Update December 4: Northern Syria Offensive

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Highlights - As displaced families continue to pour in to NES, the DAANES estimates that numbers of IDPs will soon reach 120,000. - Critical shortages of essential supplies, food, water, medicines and accommodation for IDPs. - SNA commits…

US-led coalition carries out patrols in Syria amid Turkish invasion threats – K24, Iraqi Kurdistan

Original article by Wladimir van Wilgenburg, Kurdistan 24. American troops patrol near the Turkish border in Hasakah, Syria, Nov. 4, 2018. (Photo: Reuters/Rodi Said) The US-led coalition to fight the Islamic State is carrying out patrols…

U.S. Maximum Pressure on Iran Unsettles Syria’s Kurds – The National Interest, US

Original article by Matthew Petti, The National Interest. Reuters As tensions in the Persian Gulf ratchet up, it’s not clear whether the Kurds and their allies in the Syrian Democratic Forces are willing—or able—to be a part of…

Isis suspects in Syrian camp raise thousands through online crowdfunding campaign – The Independent, UK

Original article by Richard Hall, The Independent. Women claiming to be at al-Hol camp in northern Syria, shared on a Telegram channel which solicited donations Fundraising comes amid growing concerns over radicalisation at al-Hol camp Women…

How can we try European jihadists detained in Syria after the fall of ISIS? – La Vanguardia, Spain

Original article by La Vanguardia and AFP staff. Combatientes de las Fuerzas Democráticas Sirias (SDF) realizan un gesto de victoria (Giuseppe Cacace / AFP) Miles de yihadistas extranjeros son retenidos en el Kurdistán sirio por crímenes…

Ilham Amare, women’s action for a democratic alternative – Prix Danielle Miterrand, France

Original article in France Libertés – Fondation Danielle Mitterrand L’édition 2019 du prix Danielle Mitterrand récompensera une personnalité parmi les quatre encore en lice : Ilham Amare, Rodrigo Mundaca, Subama Mapou et Autumn Peltier.…

Could foreign Daesh suspects be tried in northeast Syria? – Arab News, Saudi Arabia

Original article by AFP staff. Syria’s Kurds hold around 1,000 foreign militants in jail. (AFP/File) The Kurdish authorities say they are seriously exploring how to set up an international tribunal Months after the territorial defeat…

Head of Syrian town says Berlin partnership focused on ecology – K24, Iraqi Kurdistan

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Original article by Wladimir van Wilgenburg, Kurdistan 24. A partnership was signed this summer between Berlin’s Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg and the mixed Kurdish-Christian town of Derik in the northeast of Syria (Photo: social media) Rojîn…

NE Syria: June breakdown of ISIS sleeper cell attacks and SDF raids

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Data was produced in collaboration with OSINT researcher Caki. Get in touch for the full searchable data set-live map is here This month’s key findings: 85 ISIS sleeper cell attacks across north east Syria, down 48% month-on-month. Attacks…

Bomb explodes outside church in Qamishli Christian neighborhood – The Defense Post, US

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Original article by Joanne Stocker, The Defense Post. A car bomb that blew up outside a church in a Christian area of the city of Qamishli in northeast Syria injured nearly a dozen people, security services in northeast Syria said. Islamic…

SDF official says international court solution to foreign ISIS problem – K24, Iraqi Kurdistan

Original article by Wladimir van Wilgenburg, Kurdistan 24. Mustafa Bali, the head of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) press office, speaks to Kurdistan 24 on the sidelines of an international forum on the Islamic State. (Photo: Kurdistan…