PYD Pressuring Arab Locals to Participate in Upcoming Elections
Sources claim Kurdish group is attempting to encourage voting through intimidation, opposition website reports
Sources claim Kurdish group is attempting to encourage voting through intimidation, opposition website reports
Demonstrations denounce PYD efforts to impose Kurdish curriculum at the expense of Arab language study in the northern province, opposition website reports
Family members in Syria’s Kurdish areas mourn the large numbers of PYD fighters returning dead from U.S.-backed battles, Zaman al-Wasl writes
Information from local UNDP partner suggests PYD and coalition forces were responsible for the damage and destruction of dozens of homes, Zaman al-Wasl writes
Supporters of the Democratic Union Party must pressure militants to end their violations against civilians, opposition statement reads
The Syrian regime has used war to displace residents from strategically located cities and townships to northern areas of the country, a calculated policy of demographic change aiming at creating a factual religious and ethnic divide
PYD-affiliated group called Revolutionary Youth attacks a commemoration event organized by the rival Kurdish National Council in Qamishli
The KNC condemns militias’ arrest of 42 of its members as an act that violates democratic principles
A new US shipment was dispatched to the PYD-Syrian Democratic Forces in Hassakeh, who have made a new set of strategic gains against ISIS militants on the Raqqa-Deir-ez-Zor route
Radical group has taken a number of steps to prepare for guerrilla war as Western-backed forces advance on ISIS’ de facto capital in Syria, reports opposition outlet Zaman al-Wasl
Ali Khatib writes in opposition paper Al Gherbal that local initiatives are underway to reactivate collapsed productive sectors in northern Syria, especially in agriculture, as citizens look to replace aid with a sustainable livelihood
Senior Kurdish opposition politician shifts position towards Syrian regime and says his party is seeking self-rule
Khalil was taken from his home by Kurdish police forces in northern Hassakeh province on Monday, according to a Coalition statement
Yakiti Party calls off cooperation with PYD after they claim militants stormed group’s offices in the northern Hassakeh countryside, vandalizing property and arresting members
Will a conference be held in Damascus? Is there an Islamist party in the current communications? And is there a possibility of counterbalancing Kurdish attendance?
No fatalities reported after remote bomb detonated near vehicle carrying members of a PYD youth group accused of attacking the base of rival Kurdish parties
KNC calls for release of all leaders and members being held by the Democratic Union Party in Syria’s north
About 20 kilometers separates Free Syrian Army rebels from the town of Al-Bab, currently under ISIS control
Locally produced wheat can no longer meet demand, which has led to bread shortages and concurrent price hikes
Western-backed forces detain hundreds of people fleeing Islamic State-controlled areas in Deir-ez-Zor
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