Because of the poverty and the lack of basic living conditions in Deir ez-Zor, local residents are attacking the oil wells that are being seized by the ruling authority’s mafias.

We never witnessed such incidents when the area was under the control of Syrian Democratic Forces, as people received shares of oil and there were many job opportunities available.

Ms. Ilham Ahmed responds to the claims regarding a meeting between herself, General Mazloum Abdi, and leader Abdullah Öcalan:

“In recent days, news has circulated claiming that we met with Mr. Abdullah Öcalan in Imralı and held discussions with him. We confirm to the public that this is far from the truth. No meeting took place, and there is no possibility of such a meeting at all.”

Urgent

Clashes are currently taking place between the General Security forces and Ministry of Defense forces around the Political Security Branch building in Aleppo. This comes after General Security attempted to forcibly remove Ministry of Defense forces from the building, while the Ministry of Defense forces refused and resisted. There is also a major state of alert and snipers have been deployed on rooftops.

623 families set off from Kobani to Afrin.

Arabs and Kurds were kidnapped in Raqqa on the pretext of helping the SDF.

🚩 Lekolin.org: MIT and HTS are organizing secret cells in Rojava, Journalist Pejder Altan assesses:

🗣 Li Reqa kesên Ereb û Kurd bi hinceta alîkariya QSD'ê kirine hatibun revandin.

🚩 Lêkolîn org: Mît û HTŞ li Rojava şaneyên veşartî bi rêxistin dikin, Rojnamevan Pêjder Altan dinirxîne:

Additional footage from the site of the explosion near the Armaments Department in Damascus

At least 1 STG soldier has been killed and several others were wounded.

Shortly after the explosion, STG forces opened fire on the bystanders who moved closer to the exploded vehicle.

YRK, PJAK’s armed wing published footage of an individual identified as an alleged Iranian regime agent, stating that an internal investigation found him responsible for assisting in the killing of YRK commander Simko Kobane in 2025.

The group warned that Those who serve the occupation and whose hands are stained with the blood of our comrades will share the same fate as Zanyar Şêx, and we will not remain indifferent to this.”

UPDATE:
A car bomb near Bab Sharqi in Damascus. Video circulating shows the aftermath of the explosion. Reportedly, at least three STG soldires were killed.

The families of the abductees held by the Damascus government are staging a sit-in in the city of Kobani, demanding the release of their children and rejecting any bargaining over the issue of the abductees.

So far, the Damascus government, under orders from Turkey, continues to delay the release of the abductees and attempts to use them as a tool of pressure and bargaining against the Kurdish people and their leadership.

Kurdish parties reject the “People’s Assembly elections” in Damascus, describing them as illegitimate appointments

- Kurdish parties: Limiting Kurdish representation to four seats is political exclusion and systematic marginalization.

- Kurdish parties accuse Damascus of reproducing policies of demographic change against the Kurds.

- Kurdish parties demand parliamentary representation of no fewer than 40 seats in the Syrian People’s Assembly.

- Kurdish parties affirm that the allocated representation does not reflect Kurdish will and lacks popular mandate.

- Kurdish parties warn of the consequences of entrenching the current representation on the future of political rights.

- Kurdish parties emphasize the continuation of peaceful struggle for a decentralized democratic constitution.

- Kurdish parties state that current policies threaten stability and deepen the Syrian crisis.

- Kurdish parties reaffirm their rejection of any mechanisms of political exclusion in shaping Syria’s future.