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…

Kurdish-Syrian ‘feminists’ form giant human shield to resist Turkish incursion – Fox News, US

Original article and clip by Hollie McKay, Fox News. When the threat of an attack looms, scores of Kurdish women in every major township in their carved out canton of Rojava in northeastern Syria, stand shoulder-to-shoulder. Amid…

Database: over 40 former ISIS members now part of Turkish-backed forces – Ava Today, Iranian Kurdistan

Article published in Ava today. Original report by RIC. Over 40 former ISIS members now working in Afrin as part of Turkish-backed forces have been identified in a new database, published today by Rojava Information Center. They include…

Turkey accused of extensive links to former Isis fighters – Morning Star, UK

Original article by Morning Star staff Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, reviews an honour guard prior to a welcome ceremony for Ukraine's President Vladimir Zelenskiy, at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, yesterday AN explosive…

Turkey, among the ranks of its allied militias, is ISIS’ inheritor – Il Fatto Quotidiano, Italy

Original article by Alberto Marzocchi, Il Fatto Quotidiano. Il presidente Recep Tayyip Erdogan ha annunciato che "a breve" verrà dato l'ok per una nuova operazione militare nel Kurdistan siriano. L'esercito turco, a ovest dell'Eufrate,…

Database: over 40 former ISIS members now part of Turkish-backed forces

Over 40 former ISIS members now working in Afrin as part of Turkish-backed forces have been identified in a new database, published today by Rojava Information Center. They include commanders, brigade leaders, recruiting officers and…

Syria: Erdogan ready to “eliminate the Kurds” – Il Fatto Quotidiano, Italy

Original article by Alberto Marzocchi, Il Fatto Quotidiano. Il governo guidato da Recep Tayyip Erdogan ha ordinato il trasferimento di migliaia di soldati sul confine con la Siria. Ankara, nell'offensiva, può contare sull'appoggio dei…

Turkey, US agree to set up operation centre for Syria safe zone – AlJazeera, Qatar

Original article by Tessa Fox, AlJazeera Turkey had previously accused the US of dragging its feet, and had demanded Washington sever its relations with the YPG [File: Turkish Defence Ministry via/The Associated Press] Agreement between…

New Trends in Western Support for The Turkish Arms Industry

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In this research note we examine the new ways that the companies in NATO countries are finding to continue their economical relations with the Turkish state. You can read the report above. Feel free to use and share with credit…

NE Syria July: Sleeper cell attacks double in key Jazirah region, Turkish-linked cells compound ISIS threat

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Sleeper cell attacks in Jazirah Region double to 30, more than in any month to date 9 attacks in city of Hasakah alone: other attacks strike Qamishlo, Sere Kaniye and other high-profile settlements far from ISIS’ original strongholds Increase…

IS women raise money for “Vienna honeymoon.” The goal is to avoid criminal prosecution in Europe – Aftenposten, Norway

Original article by Afshin Ismaeli and Hanne Christiansen, Aftenposten. Pengeinnsamlingen dette bildet viser, ble lansert forrige måned ved hjelp av en tysk mellommann.Rojava Information Center Radikale kvinner betaler menneskesmuglere…