#SDF forces conducted an operation against Turkish-backed merceneries

➡️ The operation was carried out as an response to the ongoing Turkish attacks on NE-#Syria & the assassination of 4 #YPG fighters in Qamishlo on August 3

➡️ Six Turkish-backed mercenaries have been killed

🔗 https://sdf-press.com/en/2023/08/in-retaliation-for-our-martyrs-in-qamishlo-6-mercenaries-killed-in-a-surprise-operation-by-our-forces/

✨ New video ✨

🎥 "Afghanistan: Women Resisting the Hegemonic Man System"

➡️ As #YPJ we support the campaign "Against the attacks of the hegemonic man, we stand alongside the women of #Afghanistan & #Shengal.” launched by @KJK_English

👉 Watch here:
🔗 https://ypj-info.org/targeting-women/afghanistanwomen-resisting-the-hegemonic-man-system/

⚡ #Turkey continues its war against civilians

➡️ Yesterday, Turkey & its allied Islamists were shelling the villlage of El Shirke (Ayn Issa)

➡️ In the attack 3 members of the same family were killed: 2 children aged 3 & 10 & their 60 year old grandmother; 3 others were injured

⚡ Today, #Turkey fired howitzers at the village of Um El Kef, western Til Temir district

➡️ As a result of the civilian Deham Ehmed Mihemed (26) was injured

➡️ Since yesterday, the Turkish state & its allied Islamists increased their attacks on Til Temir, Zirgan & Ayn Issa

🌹 "Our most sacred promise is the one we give to our martyrs"

➡️ The #YPJ General Command announces the martyrdom of Vejîn Jiyan

➡️ She was martyred on August 7, due to severe injuries received in a tragic accident

🔗 https://ypj-info.org/statements/our-friend-vejin-took-the-decision-to-stand-up-against-all-kinds-of-invasion-and-brutality/

#ISIS attack in Deir ez-Zor kills 23 soldiers of Syrian Arab Army

➡️ Yesterday, ISIS targeted a bus belonging to the #SAA, killing 23 soldiers & injuring 10 others

➡️ ISIS activitiy continues with 3 major attacks against the SAA since the beginning of August

#Syria #Daesh #IslamicState

⚡ Besides targeting NE-#Syria, #Turkey continues its attacks & occupation attempts in Southern #Kurdistan

➡️ As it was published recently, the Women's Guerilla YJA-Star killed a Turkish occupier in a sniper action on July 22

➡️ We greet their action & continue to fight our common enemy: Turkish occupation

While #Turkey is attacking South #Kurdistan, the women of the YJA-Star are restisting the occupation attempts

➡️ In the last days, the Guerilla - led by the women of the YJA-Star - carried out actions, killing 2 Turkish soldiers in the #Zap region

➡️ On August 4, 2 Turkish occupiers were killed in Xakurke & one of their positions was destroyed

3 civilians killed by #Turkey in Southern #Kurdistan

➡️ Yesterday, a Turkish airstrike on a vehicle in Penciwin, Suleymaniya killed 3 civilians

➡️ On July 9, a Turkish airstrike on a civilian car had already killed one civilian & injured another

⚡ In the first 6 months of 2023, #Turkey has carried out more than 665 air- & drone strikes in #Syria and #Iraq

➡️ These attacks have illegally assassinate & injured numerous civilians, Kurdish politicians & those who were fighting #ISIS

In some provinces of #Afghanistan the #Taliban banned girls over the age of 10 from attending primary school

➡️ As #YPJ we stand alongside the Afghan women & support their struggle for freedom & secularism

🎥 Watch our video on the women resisting in Afghanistan that we published to support the KJK campaign that aims to strengthen the women's struggle in Shengal & Afghanistan

🔗 https://ypj-info.org/targeting-women/afghanistanwomen-resisting-the-hegemonic-man-system/

🌹 "She took her place in the front lines with great strength and faith"

➡️ On August 9, our friend Ezda Berxwedan Cûdî was martyred in a traffic accident while carrying out her duties

🔗 https://ypj-info.org/statements/she-took-her-place-in-the-front-lines-with-great-strength-and-faith/

The #AANES issued a statement calling on the international community to assist in establishing rehabilitation centers for #ISIS children in NE-#Syria

➡️ Such centers should offer education far from ISIS ideology & enables reintegration into society

📢 "It is necessary to establish centers for the rehabilitation of children & minors & their integration into society, as the AANES considers them victims of terrorist ideology"

📢 "Their rehabilitation is to avoid a future danger that could pose a threat to the whole world."

#IslamicState #Daesh #Rojava

#YPJ & #YPG held a military ceremony in #Aleppo

➡️ The YPJ/YPG honored the struggle of Şehîd Agît & his comrades on today's 39th anniversary of #August15

➡️ August 15 marks the beginning of the armed struggle against Turkish occupation in #Kurdistan

#CejnaVejînêPîrozBe

🥳 Today is the anniversary of the liberation of #Minbij!

➡️ On 15.8.2016, our #YPJ/#YPG/#SDF forces liberated Minbij from #ISIS
➡️This marked the end of more than 2 and a half years of rule of the #IslamicState
➡️ Women who were liberated by YPJ fighters hugged them and burnt the black veils that ISIS forced them to wear

📃 Read the #YPJ statement from 2016:
🔗 https://ypj-info.org/wp-content/uploads/Liberation-Statement-Minbic-final-version-for-homepage.pdf

2 years ago, on this day, the US left #Afghanistan to the #Taliban. Women are resisting their violent regime ever since

👉 As #YPJ we joined the KJK's campaign to support Afghan & #Yazidi women

🎥 Watch our video on the women's struggle in Afghanistan
🔗 youtu.be/cKAkppxqdzY

#ISIS branches are currently publishing their 'Pledge of Allegiance' to new leader Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi

📃 Read our new article on the #IslamicState, incl.

➡️ History of ISIS leadership
➡️ Role of women
➡️ The threat ISIS ideology poses

🔗 https://ypj-info.org/on-the-islamic-state/understanding-the-nature-of-isis/

📃 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/