🥳 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
➡️ 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
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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
👉 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
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#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/
📃 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/
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📃 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/
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/
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SDF targets #ISIS official in #Raqqa
➡️ On August 15, the Anti-Terror Units #YAT, supported by the @coalition
& Counter-Terrorism Group (Iraqi Kurdistan Region) conducted a security operation in Raqqa
➡️ ISIS official Ibrahim Al-Ali aka Abu Mujahid was killed during the raid
➡️ The Anti-Terror Units confiscated weapons, ammunition and electronic devices during the operation
➡️ On August 15, the Anti-Terror Units #YAT, supported by the @coalition
& Counter-Terrorism Group (Iraqi Kurdistan Region) conducted a security operation in Raqqa
➡️ ISIS official Ibrahim Al-Ali aka Abu Mujahid was killed during the raid
➡️ The Anti-Terror Units confiscated weapons, ammunition and electronic devices during the operation
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#USA imposes sanctions on two Turkish-backed #SNA militias
➡️ The US Department of the Treasury sanctions Suleiman Shah Brigade & Hamza Division, both operating in Turkish occupied Northern #Syria
➡️ The sanctions target the groups for their severe human rights abuses
📃 Read about the groups targeting of women in Turkey's war on the Kurds
📢 "#Turkey & Turkey-backed forces have sought to punish Kurdish women in #Afrin for their ethnicity, their gender & their real or perceived participation in political life before the occupation."
🔗 https://www.kurdishpeace.org/policy/new-syria-sanctions-acknowledge-the-gendered-harms-of-turkeys-war-on-kurds/
➡️ The US Department of the Treasury sanctions Suleiman Shah Brigade & Hamza Division, both operating in Turkish occupied Northern #Syria
➡️ The sanctions target the groups for their severe human rights abuses
📃 Read about the groups targeting of women in Turkey's war on the Kurds
📢 "#Turkey & Turkey-backed forces have sought to punish Kurdish women in #Afrin for their ethnicity, their gender & their real or perceived participation in political life before the occupation."
🔗 https://www.kurdishpeace.org/policy/new-syria-sanctions-acknowledge-the-gendered-harms-of-turkeys-war-on-kurds/
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📃Have you already read our new article?
➡️ "Understanding the nature of #ISIS: Part 1- The foundation, spread & fall of the ‘caliphate’"
📢 "#ISIS can not be understood as a regional phenomenon but is embedded in plans of international powers to shape the #MiddleEast according to their interests."
👉 Full article on our website:
🔗 https://ypj-info.org/on-the-islamic-state/understanding-the-nature-of-isis/
➡️ "Understanding the nature of #ISIS: Part 1- The foundation, spread & fall of the ‘caliphate’"
📢 "#ISIS can not be understood as a regional phenomenon but is embedded in plans of international powers to shape the #MiddleEast according to their interests."
👉 Full article on our website:
🔗 https://ypj-info.org/on-the-islamic-state/understanding-the-nature-of-isis/
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One year passed since #Turkey targeted a group of girls playing volleyball in an #UN-affiliated education center close to #Haseke
➡️ 5 girls lost their lives in this drone attack
➡️ Until today #Turkey continues its #WarCrimes against civilians in North & East #Syria
#Rojava #AANES #Türkiye #UnitedNations
➡️ 5 girls lost their lives in this drone attack
➡️ Until today #Turkey continues its #WarCrimes against civilians in North & East #Syria
#Rojava #AANES #Türkiye #UnitedNations
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🌹 #YPJ announces the martyrdom of #Arab fighter Reem Ali Al-Jassim who lost her life in a traffic accident
📢 "She followed the footsteps of martyrs like Hebûn Arab & Rojbîn Arab & was an advocate of the paradigm of a democratic nation."
🔗 https://ypj-info.org/statements/she-became-a-true-defender-of-the-liberation-struggle/
📢 "She followed the footsteps of martyrs like Hebûn Arab & Rojbîn Arab & was an advocate of the paradigm of a democratic nation."
🔗 https://ypj-info.org/statements/she-became-a-true-defender-of-the-liberation-struggle/
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Today, the Women's Council of the Martyrs Families held their 2nd conference
➡️ 500 delegates from North & East #Syria, incl. #YPJ spokesperson Ruksen Mihemmed joined the conference
➡️ The Martyrs Families is a core institution of the organization of the civil society in the Rojava Revolution
#Rojava #AANES #Şehîd
➡️ 500 delegates from North & East #Syria, incl. #YPJ spokesperson Ruksen Mihemmed joined the conference
➡️ The Martyrs Families is a core institution of the organization of the civil society in the Rojava Revolution
#Rojava #AANES #Şehîd
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⚡Yesterday, Turkish drones were bombing various places in Southern #Kurdistan/Northern #Iraq, killing 4 civilians in the Biradost region
➡️ These attacks occured as #Turkey's foreign minister & former head of the intelligence service #MIT, Hakan Fidan, met with #KDP officials
➡️ These attacks occured as #Turkey's foreign minister & former head of the intelligence service #MIT, Hakan Fidan, met with #KDP officials
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⚡ This week alone #Turkey killed 4 civilians in Southern #Kurdistan & targeted journalists in #Rojava
➡️ These severe #HumanRights violations were *never* about "eliminating terrorism"
➡️ It is a war against the Kurds & all those seeking for a true democratic #MiddleEast
➡️ These severe #HumanRights violations were *never* about "eliminating terrorism"
➡️ It is a war against the Kurds & all those seeking for a true democratic #MiddleEast
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The Committee to Protect Journalists #CPJ comments the latest Turkish drone attack on a vehicle belonging to Jin TV:
📢 “Turkish authorities should immediately & thoroughly investigate a recent drone attack in #Syria that killed a driver & injured a journalist."
🔗 https://cpj.org/2023/08/driver-killed-journalist-severely-injured-by-suspected-turkish-drone-strike-in-syria/
📢 “Turkish authorities should immediately & thoroughly investigate a recent drone attack in #Syria that killed a driver & injured a journalist."
🔗 https://cpj.org/2023/08/driver-killed-journalist-severely-injured-by-suspected-turkish-drone-strike-in-syria/
Committee to Protect Journalists
Driver killed, journalist severely injured by suspected Turkish drone strike in Syria - Committee to Protect Journalists
Beirut, August 25, 2023—Turkish authorities should immediately and thoroughly investigate a recent drone attack in Syria that killed a driver and injured a journalist, determine if they were targeted for their work, and bring the perpetrators to justice,…
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