20/01 Emergency update – Government siege on Kurdish areas risks total collapse of ISIS prison system

Key developments Syrian army rapidly sweeps through North and East Syria (NES) as Syrian Defence Forces (SDF) withdraw from Arab-majority Tabqa, Raqqa, and Deir ez-Zor Syria’s Kurdish-majority towns besieged and facing an onslaught…

Explication : offensive du gouvernement de transition syrien contre les quartiers kurdes d’Alep

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Résumé – Les quartiers de Sheikh Maqsoud et Ashrafiyeh ont offert refuge à près de 200 000 Kurdes, minorités et Arabes, principalement des personnes déplacées à l'intérieur du pays (PDI). – Ces quartiers ont subi pendant plus…

Explainer: Syrian Transitional Government Assault on Aleppo’s Kurdish Neighborhoods

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Summary - Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyeh neighborhoods offered sanctuary to up to 200,000 Kurds, minorities and Arabs, primarily Internally Displaced People (IDPs) - Neighborhoods faced over a decade of deadly assaults and economic embargo…

Entrevista: Lonjin Abdo y la Asociación Lelun

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Lonjin Abdo es cofundadora de la Asociación Lelun para las Víctimas. Fue detenida y torturada en prisiones secretas gestionadas por facciones del Ejército Nacional Sirio (SNA), respaldado por Turquía, en Afrin, y fundó Lelun tras su liberación.…

Interview: Lonjin Abdo with Lelun Association

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Lonjin Abdo is the co-founder of Lelun Association for Victims. She was detained and tortured in the secret prisons run by factions of the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) in Afrin, and established Lelun after her release. Lonjin also…

Explainer: Kurdish Dialogue Conference in Rojava – Strengthening Kurdish Unity and Unifying Positions

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Tomorrow, the 26th of April, has been set as the official date for the convening of the “Kurdish National Conference” in North and East Syria. This comes after a postponement due to the current war situation in the region and disagreements…

Sleeper Cell Report February 2025 – ISIS attacks down in NES; US targets al-Qaeda’s Syria branch in Idlib

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al-Roj Camp Key Points: 7 confirmed sleeper cell attacks, down from 11 in January One military personnel killed, four injured in ISIS attacks 25 suspected ISIS members arrested, up from 17 last month Three Iraqi repatriation…

Annual Sleeper Cell Report 2024

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RIC’s annual North and East Syria ISIS sleeper cell report for 2024 breaks down the key events and statistics from the last year. Recorded attacks from ISIS sleeper cells rose 37.5% from 189 in 2023 to 260 in 2024 – which is still…

Sleeper Cell Report January 2025 – abrupt US funding cut to al-Hol camp sparks alarm

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Key Points: 11 confirmed sleeper cell attacks, down from 18 in December 6 military personnel killed, 5 injured in ISIS attacks 17 suspected ISIS members arrested in SDF/Asayish raids; significantly down from last month’s 101 …

FLASH UPDATE: US foreign aid freeze – impact on the North and East Syria region

Al-Hol camp, foreigners section, 24/01/2025 [RIC] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - US foreign aid freeze amounts to “murder” and will have “devastating” affect on millions living in the North and East Syria (NES) region, with “majority of…