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Villages of Gire Spi under attack
...genocidal incursion seeking to invade North and East Syria has continued since October 9 in violation of international law and in spite of so-called ceasefire agreements. According to reports from the ground, Turkish state forces and mercenaries have attacked many villages in the occupied Gire Spi (Tal Abyad) region Saturday evening. The attack with mortars and howitzers targeted the villages of Xirbet Beqer, Birzinar, Kor Hesen, Leqleqo, Qiz Elî, Sawano and Mewuca at 18:40 local time. The attacks targeted civilian settlements. Further details were not immediately available. Girê Spî (Tal Abya...
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Turkish attack on a village of Gire Spi injures two civilians
Two civilians were injured following the attack carried out by the invading Turkish state and mercenaries on the village of Mebuce in Girê Spî last night. During the night, the invading Turkish state and its mercenaries shelled the village of Mebuce in Girê Spî (Tal Abyad). As a result of the bombing, a 16-year-old boy named Meram Xelîl was injured together with another civilian. The Turkish state is systematically bombing civilian settlements in North-East Syria / Rojava. Hundreds of thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes, while hundreds of...
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Attack on Ain Issa injures three children and a woman
...Ain Issa region at around 17:30 local time on Saturday. The attack left three children and a woman injured who were then taken to Raqqa Hospital for treatment. Concurrent attacks by the Turkish army and allied mercenaries targeted the villages of Saruch, Kopirlik, Evdikoy and Qizeli in Gire Spi (Tal Abyad). Reports say that positions of Syrian forces were also targeted in the aggression. On the other hand, reports are coming through of clashes between Syrian regime forces and Turkish-backed mercenaries in Birkino village of Gire Spi. On February 18, Turkish occupation forces shelled the villag...
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Amnesty International report denounces crimes in North-East Syria
...onflict of serious violations of international humanitarian law, war crimes and gross human rights violations that have not been punished. The organization also documents 120 civilian deaths in the course of the Turkish invasion in the northern Syrian cities of Serêkaniyê (Ras al-Ain) and Girê Spî (Tal Abyad) for the period from October 9 to October 20, 2019. The review highlights the following facts from Syria under the title “Turkey and allied armed groups”: Indiscriminate attacks Following the military offensive launched by Turkey and the SNA in north-east Syria against the SDF on 9 Octobe...
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ENKS representatives meet with Turkish Foreign Minister
...ices in Heseke and Kobane. Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Commander General Mazlum Abdi had stated on the matter that they had taken initiative for the fulfillment of works for national unity. The ENKS visit to the Turkish regime which has occupied Afrin, Serekaniye (Ras al-Ain) and Gire Spi (Tal Abyad) and is responsible for the massacre of thousands of Kurds, was met with reaction by the people in North-East Syria.
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Turkish army bombs a village in Gire Spi
...state forces have bombed the Kızeli village of Gire Spi and the wheat silo in the village. The attack was carried out at 18:50 local time Monday evening. In addition to civilian settlements, positions of Syrian regime forces were also targeted in the attack, according to reports. Girê Spî (Tal Abyad) remains under the occupation of the Turkish army and mercenaries of the so-called Syrian National Army (SNA). As a result of the invasion, which began on October 9, 2019, at least 300,000 people in northern and eastern Syria have been forced to flee. Reports from the region bear witness to serious...
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Aldar Xelîl: Syrian regime’s willingness for dialogue is positive
... the next place. The Turkish invasion of Syria took place with Russian permission. Jarablus, al-Bab and Azaz have been handed over to the Turkish state in return for the transfer of armed groups from certain regions to other areas. This was followed by the occupation of Afrin and later Girê Spî (Tal Abyad) and Serêkaniyê (Ras al-Ain). Mutual concessions were made, which ultimately led to the concentrated presence of the jihadist groups in Idlib. Actually, the regime and Russia were planning to take Idlib already last year, but the Turkish state rejected this. It did not want the jihadists there to b...
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Armenian woman at the head of the Euphrates Region Administration
...d by Armenian Lemis Abdullah and Kurdish Mihemed Şahin. In Northern Syria, the new Executive Council of the Autonomous Administration in the Euphrates region has been elected. The new gender-equal dual leadership of the body is formed by Armenian Lemis Abdullah, who comes from the town of Girê Spî (Tal Abyad), and Mihemed Şahin from the Kurdish community. The election took place on Tuesday in the premises of the local government in Kobanê. After taking the oath, Abdullah and Şahin were able to take office directly. The two former co-chairs had previously submitted their resignation but had remained ...
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Occupation forces attack a village of Gire Spi
...nocidal incursion seeking to invade North and East Syria has continued since October 9 in violation of international law and in spite of so-called ceasefire agreements. Local sources report that the Turkish state forces and allied mercenaries attacked the village of Qizeli in the occupied Gire Spi (Tal Abyad) region Tuesday evening. The aggression was reported to be continuing as of 21:00 local time. The occupation forces have shelled several areas in the region on Tuesday. The village of Simoqa in the Shehba region was attacked with howitzers today afternoon. The villages of Um El Xêr, Tewîla, M...
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Women's centres in the Washokani camp support female refugees
...ce of the federal Cizîrê region. "Turkish occupation will not stop women's revolution" As usual in Rojava, the women's centres in the Washokani camp were also ceremonially opened. Around 9,000 people now live in the tent city for displaced people from Serêkaniyê (Ras al-Ain) and Girê Spî (Tal Abyad), which was built by the autonomous administration and the Kurdish Red Crescent (Heyva Sor a Kurd) without any support from international aid organisations. The majority are women and children. Many of them attended the opening ceremony. After cutting the green ribbons of both centres, one o...
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SDF reports increasingly ongoing attacks against northern Syria
...ion of international law and in spite of ceasefire agreements amid worldwide silence and inaction. The Press Office of Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) released a statement about the latest attacks of the Turkish army and allied mercenaries against northern Syria. Accordingly, attacks on Gire Spi (Tal Abyad) and Til Temir (Tal Tamr) continue increasingly. The SDF Press Office statement said the following: GIRÊ SPÎ On February 7, the Turkish army and their mercenaries carried out intensified attacks on villages located on the M4 international highway. Retaliation to the attacks resulted in cla...
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Mother of Hevrin Khalaf at EP: Join hands against Erdoğan
...nd works of Kongra Star, Barakat emphasised the role of women in the revolution and said women created everything in Rojava with their own hands. Denouncing the acts of Turkey’s Erdoğan who treats Rojava as an enemy, Barakat told about the invasion of Afrin, Serekaniye (Ras al-Ain) and Gire Spi (Tal Abyad). The Kongra Star representative pointed out that women are the primary target of the occupation forces as they are abducted and murdered in line with Erdoğan’s intention to break the will of Kurdish women, which -she said- will never accomplish. Remarking that Erdoğan seeks to eradicate the ...
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SDF: Occupation attacks continue without interruption
...th February. According to a statement by SDF Press Centre released today, the attacks continue without interruption and are aimed at expanding the Turkish occupation zone. Regarding the details, the SDF said that on January 29, a civilian was injured in an attack on the M4 highway near Girê Spî (Tal Abyad). On February 3, an attack was carried out on SDF positions in the village of Xirbit Kerem near Ain Issa. The SDF retaliated the attack and fierce fighting ensued. Five jihadists were killed and a vehicle of the proxy troops was destroyed. The SDF seized a large quantity of weapons and ammunitio...
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SNA mercenaries fight each other in Girê Spî
...in northern Syria, there are skirmishes between the militias of the so-called Syrian National Army commanded by Turkey. As in many other regions, there are repeated battles and distribution struggles between Turkish-backed militias within the areas they occupy. Yesterday in the city of Girê Spî (Tal Abyad) there were fierce clashes between the mercenary groups of the "Syrian National Army" (SNA), Faylaq al-Majd and Jabhat al-Shamiya. The cause of the clash is said to have been the flight of some members of Faylaq al-Majd. Because of the fighting the city was cordoned off. The civilian population ...
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Fundraising campaign by Afrin IDPs for Washokani Camp residents
...ps, displaced people have initiated a fundraising campaign for the inhabitants of the Washokani camp. Despite their own difficult situation, 1,644,500 Syrian Liras (around 3,500 euros) were collected for the displaced people from the Turkish occupation zones Serêkaniyê (Ras al-Ain) and Girê Spî (Tal Abyad), who are accommodated in the camp twelve kilometres west of Hesekê. A small drop in the ocean, but with great effect. Especially against the background that hardly any international aid for refugees and internally displaced persons is arriving in northern Syria. Only a few organisations such as th...
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"Better a hard life in camp than the Turkish occupation"
...ditions are the same. "In any case it is better than a life under occupation", they say. More than 300,000 people have been forced to flee as a result of the Turkish invasion of the self-governing areas of northern Syria, which began on 9 October. The cities of Serêkaniyê (Ras al-Ain) and Girê Spî (Tal Abyad) were occupied by the Turkish state. The autonomous administration of North and East Syria initially placed the people displaced from the occupation zone in public schools. In the town of Tiwêna, which lies about twelve kilometres west of the cantonal capital Hesekê, the Autonomous Administration a...
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North Syrian economy in the sights of the Turkish state
...a lives from agriculture. Despite diversification efforts of the Autonomous Administration, grain production is the most important source of income in the region. The Turkish state is particularly targeting this source of income. For example, the grain silos in Serêkaniyê (Ras Al-Ain) and Girê Spî (Tal Abyad) are systematically plundered and the grain is transported to Turkey. Fields set on fire The past year was marked by field fires that were mainly set by Turkish-backed militias in fields ripe for harvest. According to the Committee for Agriculture and Economy, more than 100,000 hectares o...
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Three-month balance of the occupation of Girê Spî
...he three months since the occupation of the northern Syrian city of Girê Spî, the Turkish state, together with its SNA mercenaries, has committed serious human rights violations: a dossier on the situation on the ground. ANHA news agency published a three-month report on the occupation of Girê Spî (Tal Abyad) by the Turkish army and mercenaries of the so-called Syrian National Army (SNA). As a result of the invasion, which began on October 9, 2019, at least 300,000 people in northern and eastern Syria have been forced to flee. Reports from the region bear witness to serious human rights violations on a...
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Turkey's human rights record reviewed at UN
...troyed and exploded steadily by Turkey and ISIS, the construction were continued with the hope of a better future. Turkey launched a military invasion on Wednesday October 9th, 2019. This new Turkish invasion of Rojava began with the bombardment of Qamishlo, Sarekani (Ras al-Ain), and Gire Spi (Tal Abyad) located in the Jazira Canton. Since October 10th. ambush and massacre intensified in the area. From October 12 to October 20, wounded were transferred to Heseke People’s Hospital with the very elementary facilities that could responds to ordinary, non-combat emergency needs. Medical facilities,...
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Turkey builds wall on western border of Girê Spî
The invading Turkish state is building a wall on the western border of Girê Spi to separate Girê Spî and Kobanê. The invading Turkish state started to build a wall between the villages of Kendalê and Celebê, 1 km south of the border, west of Girê Spî (Tal Abyad). It also places concrete blocks on the other side of the wall. The invading Turkish state started to build a wall Afrin on 18 April 2019.