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…

Ilham Ahmed, former SDC co-chair: “When Turkey attacks like this, it risks everything returning to point zero and ISIS announcing their caliphate.”

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Over Christmas, Turkey carried out a devastating string of airstrikes on NES, targeting civilian service facilities and infrastructure including warehouses for storing grain, a printing press, industrial sites for making construction materials,…

Update – Turkey’s Christmas airstrikes targeting NES civilian service facilities and infrastructure

While Kurdish-led North and East Syria is still suffering the effects of Turkey’s October airstrike campaign – which systematically targeted electricity and oil facilities across the region, leaving grave infrastructural and economic…

Il giorno di Natale, gli attacchi aerei della Turchia hanno preso di mira i servizi e le infrastrutture civili del NES

Mentre la Siria nordorientale a guida curda sta ancora subendo gli effetti della campagna di attacchi aerei della Turchia di ottobre - che ha sistematicamente preso di mira le strutture elettriche e petrolifere in tutta la regione, provocando…

Türkei fliegt zu Weihnachten Luftangriffe auf zivile Einrichtungen und Infrastruktur in NES

Während das kurdisch geführte Nord- und Ostsyrien noch immer unter den Auswirkungen der türkischen Luftangriffe vom Oktober leidet - die systematisch Elektrizitäts- und Öleinrichtungen in der gesamten Region ins Visier nahmen, schwere…

Ataques aéreos de Natal da Turquia contra instalações e infra-estruturas de serviços civis do NES

Enquanto a região do norte e leste da Síria, liderada pelos curdos, ainda sofre os efeitos da campanha de ataques aéreos da Turquia em outubro - que visou sistematicamente instalações de eletricidade e petróleo em toda a região, causando…

Turkey strikes infrastructure in Rojava following PKK attack

Original article published on bianet English on 26 December 2023. After 12 soldiers were killed in two separate PKK attacks targeting Turkish military outposts in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, Turkey carried out retaliatory strikes in both…

Turkey’s Christmas airstrikes targeting NES civilian service facilities and infrastructure

While Kurdish-led North and East Syria is still suffering the effects of Turkey's October airstrike campaign - which systematically targeted electricity and oil facilities across the region, leaving grave infrastructural and economic damage…

DAANES’ Social Contract, 2023 Edition

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In October 2013, the first talks to begin sketching a “Social Contract” for the newly-autonomous regions in northern Syria began and the outcomes were presented to the region’s people for their analysis. During 2014,  over 50 organizations…

Turkey’s October Campaign – Airstrikes Targeting NES’ Essential Infrastructure

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On the night of October 4th, Turkey began a multi-day airstrike campaign in the autonomous region of North and East Syria (NES), systematically targeting essential civilian infrastructure, killing 48 people, including 9 civilians, and injuring…

November Sleeper Cell Report – SDF Commander Says ISIS Benefits From Iran-Backed Militias-U.S. Tensions

Personnel from the anti-terror branch of NES’ Internal Security Forces (HAT) during an operation briefing this month. Key Points 11 confirmed ISIS sleeper cell attacks across NES in November, a decrease from October’s 17 4 military…