Turkish authorities intensify crackdown on pro-Kurdish opposition in 2024: report - Turkish Minute Turkish authorities detained at least 3,948 people and arrested 632 in 2024 as part of an intensified crackdown on the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) and affiliated groups,...

Turkish authorities intensify crackdown on pro-Kurdish opposition in 2024: report

14.12.2024 03:00 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Post-Asad Syria: the actors at play Remaining questions and the general picture in the northeast

My general overview of the post-Dec 8th picture. Next post will focus more specifically on SDF/SNA/Turkey developments: Manbij, Deir ez-Zour, civilian casualties, protests, Qamishli airstrikes etc.

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13.12.2024 16:59 — 👍 87    🔁 33    💬 4    📌 7

People already protesting against SNA and their looting and criminal behavior in Manbij. 80% of the shops have closed down.
Live will not be easy under SNA gangs, thats for sure.

12.12.2024 19:38 — 👍 8    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

Our colleague Kamal Chomani (@kamalchomani.bsky.social) recently published a book review titled "Between Diplomacy and Non-Diplomacy: Foreign Relations of Kurdistan-Iraq and Palestine" in the Kurdish Studies Journal. You can check out his review here: brill.com/view/journal....

11.12.2024 13:38 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

After 4 days, SDF is retreating from Deir Ezzor city.

Basically, that means that different militia, gangs, and perhaps criminals will take over. But SDF has other priorities and not enough resources

10.12.2024 18:19 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 1

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10.12.2024 18:26 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

3 former men, suspected to be former Regime member were executed in Idlib, with their corpses publicly dragged and whipped. Idlib is Joulanis power base, full under his control, not just some chaotic corner of Syria.

10.12.2024 19:06 — 👍 8    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 0

just hours later, gangs belonging to turkman al-Hamzat and Ahrar al-Shamare fighting each other over loot and stolen goods.

Congratulation to those Manbijis who celebrated SDF retreat

10.12.2024 19:09 — 👍 9    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

This Dier Ezzor tribes are still backing SDF and made a statement in support of SDF:

Al-‘Aqīdāt
Al-Bakkāra
Qays ‘Aylān
Banī Khālid
Al-Busrāyā
Al-Bū Sha‘bān

10.12.2024 17:04 — 👍 14    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 1

2 videos reportedly showing the execution of 4 men by SNA fighters during recent offensive. One shows fighters briefly interrogating badly wounded hospital patients before killing them (one IDs self as 'Border Guard'), another shows two detained men executed on the street. Working on verification

10.12.2024 06:57 — 👍 22    🔁 14    💬 1    📌 3

The Story of the Yazidi Genocide Isn’t Over A decade later, activist and politician Feleknas Uca is still seeking justice for her community.

A decade later, the Yazidi genocide isn’t over. A portrait of Yazidi politician and activist Feleknas Uca and of the cause she is fighting for by @fgeerdink.bsky.social:

09.12.2024 14:00 — 👍 5    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 0

26 killed as Turkish-backed Syrian groups attack Kurdish-held area in north - Turkish Minute At least 26 combatants were killed Sunday as Turkish-backed Syrian fighters launched an offensive on the northern Manbij area, days after seizing a Kurdish-held enclave, Agence France-Presse reported.

26 killed as Turkish-backed Syrian groups attack Kurdish-held area in north

09.12.2024 15:50 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Will Kurds Survive in the New Syria?

jacobin.com/2024/12/kurd...

09.12.2024 15:57 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0