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Dear comrades, friends and sisters
Here we are with the daily updates from Rojava.
This morning we woke up with the announcement of the martyrdom of some comrades and friends in the fight of these days. We dedicate our thoughts to them, to the tenacity of struggle and to their unreserved giving for freedom. We remember Commander Sîdar Afrin, who fell in Tabqa, for putting her body between the lives of her friends and the enemy, to block it.
We ask ourself: what does it mean to be a commander for a woman in this war? It is not a question of giving orders and commanding in the strict sense, but of knowing how to make the right decisions in the right time and then being a commander means knowing how to unite one’s companions, fortify them, accompany the growth of their willpower. Without a free will, a clear purpose, there can be no self-defense and without self-defense there can be no autonomy. From this line we give honor to the lives of the one that are in the struggle for freedom, continuing in their footsteps.
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In this war, the targeting of women is not a marginal detail in the Syrian conflict, but a fundamental pillar of strategies of control. Women represent the backbone of societal continuity and the bearers of identity through language, culture, and collective memory, in addition to their central role in family cohesion and the transmission of values to future generations.
Accordingly, targeting women does not only affect the present, but strikes at the future of society as a whole by undermining its moral and organizational foundations.
A woman in Qamishlo, while talking about the organization in the commune’s system forma facing the war, says:
“Any attempt to destabilize security or threaten the safety of the region will be met with vigilance and an immediate response from everyone”.
And as special call for women she add:
“We must all stand together as one, and be ready for every possibility. Resistance is our collective responsibility, and we will not hesitate for a single moment to protect our land, our people’s achievements, and our dignity. Whatever is required of us, we will do with determination and resolve.”
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Despite the ceasefire, as we also reported yesterday, the advance of the forces that are bringing death and destruction in these regions continues. the forces of the resistance however do not cease their activity and the canton of Cazira, as well as the city of Kobanê, although still under siege, continue to resist.
In addition, the Syrian state agency Sana reports on Al Jolani’s travel to Moscow, from Putin. The self-proclaimed Syrian president has effectively landed in Russia to go to the Kremlin, which he would like to demand Assad’s extradition. Beyond the official statements, however, it is unlikely that Al Sharaa went to Russia in person for this request alone. We can notice that the Russian military in the past days has demobilized its troops from the base of Qamishlo, but there are others, in the STG territory, on the Mediterranean coast.
We will see in the next hours and days what this meeting has obtein.
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On the international solidarity front: some European comrades and friends have arrived in Bakur (Turkish Kurdistan), joining the daily initiatives that point to the border with Syria, rejected by Turkish armed agents. All in connection with the “Caravan of the peoples in defense of humanity”, traveling from Europe to reach the resistance in Rojava. This morning, Wednesday, January 28, the Caravan left from Thessaloniki, Greece.
As a news from the last hours, we report that sixteen young internationalists who were coming to Mardin, in Turkey from various cities in Europe in solidarity with Rojava against ongoing attacks by jihadist militias were taken into custody.
They are now taken by police to the Provincial Directorate of Migration Management to be deported.
We join with hope and determination the urgent call for their release. the fight won’t stop, people’s solidarity is stronger than any borders!
