Anarchists in NES<p>*Don't hesitate to boost if you enjoy reading the reports!*</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NewsFromTheFront" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewsFromTheFront</span></a> <br>Weekly highlight from your anarchist comrades in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NES" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NES</span></a> <br>17.03.25 - 23.03.25<br>Also available on <a href="https://tekosinaanarsist.noblogs.org/category/war-updates/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tekosinaanarsist.noblogs.org/c</span><span class="invisible">ategory/war-updates/</span></a></p><p>(1/2)<br>-----------------------------------------------------------------</p><p># NEWROZ PIROZ BE!</p><p>This week all Kurdistan went to the streets for Newroz, the new year celebrations for many peoples in West and Central Asia, Caucasus and Balkans. It has a very significant meaning of resistance for Kurdish people. Throughout northern Syria big celebrations were organized by the DAANES, with music, political speeches and other cultural events. Many political and social organizations made statements to celebrate Newroz and to celebrate the achievements of the Kurdish liberation movement, as well as the revolutionary steps taken this year, and the recent statement of Abdullah Öcalan invigorated the celebrations.</p><p># NEXT STEPS ON THE AGREEMENTS SIGNED BY ABDI-SHARA'A</p><p>Following the agreements of cooperation signed by Mazlum Abdi and Ahmed al-Shara'a, the provisional goverment formed a committee to coordinate its implementation. Alongside discussions about the integration of SDF into the Ministry of defense and other topics related to security and military affairs, steps are also been taken in civilian affairs. UNICEF mediated a discussion between the DAANES and the Ministry of Education to develop a fair and accessible process for students across the region, mainly concerning Syrian universities and mechanisms for conducting secondary and preparatory certificate exams. Discussions about oil and gas fields and electricity plants are also taking place, with the Syrian Minister of Electricity Omar Shaqrouq giving at a press conference about energy infrastructure repairs in northeast Syria. Rumors and alleged conditions of SDF and the transitional government about the integration of SDF in the new Syrian army are spreading on some social networks, but as terms are being discussed no official announcements have been made this week.</p><p># AGREEMENTS BETWEEN PYD AND ENKS</p><p>Representants of PYD (Partiya Yekitiya Democratic - Democratic Union Party, leading political party of DAANES) and ENKS (Kurdish national union party, a party in Rojava that is closely connected to KRG and Turkey) held a meeting in Qamishlo with mediation of Mazlum Abdi and American officials. After the meeting both sides communicated they reached agreements to end the disputes between both organizations and to build a common delegation to negotiate with the Damascus provisional government. Both parties also expressed their common disagreement with the provisional consitution that was recently proposed by the provisional government, calling for a decentralized and federal Syria. They also stated that they will meet again after the celebrations of Newroz to continue negotiations.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/COASTAL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COASTAL</span></a> INSURGENCE </p><p>Incidents continue in the coastal areas of the Latakia province that saw the recent wave of insurgency. Revenge killings and kidnappings have continued over the past week, even as coordinated insurgent attacks and extrajudicial sectarian killings by interim government forces have decreased. Alawite media have widely reported on instances of violence committed against the Alawite community by Sunnis and government forces. Several thousands, mostly Alawites, left their homes seeking shelter from the attacks in Lebanon. Near 10.000 found temporary shelter in the Russian base at Hmeimim, but after the tensions lowered, Russian military personal urged them to leave the military base.</p><p># CLASHES IN LEBANESE BORDER </p><p>After a confusing incident on the border between Syria and Lebanon where some Syrians were killed, clashes took place. Forces of HTS connected to the Syrian Ministry of Defense (MoD) launched a raid into Lebanese territory, taking control of one small border town. The Lebanese army engaged in clashes, allegedly against smugglers or tribal armed groups. HTS-linked media blame Hezbollah for the incidents, but Hezbollah denied involvment. Over the week, clashes continued on and off, with discussions ongoing between Lebanese goverment and Syrian provisional government to secure the border and stop the clashes. Allegedly, Hezbollah used the tensions and confusion to launch raids on Syrian territory.</p><p># DEIR EZZOR INSURGENCY</p><p>Soldiers of the MoD launched several raids in the Deir Ezzor region, in areas under control of the provisional government. The raids followed a wave of insurgency and attacks against military points of the MoD, allegedly by smuggling networks and militias aligned with Hezbollah or with Iran. It seems there is no direct relation between the insurgency in Deir Ezzor and the insurgency in coastal areas, but in both cases Assad loyalist elements seem to be involved in one way or another.</p><p># HALT ON TURKISH ATTACKS? </p><p>On Sunday 16th of March a Turkish drone attacked a family home in the Kobane countryside killing both parents and 7 children, with only two children surviving with serious injuries. Many protests denouncing the attack took place all across north-east Syria. Two days after the massacre, the attacks of SNA and the Turkish army slowed down to a point that in the last days, no new attacks are reported. This pause could be a temporary phenomenon, but it comes against the backdrop of the SDF-Syrian provisional government talks. Turkey and the SNA appeared to halt attacks on March 19, which was the same day that the Syrian interim government met with the SDF at al Shaddadi base in Hasakah Province to continue negotiations over the SDF’s integration into the Syrian army.</p><p># ISRAEL ATTACKS</p><p>Israel continued its attacks on Syrian military positions, further advancing their occupation in southern Syria. Some airstrikes are claimed to be targeting military installations in southern Syria, which were allegedly being repurposed by military personal, and becoming a potential threat to Israel. Military occupation forces entered several new villages of the Quneitra region. Besides the expansion of the military occupation, they launched airstrikes next to the Lebanese border, allegedly targeting Hezbollah militias. The Israeli air force also bombed the Palmyra military airport in central Syria in several raids.</p><p># ANALYSIS: Read in comments</p><p>-----------------------------------------------------------------<br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Syria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Syria</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NES" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NES</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SDF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SDF</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DAANES" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DAANES</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AANES" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AANES</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SNA</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SDF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SDF</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PYD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PYD</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/YPJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YPJ</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/YPG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YPG</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HTS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HTS</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Rojava" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rojava</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Kurdistan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kurdistan</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Revolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Revolution</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefendRojava" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendRojava</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Anarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Anarchy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Anarchism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Anarchism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Comrades" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Comrades</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Internationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Internationalism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AbdullahOcalan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbdullahOcalan</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/%C3%96calan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Öcalan</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PKK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PKK</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WomenLifeFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WomenLifeFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Newroz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Newroz</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Alawite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alawite</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Latakia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Latakia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Lebanon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lebanon</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hezbollah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hezbollah</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a></p>