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Dear, comrades, sisters, friends,
Today is the 6th February and here is our daily update for Women Defend Rojava.
Women in the city of Amude marched today to call for the freedom of Abdullah Ocalan. They emphasized that his freedom is an urgent necessity to prevent further violence and to establish peace. Photos of women waving flags with Abdullah Ocalan’s face on with a banner that reads, the freedom of Abdullah Ocalan is the freedom of the people.
A Rojava delegation, with Rohilat Afrin, the Commander of the Women’s Protection Units, Mazloum Abdi, the General Commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces, and Ilham Ahmed the Co-Chair of the Foreign Relations Department of the Autonomous Administration, met in Erbil today and held a series of meetings.
With the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Masoud Barzani, they discussed about political and military developments in Syria, relations among Kurdish parties, and ways to enhance joint coordination in the upcoming phase.
They also had a meeting with the French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot. They discussed the implementation of the agreement, counter terrorism against ISIS and stressing the need for the return of displaced persons to their areas, particularly in Afrin and Serê Kaniyê.
Today the SDF received a delegation in Heseke from the Syrian ministry of defence. We are still waiting to here news from this.
Throughout the south and west of Syria protests, mainly by Arab people, have been happening to express discontent over the Syrian Transitional government and the raising gas and oil price. In Deir ez-Zor city, a city that was until recently under the autonomous administration, oil princes have trippled.
Last night and today there were violent clashes between the Syrian transitional government and the Suwaida national guard. With the The National Guard announcing civilian areas were targeted with heavy mortar shelling and machine guns from Syrian transitional government posts.
Suwaida is a Druze majority area in the south of Syria. The Suwaida national guard is a collection of Druze military forces established in August 2025 largely as a response to the massacre committed by the Syrian Transitional Government starting in July 2025 which saw mass killings, terror and a lot of Sexual and Gender based violence on women and girls. The Syrian Transitional government’s violence across Syria can be felt deeply and shows their ideological line against anyone not them.
This last year, the Druz people also called for their autonomy. A struggle will need to be had, but there is possibility that if local autonomy can be written into the constitution within the negotiations with the autonomous administration, then it could open doors for other ethnic groups to have a legal frame work for their autonomy too.
Today is the 3rd anniversary of the earthquake that hit the north Kurdish region, that killed over 55,000 people and left millions homeless. It would be easy to think that the lives lost was a result of a natural disaster. However we know that is not the whole story. The delayed arrival of aid, people left to face death alone, and poor infrastructure leading to fragile buildings collapsing within moments, caused the majority of the deaths. However still no one has been held accountable.
To end we wanted to share some quotes from an interview published today in Jinha- the women’s news agency reporting from North and East Syria. The interview was with two mothers who have taken up defence roles in the general mobilisation call.
Awaz Ali said:
“Today, women are playing a dual role. Young men and women are fulfilling their duties on the front lines, while women inside neighborhoods take on protection and support tasks—carrying arms and standing alongside the forces defending the region.”
She affirmed that when a mother feels danger approaching her home or children, she instinctively becomes an unbreakable force.
She said “We will not allow any enemy to uproot us from our land or threaten the safety of our children. We will do everything in our power to defend them without hesitation.”
Another women, Laila Ali Al-Din Hassan, a mother of three, said
“We are not lovers of war, but the current reality has forced us to carry arms to defend ourselves, our dignity, and the future of our children.”
Hassan stated that security tensions have not targeted a single community, but have affected all components of the region – Kurds, Syriacs, Arabs, as well as Alawites, Druze, and others – strengthening women’s sense of responsibility to unite in protecting the social fabric and preventing any attempt to destabilize the area.
“This behavior stems from a mother’s feeling that her responsibility does not stop at her own children, but extends to all children in the region. Women have not fallen short during this phase; rather, they have played a central and effective role, particularly in community protection.”
You can read the full article on the Jinha agency website.
The siege in Kobani is still continuing, now entering into the 18th day. That’s 18 days blocking food, waters, medicine, and other desperately needed supplies into the city affecting hundreds of thousands. We need to continue the international resistance to lift the siege!
And with that we with you strength and success
with love from Rojava.
