Original article by Wladimir van Wilgenburg, Kurdistan 24. Rojîn Çeto, the co-mayor of Derik, a Kurdish-Christian town in northeastern Syria, told Kurdistan 24 that his office is working on several ecological projects after a recent partnership was announced this summer with Berlin’s Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg municipality. “Our main projects are ecological and we will work on these projects in the […]
Data was produced in collaboration with OSINT researcher Caki. This month’s key findings: 85 ISIS sleeper cell attacks across north east Syria, down 48% month-on-month. Attacks down 30% in Deir ez-Zor region as at least 37 SDF raids gradually secure region still seeing daily sleeper cell attacks. High rate of attacks in previously peaceful Jazirah […]
Original article by Danni Ellis, RIC researcher, in Novara Media. The question of what to do with the thousands of foreign Isis fighters, wives and children currently detained in north-eastern Syria has been dominated by two narratives. The first, louder, calls for draconian punishment – let them be hung by Iraqi kangaroo courts, or left […]
Original article by Rudaw staff. The US military is greatly concerned that its forces in Syria could be caught up in clashes between Turkey and predominately-Kurdish forces partnered with the US-led international anti-ISIS coaliton, a major US television network reported on Saturday. “Unilateral military action into NE Syria by any party, particularly as US personnel […]
Original article by Futura D’Aprile, InsideOver. Il 10 luglio l’inviato speciale delle Nazioni Unite per la Siria, Geir Pedersen, è arrivato a Damasco per promuovere nuovi colloqui di pace e dare finalmente forma alla Commissione che dovrà redigere la futura Costituzione del Paese. Come annunciato dal ministro degli Esteri turco Mevlut Cavusolgu, dopo 18 mesi […]
Original article by Joanne Stocker, The Defense Post. A car bomb that blew up outside a church in a Christian area of the city of Qamishli in northeast Syria injured nearly a dozen people, security services in northeast Syria said. Islamic State said it carried out the bombing, which Syrian state television said wounded 11 people […]
Original article by Wladimir van Wilgenburg, Kurdistan 24. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) hold thousands of Islamic State fighters and their families. Mustafa Bali, the head of the SDF press office, told Kurdistan 24 during a recent international forum that the solution is to set up an international court to try these foreign terrorists in […]
Original article by Ferran Barber, Publico. Jordania podría servir de puente, si Madrid no desea establecer relaciones diplomáticas con los kurdos de Rojava. El Gobierno español no ha solicitado la repatriación de las tres mujeres del Estado Islámico, los menores a su cargo y el yihadista o yihadistas que custodian los kurdos de la Administración […]
Original article Waleed Abu al-Khair, Diyaruna. An international forum to discuss the fallout of the actions of the “Islamic State of Iraq and Syria” (ISIS) and develop a strategy to counter it ideologically kicked off Saturday (July 6th) in north-eastern Syria. The three-day “International Forum on ISIS: Dimensions, Challenges and Strategies for Confrontation” was organised […]
Rojava Information Center – 7 July 2019 Internal ISIS docs reveal control of women, ISIS’ undercover strategy, & more Highlights: ‘Three types of ISIS women’ – internal documents shed new light on ISIS’ repression of women New research on ISIS’ undercover ‘emni’ branch and internal economics, from $30 fines for women showing their ankles to […]
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Head of Syrian town says Berlin partnership focused on ecology – K24, Iraqi KurdistanJuly 15, 2019 - 1:30 pm
NE Syria: June breakdown of ISIS sleeper cell attacks and SDF raidsJuly 14, 2019 - 4:22 pm
What to Do With International Isis Fighters? Rojava May Have a Solution – Novara, UKJuly 14, 2019 - 2:34 pm