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People in Ain Issa fear a return of the mercenaries
...led the "Syrian National Army" (SNA) by the Turkish state. In the atmosphere of that time, many people in Ain Issa felt forced to leave the city. Especially after the bombing of a fuel depot by the Syrian Air Force on September 20, 2012, a large flight movement began. In September 2012 Girê Spî (Tal Abyad) was occupied by the FSA. The FSA was able to push back the influence of the 93rd Brigade in Ain Issa and that of the 17th Division of the Syrian Army, but could not occupy the city. Instead, it plundered the wheat silo and a cotton warehouse in the vicinity of Ain Issa. In Ain Issa chaos contin...
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Civilian killed in clash between mercenaries in Gire Spi
An armed confrontation between two mercenary groups in occupied Gire Spi city claimed the life of a civilian. Rojava-based Hawar News Agency (ANHA) reports that clashes erupted between the Turkish-backed Ahrar al-Sharqiya and Jabha al-Shamiya mercenaries in the Sharq neighborhood of the Gire Spi (Tal Abyad) city which is occupied by the Turkish army and allied gangs. According to ANHA, a young civilian by the name of Bashar al-Saad was killed during the fighting. On the other hand, local sources report that Turkish-backed mercenaries are storming houses and kidnapping civilians in Gire Spi coun...
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Turkish forces attack Ain Issa and Gire Spi
...ent on northern Syria late Friday evening. According to reports, the aggression targeted the vicinity og the Ain Issa district and the camp of the same name at around 20:10 local time. On the other hand, the Turkish occupation forces stationed in the village of Bir Temah in occupied Gire Spi (Tal Abyad) opened fire on Syrian forces in the village of Sarunj. A Syrian soldier was injured in the hand.
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Occupation forces attack Ain Issa and M4, injuring 3 - UPDATE
...increasingly intense attacks on Ain Issa by Turkey and its auxiliary troops, known as the "Syrian National Army" (SNA), point to a new war against northern Syria in favor of the jihadists. For the past month, attacks on villages and settlements have increased in intensity from Ain Issa to Girê Spî (Tal Abyad). Several attempts to circumvent the positions of the local military council and infiltrate the region have been thwarted by the Syrian Democratic Forces. The Turkish state's efforts to expand the illegal occupation zone in northern Syria are having a particularly devastating effect on the lives...
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SDF Commander: Turkey increases indiscriminate attacks
...es against Ain Issa. The increasingly intense attacks on Ain Issa by NATO partner Turkey and its SNA (Syrian National Army) auxiliary troops point to a new war against northern Syria in favor of the jihadists. For exactly one month, the attacks on villages and settlements from Ain Issa to Girê Spî (Tal Abyad) have been increasing in intensity. Several attempts to circumvent the positions of the local military council and infiltrate the region have been thwarted by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The Turkish state's efforts to expand the illegal occupation zone in northern Syria have above all ha...
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Occupation forces building a new military base near M4 highway
...ce in North-East Syria. The Turkish state and allied mercenaries are building a new military base near the international M4 highway. The occupation forces are on the other hand digging trenches and building up military positions in the village of Erdia in the coutryside of the occupied Gire Spi (Tal Abyad) city. The Turkish military bases newly built in occupied territories extend along the SDF fronts. Most of these bases are located in the vicinity of the Til Temir and Zirgan towns and Serekaniye (Ras al-Ain) city. Hundreds of troops, military vehicles, heavy weapons and vehicles are deployed...
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Occupation forces attack Gire Spi and Shera
The Turkish state forces and allied jihadist mercenaries continue their genocidal attacks against North-East Syria in violation of international law. Occupation forces have launched an aggression on the villages of Hoshan and Xalida and Saqir way station to the west of Gire Spi (Tal Abyad) at around 19:20 local time. The aggression came after the bombardment of the villages of Malikiyê, Meranaz and Şiwarxa in Afrin’s Shera district at 17:10 local time. Further details about the attacks were not immediately available.
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Occupation forces attack villages in Gire Spi
The Turkish army and allied mercenaries continue their crimes in the areas they have occupied in North-East Syria. Turkish state forces launched a wave of aggression on villages to the west of the occupied Gire Spi (Tal Abyad) city late Thursday evening. According to reports from the ground, the bombardment targeted the villages of Qizeli, Erîda, Korhesen, Bîrkino and Silip at around 21:30 local time.
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Will 2021 be a year of IS or liberation?
...the regime and its allies Iran and Russia. This, however, did not come from Trump, but represented the only scenario that would allow the military wing to create enough fear in Trump to revise his decision to withdraw. Faced with the disgrace of the invasion in Serêkaniyê (Ras al-Ain) and Girê Spî (Tal Abyad), the U.S. military leaders on the ground told the SDF that they "could not have done more”. IS handed over cities to Turkey The fact that the IS cadres with their structures openly act as part of the militias integrated into the Turkish occupation forces, the so-called Syrian National Army, ...
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New school for children in Washokani Camp
...ut twelve kilometers west of the cantonal capital Hesekê and was established last November in cooperation with the Cantonal Council of Hesekê and the Committee for Environmental Affairs. It is home to over twelve thousand people who were driven from cities such as Serêkaniyê (Ras al-Ain), Girê Spî (Tal Abyad) and Til Temir in the course of the Turkish invasion. The residents are cared for by nearly 40 institutions such as the Kurdish Red Crescent organization Heyva Sor a Kurd, the women's umbrella organization Kongreya Star, the health committee of the autonomous administration, a camp council and secu...
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MEPs ask to investigate Turkey's crimes against humanity in Syria
...e clear and evidential violations of human rights in NorthSyria. These violations are (among others) conducted by the Turkish auxiliary forces such as “the Suleiman Shah Brigade”, “the Hamza Brigade” or “the Sultan Murad Brigade”. These groups hold power in the Afrin-Al Bab region as well as in the Tal Abyad-Serekaniye region. Victims of these violations complain about various atrocities ranging from rape and sexual violence to abductions and extrajudicial killing etc. The, mostly Kurdish, victims who could flee from these atrocities are currently located in the regions of the Autonomous Administration...
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Three years after the liberation of Raqqa
...re recently those of the Turkish state and government in Damascus had to be prosecuted". The Arab tribes from the region played an important role in the social reconstruction by the civil council. With the beginning of the Turkish invasion in October 2019 in Serêkaniyê (Ras al-Ain) and Girê Spî (Tal Abyad), cells that had continued to exist in Raqqa were also reactivated. Some of them belonged to the IS, while others were under the control of the Turkish state and the jihadists it recruited. On October 22, 2019, armed units of the Syrian government were stationed on the Turkish border as a result of...
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Thousands protest against international conspiracy in Kobanê
... frustrate the conspiracy and occupation attacks. Thousands of people took to the streets today to protest the October 9 international conspiracy against Kurdish people’s leader Abdullah Öcalan and the anniversary of the Turkish state’ genocidal attacks against Serêkaniyê (Ras al-Ain) and Girê Spî (Tal Abyad). Gathering at the Free Woman Square, the people of Kobanê staged a march with images of Öcalan and banners against isolation and occupation. The march where people expressed their anger at the occupation attacks of the Turkish state, was followed by a rally at the Martyr Egid Square. Spea...
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Autonomous Administration: Turkey must be called to account
...ty, said the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria. The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria stated that the occupied regions will be liberated, marking the first anniversary of the invasion attacks launched by the Turkish state against Serêkaniyê (Ras al-Ain) and Girê Spî (Tal Abyad). The Turkish state launched an invasion attack on both regions on 9 October 2019. In its written statement, the Autonomous Administration said, "The Turkish state is violating international agreements and moral codes by invading Serêkaniyê, Girê Spî, Afrin, Bab, Jarablus and Azaz. Turkey is com...
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MSD issues statement on the anniversary of the Turkish invasion
On the anniversary of the Turkish invasion of Serêkaniyê and Girê Spî, the Syrian Democratic Council issued a statement calling for an independent investigation into the war crimes of the occupation forces. On 9 October 2019, the Turkish army, led by jihadist and right-wing extremist mercenary troop...
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“Turkey continues with the crimes of ISIS”
...he religious institutions in Cizire region of North-East Syria, Free Women’s Foundation and Sara Organisation to Combat Violence Against Women made a press statement at the Şehit Delil Saroxan Cemetery of Martyrs to mark the anniversary of Turkish occupation of Serêkaniyê (Ras al-Ain) and Girê Spî (Tal Abyad). Displaying photos of Future Syrian Party Secretary General Hevrîn Xelef who was murdered by Turkish-backed mercenaries last October, the women condemned the Turkish invasion. The press statement read by Cizire Region Religious Institution member Emîra El İzo stressed that the Turkish state ...
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Turkish soldiers kill a young man trying to cross the border
...The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) documented the killing of a young man from Al-Bo Omar village in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor. Accordingly, the young man was shot dead by Turkish border guard forces (gendarmerie) as he was trying to cross into Turkey from Tal Nuss village in Tal Abyad countryside in northern Raqqa. According to SOHR statistics, the number of Syrian civilians who have been killed by the Turkish Gendarmerie (Jandarma in Turkish) since the beginning of the Syrian revolution, has risen to 453 including 80 children under the age of eighteen and 44 females over the...
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Life in Washokani organized by the Camp Assembly
... refugees as well as organizational activities. The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria constructed the Washokani (Waşûkanî) Camp in Heseke in order to host the people displaced following the military assaults of the invading Turkish state against Serêkaniyê (Ras al-Ain) and Gire Spi (Tal Abyad) that caused thousands of people to flee. Currently, 12 thousand refugees live in the camp that spreads on a 600,000 square meter area. An assembly has been established by the families that live in the camp after its construction. This assembly carries out significant services with the outbreak of ...
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PYNK calls for action against crimes and occupation in Syria
The Kurdish National Unity Parties (PYNK) welcomed the report issued by the United Nations, which highlighted Turkey's crimes against the Kurdish people, and called on the international community to end the Turkish occupation of Kurdish and Syrian areas. The Independent International Commission of I...
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HPG Commander: Guerrilla actions will be expanded
...t extermination operations since the beginning of the year. It is obvious that it will continue like this. The political and military operations against the Kurdish achievements in Rojava continue. In particular, the attacks and killings of our people in Afrin, Serêkaniyê [Ras al-Ain] and Girê Spî [Tal Abyad] continue. Everything that is Kurdish or happens in the name of Kurdistan are wanted to be destroyed there. The goal is an occupation zone from Afrin to Qandil Armanc also pointed to Turkey's attacks on all regions from Heftanin to Xakurke in Southern Kurdistan and warned that Turkey wants to...