⚡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

📃 The International Federation of Journalists #IFJ on #Turkey's drone attack on a vehicle belonging to Jin TV that killed a employee and injured a journalist

📢 "The IFJ demands an independent investigation into this attack. Crimes against journalists must not go unpunished.”

🔗 https://www.ifj.org/media-centre/news/detail/category/press-releases/article/syria-driver-killed-and-journalist-critically-injured-by-alleged-drone-attack-by-tuerkiye

📊 Turkish attacks on #AynIssa in August 2023:

➡️ Alone in this month 4 civilians were martyred, 2 of them were children

➡️ Another four civilians were injuried due to Turkish shellings

👉 #Turkey continues its aggression against North & East #Syria with complete impunity

⚡ #Turkey attacks #Kobane with heavy weapons

➡️ Today, the Turkish state and its allied Islamist merceneries were shelling the village of Boraz/Kobane from Turkish occupied #Jerabulus

#Syria #Rojava #AANES #Türkiye

#SDF Update on #DeirezZor

➡️ Armed groups coming from the west bank of the Euphrates infiltrated villages in the eastern countryside of DZ

➡️ The groups are supplied by security agencies affiliated with the Syrian regime & began to mobilize against the SDF

➡️ The #SDF takes additional measures to pursue them

📢 "Our forces confirm that the ongoing Operation Security Reinforcement in #DeirEzZor was launched based on the demands of the people & notables of the area (...)."

🔗 https://sdf-press.com/en/2023/08/update-on-the-recent-situation-in-deir-ezzor/

⚡ Yesterday Turkish-backed mercenaries started to attack #Minbic from the East, North & West

🗣️ Şervan Dervîş, Minbic Military Council:

📢 "Our forces are answering the attacks of the Turkish-backed mercenaries on all the eastern & western frontlines."

➡️ Clashes are continuing

#Syria #AANES #SDF