Update by Rojava Information Center

Since yesterday, HTS has consolidated and continued their incursion into Syrian government territories. In the last few hours, Turkish-backed SNA factions have advanced and captured more villages in Shehba, a region under the DAANES’ administration.

RIC interviewed Menan Cehfer, a resident of the Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood in Aleppo, who says, “The situation is getting darker. Basic needs such as water, electricity, and bread are running out. We are under siege. It seems the militias are using an indirect approach to make us surrender. However, for us, surrender is not an option.”

Clashes are currently taking place on the outskirts of Tal Rifaat. Earlier today, Turkey shelled villages on the border between Shehba and Turkish-occupied territories.

More: https://rojavainformationcenter.org/

📢 Defend Rojava! Stand Against Turkish Aggression and Jihadist Militias!

First announced rallies:

02.12.2024

Switzerland
Bienne, 18:30 Pl. de la Gare
Baden, 20:00 Bahnhofsplatz
Geneve, 17:00 Postfinance la gare

Belgium
Brussels, 15:00 Luxemburg Place

Austria
Wien, 18:00 Stephansplatz

Sweden
Stockholm: 17:00 Sergels Torg
Göteborg: 16:00 Brunnsparken
Malmö: 16:30 Triangeltorget

Germany:
Frankfurt, 17:00 Hauptbahnhof
Stuttgart, 18:00 Lautenschlagerstraße
Berlin, 17:00 Alexanderplatz
Hannover, 17:00 Hannover
Düsseldorf, 19:00 Hauptbahnhof
Saarbrücken, 18:00 Europa Galerie (Montag-Freitag)
Bielefeld, 17:00 Hauptbahnhof
Mannheim, 18:00 Hauptbahnhof
Darmstadt, 16:00 Hauptbahnhof
Freiburg, 17:45 Platz der alten Synagoge
Köln. 17:00 Hauptbahnhof
Bonn, 18:00 Kaiserplatz
Bremen, 16:00 Domsheide

Netherlands
Amsterdam, 15:00 Museumplain


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Statement by Our SDF Commander-in-Chief Mazlum Abdi Regarding the Recent Developments in Northwestern Syria

The situation in northwest Syria has developed rapidly and suddenly, with our forces facing intense attacks from multiple fronts. Following the collapse and withdrawal of the Syrian Army and its allies, we intervened to establish a humanitarian corridor between our eastern regions, Aleppo, and the Tal Rifaat, with the aim of protecting our people from potential massacres.

The attacks of the armed groups backed by the Turkish occupation have disrupted this corridor.

Our forces have valiantly defended our people in Aleppo, Tal Rifa’at, and al-Shahba’a

We are actively coordinating with all relevant parties in Syria to ensure the safety of our people and facilitate their secure relocation from the Tal Rifa’at and Shahba’a areas to our safe areas in the northeast of the country

Concurrently, our forces continue to resist to protect our people residing in the Kurdish neighborhoods of Aleppo.

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⚡️📢 Urgent Call to Action: Stand Against Turkish attacks and Jihadist Militias!

In the midst of the the ongoing war of imperial and islamist forces against the people of the Middle East, Turkey uses the situation to carry out one of the largest attacks against Rojava and Syria since 2019. As part of Turkey's Neo-Ottoman project to become the hegemonic power in the region, the Turkish state aims to liquidate revolutionary Rojava and further destabilize Syria.

We call on all democratic, revolutionary, and solidarity forces around the world to:

1. Protest against institutions & profiteers of the Turkish state
2. Organize rallies and actions to raise awareness of the attacks & expose the complicity of international powers, especially the role of Turkey and Islamist forces
3. Follow our channels, updates on the situation, calls and ACT!

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➡️ Full Call in ENG // FR // GER // SWED // FIN: https://riseup4rojava.org/defend-rojava-against-turkish-attacks-and-jihadist-militias/

Statement of Internationalists in Rojava: "Mobilize Resist Struggle !"

We should not be mistaken, the aim of those attacks is the revolution, their aim is to prevent the people of Rojava and N.E Syria to live a life of dignity and freedom, their aim is to crush the hope of another world and to put the people in slavery.

The situation is very serious and the stakes very high. Our martyrs have taught us that surrender leads to betrayal but resistance leads to victory. We will be worthy of them and continue their struggle with an unshakable determination. We call on every socialist, feminist, anti-fascist and democrat, to take a stance against those criminal attacks. Organize with your local solidarity network or create one, show your solidarity through marches and creatives actions. Turkish war machine is international, the resistance too has to be international!"

➡️ Full statement and link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xei8UpWbG_w

Situational report from Rojava: Under attack by Turkish led jihadis

"The long-planned attack is directed against Iran's influence in Syria on the one hand and against the Syrian regime on the other. The weakening of the regional power Iran and the Syrian regime is not something that contradicts the West's plans for restructuring the Middle East. On the contrary, as a NATO member, the Turkish state has the role of supporting the jihadists with intelligence and preparing them for the current attacks with weapons and training. The areas from which the attacks were launched, Idlib and Afrin, which was occupied in 2018, are controlled by Turkey.

In addition to weakening the regime and Iran's influence in the Aleppo region, the current offensive has the particular aim of isolating the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria and creating a starting point for further attacks on the Revolution. "

➡️ Read here in GER // ARM // RUS: https://riseup4rojava.org/situational-report-from-rojava/

Situational report from Rojava: Under attack by Turkish led jihadis

Since the major offensive launched by jihadist militias around the so-called “Syrian National Army” (SNA) and “Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham” (HTS) against the area starting last Wednesday, November 27, large parts west of the Euphrates River have now fallen into the hands of the jihadists. Resistance is still holding out in the self-administered neighborhood of Sheikh Maqsoud in Aleppo.

Since the last week, the jihadist militias have rapidly advanced towards the second largest city in Syria, Aleppo. Within a day, they managed to take control of large parts of the Aleppo region and at the same time advance further south, where they are currently trying to break the defensive lines that the Syrian regime has set up in front of the city of Hama. At the same time, sleeper cells and armed groups have emerged from cover throughout the area under Damascus' control, attacking regime soldiers and in some cases taking entire towns in the center of the country under their control. The long-planned attack is directed against Iran's influence in Syria on the one hand and against the Syrian regime on the other. The weakening of the regional power Iran and the Syrian regime is not something that contradicts the West's plans for restructuring the Middle East. On the contrary, as a NATO member, the Turkish state has the role of supporting the jihadists with intelligence and preparing them for the current attacks with weapons and training. The areas from which the attacks were launched, Idlib and Afrin, which was occupied in 2018, are controlled by Turkey.

In addition to weakening the regime and Iran's influence in the Aleppo region, the current offensive has the particular aim of isolating the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria and creating a starting point for further attacks on the Revolution. On Saturday, September 30, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) managed to open a corridor between the Euphrates River and the city of Aleppo to send reinforcements to the region and thus prevent a massacre against religious minorities such as Christians and Shiites, and the Kurdish population. Due to the overwhelming number of jihadists, the corridor could only be maintained until Sunday, December 1. In the afternoon of the same day, the SNA began an advance from different directions on the Shehba region, which is located north of Aleppo. Among other equipment, US-made M113 armored vehicles were used. The People's Councils of the Shehba region, where hundreds of thousands of refugees from the canton of Afrin, which was occupied in 2018, live, decided to evacuate in order to prevent a massacre of the population. At the moment, there are kilometer-long streams of displaced people heading to the territories of the Autonomous Administration further east, where emergency shelters are currently being set up at a rapid pace near the Tabqa Dam.

With the capture of Aleppo and the occupation of Shehba, the Turkish state is following through on the plans it has been announcing for years: to establish the borders of the “Misak-ı Millî Pact”, which was agreed in 1920 and envisions the creation of a greater Turkish empire with influence and control stretching into northern Syria and Iraq. Turkey is trying to move step by step towards this plan by continuing its attacks on the liberated areas of Southern Kurdistan and launching new attacks on the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria. In this sense, it is not surprising that HTS has raised the Turkish flag on the citadel in Aleppo, that Ottoman marches are sung by the advance on the city of Tel Rifaat in Shehba, and that pictures of Erdogan and Mustafa Kemal Ataturk hang on the wall at the headquarters of the commander of this attack.

Due to the escalating situation, the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria declared a general mobilization on Sunday, December 1. In a statement, it was said that all young men and women were called upon to rally around the Syrian Democratic Forces. In addition to the SDF, which also declared mobilization on Sunday, large parts of the self-administration are in a state of emergency. From youth organizations to women's structures, to society as a whole, everyone is preparing intensively to defend the Revolution in the sense of Revolutionary People's War. As the mothers sing while preparing food for the Revolutionary People's War in Sheikh Maqsoud “İro cerxa şoresê fireh digerinê” , “Today the wheel of revolution turns”, the echo of this verse is heard in all the squares where demonstrations are taking place all over the world, contributing to the defense of the revolution.

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How to stay informed? – Democratic Media and News Channels
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The war against society, women and free life is not just waged on the ground and in the air but also in the media. To stay informed about the situation in Rojava and take strong actions, we have collected some reliable English speaking sources for you.

We also want to encourage all activists, journalists and human rights defenders to contact these institutions of democratic media to get more information about what is happening on the ground.

⚡️ All over Rojava and North-East Syria the Revolutionary Youth is joining the mobilization to Defend Rojava:


Statement by the Revolutionary Youth Movement in Syria:
"Kurdish, Arab, Armenian, Assyrian and Turkmen young men and women must support the self-defense forces on the battle fronts and defend their country together as always. Every young person living in North and East Syria must see themselves as freedom fighters of Leader APO and take responsibility accordingly; because self-defense is the most natural right."

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