Turkey to Base S-400 Air Defense System in Syria Despite Israeli Bombings
Turkey to Base S-400 Air Defense System in Syria Despite Israeli Bombings
Turkey to Base S-400 Air Defense System in Syria Despite Israeli Bombings
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24.03.25-30.03.25
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# RENEWED CLASHES WITH TURKISH PROXIES
Turkish attacks against SDF continued. The intensity of Turksih attacks decreased since the beginning of March, as negotiations about a ceasefire took place and negotiations for the integration of SDF in the new Syrian army developed. Nevertheless, new attacks in the west bank of the Euphrates river from SNA Turkish proxies this last week, proved that the end of hostilities is not yet a reality. SDF also published footage of three new Turkish military bases being build in Manbij countryside, with videos of alleged Turkish military convoys that include armored vehicles and advanced military equipment such as radars, circulating at night in areas under control of Turkish proxy forces. Rumors about direct negotiations between AKP (Turkish ruling party) and SDF circulate on social networks together with speculations about steps for peace talks between Turkish state and PKK, but until now there are no official announcements in such direction.
# FORMATION OF THE 'SYRIAN EQUAL CITIZENSHIP ALLIANCE' or 'TAMASUK'
In reaction to the provisional constitution that the transitional government recently presented, an alliance of more than 30 diverse political parties and civil society organized groups was formed. The main aim of this alliance, including the Syrian Democratic Council (SDC) and other Kurdish, Christian, and Druze-affiliated groups, is to demand a new Syrian constitution that respects the diversity of Syria as well as promoting a decentralized and democratic Syrian State. The alliance founding statement present itself not as direct opposition to the government but working towards a unified Syria, willing to engage with all political forces, including the government of al-Sharaa.
# NEW APPOINTED FATWA SUPREME COUNCIL AND RENEWED TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT
On Friday March 28 al-Sharaa appointed 15 members to the newly formed supreme Fatwa council. The council will oversee religious rulings on critical issues and will be lead by Osama al-Rifai, who have close connections with Turkish president Erdogan and the Muslim Brotherhood. Al-Rifai was appointed as Grand Mufti of Syria in 2021 and have been a prominent Islamic scholar in the opposition to al-Assad regime. Several notable HTS-affiliated scholars, including Sheikh Abdul Rahim Atun, former HTS-backed Supreme Fatwa Council member Anas Ayrut, and new Minister of Justice Mazhar al Wais, also sit on the new council.
On Saturday March 29 al-Sharaa also announced the list of the ministers of the new transitional government. HTS loyalists and other men close to al-Sharaa keep their positions in key cabinets, with some new names of technocrats that join the government in less critical ministries. The government remains therefore arab, suni and HTS dominated, including some tokenized members from ethnic minority groups. The Syrian Democratic Council (SDC, political body aligned with the DAANES) made a statement denouncing this new government as a continuation of the exclusion politics of the Syrian State, declaring that the DAANES have no obligation to implement the decisions of such government and that it will continue working for a democratic Syria.
# FIRST KURDISH WOMEN'S CONFERENCE IN NORTH-EAST SYRIA
The inaugural Kurdish Women's Conference was held in North-East Syria on March 23rd, aimed at amplifying the voices of Kurdish women within the evolving Syrian society and fostering a path toward a unified, democratic future. Approximately 300 delegates are participating, including representatives from political parties, intellectuals, authors, artists, journalists, and women from diverse organizations and movements. The conference features representatives from the women's committees of the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (DAANES) as well as from Aleppo and Damascus. Among the topics was the importance of the continuation of YPJ and womens self-defense as well as rejecting the Damascus constitution. Suad Mistefa, mother of Martyr Hevrin Xelef, said that women cannot be deceived by this constitution and that the slogan “Jin, Jiyan, Azadi” will always win.
# INTERNATIONAL SEHIDS MEMORIAL
On March 24 a commemoration for international sehids took place in Qamsihlo, gathering dozens of internationals to remember the struggle of our internationalist fallen comrades. March 24 is the date that Elefteria Fortulakis, a woman from Greece, burned herself in 2006 to protest for the imprisonment of Abdullah Ocalan. It was the 5th year this commemoration took place in Rojava, with delegates from “families for peace” from Germany as well as other groups and organizations. The event also hosted the screening of the movie “Legerin – In search of Alina”, exploring the life of sehid Legerin, a doctor from Argentina who joined the guerilla in the Kurdish mountains and lost her life in a car accident in Rojava in 2018.
# EID CELEBRATIONS
At the end of March, closing the Ramadan, the celebrations of Eid become an important event in all Muslim world. In Syria Eid started on March 31st, and for 3 days families will be visiting relatives and friends, eating sweets and strengthening social bonds. Political organizations also celebrate eid visiting each other and building diplomatic relations. The new transitional government made a televised prayer all together from the presidential palace.
# (SOME THOUGHTS, NOT SO MUCH OF) ANALYSIS
The celebrations of eid are an important reminder of the value of social bonds in this society, with kurdish and arab mothers and grandmothers spreading sweets and candies among kids on the streets. Every receiving guests and going to visiting their relatives and neighbors for three days. It also comes with the arrival of the spring, as well as the recent celebrations of newroz dancing around the fire. It also come together with the celebrations of Akito, the Assyrian new year, making a very lively days and cheerful days. News of agreements and peace talks combine good with the atmosphere of this festivity, combining well with hopes of peaceful times and the end of bloodshed in Syria.
For us it’s also an important time to join the local rhythm of this society, to visit friends and neighbors and receive the guests that come to visit us, putting in practice the lessons of hospitality and cultural fluency we learned over the years living and taking part of this revolutionary society. And yes, it’s true that there is a religious component in these celebrations, as Christmas does in christian countries, but we also learned to not focus on that aspect and to value these days for the human and social aspect they bring. Social relations are the key to sustain the networks of mutual aid that are foundational in our anarchist values, and every opportunity to strengthen these bonds of friendship and solidarity should be cherished and celebrated.
Revolutionary greetings!
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Israel took a Palestinian child hostage, then starved him to death.
https://x.com/AssalRad/status/1908060977935032797
#Gaza #Palestine #Syria #iran
#lebanon #Genocide #geopolitics
@palestine @lebanon @yemen @irannachrichten #SettlerColonialism
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Israel held this 13 year old child HOSTAGE in an Israeli prison for SEVEN months
Look at what they did to him
https://x.com/Kahlissee/status/1907843392735793356
#Gaza #Palestine #Syria #iran
#lebanon #Genocide #geopolitics
@palestine @lebanon @yemen @irannachrichten #SettlerColonialism
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#antiPalestinianracism #tiktok
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“Children were torn apart with no fault but being Palestinian in our own land.”
At least a dozen missiles hit a school in Gaza, where many Palestinians had taken shelter. Eyewitnesses say ambulances and medical crew were denied entry to the area where the massacre occurred.
https://x.com/PalHighlight/status/1908461998817280445
#Gaza #Palestine #Syria #iran
#lebanon #Genocide #geopolitics
@palestine @lebanon @yemen @irannachrichten
#AntiImperialism #cdnpoli
#antiPalestinianracism #tiktok
@blackmastodon #canada #usa
“NOTHING CAN CHANGE OUR WORLD EXCEPT US. MARCH AND BE LOUD, MARCH AND STOP THIS GENOCIDE.”
https://x.com/palyouthmvmt/status/1907857145833599232
#Gaza #Palestine #Syria #iran
#lebanon #Genocide #geopolitics
@palestine @lebanon @yemen @irannachrichten #SettlerColonialism
#AntiImperialism #cdnpoli
#antiPalestinianracism #tiktok
@blackmastodon #canada #usa
1. Admission of a war crime. This is a typical tribal welcome ceremony.
2. Admission that Ansar Allah have sunk a US ship.
https://x.com/susanabulhawa/status/1908436945757175970
#Gaza #Palestine #Syria #iran
#lebanon #Genocide #geopolitics
@palestine @lebanon @yemen @irannachrichten #SettlerColonialism
#AntiImperialism #cdnpoli
#antiPalestinianracism #tiktok
@blackmastodon #canada #usa
“Ya Rab, forgive me… Mom, forgive me… I chose this path to save lives… they came for us—the Israeli army.”
#Gaza #Palestine #Syria #iran
#lebanon #Genocide #geopolitics
@palestine @lebanon @yemen @irannachrichten #SettlerColonialism
#AntiImperialism #cdnpoli
#antiPalestinianracism #tiktok
@blackmastodon #canada #usa
At Lodzer synagogue in Toronto hosting veterans of Israel genocide in Gaza
https://x.com/Mivasair/status/1907919374666605006
#Gaza #Palestine #Syria #iran
#lebanon #Genocide #geopolitics
@palestine @lebanon @yemen @irannachrichten #SettlerColonialism
#AntiImperialism #cdnpoli
#antiPalestinianracism #tiktok
@blackmastodon #canada #usa #montreal #quebec #toronto
Yemen's Red Sea blockade in defense of Palestinians is squarely supported by international law. But the country is being ruthlessly bombed by the U.S. to ensure Israeli impunity for its continued siege and genocide in Gaza.
#Gaza #Palestine #Syria #iran
#lebanon #Genocide #geopolitics
@palestine @lebanon @yemen @irannachrichten #SettlerColonialism
#AntiImperialism #cdnpoli
#antiPalestinianracism #tiktok
@blackmastodon #canada #usa
"You are a war profiteer. Stop using AI for genocide."
At Microsoft’s 50th anniversary event, CEO Mustafa Suleyman’s speech was interrupted by Palestinian employee and engineer Ibtihal Abu Saad
#tech #microsoft
#Gaza #Palestine #Syria #iran
#lebanon #Genocide #geopolitics
@palestine @lebanon @yemen @irannachrichten #SettlerColonialism
#AntiImperialism #cdnpoli
#antiPalestinianracism #tiktok
@blackmastodon #canada #usa
Carney was interrupted at his rally in Scarborough last night by a toronto wbw member demanding an arms embargo on Israel.
https://x.com/WBWCanada/status/1908501087709016320
https://x.com/CJPME/status/1908152280110567547
#Gaza #Palestine #Syria #iran
#lebanon #Genocide #geopolitics
@palestine @lebanon @yemen @irannachrichten #SettlerColonialism
#AntiImperialism #cdnpoli
#antiPalestinianracism #tiktok
@blackmastodon #canada #usa #montreal #quebec
Don't Buy Apartheid - boycott Israeli produce & Coca-Cola brands such as Schweppes, Fanta, Sprite, Costa Coffee & Innocent.
https://x.com/PSCupdates/status/1908510049669890491
#Gaza #Palestine #Syria #iran
#lebanon #Genocide #geopolitics
@palestine @lebanon @yemen @irannachrichten #SettlerColonialism
#AntiImperialism #cdnpoli
#antiPalestinianracism #tiktok
@blackmastodon #canada #usa
Palestine Has EXPOSED The Double Standards of the West & International System- Dr. Mustafa Barghouti
#Gaza #Palestine #Syria #iran
#lebanon #Genocide #geopolitics
@palestine @lebanon @yemen @irannachrichten #SettlerColonialism
#AntiImperialism #cdnpoli
#antiPalestinianracism #tiktok
@blackmastodon #canada #usa
Volunteers are hard at work in DC setting up for the March for Palestine!
This grassroots mobilization is powered by the determination & persistence of people across the country motivated by their opposition to genocide & Trump’s repression against those who speak out.
#Gaza #Palestine #Syria #iran
#lebanon #Genocide #geopolitics
@palestine @lebanon @yemen @irannachrichten #SettlerColonialism
#AntiImperialism #cdnpoli
#antiPalestinianracism #tiktok
@blackmastodon #montreal #canada #usa
️ BREAKING!
Congratulations to the amazing
Francesca Albanese who has done a remarkable job.
Despite disingenuous efforts to have her fired, the UN human rights council voted to keep hey in the position as UN rapporteur for the Palestinian territories till 2028!
https://x.com/tparsi/status/1908351563267002387
#Gaza #Palestine #Syria #iran
#lebanon #Genocide #geopolitics
@palestine @lebanon @yemen @irannachrichten #SettlerColonialism
#AntiImperialism #cdnpoli
#tiktok
@blackmastodon #montreal #canada #usa
Multiple hundreds rallied & marched across McGill today as part of unprecedented student strike for divestment from genocide. There was massive police presence with riot squad entering buildings
#Gaza #Palestine #Syria #iran
#lebanon #Genocide #geopolitics
@palestine @lebanon @yemen @irannachrichten #SettlerColonialism
#AntiImperialism #cdnpoli
#antiPalestinianracism #tiktok
@blackmastodon #montreal #canada #usa
The IDF reported that the Paratroopers Brigade, under the command of the 210th Division, continues defensive activity in Syria.