On 19 August 2021, #YPJ & #SDF commander Sosîn Bîrhat was martyred in a targeted assassination by the Turkish state

➡️ Our comrade Sosîn was from #Afrin; she participated in every phase of the #Rojava Revolution & as a commander led battles against #ISIS & Turkish occupation

🗣️ Rohîlat Afrîn of #YPJ General Command gave an interview to ANHA News Agency talking about the legacy of Sosîn Bîrhat:

📢 "As a commander, Martyr Sosîn played a pioneering role within the ranks of the YPJ. (...) #Turkey will be held accountable for what it has done."

🌹 The #Afrin Liberation Forces announced the martyrdom of one of their fighters

➡️ On August 18, Zîn Sekvan was martyred in a Turkish attack

🕯️ Şehîd namirin - Martyrs never die!

#Rojava #Syria #AANES #Turkey

🌹 #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/

⚡ Today, #Turkey carried out another drone strike

➡️ The attack hit a car on the #Qamishlo-Amude road

👉 Here in NE-#Syria, #Turkey is waging a drone war with complete impunity

⁉️ Why does the world remain silent when Turkey conducts targeted killings on almost a daily basis?

The car that was hit by a Turkish drone yesterday belonged to the women's channel Jin TV

➡️ Employee Necimedîn Feysel Hec Sînan was killed & a female journalist of Jin TV was injured

➡️ #Turkey is continuously attacking & deliberately targeting journalists - this is a #WarCrime

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

⚡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

⚡ 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

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/

Jin TV reporter Delîla Agît was wounded in the Turkish drone attack on Wednesday

➡️ She suffered a severe injury to her neck & lost her left arm

➡️ Delîla had been covering an event to commemorate 2 Kurdish officials that were killed in another Turkish drone attack in June

🛡️ Due to #ISIS targeting civilians, local leaders & security forces in #Deirezzor, the #SDF launched Operation Security Reinforcement

➡️ The operation aims to eradicate ISIS cells, thwart attacks & pursue those carrying out injustices against the people

🔗 https://sdf-press.com/en/2023/08/our-sdf-forces-launch-operation-security-reinforcement-against-isis-cells-in-deir-ezzor/

📃 #Arab women from #Shengal wrote 100 letters to Kurdish people’s leader Abdullah Öcalan

📢 “We have experienced a constructive change thanks to the ideas of Abdullah Öcalan. Arab women dream of meeting Leader Öcalan one day. Their biggest dream is his freedom.”

🛡️ In the last 2 months #SDF Anti-Terror Units #YAT arrested 12 #ISIS militants & killed 4

➡️ #YPJ fighters are a core element within the Anti-Terror Units and participate in all special operations against ISIS cells

➡️ At the same time, women within civil society are educating the people about women's rights & the threat ISIS ideology is posing

🛡️ Operation Security Reinforcement - Day 3

➡️ #SDF continues targeting #ISIS cells, criminals & drug traffickers

➡️ The western countryside of #DeirEzzor has been swept successfully

➡️ 3 ISIS members & 2 drug traffickers have been arrested

🔗 https://sdf-press.com/en/2023/08/operation-security-reinforcement-day-three/

⚖️ Today, #Germany sentenced #ISIS returnee Jennifer W. to 14 years in prison

➡️ After joining ISIS in #Iraq, Jennifer & her husband enslaved a 5 yeae old #Yazidi girl

➡️ In 2015, they punished her for wetting the bed - leaving her in the midday sun until she died from thirst

📃#SDF on the dismissal of Ahmed Al-Khubail, #DeirEzzor Military Council

➡️ Dismissal was made due to crimes like drug trafficking, mismanaging the security situation, role in increasing #ISIS activity & exploiting his position for own interests

🔗 https://sdf-press.com/en/2023/08/statement-on-dismissal-of-ahmed-al-khubail-aka-abu-khawla/

🗣️ Lîlwa El Ebdullah, one of the commanders of Deir ez-Zor Military Council, gave an interview on the ongoing operation in #DeirezZor:

📢 "The operation is a positive step in terms of people’s will & self-determination”

➡️ Commander Lîlwa stated that the operation had a positive impact on the local people who complained about turmoil in the region where #ISIS cells are still present


#SDF #YPJ #YPG #Syria #Derazor #AANES #NES #DMC #DZ

Notables of NE-#Syria call on to support the SDF

📢 "Clans, Kurdish & Arab tribes & all peoples of the region need to defend a peacefull, communal life."

➡️ The Notables pointed out that taking up arms against the #SDF is benefitting #Turkey, #ISIS & other mercenery groups

#SDF #YPJ #YPG #Syria #Derazor #AANES #NES #DMC #DZ

#SDF announces the identity of 5 members of the Democratic Northern Forces martyred in the ongoing Operation Security Reinforcement in #DeirezZor

🌹Fayyad Trad Al-Abdullah
🌹Khaled Hammud Zeno
🌹Mohammed Omar Taha
🌹Mustafa Khalid Orator
🌹Muhammed Maher Milk

#Syria #AANES