From the People's Defence/Protection Units (YPG) Press Office, just now: ───── Statement by Commander-in-chief of Syrian Democratic Forces Mazlum Abdi
“The situation in northwestern Syria has rapidly and unexpectedly escalated, with our forces facing intense attacks from multiple fronts. Following the collapse and withdrawal of the Syrian army and its allies, we intervened to establish a humanitarian corridor connecting our eastern regions with Aleppo and the Tel Rifaat area to protect our people from potential massacres.
However, attacks by armed groups supported by the Turkish occupation have disrupted this corridor.
Our forces have bravely defended our people in Aleppo, Tel Rifaat, and the Shahba region. We are coordinating with all relevant parties in Syria to ensure the safety of our people and facilitate their evacuation from Tel Rifaat and Shahba to our secure regions in northeastern Syria.
Meanwhile, our forces continue to resist to protect our people in the Kurdish neighborhoods of Aleppo.” ─────
And article on the basics related to the recent uhmm, let's say... conflict escalation in Syria, headlining with the question arguably most important as background for most people (although also more, while entirely missing any mention of "Rojava", al-Suwayda or similar):
"Who are the Syrian rebels HTS [Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham] who have advanced in Aleppo?" ───── The founder of HTS, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, was once a participant in the Iraqi insurgency against the US as a member of the group that eventually became Islamic State. In its former incarnation as Jabhat al-Nusra or the Al-Nusra front, HTS later declared allegiance to al-Qaida. It eventually publicly broke those ties in 2016 and rebranded as Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, or Organization for the Liberation of the Levant. ───── More: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/02/who-are-syrian-rebels-hayat-tahrir-al-sham-hts-aleppo
Nine minutes explanation of context and current conflict events in Syria in this "#VoicesFromTheGround#WomensVoices Internationalist in Rojava on the current situation" from today:
Two videos of the people displaced by Turkey's imperialist invasion "jihadist" auxiliaries arriving at al-Tabqa in the autonomous North ans East Syria (NES), which consistently since the start has actively welcomed all refugees from anywhere, not just IDPs (Internally Displaced People).
Several thousands came just recently during Israel's war against the people of Lebanon and now about 200000 new are expected, while NES itself has been under blockades and under attack on all sides for the latest >decade and ICRC, UNHCR, etc failed doing their mandated jobs.
Regardless of ethnicities, origin, religion, etc as long as you're not hateful to others, they never stopped proclaiming: Refugees Welcome!
Seen several mobilization statements like this recent days, since the escalated aggression by Erdoğan's imperialist invasion "jihadist" auxiliaries and rebranded regional al-Qaeda began their vastly escalated aggression, from the Revolutionary Youth Movement and the Young Women's Union in various places of the autonomous North and East Syria, but here's one which someone has subtitled:
"TEV-DEM [Democratic Society Movement] warns against an imminent genocide in North-East Syria" https://anfenglish.com/rojava-syria/tev-dem-warns-against-an-imminent-genocide-in-north-east-syria-76646 That's the organization whose flag :flag_rojava: is unofficially used as flag for the autonomous North and East Syria (NES) which was named "Rojava" before it renamed to NES to reflect its diversity when the areas self-liberated through the revolution grew outside the initial Kurd-majority areas. TEV-DEM is an umbrella organization for the several democratic confederalism parties in the NES.
"Kobanê mobilizes for people displaced from Shehba [...] The people fled to the safe areas controlled by the Democratic Autonomous Administration. They were first hosted in Tabqa and then distributed to all cantons. Hundreds of families were hosted in Kobanê. Hundreds of houses were used for the refugees fleeing from Afrin and Shehba. Many people also started an aid campaign. In addition, the bakery is distributing free bread to the refugees." https://anfenglishmobile.com/rojava-syria/kobane-mobilizes-for-people-displaced-from-shehba-76692 Watch the video... 💔 As so often, those with least do the most to help fellow people in need.
"The Sara Organization to Combat Violence Against Women, the Free Women's Foundation in Syria (WJAS) and the Women's Council in the Islamic Democratic Conference issued an urgent appeal calling on all humanitarian and human rights organizations, the international community, the guarantor states, and all women's organizations concerned with women to intervene quickly to secure the supplies of those forcibly displaced from their areas and provide them with assistance and work to end the crimes and violations, to finally and forever put an end to the immoral practices against peoples": https://anfenglish.com/women/women-s-organisations-in-north-east-syria-call-for-a-global-and-unified-stance-against-attacks-76696
───── Deir Ezzor Military Council Statement on Recent Development in Deir Ezzor Region
To our people and public opinion The developments taking place in our homeland, Syria, pose a threat to the security of our people and our Deir Ezzor region. In particular, Turkish occupation -backed mercenary groups and ISIS mercenaries are reactive in the Deir Ezzor desert. Accordingly, in order to protect our people, our Deir Ezzor Military Council fighters were deployed in the Deir Ezzor city and west of the Euphrates River. Our primary objective is to protect our security and the security of our people. We are committed to fulfilling this historic mission to the fullest extent. We thank all our people who welcomed us and helped us with all their potential. All our people must rally around our fighters to protect our land side by side against all attacks.
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