Drones for Rojava: Alliance raises money for armed drones for Rojava


An international alliance wants to support Kurdish units with donations for unmanned weapons systems

26.01.2025

The original interview by Matthias Monroy was published here: https://www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1187913.drones-for-rojava-buendnis-sammelt-geld-fuer-bewaffnete-drohnen-fuer-rojava.html (06.01.2025)

Under the name Drones For Rojava, you are collecting money to equip the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) with drones. Do you also accept material donations?

We are currently only collecting donations in cryptocurrencies. We also welcome ideas and advice from experts on how to further develop the SDF’s drone combat capabilities. We have communication channels with their representatives to pass on recommendations.

Your campaign does not mention the price of a drone. How much would supporters have to donate for a device?

We want to buy drone components and not finished drones. The plan is to procure components from the DJI Mavic series from China as well as components for flight control, servo motors, GPS and telemetry devices, cameras, electronic speed controllers and the like. The drones are to be controlled using the FPV (first-person view) principle, i.e. with video goggles from the perspective of a camera on board.

What kind of weaponry did you have in mind?

We have no relationship with the SDF or other military forces. The drones that are built and the ammunition that is used are therefore not our concern. The SDF also decides which opponents are attacked. We are not involved in the conflict.

You have decided to support the SDF militarily instead of, for example, promoting a peaceful solution to the conflict. Why is that?

The SDF has not started a fight against anyone. But the only peaceful, democratic and inclusive system of government that has been established in Syria is under attack by Turkey and its jihadist militias. The SDF has two options: Resist or surrender. Helping them does not mean advocating war or that we are taking a pro-conflict approach. Of course we want a peaceful solution to the crisis in Syria, but if your country and your democracy are under attack, you must respond. The SDF expresses its willingness for dialog on a daily basis.

I ask this because the left criticizes Israel, the USA, Great Britain and Turkey for drone wars that violate international law. Now you also want to procure drones, albeit smaller ones. How does that go together?

FPV drones are precision weapons. They cannot be compared to large drones that hit targets from high altitude. They literally cannot cause collateral damage or injure civilians unless you do it on purpose. They are also the only legally available piece of hardware that can also be weaponized effectively.

Controlling so-called kamikaze drones is not trivial, especially in the face of enemy air defenses. How were the SDF forces trained?

We have no information of our own about this. However, open sources reveal that their drone units were established in 2015 and the SDF has since invested heavily in this affordable technology. Recent developments show that they have been successful in overcoming enemy air defenses.

To what extent are the Islamist militias currently attacking Rojava also using drones?

We are monitoring this closely, but so far the Islamist Syrian National Army (SNA), for example, has not used drones effectively, despite Turkish support. The Islamist militia alliance HTS, on the other hand, appears to have used unmanned aerial vehicles during its offensive against the Assad regime. However, they have focused on kamikaze drones with relatively heavy payloads. We have not identified any effective use of FPV drones in Syria by groups other than the SDF.


Your donation initiative is a reminder that Turkey is no longer on the offensive when it comes to drones. There are reports of large systems such as Anka or Bayraktar TB2 being shot down over Rojava.

We know that the SDF has developed some anti-drone systems that have proven effective against the deadly long-range drones. There are confirmed reports that at least one Turkish Aksungur (the newest and largest drone used by the Turkish military, ed.) and an American Reaper were accidentally shot down in the last month alone. We have no information about the type of weapons used, but we think it is some kind of autonomous loitering munition system that attacks drones at high altitudes.

What is meant by a loitering ammunition system?

Loitering munition is a term for air- or ground-based weapons that are controlled autonomously or by a ground station, usually via a video or GPS link. They perform target search and reconnaissance of enemy ground or air targets on the battlefield and carry a payload to hit this target. Well-known systems are the Iranian Shaheed or Saqhar and the Russian Lancet. However, we have no details on whether or how the SDF use these systems.

You only agreed to the interview if I didn’t ask anything about members of your group. But can you tell me which areas they come from?

We are a group of young people, mostly of Kurdish origin, and some internationalist volunteers, with no connections to any institution or financial support from anyone. We are not a big team. We have aerospace engineering students, software developers and people with different educational backgrounds. Some of us live in Europe, some in Rojava and some in the US. Most of us have never met in person. The only thing that unites us is our patriotism towards the Kurdish cause and our support for the SDF in the face of attacks by NATO’s second largest army and former Al-Qaeda and IS fighters. That is our only motivation.

Translated by the Riseup4Rojava network

26.01.2025

Drones for Rojava: Alliance raises money for armed drones for Rojava

An international alliance wants to support Kurdish units with donations for unmanned weapons systems

26.01.2025

The original interview by Matthias Monroy was published here: https://www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1187913.drones-for-rojava-buendnis-sammelt-geld-fuer-bewaffnete-drohnen-fuer-rojava.html (06.01.2025)

Under the name Drones For Rojava, you are collecting money to equip the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) with drones. Do you also accept material donations?

We are currently only collecting donations in cryptocurrencies. We also welcome ideas and advice from experts on how to further develop the SDF’s drone combat capabilities. We have communication channels with their representatives to pass on recommendations.

Your campaign does not mention the price of a drone. How much would supporters have to donate for a device?

We want to buy drone components and not finished drones. The plan is to procure components from the DJI Mavic series from China as well as components for flight control, servo motors, GPS and telemetry devices, cameras, electronic speed controllers and the like. The drones are to be controlled using the FPV (first-person view) principle, i.e. with video goggles from the perspective of a camera on board.

What kind of weaponry did you have in mind?

We have no relationship with the SDF or other military forces. The drones that are built and the ammunition that is used are therefore not our concern. The SDF also decides which opponents are attacked. We are not involved in the conflict.

You have decided to support the SDF militarily instead of, for example, promoting a peaceful solution to the conflict. Why is that?

The SDF has not started a fight against anyone. But the only peaceful, democratic and inclusive system of government that has been established in Syria is under attack by Turkey and its jihadist militias. The SDF has two options: Resist or surrender. Helping them does not mean advocating war or that we are taking a pro-conflict approach. Of course we want a peaceful solution to the crisis in Syria, but if your country and your democracy are under attack, you must respond. The SDF expresses its willingness for dialog on a daily basis.

I ask this because the left criticizes Israel, the USA, Great Britain and Turkey for drone wars that violate international law. Now you also want to procure drones, albeit smaller ones. How does that go together?

FPV drones are precision weapons. They cannot be compared to large drones that hit targets from high altitude. They literally cannot cause collateral damage or injure civilians unless you do it on purpose. They are also the only legally available piece of hardware that can also be weaponized effectively.

Controlling so-called kamikaze drones is not trivial, especially in the face of enemy air defenses. How were the SDF forces trained?

We have no information of our own about this. However, open sources reveal that their drone units were established in 2015 and the SDF has since invested heavily in this affordable technology. Recent developments show that they have been successful in overcoming enemy air defenses.

To what extent are the Islamist militias currently attacking Rojava also using drones?

We are monitoring this closely, but so far the Islamist Syrian National Army (SNA), for example, has not used drones effectively, despite Turkish support. The Islamist militia alliance HTS, on the other hand, appears to have used unmanned aerial vehicles during its offensive against the Assad regime. However, they have focused on kamikaze drones with relatively heavy payloads. We have not identified any effective use of FPV drones in Syria by groups other than the SDF.


Your donation initiative is a reminder that Turkey is no longer on the offensive when it comes to drones. There are reports of large systems such as Anka or Bayraktar TB2 being shot down over Rojava.

We know that the SDF has developed some anti-drone systems that have proven effective against the deadly long-range drones. There are confirmed reports that at least one Turkish Aksungur (the newest and largest drone used by the Turkish military, ed.) and an American Reaper were accidentally shot down in the last month alone. We have no information about the type of weapons used, but we think it is some kind of autonomous loitering munition system that attacks drones at high altitudes.

What is meant by a loitering ammunition system?

Loitering munition is a term for air- or ground-based weapons that are controlled autonomously or by a ground station, usually via a video or GPS link. They perform target search and reconnaissance of enemy ground or air targets on the battlefield and carry a payload to hit this target. Well-known systems are the Iranian Shaheed or Saqhar and the Russian Lancet. However, we have no details on whether or how the SDF use these systems.

You only agreed to the interview if I didn’t ask anything about members of your group. But can you tell me which areas they come from?

We are a group of young people, mostly of Kurdish origin, and some internationalist volunteers, with no connections to any institution or financial support from anyone. We are not a big team. We have aerospace engineering students, software developers and people with different educational backgrounds. Some of us live in Europe, some in Rojava and some in the US. Most of us have never met in person. The only thing that unites us is our patriotism towards the Kurdish cause and our support for the SDF in the face of attacks by NATO’s second largest army and former Al-Qaeda and IS fighters. That is our only motivation.

Translated by the Riseup4Rojava network

26.01.2025

The given text, titled ‘Revolutionary People’s War – Şerê Gelê Şoreşgerî’, is an important introduction to better understand the current strategy of the PKK. This introductory brochure was prepared by the #Riseup4Rojava network, based on transcriptions from an education on the Kurdish Freedom Movement. This introductory brochure is intended to serve as a guide for discussion, education and for better analyses, understanding the current situation we are in around the globe, and for developing a perspective with a practice of what is to be done. With further brief introductory brochures on topics such as Special Warfare, and on Internationalism, the latter text written by Riza Altun, our goal is, on one side, to strengthen the understanding of Democratic Confederalism and the Strategy of Revolutionary People’s War and to deepen strategical discussions in our broader network, and on the other side, to create a strong common perspective of our role, as the global resistance movement, in the defense of the Revolution of Rojava, the smashing of Turkish Fascism, and the build-up of Rojava everywhere.

The urgency for this has become more clearer these days, given the increased attacks onto the Free Mountains of Kurdistan, the revolution of Rojava and the immediate threat for all democratic forces of the world. The importance of understanding the connection between the Free Mountains of Kurdistan and Rojava is also elaborated in the last KCK statement – which includes an evaluation of the current political situation.1 After all, it is an attack on all of us who are part of the global resistance movement.

1https://kck-info.com/interviews251224/

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Call for an internationalist bloc for the demonstration in Paris – Against fascism, for justice: internationalist answer

03.01.2025

On January 9, 2013, and December 23, 2022, two attacks struck the heart of Paris. Twice, three Kurdish activists were brutally murdered. On January 9, Sakine Cansiz, Fidan Dogan, and Leyla Saylemez fell victim to a triple femicide carried out by an infiltrated agent of the MIT (Turkish secret services). Nearly ten years later, Evîn Goyî, Mîr Perwer, and Abdurrahman Kizil were assassinated at the Ahmet Kaya Kurdish Cultural Center.

Sakine Cansiz (Sara), alongside Abdullah Öcalan, was one of the seven founding members of the PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party, a Kurdish national liberation movement). She was instrumental in establishing the Kurdish women’s army (YJA-Star) and endured torture in Turkish prisons. Fidan Dogan (Rojbîn), a diplomat of the CDK-F (Democratic Kurdish Council in France), was in regular contact with French leftist organizations as well as the French state itself. Leyla Saylemez (Ronahî) was a young activist organized within the youth branch. Like Sakine Cansiz, Evîn Goyî was a pioneer of the women’s revolution. She fought across all four parts of Kurdistan and was injured in Rojava. Mîr Perwer, a renowned singer, had sought refuge in France to sing in his native language. Abdurrahman Kizil had found refuge in the country after fleeing his village, attacked by the Turkish colonial army.

We are fully aware that the Turkish fascist state, through its MIT secret services, is responsible for these two attacks. Investigative journalists have established MIT’s responsibility in the 2013 triple femicide, and many elements strongly suggest at least an inciting role in the 2022 attack. Since then, several assassination attempts or planned actions by the MIT targeting journalists, activists, politicians (including former Kurdish MPs), or Turkish dissidents in exile have been foiled on European soil.

However, in most cases, these actions and intimidations occur with the complicity of Western imperialist states, which consistently conceal or minimize Turkey’s responsibility. This includes successive French governments, which maintain “defense secrecy” over evidence necessary for the judicial investigation into the 2013 triple assassination and refuse to cooperate with Belgian police regarding activities of several men suspected of assassination attempts in Brussels.

While numerous Turkish intelligence agents and informants operate freely on French soil, Kurdish activists are harassed by the authorities and used as bargaining chips with Turkey. A recent investigation by Marianne magazine revealed this dynamic. In 2024 alone, three Kurdish activists were expelled to Turkey, two of whom remain imprisoned there today. Two other activists were placed in detention centers after their political refugee status was revoked. Their expulsions were only prevented through legal actions taken by their lawyers.

At the same time, the French state continues to collaborate with Turkey, maintaining trade and economic relations, and supplying arms and equipment to the Turkish army despite blatant human rights violations in Turkey and the areas it occupies in Syria. The Turkish regime continues to suppress every voice of dissent, seizes Kurdish municipalities, carries out mass imprisonments, and enforces isolation on numerous political prisoners. For example, there was no news of Abdullah Öcalan, imprisoned on an island since 1999, for over the last 44 months until his recent message in October. These inhumane, torturous practices have never been condemned by France, which also keeps Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, a Lebanese communist militant for the Palestinian cause, imprisoned since 1987, despite his eligibility for release since 20 years.


This French collaboration also persists in the face of Turkey’s numerous violations of international law and war crimes through bombings and drone strikes in Iraq and Syria. These attacks target not only PKK guerrilla bases—exercising their legitimate right of armed resistance against colonialism—but also numerous civilian infrastructures and homes. Dozens of villages have been forcibly evacuated by the Turkish army during its attempted invasion of the mountains of Southern Kurdistan (Iraq), while in Rojava, hundreds of thousands of people have been left without electricity, heating, or cooking gas due to the destruction of energy infrastructure. This French collaboration does not surprise us, however. France’s complicity in the ongoing genocide in Gaza has destroyed any credibility it may have had regarding human rights and reveals the true face of imperialism: it is willing to sacrifice entire peoples and the
very rules it has established to defend its allies. In the face of this unity among imperialists, it is imperative to build an internationalist and antifascist struggle. For this reason, we invite all political, trade union and associative forces who recognize themselves in this call to mobilize on January 11, 2025, in Paris to join us in forming an internationalist bloc during the demonstration for the six Kurdish comrades assassinated in Paris.

For Sara, Rojbîn, and Ronahî, we cry “Jin Jiyan Azadî!”For Evîn, Mîr, and Abdurrahman, we demand Truth and Justice!For all, we proclaim: “Long live the resistance of the Kurdish people, the Palestinian people, and all the oppressed!”

Young Struggle & Jeunesse Internationaliste, Serhildan Network & Riseup4Rojava

Call for an internationalist bloc for the demonstration in Paris – Against fascism, for justice: internationalist answer

03.01.2025

On January 9, 2013, and December 23, 2022, two attacks struck the heart of Paris. Twice, three Kurdish activists were brutally murdered. On January 9, Sakine Cansiz, Fidan Dogan, and Leyla Saylemez fell victim to a triple femicide carried out by an infiltrated agent of the MIT (Turkish secret services). Nearly ten years later, Evîn Goyî, Mîr Perwer, and Abdurrahman Kizil were assassinated at the Ahmet Kaya Kurdish Cultural Center.

Sakine Cansiz (Sara), alongside Abdullah Öcalan, was one of the seven founding members of the PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party, a Kurdish national liberation movement). She was instrumental in establishing the Kurdish women’s army (YJA-Star) and endured torture in Turkish prisons. Fidan Dogan (Rojbîn), a diplomat of the CDK-F (Democratic Kurdish Council in France), was in regular contact with French leftist organizations as well as the French state itself. Leyla Saylemez (Ronahî) was a young activist organized within the youth branch. Like Sakine Cansiz, Evîn Goyî was a pioneer of the women’s revolution. She fought across all four parts of Kurdistan and was injured in Rojava. Mîr Perwer, a renowned singer, had sought refuge in France to sing in his native language. Abdurrahman Kizil had found refuge in the country after fleeing his village, attacked by the Turkish colonial army.

We are fully aware that the Turkish fascist state, through its MIT secret services, is responsible for these two attacks. Investigative journalists have established MIT’s responsibility in the 2013 triple femicide, and many elements strongly suggest at least an inciting role in the 2022 attack. Since then, several assassination attempts or planned actions by the MIT targeting journalists, activists, politicians (including former Kurdish MPs), or Turkish dissidents in exile have been foiled on European soil.

However, in most cases, these actions and intimidations occur with the complicity of Western imperialist states, which consistently conceal or minimize Turkey’s responsibility. This includes successive French governments, which maintain “defense secrecy” over evidence necessary for the judicial investigation into the 2013 triple assassination and refuse to cooperate with Belgian police regarding activities of several men suspected of assassination attempts in Brussels.

While numerous Turkish intelligence agents and informants operate freely on French soil, Kurdish activists are harassed by the authorities and used as bargaining chips with Turkey. A recent investigation by Marianne magazine revealed this dynamic. In 2024 alone, three Kurdish activists were expelled to Turkey, two of whom remain imprisoned there today. Two other activists were placed in detention centers after their political refugee status was revoked. Their expulsions were only prevented through legal actions taken by their lawyers.

At the same time, the French state continues to collaborate with Turkey, maintaining trade and economic relations, and supplying arms and equipment to the Turkish army despite blatant human rights violations in Turkey and the areas it occupies in Syria. The Turkish regime continues to suppress every voice of dissent, seizes Kurdish municipalities, carries out mass imprisonments, and enforces isolation on numerous political prisoners. For example, there was no news of Abdullah Öcalan, imprisoned on an island since 1999, for over the last 44 months until his recent message in October. These inhumane, torturous practices have never been condemned by France, which also keeps Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, a Lebanese communist militant for the Palestinian cause, imprisoned since 1987, despite his eligibility for release since 20 years.

This French collaboration also persists in the face of Turkey’s numerous violations of international law and war crimes through bombings and drone strikes in Iraq and Syria. These attacks target not only PKK guerrilla bases—exercising their legitimate right of armed resistance against colonialism—but also numerous civilian infrastructures and homes. Dozens of villages have been forcibly evacuated by the Turkish army during its attempted invasion of the mountains of Southern Kurdistan (Iraq), while in Rojava, hundreds of thousands of people have been left without electricity, heating, or cooking gas due to the destruction of energy infrastructure. This French collaboration does not surprise us, however. France’s complicity in the ongoing genocide in Gaza has destroyed any credibility it may have had regarding human rights and reveals the true face of imperialism: it is willing to sacrifice entire peoples and the
very rules it has established to defend its allies. In the face of this unity among imperialists, it is imperative to build an internationalist and antifascist struggle. For this reason, we invite all political, trade union and associative forces who recognize themselves in this call to mobilize on January 11, 2025, in Paris to join us in forming an internationalist bloc during the demonstration for the six Kurdish comrades assassinated in Paris.

For Sara, Rojbîn, and Ronahî, we cry “Jin Jiyan Azadî!”For Evîn, Mîr, and Abdurrahman, we demand Truth and Justice!For all, we proclaim: “Long live the resistance of the Kurdish people, the Palestinian people, and all the oppressed!”

Young Struggle & Jeunesse Internationaliste, Serhildan Network & Riseup4Rojava

Exclusive Interview with Harûn Apoyî: Revolutionary People’s War – The strategy to defend societies against Capitalism

02.01.2025

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We met Harûn Apoyî in spring, 2024, in Rojava, North-East Syria to talk about the Strategy of Revolutionary People’s War, the Revolution in Rojava and a perspective for defending societies in face of a comprehensive war waged on them by the states all around the globe.

Harûn Apoyî, born in Kobanê, has been participating in the Rojava Revolution from day one and teaches the concept of Revolutionary People’s war in Academies in all of Rojava and North-East Syria.

RiseUp4Rojava Network
02.01.2025

#Smash Turkish Fascism
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Rojava Verteidigen:
Stellt euch den türkischen Angriffen und dschihadistischen Milizen entgegen!

02.12.24

Mitten im anhaltenden Krieg imperialer und islamistischer Kräfte gegen die Völker des Nahen Ostens nutzt die Türkei die Lage aus, um einen der grössten Angriffe auf Rojava und Syrien seit 2019 durchzuführen. Im Rahmen ihres neo-osmanischen Projekts, die Hegemonialmacht in der Region zu werden, zielt der türkische Staat darauf ab, das revolutionäre Rojava zu liquidieren und Syrien weiter zu destabilisieren.

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) – ein Ableger von Al-Qaida – und andere Milizen haben ohne grossen Widerstand des syrischen Regimes die Kontrolle über Aleppo übernommen. Gemeinsam mit den HTS-Milizen führen die sogenannte Syrische Nationalarmee (SNA), unterstützt durch türkische Artillerie und Luftangriffe, koordinierte Angriffe auf kurdische Gebiete durch. Diese Gruppen sind keine „Rebellen“, sondern eine Allianz von Dschihadisten mit einer langen Liste von Kriegsverbrechen und Menschenrechtsverletzungen. In den Sozialen Medien tauchen bereits erste Videos von Frauen auf, die in von der SNA eroberten Gebieten entführt wurden.

Die kurdischen Mehrheitsgebiete von Shehba und Tel Rifat sowie die kurdischen Stadtteile Sheikh Maqsoud und Eşrefiye in Aleppo sind eingekesselt und stehen vor einer humanitären Katastrophe.Tausende Vertriebene aus Afrin sowie christliche und andere Minderheiten, die Schutz suchten, sind belagert. Angesichts drohender Massaker werden die Menschen in Shehba und Tel Rifat evakuiert. Sie werden von Kräften bedroht, die massiv von der Türkei und anderen Staaten unterstützt und ausgerüstet werden.

In den letzten zehn Jahren bis heute hat die Region immer wieder Massaker und genozidale Angriffe erlebt, von Shengal 2014 bis hin zum Genozid in Gaza. Die Selbstverteidigungskräfte in Rojava und Nordostsyrien kämpfen, um solche Angriffe zu verhindern und im Falle drohender Massaker die Bevölkerung in Sicherheit zu bringen. Die Menschen in Sheikh Maqsoud haben trotz der Belagerung beschlossen, Widerstand zu leisten. Ganz Rojava ist in Alarmbereitschaft, da Angriffe an weiteren Fronten drohen.

Die imperialistischen Mächte – USA, Türkei und Russland – opfern erneut die Menschen in der Region zugunsten ihrer eigenen Agenda. Doch der Kampfgeist der Rojava-Revolution bleibt ungebrochen. Diese Revolution steht seit über 12 Jahren als Symbol für Hoffnung, Gleichheit, Frauenbefreiung und basisdemokratische Selbstverwaltung. Heute mobilisieren die Menschen in Rojava und die Demokratische Autonome Verwaltung von Nord- und Ostsyrien (DAANES), um diese Aggression abzuwehren und die errungenen Freiheiten zu verteidigen. Die kurdische Bewegung mobilisiert mit ihnen weltweit.

Wir dürfen angesichts dieses Angriffs nicht schweigen. Wir sagen:
Es lebe der revolutionäre Volkskrieg! Bijî Şerê Gelê Şoreşgerî!

Wir rufen alle demokratischen, revolutionären und solidarischen Kräfte weltweit auf:

  1. 1. Protestiert gegen Institutionen und Profiteure des türkischen Staates.
  2. 2. Organisiert Kundgebungen und Aktionen, um auf die Angriffe aufmerksam zu machen und die Komplizenschaft internationaler Mächte, insbesondere die Rolle der Türkei und islamistischer Kräfte, offenzulegen.
  3. 3. Folgt unseren Kanälen, bleibt über die Lage informiert und handelt!

Gemeinsam können wir den Widerstand stärken und die Revolution verteidigen, die mit ihrer Parole „Frauen, Leben, Freiheit“ weiterhin Millionen Hoffnung schenkt.

#SmashTurkishFascism – #Riseup4Rojava

Rojava Verteidigen:
Stellt euch den türkischen Angriffen und dschihadistischen Milizen entgegen!

02.12.2024

Mitten im anhaltenden Krieg imperialer und islamistischer Kräfte gegen die Völker des Nahen Ostens nutzt die Türkei die Lage aus, um einen der grössten Angriffe auf Rojava und Syrien seit 2019 durchzuführen. Im Rahmen ihres neo-osmanischen Projekts, die Hegemonialmacht in der Region zu werden, zielt der türkische Staat darauf ab, das revolutionäre Rojava zu liquidieren und Syrien weiter zu destabilisieren.

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) – ein Ableger von Al-Qaida – und andere Milizen haben ohne grossen Widerstand des syrischen Regimes die Kontrolle über Aleppo übernommen. Gemeinsam mit den HTS-Milizen führen die sogenannte Syrische Nationalarmee (SNA), unterstützt durch türkische Artillerie und Luftangriffe, koordinierte Angriffe auf kurdische Gebiete durch. Diese Gruppen sind keine „Rebellen“, sondern eine Allianz von Dschihadisten mit einer langen Liste von Kriegsverbrechen und Menschenrechtsverletzungen. In den Sozialen Medien tauchen bereits erste Videos von Frauen auf, die in von der SNA eroberten Gebieten entführt wurden.

Die kurdischen Mehrheitsgebiete von Shehba und Tel Rifat sowie die kurdischen Stadtteile Sheikh Maqsoud und Eşrefiye in Aleppo sind eingekesselt und stehen vor einer humanitären Katastrophe.Tausende Vertriebene aus Afrin sowie christliche und andere Minderheiten, die Schutz suchten, sind belagert. Angesichts drohender Massaker werden die Menschen in Shehba und Tel Rifat evakuiert. Sie werden von Kräften bedroht, die massiv von der Türkei und anderen Staaten unterstützt und ausgerüstet werden.

In den letzten zehn Jahren bis heute hat die Region immer wieder Massaker und genozidale Angriffe erlebt, von Shengal 2014 bis hin zum Genozid in Gaza. Die Selbstverteidigungskräfte in Rojava und Nordostsyrien kämpfen, um solche Angriffe zu verhindern und im Falle drohender Massaker die Bevölkerung in Sicherheit zu bringen. Die Menschen in Sheikh Maqsoud haben trotz der Belagerung beschlossen, Widerstand zu leisten. Ganz Rojava ist in Alarmbereitschaft, da Angriffe an weiteren Fronten drohen.

Die imperialistischen Mächte – USA, Türkei und Russland – opfern erneut die Menschen in der Region zugunsten ihrer eigenen Agenda. Doch der Kampfgeist der Rojava-Revolution bleibt ungebrochen. Diese Revolution steht seit über 12 Jahren als Symbol für Hoffnung, Gleichheit, Frauenbefreiung und basisdemokratische Selbstverwaltung. Heute mobilisieren die Menschen in Rojava und die Demokratische Autonome Verwaltung von Nord- und Ostsyrien (DAANES), um diese Aggression abzuwehren und die errungenen Freiheiten zu verteidigen. Die kurdische Bewegung mobilisiert mit ihnen weltweit.

Wir dürfen angesichts dieses Angriffs nicht schweigen. Wir sagen:
Es lebe der revolutionäre Volkskrieg! Bijî Şerê Gelê Şoreşgerî!

Wir rufen alle demokratischen, revolutionären und solidarischen Kräfte weltweit auf:

  1. 1. Protestiert gegen Institutionen und Profiteure des türkischen Staates.
  2. 2. Organisiert Kundgebungen und Aktionen, um auf die Angriffe aufmerksam zu machen und die Komplizenschaft internationaler Mächte, insbesondere die Rolle der Türkei und islamistischer Kräfte, offenzulegen.
  3. 3. Folgt unseren Kanälen, bleibt über die Lage informiert und handelt!

Gemeinsam können wir den Widerstand stärken und die Revolution verteidigen, die mit ihrer Parole „Frauen, Leben, Freiheit“ weiterhin Millionen Hoffnung schenkt.

#SmashTurkishFascism – #Riseup4Rojava

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Update from Rojava

Negotiation and Resistance

13.12.2024

The Syrian regime has fallen, placing the Middle East even deeper into chaos. The power vacuum left by the Syrian regime has created chaos. As always chaos is a chance for our enemies to take advantage but it is just as much an opportunity for us, the people, for change. Now, Islamist forces and the states of Turkey, Israel, and US are rushing to take advantage of the chaos and secure their own interests while Iran and Russia try to minimise their losses. But as our enemies play their power games the people of Syria and the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria fight to find a solution to stop the war and protect life.

Today, Turkey’s proxy force in Syria, the Syrian National Army (SNA), continued its invasion of North East Syria and the SDF continues the resistance. Inspite of the ceasefire that was negotiated on 11 December, the heaviest fighting remains in Minbic at the Qereqozaqê bridge and Tişrîn dam and the SDF kept control of both areas. Both are strategic targets for the enemy. Taking the Qereqozaqê bridge would give the SNA an easy route across the Euphrates, to Kobane, and further into North East Syria. The Tişrîn dam provides electricity, and therefore water, to Tabqa and Raqqa as well as thousands of people living in villages. Taking control of the energy supply would allow SNA to place the people under siege and weaken the people’s ability to resist occupation. Turkey claimed Tişrîn dam was taken but this was a lie. The SDF kept control of both the dam and bridge, pushed the SNA back, and inflicted heavy losses on them by destroying their vehicles, destroying 6 tanks, downing 5 drones and killing 210 fighters and wounding hundreds. The people made huge sacrifices for their land as 8 friends fell sehid in the battles and 13 were injured.

Now, as always, the priority of the SDF and Autonomous Administration is first and foremost is to protect all peoples of Syria in the interests of a united and democratic Syria. Taking up arms and diplomatic methods are both essential for this. The Autonomous Administration is therefore trying to negotiate with both HTS and SNA/Turkey to stop the fighting. Since the SNA is directly accountable to Turkey, and can take no decisions without Turkey’s permission, negotiations with the SNA are effectively with the Turkish state. The SDF will continue diplomatic efforts to force the SNA/Turkey to respect the ceasefire in Minbic and to negotiate a ceasefire across all regions of North East Syria. HTS and Turkey have aligned interests but also contradictions. Turkey will use HTS for their own interests as much as they can but do not have total control over the group. There is no fighting between HTS and the Autonomous Administration which opens the way for a diplomatic solution for a united and democratic Syria.

The people of Syria once again find their land, homes, and bodies under attack as the fascist Turkish state attempts to occupy North East Syria and other forces battle to replace the Syrian regime. We know about the hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing for their lives, thousands of people without electricity and water, mass rapes of women Sheba by SNA, lynchings in Syria by HTS, and casualties from bombings by Israel and Turkey. Yesterday in Raqqa people gathered to celebrate the raising of the flag of Syrian independence but 43 were injured after a man armed with a machine gun opened fire on the crowd. The Turkish state used videos of this as an opportunity to spread misinformation that the people were rising up against the SDF and Autonomous Administration.

The people are resisting this violence and humiliation. Refugees of Afrin and Shehba organise themselves in camps and reach safety with families who offer them shelter in their homes across the whole of North East Syria. Friends are taking up weapons and the youth are educating themselves and each other the defend themselves. In Minbic, the people protested against the SNA in the streets. What is becoming clear is the strategy of Revolutionary People’s War and the solution for a united and democratic Syria is the only viable option to stop the war and offer peace to the peoples of Syria.

#Riseup4Rojava

13.12.2024

Situational update from Rojava

No one will leave the field without a fight

05.12.2024

The Syrian regime has fallen, placing the Middle East even deeper into chaos. The power vacuum left by the Syrian regime has created chaos. As always chaos is a chance for our enemies to take advantage but it is just as much an opportunity for us, the people, for change. Now, Islamist forces and the states of Turkey, Israel, and US are rushing to take advantage of the chaos and secure their own interests while Iran and Russia try to minimise their losses. But as our enemies play their power games the people of Syria and the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria fight to find a solution to stop the war and protect life.

Today, Turkey’s proxy force in Syria, the Syrian National Army (SNA), continued its invasion of North East Syria and the SDF continues the resistance. Inspite of the ceasefire that was negotiated on 11 December, the heaviest fighting remains in Minbic at the Qereqozaqê bridge and Tişrîn dam and the SDF kept control of both areas. Both are strategic targets for the enemy. Taking the Qereqozaqê bridge would give the SNA an easy route across the Euphrates, to Kobane, and further into North East Syria. The Tişrîn dam provides electricity, and therefore water, to Tabqa and Raqqa as well as thousands of people living in villages. Taking control of the energy supply would allow SNA to place the people under siege and weaken the people’s ability to resist occupation. Turkey claimed Tişrîn dam was taken but this was a lie. The SDF kept control of both the dam and bridge, pushed the SNA back, and inflicted heavy losses on them by destroying their vehicles, destroying 6 tanks, downing 5 drones and killing 210 fighters and wounding hundreds. The people made huge sacrifices for their land as 8 friends fell martyr in the battles and 13 were injured.

Now, as always, the priority of the SDF and Autonomous Administration is first and foremost is to protect all peoples of Syria in the interests of a united and democratic Syria. Taking up arms and diplomatic methods are both essential for this. The Autonomous Administration is therefore trying to negotiate with both HTS and SNA/Turkey to stop the fighting. Since the SNA is directly accountable to Turkey, and can take no decisions without Turkey’s permission, negotiations with the SNA are effectively with the Turkish state. The SDF will continue diplomatic efforts to force the SNA/Turkey to respect the ceasefire in Minbic and to negotiate a ceasefire across all regions of North East Syria. HTS and Turkey have aligned interests but also contradictions. Turkey will use HTS for their own interests as much as they can but do not have total control over the group. There is no fighting between HTS and the Autonomous Administration which opens the way for a diplomatic solution for a united and democratic Syria.

The people of Syria once again find their land, homes, and bodies under attack as the fascist Turkish state attempts to occupy North East Syria and other forces battle to replace the Syrian regime. We know about the hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing for their lives, thousands of people without electricity and water, mass rapes of women Sheba by SNA, lynchings in Syria by HTS, and casualties from bombings by Israel and Turkey. Yesterday in Raqqa people gathered to celebrate the raising of the flag of Syrian independence but 43 were injured after a man armed with a machine gun opened fire on the crowd. The Turkish state used videos of this as an opportunity to spread misinformation that the people were rising up against the SDF and Autonomous Administration.

The people are resisting this violence and humiliation. Refugees of Afrin and Shehba organise themselves in camps and reach safety with families who offer them shelter in their homes across the whole of North East Syria. Friends are taking up weapons and the youth are educating themselves and each other the defend themselves. In Minbic, the people protested against the SNA in the streets. What is becoming clear is the strategy of Revolutionary People’s War and the solution for a united and democratic Syria is the only viable option to stop the war and offer peace to the peoples of Syria.

#Riseup4Rojava

13.12.2024

December 14th Global Action Day:
Defend Rojava – Defend the Revolution!

10.12.24

GERMAN

The images of the Turkish invasions are seared in our minds: Western tanks rolling into the Kurdish canton of Afrin, jihadists shouting Tekbir with raised index fingers, and Turkish flags stretched taut in the city centers of Afrin, Serekaniye and Gire Spi, not even trying to cover the debris. All of this is meant to send a signal: Turkey and its Islamist allies will not rest as long as the revolution in North and East Syria offers the Kurdish and other peoples of the region the prospect of freedom and peace. This revolution has become a beacon of hope for the entire Middle East and an alternative to patriarchy, nationalism and imperialism.

The peoples of North-East Syria are defending this hope against a new, broad-based attack:
In less than two weeks, the Islamist militias Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and the so-called “Syrian National Army” managed to overthrow the Assad regime and thus write a new chapter in the Syrian civil war. In the city of Aleppo, which was taken in a few days, it took less than three days for the Islamists to raise the Turkish flag on the citadel in the city center and for ISIS cells in the interior of the country to go on the offensive. In this way, Turkish fascism is trying to spread its model of sexism, fundamentalism and genocide in the region.

Turkish fascism, as the eastern spearhead of NATO, is nourished by the Western community of values with weapons, technology and tacit support. Without this, the ongoing war would be inconceivable.

The Democratic Self-Administration, built and defended by thousands and thousands of fighters for freedom from all over the world, stands for a Middle East of the peoples and defends the hope for a new, freer and more equal world. It stands for the struggle of women against oppression, the struggle of the peoples against the destruction and exploitation of their countries and for self-determination.
Because every revolution, wherever it happens in the world, is a victory against the narrative that there is no alternative to a system that constantly produces suffering and misery. With every stone that is thrown at the occupiers of land and nature, with every shot that whistles through the air towards the enemy, with every window of war profiteers that shatters, with every paint bomb and with every act of defiance against this logic, we show that we do not accept this. Even if Turkish fascism is not a paper tiger, its teeth can be pulled out. Take action against those who profit from Turkish fascism. While Turkish Bayraktar drones with Western target acquisition systems and rocket technology kill every day. Take action against those who produce war technology while Turkish-led mercenaries ensure that hundreds of thousands of people are displaced. Take action against those who remain silent about war crimes here while the people of Kurdistan and Syria defend themselves!

There are many ways to defend the revolution! Protest against the institutions of the Turkish state and their Western partners. Inform yourself and get creative, protest and take to the streets!

Together we defend the revolution of hope – together we defend Rojava!
For peace and freedom in the Middle East!

December 14th Global Action Day:
Defend Rojava – Defend the Revolution!

02.12.2024

GERMAN

The images of the Turkish invasions are seared in our minds: Western tanks rolling into the Kurdish canton of Afrin, jihadists shouting Tekbir with raised index fingers, and Turkish flags stretched taut in the city centers of Afrin, Serekaniye and Gire Spi, not even trying to cover the debris. All of this is meant to send a signal: Turkey and its Islamist allies will not rest as long as the revolution in North and East Syria offers the Kurdish and other peoples of the region the prospect of freedom and peace. This revolution has become a beacon of hope for the entire Middle East and an alternative to patriarchy, nationalism and imperialism.

The peoples of North-East Syria are defending this hope against a new, broad-based attack:
In less than two weeks, the Islamist militias Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and the so-called “Syrian National Army” managed to overthrow the Assad regime and thus write a new chapter in the Syrian civil war. In the city of Aleppo, which was taken in a few days, it took less than three days for the Islamists to raise the Turkish flag on the citadel in the city center and for ISIS cells in the interior of the country to go on the offensive. In this way, Turkish fascism is trying to spread its model of sexism, fundamentalism and genocide in the region.

Turkish fascism, as the eastern spearhead of NATO, is nourished by the Western community of values with weapons, technology and tacit support. Without this, the ongoing war would be inconceivable.

The Democratic Self-Administration, built and defended by thousands and thousands of fighters for freedom from all over the world, stands for a Middle East of the peoples and defends the hope for a new, freer and more equal world. It stands for the struggle of women against oppression, the struggle of the peoples against the destruction and exploitation of their countries and for self-determination.
Because every revolution, wherever it happens in the world, is a victory against the narrative that there is no alternative to a system that constantly produces suffering and misery. With every stone that is thrown at the occupiers of land and nature, with every shot that whistles through the air towards the enemy, with every window of war profiteers that shatters, with every paint bomb and with every act of defiance against this logic, we show that we do not accept this. Even if Turkish fascism is not a paper tiger, its teeth can be pulled out. Take action against those who profit from Turkish fascism. While Turkish Bayraktar drones with Western target acquisition systems and rocket technology kill every day. Take action against those who produce war technology while Turkish-led mercenaries ensure that hundreds of thousands of people are displaced. Take action against those who remain silent about war crimes here while the people of Kurdistan and Syria defend themselves!

There are many ways to defend the revolution! Protest against the institutions of the Turkish state and their Western partners. Inform yourself and get creative, protest and take to the streets!

Together we defend the Revolution of hope – together we defend Rojava!
For peace and freedom in the Middle East!

#SmashTurkishFascism – #Riseup4Rojava

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Situational update from Rojava 05.12.2024

No one will leave the field without a fight

05.12.2024

Other Languages: GERMAN

Clashes between the SDF and the SNA took place west of the Euphrates on the night of December 4 to Thursday, December 5. Several sources speak of advances and territorial gains for the SDF. The area lies south of the Minbic region. In recent days, both Turkish media and the SNA have announced their intention to advance on Minbic. The first attempts were successfully repelled in the last few days. In addition to Minbic, the symbolic town of Kobane, which is close to the border, could also be in Turkey’s sights.

It is not only in the Euphrates region that the Turkish state attacks the Self-Administration on a daily basis. On December 4, an Arab youth, Ebdullah Elî El Ehmed, and a Kurdish youth, Enas Temam Mihemed, were killed in a drone strike in the small town of Dêrik in the east of the Self-Administration. Both were sitting in the evening sun at a car wash in the city center when the rocket hit. Today, December 5, both were buried in Derik under huge public attendance.

Meanwhile, more than 100,000 people have fled from the SNA-occupied Shehba to the Self-Administration areas further east. In the middle of winter, people have lost their homes and at least one child has already frozen to death. While the de facto war situation persists, the Self-Administration is trying its best to provide for the people. The population is called upon to show initiative and take in the people. The Kurdish Red Crescent, Heyva Sor, is collecting donations internationally.

In the Shehba region, which is now occupied and controlled by Turkish-led jihadists, around 15,000 people have been banned from fleeing to the Areas of the Self-Adminstration. There are reports that young men are being pulled out of cars on the grounds that they could be fighters. The SDF announced that an entire car convoy of over 100 vehicles was hijacked by refugees today, December 5. There is great fear that people, especially women, will be tortured and enslaved, just like under ISIS.

After days of fighting in the city of Hama, it has now fallen into the hands of the Islamist militia HTS. Shortly after the withdrawal of the Assad regime’s troops, HTS announced that it would now start the “March on Homs”, which is the last city before the Syrian capital Damascus. A spokesman for the KCK (Union of Communities of Kurdistan), Zagros Hiwa, warns of NATO’s possible plan to divide Syria into three parts. This would mean that there would be a Kurdish part, a Sunni part under the control of the HTS and an Alevi part under the control of Assad.

It is still difficult to predict what the future of Syria and large parts of the Middle East will look like. As in the self-administrated district of Sheikh Maqsood in northern Aleppo, which is holding out despite the most adverse conditions, old and young are preparing for resistance in all the towns and villages of the Self-Administration. Even though Shehba has been occupied, it is clear to everyone that no one will leave the field without a fight. The images of demonstrations and actions all over the world also reaffirm to people here that Rojava and the Self-Administration will be defended everywhere in the world.

#Riseup4Rojava

05.12.2024

Lageeinschätzung aus Rojava:

Angriff Türkei gesteuerter Dschihadisten

02.12.24

Nachdem seit dem vergangenen Mittwoch den 27. November die Großoffensive der dschihadistischen Milizen rund um die sogenannte „Syrische National Armee“ (SNA) und „Hayʼat Tahrir al-Sham“ (HTS) auf die Gegend begonnen hat, sind mittlerweile weite Teile westlich des Euphrat-Flusses in die Hände der Dschihadisten gefallen. Noch immer hält der Widerstand in dem selbstverwalteten Stadtteil Sheikh Maqsoud an.

Im rasenden Temp gelang es den dschihadistischen Milizen ab Mitte der vergangenen Woche auf die zweit größte Stadt Syriens, Aleppo, vorzustoßen. Binnen eines Tages gelang es ihnen, weite Teile der Region Aleppo unter ihre Kontrolle zu bringen und gleichzeitig weiter nach Süden vorzustoßen, wo sie zum jetzigen Zeitpunkt versuchen die Defensivlinien, die das syrische Regime um vor der Stadt Hama errichtet hat, zu brechen. Zeitgleich sind überall im Gebiet, welches unter der Kontrolle Damaskus steht, Schläferzellen und bewaffnete Gruppen aus der Deckung gekommen, haben Angriffe auf Soldaten des Regimes verübt und teilweise ganze Ortschaften im Landesinneren unter ihre Kontrolle gebracht. Der von langer Hand geplante Angriff richtet sich zum einen gegen den Einfluss des Irans in Syrien und andererseits gegen das Syrische Regime. Die Schwächung der Großmacht Iran und des syrischen Regimes ist nichts, was den Plänen des Westens zur Umstrukturierung des Nahen Ostens widerspricht. Ganz im Gegenteil kommt dem türkischen Staat als Nato-Mitglied die Rolle zu, die Dschihadisten geheimdienstlich unterstützt und mit Waffen und Training auf die aktuellen Angriffe vorbereitet zu haben. Die Gebiete, aus denen die Angriffe erfolgt sind, Idlib und das 2018 besetzte Afrin, werden von der Türkei kontrolliert.

Neben der Schwächung des Regimes und des iranischen Einflusses in der Region Aleppo hat die derzeitige Offensive insbesondere das Ziel, die Selbstverwaltung Nord- und Ostsyriens einzukreisen und eine Ausgangslage für weitere Angriffe auf die Revolution zu schaffen. Den Demokratischen Kräften Syriens ist es am Samstag den 30. September gelungen, einen Korridor zwischen dem Fluss Euphrat und der Stadt Aleppo zu schlagen, um Verstärkung in die Region zu entsenden und damit ein Massaker an religiösen Minderheiten und der kurdischen Bevölkerung zu verhindern. Aufgrund der zahlenmäßigen Übermacht der Dschihadisten konnte der Korridor lediglich bis Sonntag den 1. Dezember aufrecht erhalten werden. Bereits am Nachmittag des selben Tages begann die SNA mit einem Vorstoß aus verschiedenen Richtungen auf die Region Shehba, die nördlich von Aleppo gelegen ist. Genutzt wurden dabei unter Anderem gepanzerte Fahrzeuge des Typs M113 aus US-amerianischer Produktion. Die Volksräte der Region Shehba, in der hunderttausende Flüchtlinge aus dem 2018 besetzten Kanton Afrin leben, beschlossen daraufhin die Evakuierung , um ein Massaker an der Bevölkerung zu verhindern. Zur aktuellen Stunde befinden sich kilometerlange Ströme an Geflüchteten in die weiter östlich gelegenen Gebiete der Selbstverwaltung, wo gerade im Eiltempo nahe des Tabqa Stausees Notunterkünfte geschaffen werden.

Mit der Einnahme Aleppos und der Besatzung Shehbas schließt der türkische Staat an die bereits seit Jahren verkündeten Pläne an, die Grenzen des „Misak-ı Millî Paktes“ herzustellen, der 1920 beschlossen wurde und von der Errichtung eines großtürkischen Reiches träumt, deren Einfluss und Machtbereich bis in den Norden Syriens und des Iraks hineinreichen. Durch die anhaltenden Angriffe auf die befreiten Gebiete Südkurdistans und die neuen Angriffe auf die Selbstverwaltung Nord- und Ostsyriens versucht die Türkei diesem Plan Schritt für Schritt näher zu kommen. In diesem Sinne ist es nicht verwunderlich, dass HTS die türkische Fahne auf der Zitadelle in Aleppo gehisst hat, Osmanische Märsche von dem Vorstoß auf die in Shehba gelegene Stadt Tel Rifaat gesungen werden und in dem Hauptquartier der Befehlshaber dieses Angriffes an der Wand die Bilder Erdogans und Mustafa Kemal Atatürk hängen.

Aufgrund der eskalierenden Situation wurde von der Autonomen Administration Nord- und Ostsyriens am Sonntag den 1. Dezember die Generalmobilmachung ausgerufen. In einer Erklärung heißt es, dass alle jungen Männer und Frauen dazu aufgerufen seien, sich um die Demokratischen Kräfte Syriens zu scharen. Neben der QSD, welche Am Sonntag ebenso die Mobilmachung ausgerufen haben, befinden sich weite Teile der Selbstverwaltung im Ausnahmezustand. Von Jugendorganisationen zu Frauenstrukturen, bis hin zur gesamten Gesellschaft, bereiten sich alle intensiv auf die Verteidigung der Revolution im Sinne des revolutionären Volkskriegs vor. Wie die Mütter bei der Zubereitung von Essen für den revolutionären Volkskrieges in Sheikh Maqsoud „İro cerxa şoresê fireh digerinê“ , „Heute dreht sich das Rad der Revolution“ singen, so findet das Echo dieser Strophe seinen Widerhall auf allen Plätzen, auf denen überall auf der Welt demonstriert wird und ein Teil dazu beigetragen wird, die Revolution zu verteidigen.

Rise Up 4 Rojava – Smash Turkish Fascism

Lageeinschätzung aus Rojava:

Angriff Türkei gesteuerter Dschihadisten

02.12.2024

Nachdem seit dem vergangenen Mittwoch den 27. November die Großoffensive der dschihadistischen Milizen rund um die sogenannte „Syrische National Armee“ (SNA) und „Hayʼat Tahrir al-Sham“ (HTS) auf die Gegend begonnen hat, sind mittlerweile weite Teile westlich des Euphrat-Flusses in die Hände der Dschihadisten gefallen. Noch immer hält der Widerstand in dem selbstverwalteten Stadtteil Sheikh Maqsoud an.

Im rasenden Temp gelang es den dschihadistischen Milizen ab Mitte der vergangenen Woche auf die zweit größte Stadt Syriens, Aleppo, vorzustoßen. Binnen eines Tages gelang es ihnen, weite Teile der Region Aleppo unter ihre Kontrolle zu bringen und gleichzeitig weiter nach Süden vorzustoßen, wo sie zum jetzigen Zeitpunkt versuchen die Defensivlinien, die das syrische Regime um vor der Stadt Hama errichtet hat, zu brechen. Zeitgleich sind überall im Gebiet, welches unter der Kontrolle Damaskus steht, Schläferzellen und bewaffnete Gruppen aus der Deckung gekommen, haben Angriffe auf Soldaten des Regimes verübt und teilweise ganze Ortschaften im Landesinneren unter ihre Kontrolle gebracht. Der von langer Hand geplante Angriff richtet sich zum einen gegen den Einfluss des Irans in Syrien und andererseits gegen das Syrische Regime. Die Schwächung der Großmacht Iran und des syrischen Regimes ist nichts, was den Plänen des Westens zur Umstrukturierung des Nahen Ostens widerspricht. Ganz im Gegenteil kommt dem türkischen Staat als Nato-Mitglied die Rolle zu, die Dschihadisten geheimdienstlich unterstützt und mit Waffen und Training auf die aktuellen Angriffe vorbereitet zu haben. Die Gebiete, aus denen die Angriffe erfolgt sind, Idlib und das 2018 besetzte Afrin, werden von der Türkei kontrolliert.

Neben der Schwächung des Regimes und des iranischen Einflusses in der Region Aleppo hat die derzeitige Offensive insbesondere das Ziel, die Selbstverwaltung Nord- und Ostsyriens einzukreisen und eine Ausgangslage für weitere Angriffe auf die Revolution zu schaffen. Den Demokratischen Kräften Syriens ist es am Samstag den 30. September gelungen, einen Korridor zwischen dem Fluss Euphrat und der Stadt Aleppo zu schlagen, um Verstärkung in die Region zu entsenden und damit ein Massaker an religiösen Minderheiten und der kurdischen Bevölkerung zu verhindern. Aufgrund der zahlenmäßigen Übermacht der Dschihadisten konnte der Korridor lediglich bis Sonntag den 1. Dezember aufrecht erhalten werden. Bereits am Nachmittag des selben Tages begann die SNA mit einem Vorstoß aus verschiedenen Richtungen auf die Region Shehba, die nördlich von Aleppo gelegen ist. Genutzt wurden dabei unter Anderem gepanzerte Fahrzeuge des Typs M113 aus US-amerianischer Produktion. Die Volksräte der Region Shehba, in der hunderttausende Flüchtlinge aus dem 2018 besetzten Kanton Afrin leben, beschlossen daraufhin die Evakuierung , um ein Massaker an der Bevölkerung zu verhindern. Zur aktuellen Stunde befinden sich kilometerlange Ströme an Geflüchteten in die weiter östlich gelegenen Gebiete der Selbstverwaltung, wo gerade im Eiltempo nahe des Tabqa Stausees Notunterkünfte geschaffen werden.

Mit der Einnahme Aleppos und der Besatzung Shehbas schließt der türkische Staat an die bereits seit Jahren verkündeten Pläne an, die Grenzen des „Misak-ı Millî Paktes“ herzustellen, der 1920 beschlossen wurde und von der Errichtung eines großtürkischen Reiches träumt, deren Einfluss und Machtbereich bis in den Norden Syriens und des Iraks hineinreichen. Durch die anhaltenden Angriffe auf die befreiten Gebiete Südkurdistans und die neuen Angriffe auf die Selbstverwaltung Nord- und Ostsyriens versucht die Türkei diesem Plan Schritt für Schritt näher zu kommen. In diesem Sinne ist es nicht verwunderlich, dass HTS die türkische Fahne auf der Zitadelle in Aleppo gehisst hat, Osmanische Märsche von dem Vorstoß auf die in Shehba gelegene Stadt Tel Rifaat gesungen werden und in dem Hauptquartier der Befehlshaber dieses Angriffes an der Wand die Bilder Erdogans und Mustafa Kemal Atatürk hängen.

Aufgrund der eskalierenden Situation wurde von der Autonomen Administration Nord- und Ostsyriens am Sonntag den 1. Dezember die Generalmobilmachung ausgerufen. In einer Erklärung heißt es, dass alle jungen Männer und Frauen dazu aufgerufen seien, sich um die Demokratischen Kräfte Syriens zu scharen. Neben der QSD, welche Am Sonntag ebenso die Mobilmachung ausgerufen haben, befinden sich weite Teile der Selbstverwaltung im Ausnahmezustand. Von Jugendorganisationen zu Frauenstrukturen, bis hin zur gesamten Gesellschaft, bereiten sich alle intensiv auf die Verteidigung der Revolution im Sinne des revolutionären Volkskriegs vor. Wie die Mütter bei der Zubereitung von Essen für den revolutionären Volkskrieges in Sheikh Maqsoud „İro cerxa şoresê fireh digerinê“ , „Heute dreht sich das Rad der Revolution“ singen, so findet das Echo dieser Strophe seinen Widerhall auf allen Plätzen, auf denen überall auf der Welt demonstriert wird und ein Teil dazu beigetragen wird, die Revolution zu verteidigen.

Rise Up 4 Rojava – Smash Turkish Fascism

Ситуационный отчёт из Рожавы

Атака джихадистов под турецким руководством

02.12.24

После масштабного наступления, начатого джихадистскими ополченцами вокруг так называемой «Сирийской национальной армии» (СНА) и «Хайят Тахрир аш-Шам» (ХТШ) против этого района, начавшегося в прошлую среду, 27 ноября, большие территории к западу от реки Евфрат теперь оказались в руках джихадистов. Сопротивление всё ещё продолжается в самоуправляемом районе Шейх-Максуд в Алеппо.

Начиная с прошлой недели джихадистские ополченцы быстро продвигались в направлении второго по величине города в Сирии, Алеппо. В течение дня им удалось взять под контроль бо́льшую часть региона Алеппо и в то же время продвинуться дальше на юг, где они в настоящее время пытаются прорвать оборонительные линии, которые сирийский режим установил перед городом Хама. В то же время спящие ячейки и вооружённые группы выходили из укрытий по всей территории, находящейся под контролем Дамаска, нападая на солдат режима и в некоторых случаях захватывая целые города в центре страны под свой контроль. Давно запланированная атака направлена против влияния Ирана в Сирии с одной стороны, и против сирийского режима с другой. Ослабление региональной власти Ирана и сирийского режима не противоречит планам Запада по реструктуризации Ближнего Востока. Напротив, как член НАТО, турецкое государство играет роль поддержки джихадистов разведкой и подготовки их к текущим атакам оружием и их обучением. Районы, из которых были совершены атаки, Идлиб и Африн, который был оккупирован в 2018 году, контролируются Турцией.

Помимо ослабления режима и влияния Ирана в регионе Алеппо, текущее наступление имеет особую цель изолировать Автономную администрацию Северной и Восточной Сирии и создать отправную точку для дальнейших атак на Революцию. В субботу, 30 сентября, Сирийским демократическим силам (СДС) удалось открыть коридор между рекой Евфрат и городом Алеппо, чтобы направить в регион подкрепления и тем самым предотвратить резню религиозных меньшинств, таких как христиане и шииты, а также курдского населения. Из-за подавляющего числа джихадистов коридор удалось сохранить только до воскресенья, 1 декабря. Во второй половине того же дня СНА начала наступление с разных направлений на регион Шахба, который находится к северу от Алеппо. Среди прочего оборудования использовались бронемашины М113 американского производства. Народные советы региона Шахба, где проживают сотни тысяч беженцев из кантона Африн, оккупированного в 2018 году, приняли решение об эвакуации, чтобы предотвратить резню населения. В настоящее время существуют километровые потоки перемещённых лиц, направляющихся на территории Автономной администрации дальше на восток, где в настоящее время быстрыми темпами создаются временные убежища вблизи плотины Табка.

С захватом Алеппо и оккупацией Шахбы турецкое государство следует планам, которые оно объявляло в течение многих лет: установить границы Национального турецкого пакта, который был согласован в 1920 году и предусматривает создание большей турецкой империи с влиянием и контролем, простирающимися на север Сирии и Ирак. Турция пытается шаг за шагом двигаться к этому плану, продолжая свои атаки на освобождённые районы Южного Курдистана и начав новые атаки на Автономную администрацию Северной и Восточной Сирии. В этом смысле неудивительно, что ХТШ поднял турецкий флаг на цитадели в Алеппо, что османские марши поют наступающие на город Телль-Рифъат в Шахбе, и что фотографии Эрдогана и Мустафы Кемаля Ататюрка висят на стене в штабе командующего этой атакой.

В связи с обострением ситуации Автономная администрация Северной и Восточной Сирии объявила всеобщую мобилизацию в воскресенье, 1 декабря. В заявлении говорилось, что все молодые мужчины и женщины были призваны сплотиться вокруг Сирийских демократических сил. Помимо Сирийских демократических сил, которые также объявили мобилизацию в воскресенье, большие части самоуправления находятся в чрезвычайном положении. От молодёжных организаций до женских структур, до общества в целом, все усиленно готовятся защищать Революцию в смысле Революционной народной войны. Когда матери поют, готовя еду для Революционной народной войны в Шейх-Максуде «İro cerxa şoresê fireh digerinê» («Сегодня колесо революции поворачивается»), эхо этих строк слышно на всех площадях, где по всему миру проходят демонстрации, внося вклад в защиту революции.

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После масштабного наступления, начатого джихадистскими ополченцами вокруг так называемой «Сирийской национальной армии» (СНА) и «Хайят Тахрир аш-Шам» (ХТШ) против этого района, начавшегося в прошлую среду, 27 ноября, большие территории к западу от реки Евфрат теперь оказались в руках джихадистов. Сопротивление всё ещё продолжается в самоуправляемом районе Шейх-Максуд в Алеппо.

Начиная с прошлой недели джихадистские ополченцы быстро продвигались в направлении второго по величине города в Сирии, Алеппо. В течение дня им удалось взять под контроль бо́льшую часть региона Алеппо и в то же время продвинуться дальше на юг, где они в настоящее время пытаются прорвать оборонительные линии, которые сирийский режим установил перед городом Хама. В то же время спящие ячейки и вооружённые группы выходили из укрытий по всей территории, находящейся под контролем Дамаска, нападая на солдат режима и в некоторых случаях захватывая целые города в центре страны под свой контроль. Давно запланированная атака направлена против влияния Ирана в Сирии с одной стороны, и против сирийского режима с другой. Ослабление региональной власти Ирана и сирийского режима не противоречит планам Запада по реструктуризации Ближнего Востока. Напротив, как член НАТО, турецкое государство играет роль поддержки джихадистов разведкой и подготовки их к текущим атакам оружием и их обучением. Районы, из которых были совершены атаки, Идлиб и Африн, который был оккупирован в 2018 году, контролируются Турцией.

Помимо ослабления режима и влияния Ирана в регионе Алеппо, текущее наступление имеет особую цель изолировать Автономную администрацию Северной и Восточной Сирии и создать отправную точку для дальнейших атак на Революцию. В субботу, 30 сентября, Сирийским демократическим силам (СДС) удалось открыть коридор между рекой Евфрат и городом Алеппо, чтобы направить в регион подкрепления и тем самым предотвратить резню религиозных меньшинств, таких как христиане и шииты, а также курдского населения. Из-за подавляющего числа джихадистов коридор удалось сохранить только до воскресенья, 1 декабря. Во второй половине того же дня СНА начала наступление с разных направлений на регион Шахба, который находится к северу от Алеппо. Среди прочего оборудования использовались бронемашины М113 американского производства. Народные советы региона Шахба, где проживают сотни тысяч беженцев из кантона Африн, оккупированного в 2018 году, приняли решение об эвакуации, чтобы предотвратить резню населения. В настоящее время существуют километровые потоки перемещённых лиц, направляющихся на территории Автономной администрации дальше на восток, где в настоящее время быстрыми темпами создаются временные убежища вблизи плотины Табка.

С захватом Алеппо и оккупацией Шахбы турецкое государство следует планам, которые оно объявляло в течение многих лет: установить границы Национального турецкого пакта, который был согласован в 1920 году и предусматривает создание большей турецкой империи с влиянием и контролем, простирающимися на север Сирии и Ирак. Турция пытается шаг за шагом двигаться к этому плану, продолжая свои атаки на освобождённые районы Южного Курдистана и начав новые атаки на Автономную администрацию Северной и Восточной Сирии. В этом смысле неудивительно, что ХТШ поднял турецкий флаг на цитадели в Алеппо, что османские марши поют наступающие на город Телль-Рифъат в Шахбе, и что фотографии Эрдогана и Мустафы Кемаля Ататюрка висят на стене в штабе командующего этой атакой.

В связи с обострением ситуации Автономная администрация Северной и Восточной Сирии объявила всеобщую мобилизацию в воскресенье, 1 декабря. В заявлении говорилось, что все молодые мужчины и женщины были призваны сплотиться вокруг Сирийских демократических сил. Помимо Сирийских демократических сил, которые также объявили мобилизацию в воскресенье, большие части самоуправления находятся в чрезвычайном положении. От молодёжных организаций до женских структур, до общества в целом, все усиленно готовятся защищать Революцию в смысле Революционной народной войны. Когда матери поют, готовя еду для Революционной народной войны в Шейх-Максуде «İro cerxa şoresê fireh digerinê» («Сегодня колесо революции поворачивается»), эхо этих строк слышно на всех площадях, где по всему миру проходят демонстрации, внося вклад в защиту революции.

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