports of Yazidi girls showing up after months of imprisonment in the camp are released almost every week. But why was she there in the […]

USA appoints former SDF fighters to “guard the oil” in a new agreement

Reliable sources have confirmed that U.S. forces intend to give the task of guarding oil fields and pipelines in eastern Euphrates to the Kurds and put SDF fighters in charge. The fighters to be assigned should have long and hard combat experience and have waged battles with ISIS. This development comes as a part of […]

SDF can’t secure a river crossing: security vacuum in SDF-held areas continues

Translated from German Syria Democratic Forces, backed by International Coalition air support, raided river crossings used for smuggling goods and people from SDF-held areas to government-held areas on the Euphrates river’s other bank. The East-Euphrates area is known for its attacks by ISIS sleeper cells. Reports state that smugglers here pay taxes to ISIS to […]

People of Deir ez-Zor transferred their complaints to SDF official

A meeting took place on Sunday 12-4-2020, in the municipality building in the town of Al-Sousa in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, which included an official from the self-administration (a senior PKK member called Zinar, a man from Qamishlo that has been in the mountains for years) and the heads of the councils of […]

SDF Commander shoots himself

In the Al-Hos area of eastern Raqqah, a SDF commander shot himself earlier today. Our contact on the ground said that Aboud Ayman Al-Hamdan, known as “Akid,” shot himself while cleaning his personal pistol, at one of the military headquarters of the PKK-affiliated militia in the Al-Hos area, east of Raqqa. The contact pointed out […]

۷ Reasons why a Kurdish Enclave in North-Syria is not a good idea

In this article, I will present a few simple, clear reasons WHY a kurdish enclave in North-Syria should be unwanted, as PYD/SDF claims to turn a big part of the country into a confederal state, and attempts to annex Syrian land are illegitimate, undemocratic, and could lead to great instability. You should know, these are […]

Revolt against SDF in Deir ez-Zor countryside

Due to the outbreak of COVID-19, SDF has imposed a curfew in all of its territory, including the Arab region Deir ez-Zor, a region where they are reportedly losing its popularity very quickly and the threat of an ISIS resurgence looms. Abdulrahman al-Ahmad, a local correspondent, told us about the clashes that happened in the […]
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