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• YPJ Commander: We are entering 2021 stronger and more determined 

  YPJ General Commander Newroz Ehmed said, "We are entering 2021 with more political and military strength, with a strong determination and will."
• Aldar Xelîl: The occupied regions will be liberated in 2021 

  Aldar Xelîl, calling on the peoples of North and East Syria to strengthen the Autonomous Administration, noted that they will raise the struggle for the liberation of the occupied regions in 2021.
• 2020: A year of Kurdish diplomacy and public relations 

  In mid-March, many European countries went into lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Kurdish movement therefore only held many events online.
• 2020 in North-East Syria: Ideological attacks and resistance 

  2020 has been a year of various ideological attacks on the North-East Syrian revolution. The resistance against the attacks targeting the essence of the revolution continued to grow.
• Roboski: A wound not healing 

  The Roboski massacre was carried out on 28 December 2011. It left deep wounds and shaped the victims' relatives lives. Cansel and Muammer Encü speak about life after the massacre.
• Roboski Massacre, a cry for justice 

  Nine years ago today, 34 people were killed in Roboski when Turkish air forces bombed a caravan of mostly under 18 border traders in the northern Kurdish province of Şırnak.
• Emekçi: Isolation can be broken with a democratic understanding 

  Emran Emekçi, one of the lawyers of the Asrın Law Office, which have been unable to meet with their client, Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan since 7 August 2019, evaluated the systematic Imrali isolation and hunger strikes to ANF.
• Bawer Dersim: We advocate an inner-Kurdish dialogue 

  Guerrilla commander Bawer Dersim draws attention to the Kurdish foothold in Turkey's extermination campaign and warns against false calculations: "No one should assume that the PKK can be forced to surrender."
• Sowing the seeds of education after war in Deir ez-Zor 

  The seeds of education are planted in war-torn city of Deir ez-Zor.
• Hakkari: Tales of state terror and fear 

  HDP Hakkari Central Province co-chair Sinem Seven said state forces were trying to intimidate the city by completing blocking it.
• "If there is no reaction, Bashur will be invaded completely" 

  A member of the KNK and co-chairman of the Democratic People's Front, Kamuran Berwari remarked over Iraqi PM Mustafa Al-Kadhimi’s visit to Turkey and said, "If Bashur government does not adopt an attitude, the entire Bashur territory will be occupied."
• No justice for the Şenyaşar family 

  Two and a half years have passed since Emine Şenyaşar's husband and two of her sons were murdered in Pirsûs by bodyguards of an AKP politician. The 70-year-old woman was arrested on Wednesday during a "vigil for justice".
• KDP's perception operation against Rojava 

  Before the Iraqi PM Kadhimi's visit to Ankara, KDP launched a dirty perception operation against Rojava claiming "YPG attacked the Peshmerga". Masrour Barzani kicked off two days ago the perception operation which received full appreciation from Turkey.
• Hatimoğulları: No matter what they do, the HDP is here to stay! 

  HDP Adana MP Tülay Hatimoğulları Oruç spoke of the talks about a ban of the People's Democratic Party and said: "Should you do what you want, the HDP will remain in place."
• KDP’s dangerous plan with the "Roj Peshmerga" gangs 

  South Kurdistan’s ruling party KDP is trying to use its contra militia Roj-Peshmerga as foot troops in an internal Kurdish civil war. In doing so, it wants to completely restrict the guerrillas' movement.
• Unemployed youth: Restriction decisions are political 

  Among the workers most affected by the coronavirus pandemic restrictions are cafes and bar employees.
• Salafists disguised as students soon at Dersim University? 

  For the summer semester 2021, more than 600 international students have been admitted to a degree program at the state Munzur University in Dersim. The Alevi-Kurdish province, however, is concerned about the composition of the students.
• Turkish state cuts water supply to Hesekê once again 

  The Turkish state has once again cut the water supply to the northern Syrian city of Hesekê. The interruption coincides with a phase of extended Turkish attacks on northern and eastern Syria.
• Erdal Eren, forever 17 years old 

  On 13 December, 40 years ago, Erdal Eren was murdered by the Turkish junta. In order to carry out the death sentence against the student, the age of the then 17-year-old had been raised by a court decision.
• Internationalist Commune of Rojava commemorates Michael Panser 

  On 14 December 2018, Michael Panser fell a martyr as a guerrilla fighter of the Kurdish freedom movement as the result of an air raid by Turkey on the Medya defense areas. The Internationalist Commune Rojava commemorates him with a letter and video.
• Turkish government targets Dersim 

  Dersim, with its resistant Alevi-Kurdish population, is permanently targeted by the Turkish state's special war policy. The people in Dersim are to be assimilated through religious orders, associations and pro-government institutions.
• Murat Karayilan: The PKK will ensure accountability 

  Murat Karayilan talked about the violence against Kurdish women by Turkish military and other methods of warfare: "Accountability will be sought for all of this. That is why the PKK stepped onto the stage of world history."
• The wounds of the Cizre massacre are still open 

  At least 288 people lost their life during the curfew in the northern Kurdish city of Cizre in 2015 and 2016. The bodies of 14 people are still missing.
• Protests in South Kurdistan only for salaries? 

  What began a week ago in Sulaymaniyah as a protest by teachers has now developed into a general protest movement in several south Kurdish cities.
• Memorial for Sarah Handelmann in Tübingen 

  Internationalist guerrilla fighter Sarah Handelmann (Sara Dorşîn) would have turned 35 on 25 November. Women Defend Rojava Tübingen used her birthday as an occasion to build a memorial.