
Update December 4 – Northern Syria Offensive
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- 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…

The Washington Institute – A Tale of Two Islamic State Insurgencies in Syria
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Original article published on The Washington Institute for Near East Policy by Ido Levy on 17 September 2021
“In the Valley of Syria...Heaven and Hell!” This was the title of a featured editorial in the August 12 edition of the Islamic…

The Defense Post – Afrin’s Syrian Kurds Continue to Pay Price of Turkey’s Occupation
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Original article published on The Defense Post by Rebecca Anne Proctor on 15 September 2021
Zeinab, a 73-year-old Syrian Kurd, had lived in her home in Afrin in northwestern Syria for 13 years. She was alone. Her husband had recently…

Al-Monitor – Turkish airstrike kills members of US-backed Kurdish force in Syria
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Fighters from the Kurdish women's protection units (YPJ) attend the funeral of a fellow fighter, who was killed while fighting against the Islamic State (IS), in northeastern Syrian Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli on February 9, 2019. (Photo…

K24 – Kurdish-led security forces capture ISIS leader in Syria’s Deir al-Zor
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Original article by Wladimir van Wilgenburg published on K24 on 3 May 2021
The suspect was "planning assassinations," recruiting members, and facilitating terrorist activities, the Kurdish-led SDF said.ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The Kurdish-led…

Al-Monitor – Fighting between Syria’s Kurdish forces, pro-Assad militia enters fourth day
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Original article published on Al-Monitor 23 April 2021
Fighting escalated between Syria’s Kurdish-led forces and members of a pro-regime militia in the northeastern city of Qamishli on Friday after a local community leader was…

Al-Monitor – Government, Kurdish forces clash in northeast Syria
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The pro-government National Defense Forces fired on Kurdish Asayesh forces at a checkpoint in Qamishli, according to Kurdish sources.
Original article published on Al-Monitor 21 April 2021
Clashes broke out in northeast Syria last…

K24 – Killings in Syria’s al-Hol camp down after SDF security operation
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Original article published on Kurdistan24 by Wladimir van Wilgenburg on 15 April 2021
ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The number of targeted killings in the al-Hol displacement camp in northeast Syria have fallen slightly following a sweeping…

Al-Monitor – Northeast Syria imposes ‘total lockdown’ due to virus
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Original article published by Al Monitor 12 April 2021
A lockdown will begin in northeast Syria on Tuesday as authorities attempt to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus during Ramadan and following a relatively large number of…

AP – US-backed Syrian forces raid camp of IS families, arrest 9
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Original article by Sarah El Deeb and Lolita C. Baldor in AP 28 March 2021
BEIRUT (AP) — Thousands of Kurdish-led forces, with assistance from the U.S.-led coalition, launched a military operation Sunday at a sprawling camp in northeast…

National Interest – Beware the Women of ISIS
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Original article by Emily Przyborowski in National Interest 2 April 2021
The female cadres of ISIS are now poised to expand as a result of a new generation of extremists now being incubated in Syria’s assorted refugees camps.
Less…