Suwayda demonstrators remember the victims of the Khan Shaykhoun massacre
ARK News… The Karama Square demonstrators continue their daily peaceful protest, demanding freedom, political change, and the overthrow of the Syrian regime.
Today, Thursday, 4/4/2024, dozens of people from Suwayda gathered in Karama Square in the center of the city, stressing the continuation of the popular uprising against the Syrian regime and its government.
Demonstrators in the city of Suwayda today, Thursday, remembered the seventh anniversary of the Khan Shaykhoun massacre committed by the Syrian regime with chemical weapons, in which more than 100 civilians were killed.
For about 7 months, the people of Suwayda have continued their peaceful uprising, which broke out due to the deterioration of the living and security situation, to demand the overthrow of the Syrian regime, the exit of Iran from the country as an occupier, and the implementation of UN Resolution 2254, which guarantees the achievement of a peaceful transfer of power through democratic elections under the supervision of the United Nations.
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Syrian Network: 3,471 civilians have been killed by mines since 2011
ARK News… The Syrian Network for Human Rights documented the killing of 3,471 civilians in Syria due to anti-personnel landmines, from 2011 until now, noting the continued discovery of new areas for the spread of this weapon in the country.
This came in a statement issued by the network, on Thursday, on the occasion of “International Day for Mine Awareness,” where the statement recorded the killing of at least 3,471 civilians, including 919 children, 356 women, 7 civil defense personnel, 8 medical personnel, and 9 media personnel via hundreds of incidents of anti-personnel landmine explosions in Syria, from March 2011 until today.
3,086 civilians were killed, including 794 children, 325 women, 7 civil defense personnel, 8 medical personnel, and 9 media personnel in hundreds of landmine explosion incidents in various Syrian governorates, while 385 civilians, including 125 children and 31 women, were killed as a result of an explosion cluster munition remnants dating back to cluster munition attacks launched by Syrian regime forces and Russian forces since the first documented use of this weapon in July 2012.
Despite the difficulty of determining the number of wounded who were injured as a result of landmine explosions, the statement estimated that at least 10,400 civilians were injured, a large number of whom suffered amputations and needed artificial limbs and a series of rehabilitation and support operations.
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The Pentagon announces the downing of a march near al-Tanf base
ARK News… The US Department of Defense announced that it shot down a drone after it approached the al-Tanf base, on the border triangle in southeastern Syria.
Pentagon Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said that on Tuesday, American forces in al-Tanf shot down a drone that was flying near the base.
Singh ruled out that the plane was on an attack mission, saying: “We do not believe that al-Qaeda, American forces, or Coalition forces are the intended target.”
The United States believes that a group supported by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard launched the plane, according to Singh, who indicated that she has no information about the source or location of the launch of the drone.
During the past months, Iranian militias have escalated their attacks against American forces in Syria and Iraq, as the United States confirmed that its bases were subjected to more than 170 attacks within 4 months.
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PYD militants kidnap four members of the Kurdish National Council and the Kurdistan Democratic Party-Syria
ARK News… PYD militants began a kidnapping campaign against media personnel and members of the Kurdish National Council in Syria and the Kurdistan Democratic Party-Syria during the past few days.
PYD militants have kidnapped four members of the Kurdish National Council and the Kurdistan Democratic Party-Syria from the town of Girke Lage and the city of Derik in Syrian Kurdistan since March 31, 2024, and their fate remains unknown. They are:
1 - Rakan al-Ahmed, a journalist and member of the Branch Council of the Kurdistan Democratic Party-Syria, was kidnapped on March 31, 2024 in the town of Girke Lage.
2 - Marwan Hussein Liyani, a journalist, youth activist, and member of the Girke Lage Local Council of the Kurdish National Council in Syria, was kidnapped on April 1, 2024 in the town of Girke Lage.
3 - Ahmed Hassan Sofi, a journalist and member of the Area Council of the Kurdistan Democratic Party-Syria, was kidnapped on April 2, 2024 in the city of Derik.
4 - Hassam Dorsin, a member of the Area Committee of the Kurdistan People’s Party-Syria, and a member of the Kurdish National Council in Syria, was kidnapped on April 1, 2024 in the city of Derik.
In a statement, the Kurdish National Council in Syria condemned these intimidating practices, affirmed the continuation of the legitimate struggle for the just Kurdish cause, and called on the international community and human rights organizations to expose these practices and put an end to them.
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PYD gunmen kidnapped Hissam Dorsen, the cousin of leader Bahzad Dorsin
ARK News… PYD gunmen kidnapped Hussam Dorsin, a member of the Area Committee of the Kurdistan People's Party-Syria, in the city of Derik and took him to an unknown destination.
On Monday, 1/4/2024), gunmen from the PYD administration arrested Hassam Abdullah Dorsin, a member of the Area Committee the Kurdistan People's Party-Syrai, and cousin of the leader Bahzad Dorsin in the Kurdistan Democratic Party-Syria, in the city of Derik, Syrian Kurdistan, and took him to an unknown destination.
During the past few days, PYD gunmen kidnapped the journalist Rakan al-Ahmed from Girke Lage, the journalist and youth activist Marwan Hussein Liyani from the town of Girke Lage, and the journalist Ahmed Sofi from the city of Derik.
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Xwecihiyên Domîz û Faydê yên YXCDK-Rojava şevbuhêrkek li dar xist
Xwecihiyên Domîz û Faydê yên YXCDK-Rojava şevbuhêrkek li dar xist
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Two refugee families return to their hometown in Afrin
ARK News… The campaign to return refugee, displaced families to their hometowns in the villages and towns of Afrin city in Syrian Kurdistan continues, as two refugee families returned from Lebanon to their hometown in Afrin.
A private source told ARK News that two Kurdish families returned on Wednesday, 3/4/2024, to their hometown in the center of the Bilbile Town and the village of Baliya in Afrin in Syrian Kurdistan.
Since the beginning of the year 2024, dozens of refugees, displaced families have returned to the villages and towns of Afrin city in Syrian Kurdistan.
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محليتا دوميز وفايدة لاتحاد الطلبة والشباب الديمقراطي الكوردستاني - روج آفا تنظمان أمسية رمضانية
محليتا دوميز وفايدة لاتحاد الطلبة والشباب الديمقراطي الكوردستاني - روج آفا تنظمان أمسية رمضانية
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Statement by President Barzani on the 44th anniversary of the genocide of the Faili Kurds
ARK News… President Masoud Barzani, Today, Thursday, April 4, 2024, issued a statement on the forty-fourth anniversary of the genocide of the Faili Kurds.
Below is the text of the statement:
The Faili Kurdish sisters and brothers in the Iraqi state suffered many tragedies and the suffering of displacement, and their only crime was supporting the revolution and the Kurdish liberation movement.
The withdrawal of citizenship from hundreds of thousands of Faili Kurdish brothers and sisters and the disappearance of thousands of Faili youth at the hands of the former Iraqi regime was a major crime and persecution, and part of a series of organized crimes committed by the former Iraqi regime in order to destroy the Kurdish people.
The Iraqi government must do its duty to return Iraqi property, money, and citizenship, and compensate and eliminate the consequences of the genocide against the Faili Kurds.
On the forty-fourth anniversary of the genocide of the Faili Kurds, salute to the pure souls of the martyrs of the Faili Kurds, and all the martyrs of freedom in Kurdistan. The role and loyalty of the Faili sisters and brothers towards the Kurdish cause and the Kurdish liberation movements will never be forgotten.
Masoud Barzani
April 4, 2024
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Çekdarên PYDê Hesam Dorsin pismamê serkirde Behzad Dorsin revand
Li bajarê Dêrikê yê rojavayê kurdistanê Çekdarên PYDê Hesam Dorsin endamê Komîta Herêmî ya Partiya Gela Demokratî Kurdistanî revand û berev cihekî ne diyar ve birin.
Roja Duşemê ( 1/4/2024 ) çekdarên PYDê Hesam Ebdulla Dorsin endamê Komîta Herêmî ya Partiya Gela Demokratî Kurdistanî, û kur mamê Behzad Dorsin serkirde di PDK-Sê li bajarê Dêrika rojavayê Kurdistanê revand û ew berev cihekî ne diyar ve birin, û ta niha çarenivîsa wî ne diyar e.
Di rojên bûrî de çekdarên PYDê her yek ji rojnamevan Rakan Ehmed ji Girkê Legê, rojnamevan û çalakvan Merwan Hisên Leyanî ji bajarokê Girkê Legê, û rojnamevan Ehmed Sofî ji Dêrikê revandin û ta niha çarenivîsa wan ne diyar e.
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