ROJAVA-SYRIA

Latest News

• SOHR reports Turkish deployment on M4 highway 

  Turkish forces deploy on M4 highway in southern countryside, as they cut off the road completely.
• Doctor Wilk visits Rojava: "No one here has been vaccinated yet" 

  Vaccine distribution reflects global power relations. Michael Wilk, a doctor from Wiesbaden, Germany, visited the Corona Clinic in Hesekê and sees an urgent need for vaccine, rapid tests and FFP2 masks.
• Russian forces return to their positions in Shehba 

  Russian units are reported to have returned to their positions from which they had withdrawn yesterday.
• Turkish attacks in the past 3 years leave 13 children dead in Shehba 

  Citizens who left their land as a result of the Turkish state's invasion attacks against Afrin, settled in Shehba. The attacks carried out by the Turkish state in Shehba in the last 3 years, left 13 children dead while 19 were injured.
• Raqqa People's Municipality starts restoring the city square 

  The Raqqa People's Municipality is restoring the city square.
• Turkey bombs villages in Shehba and Shara 

  The invading Turkish state bombed the villages of Shehba and Shara. Two Syrian soldiers were injured in Shehba.
• Greenhouse projects contribute to local economy in North-East Syria 

  The greenhouse project initiated in Rimêlan provides vegetables for nearly 450 thousand citizens. About 100 people are employed in greenhouse projects.
• “Turkey violates international agreements by cutting off Euphrates water” 

  Cozêf Lehdo, deputy co-chair of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria designated the Turkish state's water cut in the Euphrates River as an economic sabotage.
• Refugees receive no aid amid coronavirus surge in North-East Syria 

  Refugees staying in Til Temir said that international organizations did not help them during the pandemic.
• Russian military units withdrawing from Shehba 

  Reports are coming through that Russian forces are preparing to leave Shehba and have already withdrawn from several locations in the morning hours.
• General lockdown begins in North and East Syria 

  The general lockdown will last 10 days. Furthermore, all border gates in northern and eastern Syria will be kept closed except for emergencies.
• SDF arrest three ISIS mercenaries in three different regions 

  Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) reported that 3 mercenaries were caught in operations carried out against ISIS in many regions.
• Heyva Sor a Kurd warns about threats posed by Covid third wave in North and East Syria 

  Speaking about the third wave of the coronavirus, Heyva Sor a Kurd officials said that it is a threat for everyone.
• Blow against drug ring in northern and eastern Syria 

  Internal security forces in northern and eastern Syria have scored a major blow against a drug ring. Several couriers and leaders are accused of running the trade together with Turkey's jihadist proxy army.
• Border gates in Syria are used as blackmail 

  Each state uses the Syrian border gates for their own interests. They also impose embargo on peoples in Northern and Eastern Syria.
• Hemid El-Ebid: Turkey creates borders within the territories of Syria 

  Hemid El-Ebid, co-chair of the Girê Spî Canton Council, said that the Turkish state, encouraged by the silence of the international community, has established new borders at a depth of 32 km within the Syrian territory.
• Health Committee warns about Covid spiralling out of control in North and East Syria 

  The North and East Syria Health Committee warned that the increase in coronavirus cases could lead to a humanitarian catastrophe and called on all citizens and healthcare professionals to act jointly against the virus.
• SDF commander: We repelled Turkey's attacks in Ain Issa 

  Baz Cindirês, one of Girê Spî SDF commander assessed the attacks of the Turkish state and its mercenaries against Ain Issa and said that the Turkish state’s attempts to seize the strategic highway and villages were prevented.
• Shedadê Martyr Munzur Academy celebrates end of 4th Internal Security Forces training 

  Shedadê Martyr Munzur Academy completed the 4th training period of the Internal Security Forces with a ceremony.
• New partial lockdown against pandemic in North-East Syria 

  In order to get a grip on the resurgent Corona numbers in northern and eastern Syria, the crisis staff of the autonomous administration has ordered another partial shutdown.
• Turkish mine kills two children, injures two others in Afrin 

  Two children aged 11 and 12 died after the explosion of a mine planted by Turkish forces.
• “Turkish-backed mercenaries improve their conditions after fighting in Libya and Azerbaijan” 

  Turkish-backed mercenaries use their revenues from fighting in Libya and Azerbaijan to open small projects to improve their living conditions, reports SOHR.
• Turkey-linked mercenaries kidnap two Afrin citizens in Azaz 

  Turkey-affiliated mercenary group Cebhet al-Shamiye kidnapped two Afrin citizens in the occupied area of Azaz.
• 'Humanitarian and Security' operation leads to capture of 158 ISIS mercenaries in Hol Camp 

  158 ISIS mercenaries have been caught in the ‘Humanitarian and Security’ operation in Hol Camp in the last 10 days.
• 13 people caught trying to escape from Hol Camp 

  ISIS members hid inside the water tankers to escape. Drivers of the water tankers were also detained.