Kurdish News Today

05/02/2024

The anti-terror forces, including Yekîneyên Antî Teror, or , have been conducting anti-ISIS operations in Camp, located in in the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria. During the latest series of raids on this well known refugee camp, which have lasted over a week, the led Democratic Forces have found small arms, including many Rifles, , other components for ’s, along with various other weaponry all hidden within the camp. The Al-Hawl camp has long hosted both people displaced by , people sympathetic to ISIS, along with many suspected members of ISIS, often known as . The inside of Al-Hawl camp has been said to be used for indoctrination and recruitment by members of cells that operate within the refugee camp, with the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights going so far as to call it the “al-Hawl mini-state”. This is often why highly trained anti-terror forces are necessary when they search the camp for weapons. The al-Hawl camp alone holds approximately 50,000 people, and many have been killed by members of but repatriation of many of those who are from outside that are in the camp has been extremely difficult, especially as many countries fear that their citizens held in the camp will radicalise people on their own soil if repatriated due to the radicalisation found within the camp itself. Given the recent attacks by on the infrastructure of the , and the evidence that ISIS Cells are still very active within al-Hawl Camp, it will likely becoming increasingly important for the international community to figure out a way to both repatriate their citizens, and put the known members of ISIS, that are held in al-Hawl and other camps on trial.

16/01/2024

killed a well known businessman and his family in , in the Regional Governance of . They were aiming at targets including the . The youngest of the victims during this attack on the Capital of the was only 11 Months old. claimed the attack, and said they successfully killed a busissnessman who assisted in the global zionist economy, although from statements it is clear they were aiming for American targets and the civilians killed were not targeted.

15/01/2024

The Autonomous Administration Of North and East #
Syria reported that 73 Turkish attacks have taken place since January 13th which have left more than 900 villages without electricity and injured six civilians in and . Attacks have included the bombing of five fuel areas, seven electric stations were targeted as well, and five international security checkpoints have also been bombed. This as thousands and residents demonstrated today in the Nazareth neighborhood, denouncing aggression on various areas of and their targeting of civilians and civil infrastructure. This as residents have continued to call for a to stop from continuing their attacks in the regions of .

12/10/2023

According to sources since renewed the bombardment of the Autonomous Administration of North and East on the fifth of October they have struck at least 224 sites in 304 reported strikes which has including strikes, , , and other heavy weaponry use, which has killed at least forty eight people with many more injured and has severly effected over 800,000 people who have lost access to electric, heat, and even water. This strikes included 28 on infrastructure facilities, 150 residential areas, 13 military sites of the , 21 strikes on government forces, 7 strikes in farms, 3 factories, a hospital, and at least 1 school, although some put that number higher since some of the strikes in residential area could have included small schools. The main variance is in how many schools have been hit as attacks in Rojava have made it difficult for children to go to regular schools and instead going to small school houses in their neighbourhood, some sources put the number of schools hit up to 48. Giving well over 1/2 of the strikes occurred in residential areas and very few, only 34 out of the 224 targets were in fact targets it is likely to be concluded that the Military is purposely trying to exacerbate the in the mainly controlled and AANES. The locations hit have been widespread and have taken out gas, oil, electric, and even water facilities. There has been at least 29 strikes in , 41 in , 54 in the countryside, 13 in , 49 in , 25 in , 7 in and 6 in the countryside of . Given the site Turkey is purposefully targeting it seems the vast majority do not have a military objective but is meant to make life unbearable for the civilians who live in Rojava, a similar tactic which is currently being used by In , where infrastructure has been a main target for . Due to the intentional targeting of civilian infrastructure many people and organisations, including are accusing of in this lastest escalation by Turkey in the AANES. Turkey, in conflict with most nations, as well as in conflict with , sees the , or Syrian Democratic Forces, the military component of the AANES as a terrorist organisation. This as the SDF remains a close ally to the in the fight against , something which has strained relationships between the United States and Turkey for years, with Erdogan recently warning the U.S. to adandon it’s relationship with the SDF. This is something that the United States is not likely to do anytime soon even if many in the region believe the U.S. is not doing enough to stop Turkey from is constant strikes in Rojava and the rest of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria and even the SDF has said the United States response to Turkish attacks has been “weak” a requested more pressure be applied to stop Turkish aggression in Syria.

07/10/2023

attacked sights throughout Regions of The Autonomous Administration of North and East , or . Multiple airstrikes hit civilian areas of , as well as electric, gas and oil infrastructure in and civilian infrastructure in . This as President stated he would be attacking such infrastructure in Rojava, , and told the to abandon their support for the and the after a U.S. shot down a Turkish near Hasakah. Below are photos taken as airstrikes hit Mishtanoor Hill and Road in residential areas of Kobanî. This as people in Qamişlo/Qamishili are struggling to gain basic needs already and now the electricity that often pumps their drinking water was hit in this latest round of Turkish air strikes. This will likely cause more strain between and as is not going to stop supporting the Syrian Democratic Forces even though many in Rojava believe that the United States green lit recent Turkish air strikes in Rojava. This comes after multiple strikes on the in the of Northern after a bomb was set off by the PKK in Ankara, the Capital City of Turkey, which targeted the Interior Ministry Building of the Turkish Government. This is likely going the exacerbate the on-going humanitarian crisis facing civilians in Syria, where people are already facing a shortage of basic needs including food, water and medication are already in short supply. Similar tactics have been used by in where Forces have also been targeting critical infrastructure which inevitably hurts civilians and has led to being accused of . Many have also accused Turkey and Turkish backed forces of similar war crimes including attacking civilian targets, the displacement of civilian areas that are historically Kurdish, and the targeting of infrastructure is always a fine like in International Law, and is considered a war crime unless it is mainly used for military purposes. Turkey has proclaimed all energy installations in Rojava and some in the Kurdistan Regional Governance of Iraq as “legitimate military targets”. Turkey has accused the Syrian Democratic Forces as being part of the PKK, and therefore a threat to Turkey, which is an assessment most other Countries don’t share as the SDF are the leading partner against in Syria as part of the coalition of forces that are part of Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve. This may likely make Turkey even more reluctant to approve in their bid to join as Turkey accused Sweden of allowing Kurdish Terrorist to seek refuge on Territory. Unfortunately the terror attack in Ankara is likely to impact a lot of innocent civilians and have wide ranging repercussions not only regionally but also internationally, although it’s likely civilians in The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria will suffer the most unless pressure is applied on Ankara to stop attacking critical infrastructure in Rojava.

03/10/2023

Since the bombing at the General Directorate of Security of our Ministry of the Interior in , which the claimed responsibility for, a series of air strikes have rocked the Regional Governance, often referred to as the in Northern . claims to have bombed “20 targets used by terrorist” around in , , and regions KRG. This as President Abdul-Latif Rashid protested the ongoing Turkish strikes and troop presence in the Region of Iraq. In Turkey multiple people were also arrested and accused of being linked to the PKK.
In a speech on Sunday, the President of Turkey told parliament that Turkey would maintain its strategy of a 30-km (19-mile) deep "security strip" beyond its southern borders with and Iraq, and that "new steps" on this were a matter of time sparking fears of further Turkish Military actions in Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, or , often known simply as .

04/09/2023

On Sunday Representatives and , including Ethan Goldrich, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs as well as Major General Joel Vowell, Commander of the Combined Joint Task Force – (CJTF-OIR), met in Northeast with the leaders the , the , including President of the Executive Committee of the Ilham Ahmad, and tribal leaders from . This meeting between , , from Deir ez-Zor, and their U.S. State Department and counterparts was set in order to address grievances of the civilian population of Deir ez-Zor in a peaceful manner. According to sources and agreement was made on issues such as the importance of addressing the grievances of residents of Deir ez-Zor , the danger of outsiders interfering in Deir ez-Zor, the necessity to avoid deaths and casualties, and the need for of violence as soon as possible. Deputy Assistant Secretary Goldrich and Major General Vowell reiterated the importance of the strong partnership the , often referred to as , although Rojava only technically is the regions of the Autonomous Administration, as well as the necessity of a strong partnership with the in the ongoing fight against in Syria where they still present a threat to all
alike. The hope is this meeting will be successful in starting to address any grievances of the civilian population within Deir ez-Zor in order to prevent unnecessary violence as the starts operations against ISIS after an uptick in attacks by ISIS in the Countryside of Deir ez-Zor on the Eastern Banks of the as well as some clashes between tribes and Syrian Democratic Forces after the removal of the head of the Deir ez-Zor who was accused of being ineffective in fighting ISIS in the the area.

18/06/2023

According to sources Forces have renewed shelling in the countryside of , North of , within the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, or the . The villages of Tel Shanan, al-Dardara, and Qubour al-Qarajneh, east and north of Tel Tamr town were hit with artillery and mortar shells from Turkish controlled areas. Only material damage was reported unlike another incident in which two civilians were wounded by the Turkish backed National , or , in Northern . This happened after SNA militia members opened fire on civilian vehicles traveling East on the M-4 highway as they were crossing into AANES controlled territory. It should be mentioned that several shells landed close to a nearby less than a week after an incident in which one Russian was killed and three others wounded after Turkish troops shelled a road linking the villages of Herbel with Um Hawsh in province. This as intensifies attacks In Northern , especially against the Population in .
Since winning the runoff Turkish Election has continued to try and leverage by stating Turkey would open its border to millions of and provide them with a clear path to continue streaming toward Europe. By using as leverage the Turkish Government hopes to gain support in its fight against the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, and have the U.S. and allied backed SDF, which is led by the mainly Kurdish and , labelled as terrorist organizations in the West. The West has continued to support the Kurdish led for nearly a decade as they continue to fight against . The continued shelling by Turkey and Turkish backed forces has continued to severly impact civilian life in Northern Syria and has worsened what was already a severe in Syria.
Between Turkey’s indiscrimate shelling which has killed not only military personnel from the AANES and Russia, but also many civilians as well as reports from a U.S. military official that Russian military forces in Syria have stopped adhering to de-confliction protocols agreed upon with and allied troops, means there will likely be continued instability and more international incidents in Northern Syria. This will continue to impact the civilian population that lives in both regions of Northern Syria controlled by the AANES and those under the control of other forces outside of the Government of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria.
What likely makes this situation even more volatile is the fact that ’s Regime has demanded that Turkey gets out of Syrian Territory. Multiple unconfirmed reports suggest has sent members of the Syrian Arab Army to fight the Turkish backed Syrian National Army. Militias have also been reportedly sent to the region and, although they are fighting alongside the U.S. backed SDF, Iranian Militias have also targeted some of the 1,000 U.S. Troops still in Syria.
Unfortunately Turkey does not seem to have any interest in leaving Syria as they do not want a Kurdish led autonomous governance along their border with Syria. This means that civilians in the region will continue to suffer, and those living within the AANES will not only continue to live with threat of Turkish military action and attacks by ISIS, but also the lack of basic necessities. There has already been severe long term food and water insecurity, a lack of medication, as well as a lack of both fuel and electricity which is further contributing to the severe humanitarian crisis that the war has brought throughout Northern Syria.

01/04/2023

attempted to attack a checkpoint of the Internal Security Forces, or of The Autonomous Administration of Northern and Eastern . ISIS often attack but what makes this different is the ISIS members were dressed by the led . The ISIS members who were attempting a su***de attacks where noticed nearly immediately as imposters and were engaged by members of the Asayiş. After theybsucces prevented the attack the ISIS members who dressed as SDF Soldiers where found to have two rifles, 20 magazines, eight hand grenades two belts from the su***de bombers which where recovered by member of the Asayiş. ISIS have been attempting to increase attacks within the and hundreds of cells have been found since the fall of in an attempt to reestablish their version of their Islamic Caliphate which officially fell in 2019 but still is not only a regional threat but a threat throughout the world.

06/02/2023

Two massive earthquakes and aftershocks shook Central near shook Northern from the Province all the way to ̧lo and even the Autonomous Regional Governance in Northern with people reporting they felt it as far away as . The death toll from this has been put as high as 1,600. It effected areas as far away as and . Many People are bracing for further aftershocks after this 7.8 shook the entire region. Here is a picture of just how extensive the damage is throughout the region where buildings are often not built to stand an earthquake of this scale causing buildings to collapse throughout Turkey and Syria including many places already suffering due to the ongoing conflict in Syria.

20/12/2022

A article by Rojin Mukrîyan that shows us how protest that started years ago, escalated in , also known as , or Kurdistan, and the shown amongst the people of even as thousands have been killed and disappeared which is leading the to become the .

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If the Iranian people wish to establish a more democratic and egalitarian society then they should look to the Kurds for leadership and follow their example in the demands being made towards the regime.

28/11/2022

The violence in Iran is much worse than many people from the outside world know according to reliable sources, mainly due to the lack of reporting coming out of the region and the lack of coverage. There has been a large amount of civilians killed, injured, arrested and disappeared in Iran, especially since the protest increased months ago. I say increased because protest in Iran have also been going on for much longer than is being reported as they have been going on for much longer. started in 2017 over a , cutoffs, and blackouts. They then increased severely to include protesting Iran’s wearing of the after the death of , who was visiting from , in the Province of Iran, who died in custody after she was arrested by Iranian Guidance Patrol, better known as their , for “improperly wearing her hijab”. This set off even worst violence, starting in the Kurdistan Province of Iran before spreading to neighbouring Provinces. The violence has been reported, by reliable sources, to be much more severe than what’s being reported even though in August of 2021 noted in a report the “brutal force” used by Iranian Security Forces before calls for an . There is now serious violence in all four Countries that Greater Kurdistan falls within, , , , and . These are also known by many Kurds in as , , , and , or Kurdistan, Kurdistan, Kurdistan, and Kurdistan, in that order. As continue in Iran and Turkey is escalating its violence, especially in Iraq and Syria there seems to be little end the violence plaguing the Greater Kurdistan Region, especially with no end in sight for those impacted in Iran or throughout the Region by the daily bombing campaign lead by Turkey, which has been pushing for it seems like this ongoing is likely to continue to worsen. This picture shows just a tiny fraction of the destruction that is going on in Iran by the hands Iranian Security Forces and the defiance on the hands of the protestors with a protester making a symbol among the damage done by the protest and the Iranian Governments crackdown.

25/11/2022

The , Center of the , in a statement said that fellow member is ”directly threatening” Troops in North East Syria, with their recent air strikes throughout .
In the statement, a spokesman from the Pentagon stated its is “deeply concerned” about rising hostilities in , , and Turkey noting that Ankara’s strikes on Kurdish militia factions earlier this week risked harming US forces stationed in close proximity.
Pentagon press secretary in the official statement also mentioned “Recent air strikes in Syria directly threatened the safety of US personnel who are working in Syria with local partners to defeat ISIS and maintain custody of more than ten thousand ISIS detainees. This escalation threatens the to Defeat ISIS’s years-long progress.” It also urged for “immediate de-escalation” in the region to “ensure the safety and security of personnel on the ground.” This as vows the is ”just the beginning” and that very soon they may launch a ground invasion against held areas well reassuring it wouldn’t challenge and Governmenal sovereignty in any ground invasions of Syria or Iraq.
This as and are continuously hit by Turkish Strikes, Just today in Qamişlo, also known as , former Co-chair of the Defense and Self-Defense Body in the al-Jazeera region of the Syrian Democratic Forces Rezan Gelo was severely injured, with possible life threatening injuries, and his driver killed in a air strike in . This is not the first time Rezan Gelo was targeted in a as his Father, Brother and Son were killled driving his car months ago.
Also guards at Al-Hol Camp, which holds thousands of or Prisoners, were targeted today which has the risk of letting untold destruction on civilians in the region can happen in the area if the United States backed SDF/Syrian Democratic Forces are unable to guard ISIS terrorist.
This as the United States is having an increasingly large rift between fellow NATO Member as and Turkey become more close and Turkish Strikes are coming dangerously close to Joint Operation Bases, in locations this Journalist will not disclose, where and their partners in the Syrian Democratic Forces are located somewhere in North East Syria where they are taking part in to defeat ISIS/Daesh and stabilise the region. spokesman Colonel Joe Buccino said that "we oppose any military action that destabilizes the situation in Syria…. These actions threaten our shared goals, including the continued fight against ISIS to ensure the group can never resurge and threaten the region”
Since Turkey launched this latest batch of air strikes against US backed Kurds in the Syria and the in Iraq, which Turkey sees as the same group while many Countries list the as a terrorist organisation, unlike the YPG led SDF. has come under massive pressure from to hold off on a long-threatened ground operation into Syria.
“We urge de-escalation in Syria to protect civilian life and support the common goal of defeating ISIS," U.S. State Department spokesperson Ned Price said late Monday. This as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has voiced growing defiance in the face of the U.S. warnings, promising Tuesday that the air campaign would be followed "soon" by a ground offensive. Stating on Turkish State television said “We have been on top of terrorists for a few days with our planes, cannons and drones. God willing, we will root out all of them soon with our tanks, artillery and soldiers." Which will not only cause civilians in the region to suffer more but will further destabilise the region which has be destabilised for decades.

20/11/2022

in , initial casualty reports are not yet verified but it seems that eleven civilians were killed in with more injured, multiple casualties in , and and unknown amount of casualties in the Region In North East with at least two killed in an air strike by on a grain silo in Dirbêsiyê. There will likely be more food and water shortages through the North Eastern Region of Syria after there military strikes in . There have also been protest in , , and over the Turkish bombing in the Autonomous Administration of Northern and Eastern Syria or . The backed have made remarks that they will defend the area against any “occupying forces”. After over a decade of War as well as the occupation of many civilians in the region are increasingly frustrated and angry over what will likely lead to even more deaths and a that is likely to worsen.