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• Patrice Franceschi: If Kurds lose, we all lose 

  French writer Patrice Franceschi said that the attack on Rojava was an attack on freedoms. "They want to destroy Rojava. If the Kurds lose, we all lose."
• Duran Kalkan: Making sense of what is happening - Part Two 

  "Iran and Hezbollah had already suffered a blow in Lebanon, but at the same time, in the so-called Astana process, a complex process had emerged in Syria," said Duran Kalkan.
• Duran Kalkan: Making sense of what is happening 

  Duran Kalkan analyzed the current changes in the balance of power in the Middle East as a result of a process that has been going on for 35 years.
• Kobanê calls for resistance 

  What the Turkish state could not make ISIS do in Kobanê in 2014, it wants to do today under the name of SNA. Those who resisted on Miştenûr Hill back then are resisting on Qereqozax Bridge today. Kobanê calls for resistance today as it did yesterday.
• Rihan Loqo: Women must build the new Syrian constitution 

  Rihan Loqo said that women in Syria have waged an important struggle against nationalist, religious, sexist, and state-centered mentalities, and added that "women must build the new Syrian constitution."
• YPJ commander Sarya Efrîn: We will defend Kobanê together with our people 

  YPJ commander Sarya Efrîn said: "The people and their fighters will protect Kobanê and its lands together."
• Bozarslan: The Kurdish question is not confined to a single country, it is a regional matter 

  Professor Hamit Bozarslan emphasized the necessity for Kurds to achieve internal integration and underlined that the Kurdish question is not confined to a single country but is a regional matter.
• Prof. Bozarslan: Uncertainty awaits Syria 

  Prof. Hamit Bozarslan said that the fall of the Damascus government and Syria, which is in the hands of a jihadist and radical Islamist structure, are facing great uncertainty.
• Trump’s "New" Middle East Project and the fall of Assad 

  An analysis by Tuncay Yılmaz argues that "with the "New Syria Plan," Trump primarily aimed to break Iran's Shia axis, cutting off its arms extending to Israel and the broader Middle East."
• Erdoğan's government is caught up in the hysteria of destroying Kurds 

  Erdoğan's government aims to crush the Kurds by deploying SNA forces against them. But this is not enough. They are directly coordinating military operations, and inciting Arab populations in the autonomous regions to create instability."
• Internationalist Commune of Rojava publishes video in memory of Michael Panser 

  Six years ago, the internationalist revolutionary Michael Panser was killed in a Turkish air raid in Kurdistan. In his memory, a video recorded in the mountains has been published for the first time.
• Ömer Öcalan: Abdullah Öcalan said we are living a historic process 

  DEM Party MP Ömer Öcalan said that in his meeting with Abdullah Öcalan on 23 October, the Kurdish people’s leader told him: "We have a historic process ahead of us; we can transform this historic process into an honorable peace in a positive sense."
• Mazlum Abdî: A new era has begun in Syria 

  “A new era has begun in Syria. Assad did not allow a political solution, but now there are attempts for a political solution,” said Mazlum Abdî, noting that they are in talks with Turkey through the international coalition for a permanent ceasefire.
• Karasu: If Öcalan is to play his role, conditions must be created 

  “The Kurdish question cannot be solved by war but only through political, democratic ways. This is the most correct approach, and our movement, as well as our leader, continue to take this position,” said Mustafa Karasu of the KCK.
• Karasu: To defend Rojava is to defend all of Kurdistan 

  “All Kurdish people need to support Rojava and the resistance; they need to stand up everywhere and mobilize as they did in the Kobane resistance. There needs to be a great uprising in Europe. All over the world, democratic peoples need to stand up."
• The collapse of Syria and the return of ISIS 

  Turkey has been the most active participant in the collapse and division of Syria in accordance with the Israeli and US strategy. Israel had openly stated that the borders in the Middle East would change. The future of Syria as a whole is at stake.
• KCK: The Democratic Nation model is the solution for Syria 

  'The Democratic Nation Model is the Solution for Syria' said the KCK, calling for resistance against Turkish aggression.
• Sabri Ok: Abdullah Öcalan never compromised his stance and showed his will for a solution 

  Sabri Ok said that the recent developments and discussions about Abdullah Öcalan are important.
• Salih Muslim: We want a solution, not enmity 

  PYD Presidency Council Member Salih Muslim stated that Kurds are a part of Syria and want a solution: “They are not hostile to anyone. What Turkey should do is to act rationally.”
• Today is the day to protect and defend Rojava 

  All the peoples of North and East Syria should join the YPG, YPJ and the Self-Defence Forces in a spirit of mobilisation to protect their values and their lands. The friends of the Kurdish people should stand by the people of North and East Syria.
• Sabri Ok: Trustees mean dictatorship, fascism, occupation, ignoring the will of the people 

  Sabri Ok said that the Turkish government is "ignoring the will of the Kurdish people, and of course, a struggle must be waged against this."
• Changing balances in Syria... 

  While the advance of HTS upsets all the balances in Syria, it is a matter of curiosity what course the war will take. The main goal of the Turkish state is to prevent the Kurds from becoming the new actors in Syria.
• Sabri Ok: HTS will suffer the same fate the Islamic State did 

  Sabri Ok said that the international powers aim "to create a Syria without its own will, a Syria that accepts the existing system and serves it. Turkey wants the same."
• Besê Hozat: Guerrillas disrupted Turkey’s policies of annihilation, occupation and annexation 

  The guerrillas developed great resistance over the last four to five years, said Besê Hozat.
• The fall of Aleppo disrupted the balance 

  The fall of Aleppo was unexpected. In particular, the withdrawal of the Syrian army and Russian troops without a fight plunged the region into a dangerous imbalance and cleared the way for Turkey.