Update December 4 – Northern Syria Offensive

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…

Report: 2019 review of sleeper cell attacks and anti-ISIS raids in North and East Syria

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Key findings • The months leading up to September saw a steady month-on-month decrease in ISIS sleeper cell attacks, and an increase in SDF anti-ISIS raids. Following the Turkish invasion in October, the number of attacks has consistently…

2019 Year in Review for North and East Syria

Original article by Syrian Democratic Times, January 25, 2020 2019 was a year of highs and lows for North and East Syria (commonly referred to as “Rojava”) as it began triumphantly with the final collapse of ISIS’s caliphate and…

Syrian Kurdish officials take emergency steps to deal with economic crisis

Residents shop in a market in the Syrian city of Qamishli, located along the northern border with Turkey, April 11, 2016. (Photo: Reuters/Rodi Said) Original article by Wladimir van Wilgenburg, Kurdistan 24, January 25, 2020 ERBIL (Kurdistan…

ISIS-only tribunal: selective, politicised justice will do more harm than good

While ISIS committed atrocities across its territories in both Iraq and Syria, any international justice measures must take into consideration the very different prevailing circumstances in the two countries Original article by Pro Justice,…

Afrin zwei Jahre nach türkischer Besatzung

Türkische Armee bei der "Operation Friedenszweig", Bild: Twitter Original article by Heise, January 23, 2020 Die Lage der Bevölkerung katastrophal. Indessen macht Erdogan erneut klar, dass er weitere Gebiete annektieren wird. Der…

In Syria, Captured Islamic State Fighters, Followers Going Home

FILE - U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces fighters stand guard next to men waiting to be screened after being evacuated out of the last territory held by Islamic State group militants, near Baghouz, eastern Syria, Feb. 22, 2019. Original…

Norsk regering planlægger krisemøde efter sag om IS-kvinde

Norges statsminister mødes mandag for at diskutere hjemtagelse af IS-kvinde og børn med Fremskrittspartiet Original Article by Midtjyllandsavis, January 17, 2020 OSLO Norges statsminister Erna Solberg (Høyre) og Fremskrittspartiets…

Correr, soplar la ceniza, seguir

Niños kurdos desplazados de Serekaniye juegan entre las ruinas de un pueblo cristiano en Siria. Fotografía: Andoni Lubaki / Euskal Fondoa. Original article, by Karlos Zurutuza, Jot Down, January 17, 2020 Ir a la boda de tu hermana…

UK’s attempt to resettle refugee children from Syria to be rejected

Officials say they won’t allow the children to be reunited with family in the UK unless their mother joins them The government has said it could allow Mehak Aslam’s four children to return to Britain, if she and her husband Shahan Choudhury…

The naked & the dead

Amid an eerie calm, war-torn Syria stands exposed to strange new perils In for the long haul: Inmates carting rations in the Al-Hol camp in northeast Syria. Original article by Lakshmi Subramanian, The Week, January 11, 2020 Amani…