🎥 #SDF publishes confession of one of the members of Syrian regime-backed National Defense Forces

📢 “(...) we were compelled to engage in combat against the SDF, under the guise of ‘Tribes’. While I was participating in the fighting, I was captured by the SDF (...)”

➡️ During the operation in #DeirezZor the narrative was spread that the armed groups engaged in looting, arson & the destruction of public institutions were from local tribes

➡️ In reality, members of these "tribal forces" were sent by the Syrian regime to fight the #SDF

#Syria #AANES

#SDF Update on Operation Security Enforcement in #DeirezZor

➡️ The SDF forces have completed the sweeping operation in Dhiban

➡️ The town was cleared from armed groups who fled back to the regime-controlled areas where they originally came from

#Syria #AANES #YPJ

The armed groups infiltrating #DeirezZor destroyed a cementary of martyrs from the Arab Sunni Shu'aytat tribe

➡️ The graves belong to hundreds of members of the tribe that were shot or beheaded by #ISIS in 2014

#Syria #AANES #YPJ #SDF

⚡ In the last days, #Turkey & the Turkish-controlled Syrian National Army #SNA intensified their attacks on Northern #Syria

➡️ In #AynIssa heavy fighting took place but the Military Council of Gire Spi/Till Abyad foiled the attacks

➡️ 19 mercenaries have been killed

⚡ At the same time, the #SNA launched a ground offensive against Til Temir

➡️ Turkish attacks also continued on Til Rifaat/Shehba & Minbij

➡️ While our forces continue the operation in #DeirezZor, Turkey uses this situation, trying to expand the front lines against the #AANES

🛡️ Rohenda Agir is an Arab #YPJ fighter participating in the ongoing operation in #DeirEzZor

📢 "In order to create peace for our people, we are ready to resist until our last breath. (...) The people here & this land are our honor."

#Syria #AANES #SDF

🗣️ #UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay on the Turkish drone attack on a vehicle belonging to Jin TV that happened on August 23:

📢 "I deplore the killing of Najm el-Din Faisal Haj Sinan. I reiterate my call to the authorities to ensure the safety of journalists, media professionals and associated personnel in situations of armed conflict, in compliance with UNSC Resolution 2222. I urge them to investigate this attack and bring those responsible to justice."

#Syria #Turkey #AANES #Rojava

⚡ Turkish-backed mercenaries kill 5 civilians in #Minbic

➡️ During the attack on the northern areas of Minbic, 5 civilians were killed; among them 70-year-old Fatme El Hac Mihemed El Xilêf

➡️ During the attack 2 brothers were kidnapped by mercenary gangs

#Syria #Turkey #AANES

⚡ Turkish drone strike in Girke Lege/Northern #Syria

➡️ A Turkish drone targeted a vehicle on the #Qamishlo - #Derik road, close to the village of Gurgirka (Girke Lege)

#Turkey #Türkiye #Rojava #AANES

🎥 #DeirEzZor: Municipality of al-Jurzy town gets looted

➡️ Armed groups pretend "liberating" civil service facilities from the SDF. However, the #SDF has no presence there

👉 SDF: Such actions disrupt the lives of the local people who rely on these services

#Syria #AANES

⚡ Last night, #Turkey was targeting the western countryside of Til Temir

➡️ The Turkish attacks targeted the village of Al-Kouzeliya at the international M4 highway

#Türkiye #Rojava #Syria #TilTemir #AANES

➡️ The Arab Al-Bakara clan declared their support for the #SDF

➡️ The clan is ready to confront the gangs backed by the Syrian regime who infiltrated their areas east of the Euphrates

➡️ They call on the SDF & @coalition to help them defend their areas

#Syria #DeirezZor #AANES

#SDF announces the identity of 5 members of the Democratic Northern Forces martyred in the ongoing Operation Security Reinforcement in #DeirezZor

🌹Fayyad Trad Al-Abdullah
🌹Khaled Hammud Zeno
🌹Mohammed Omar Taha
🌹Mustafa Khalid Orator
🌹Muhammed Maher Milk

#Syria #AANES

Notables of NE-#Syria call on to support the SDF

📢 "Clans, Kurdish & Arab tribes & all peoples of the region need to defend a peacefull, communal life."

➡️ The Notables pointed out that taking up arms against the #SDF is benefitting #Turkey, #ISIS & other mercenery groups

#SDF #YPJ #YPG #Syria #Derazor #AANES #NES #DMC #DZ

🗣️ Lîlwa El Ebdullah, one of the commanders of Deir ez-Zor Military Council, gave an interview on the ongoing operation in #DeirezZor:

📢 "The operation is a positive step in terms of people’s will & self-determination”

➡️ Commander Lîlwa stated that the operation had a positive impact on the local people who complained about turmoil in the region where #ISIS cells are still present

#SDF #YPJ #YPG #Syria #Derazor #AANES #NES #DMC #DZ

Today, the Women's Council of the Martyrs Families held their 2nd conference

➡️ 500 delegates from North & East #Syria, incl. #YPJ spokesperson Ruksen Mihemmed joined the conference

➡️ The Martyrs Families is a core institution of the organization of the civil society in the Rojava Revolution

#Rojava #AANES #Şehîd

⚡ Today, #Turkey carried out another drone strike

➡️ The attack hit a car on the #Qamishlo-Amude road

👉 Here in NE-#Syria, #Turkey is waging a drone war with complete impunity

⁉️ Why does the world remain silent when Turkey conducts targeted killings on almost a daily basis?

#Rojava #AANES #drones #Türkiye

🌹 The #Afrin Liberation Forces announced the martyrdom of one of their fighters

➡️ On August 18, Zîn Sekvan was martyred in a Turkish attack

🕯️ Şehîd namirin - Martyrs never die!

#Rojava #Syria #AANES #Turkey

One year passed since #Turkey targeted a group of girls playing volleyball in an #UN-affiliated education center close to #Haseke

➡️ 5 girls lost their lives in this drone attack

➡️ Until today #Turkey continues its #WarCrimes against civilians in North & East #Syria

#Rojava #AANES #Türkiye #UnitedNations

#Turkey renames Kurdish villages in #Afrin with Turkish names

➡️ This is another step in Turkey's de-Kurdification & #DemographicChange policies

➡️ Since 2018, Turkey replaced the indigenous Kurdish population with Arab refugees fleeing other parts of #Syria

#Rojava #AANES

📃 The Washington Kurdish Institute published data on Turkey targeting civilians in areas of the #AANES

Turkish Presence in Northern #Syria
➡️ increased civilian harm by the use of #drones
➡️ killed 114 civilians since 2020
➡️ exacerbates displacement & migration
➡️ hinders the fight against #ISIS

👉 Read the full report here:
🔗 https://dckurd.org/2023/08/14/turkish-presence-in-northern-syria/