Category: Report
Kurdish-Kurdish Talks Stops in North Eastern Syria
Xelil Aldar said in an interview with ANHA news agency that negotiations between ENKS and the self-proclaimed Autonomous Administration of North-East Syria has stopped in its second phase. In this second phase sharing political and military power would be discussed. Xelil Aldar mentions that ENKS refuses to negotiate with the newly-formed umbrella group “Kurdish National […]
How much does PKK/PJAK earn through taxes?
According to the IKHRW, PKK and PJAK keep collecting taxes in the border regions between Iran, Iraq and Turkey. By collecting taxes it creates income for its terror operations in the same area, and abuses the local already impoverished population. These people defy weather and hard mountainous terrain to be able to provide for their […]
Turkey changes the currency in North Syria into Lira
All Turkish-occupied areas in North-Syria have officially changed their currency to Turkish Lira, after a heavy fall of the Syrian Pound. Because Syria’s currency no longer retains value, Syrians are forced to use foreign currencies. The use of the US dollar had already been quite common in Syria. Turkey decided to push Turkish currency into […]
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 […]