Firat News: Muslim: Some forces want to prevent Kurds’ participation in Geneva II
Democratic Union Party (PYD) co-chair Saleh Muslim spoke to Sterk TV by phone during yesterday’s news bulletin about the meeting he had with the UN-Arab League representation to Syria crisis, Lakhdar Brahimi, in Geneva, Switzerland, on Thursday.
Muslim said the meeting with Brahimi was positive and handled the ongoing crisis in Syria and the democratic and peaceful solution of the Kurdish question.
Remarking that the Kurdish Supreme Council voiced its demand to participate in the Geneva 2 Conference during a former meeting with Brahimi in Damascus, PYD co-chair stated that some forces wanted to prevent Kurds’ participation in the Geneva Conference by maintaining the status quo that is grounded on the denial of Kurds since the Lousanne agreement in 1920’s. Muslim remarked that the Arab chauvinism, and the ongoing denial of Kurds by the Turkish and Iranian states didn’t want Kurds to have a voice in any area in order for the continuation of the present status quo.
Muslim stressed that “We on the other hand say that Kurds are not the same old Kurds any more. They no more accept the policies of denial and assimilation and they do have their own organization, leader, struggle and power against these policies. Kurds demand a democratic solution to the Kurdish issue with regard to this truth”.
Defending that the Kurds’ nonparticipation in the Geneva Conference would delay the resolution of the problem, PYD co-chair pointed out that; “Four million Kurds in Rojava will continue their resistance until their demands are met and their will is recognized. The obstacle to the resolution of the Kurdish issue cannot make the Kurdish people take steps backward. Kurds will accept no solution that doesn’t acknowledge their demands”.
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Rojava: News Briefing Regarding Events in West Kurdistan (Northern Syria)
Headlines
- YPG CAMPAIGN
- Transitional Administration in Western Kurdistan
- 11 thousands children have been killed in the Syrian struggle
- Geneva II Conference
- Cultural & educational activities
Details:
YPG CAMPAIGN
Hesekê – The People’s Defense Units (YPG) together with the Women’s Defense Units (YPJ) have liberated two villages as part of the “Revenge Operation for Til Temir Martyrs” on Monday evening.
The operation was launched from the villages of Hesekê after al-Qaeda linked groups attacked the villages of Til Temir on November 20th.
The villages of Xirbe?êr and Elwana, located between the cities of Hesekê and Dirbêsiyê, were taken from the al-Qaeda linked groups.
Sources within the YPG reported that YPG and YPJ fighters also surrounded the town of Tiwêna located between Hesekê and Til Temir .Clashes are still ongoing.
Girê Spi -Clashes between the People’s Defense Units (YPG) and ISIL (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) & the al-Nusra Front continue in Girê Spi (Tal Abyad) region.
According to the YPG, nine members of the al-Qaeda linked groups have been killed in clashes with YPG fighters in the villages of Bîr Kino, Melûh El-Qemer and Sûsik in the last two days.
YPG fighters also destroyed a military vehicle and damaged a bulldozer belonging to the same groups.
EFRÎN– Clashes erupted between the YPG (People’s Defense Units) and the ISIL (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) in Meerîn and Yazibaxe villages of Efrîn. It is reported that three ISIL-members were killed and 4 were injured during the clashes.
Interim Self-Management Project in Western Kurdistan
Several representatives of Kurdish parties and organization met at The National Kurdish Union Part office to announce their support for the joint interim self-management project to sign a statement expressing the goals and aims of the project. The statement declares that the project is open for all parties to participate in, it also encourages equal, fair and free elections as soon as possible.
11 thousands children have been killed in the Syrian struggle
The Oxford Research Group center have issued a report which estimates that 11 000 children have been killed in Syria thus far since the beginning of the Syrian crisis.
The report indicates that 25% of them have been killed by light weapons while 764 of them have been hanged or otherwise executed without judgment, 71% of them were killed by explosive and artillery weapons, 389 have been killed by snipers and 128 case were registered as killed by chemical weapons last August.
Geneva 2 Conference
On behalf of Ban Ki Moon, a formal spokesman of the United Nation has declared that the Geneva 2 conference will be held on 22nd of January next year.
The statement did not mention participants in the conference.
Cultural & educational activities
Several cities in Rojava, Syria and Europe have organized activities and events to honor the occasion of the international day for anti-violence toward women
Damascus – Dozens of women participated in a sit-in at the Faqe Tayran center in the Zorava district, the sit-in was organized by the Star union
Jinderes- Star union organized a seminar on women rights on the International Day of Anti-Violence Against Women.
Rajo – The revolutionary youth movement organized a seminar in Martyr Aslan center on the International Day of Anti-Violence Against Women.
Vienna – The educational Kurdish center has organized a seminar which lasted two days about the violence against women. Dozens of Kurds attended the event.
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Syrian Observatory for Human Rights:Summarized final death toll for Friday 29/11/2013: 207 were killed in Syria.
The dead include: 36 civilians, 47 rebel fighters, 2 YPG, 11 unidentified rebels, 22 NDF, 51 soldiers, 27 non-Syrian ISIS and Nusra, 11 non-Syrian Abu al-Fadel militia.
– In Reef Dimashq 6 civilians and 14 rebel fighters were killed. A doctor was shot by a regime sniper on the international road near Harasta city. 2 civilians were found dead after regular forces took hold of the city. 11 rebel fighters, including 2 rebel commanders, were killed by clashes with regular forces in al-Ghouta al-Sharqiya, al-Qalamoun and other areas in Reef Dimashq. 3 rebel fighters (2 are 17 years-old and 1 is 15 years-old) were killed by clashes with regular forces in Reef al-Qneitra.
– In Aleppo 8 civilians and 3 rebel fighters. 2 children from the al-Hus village near al-Safira city were killed by regime bombardment on the village. 3 civilians were found dead near the Mayer town, they were shot in the head.
– In Hama 10 rebel fighters were killed.
– In Idlib 2 civilians and 8 rebel fighters were killed.
– In Homs 4 civilians and 6 rebel fighters were killed.
– In Dera’a 3 civilians and 4 rebel fighters were killed.
– In Damascus 5 civilians were killed. 3 were killed by shells that fell on the Umayyad mosque.
– In al-Qneitra 4 civilians, including a woman and a child, were killed when their car was shot at on the Um Batina – Jeba road.
– In Deir Ezzour 3 civilians and 1 rebel were killed.
– In Hasakah 2 civilians were killed during the clashes between the ISIS and allies and the YPG on the Hasakah – Dirbasiya road.
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2 members of the YPG’s military council were killed during clashes with the ISIS, Jabhat al-Nusra and rebel allies in the Tuweina area, on the Hasakah – Dirbasiya road.
11 unidentified rebels were killed by clashes and bombardment.
22 NDF militiamen were killed by clashes and attacks on checkpoints.
51 regular soldiers were killed: 13 in Damascus and Reef Dimashq, 10 Aleppo, 16 Hama, 3 Raqqah, 1 Homs, 5 Qneitira, 5 Idlib, 1 Der’a.
16 Lebanese Hizbullah fighters killed since Friday during clashes with the ISIS, Jabhat al-Nusra and Islamic rebel groups in the al-Murouj area of the eastern Ghouta, Reef Dimashq. 2 of the fighters died in the Qalamoun clashes.
27 non-syrian fighters from the ISIS, al-Khadra battalion and Jabhat al-Nusra, many were Arabs, were killed by clashes and bombardment in Reef Dimashq and Aleppo. The dead include leaders.
11 non-Syrian fighters from the pro-regime Abu al-Fadel al-Abbas brigade were killed by clashes with the ISIS and allies in Reef Dimashq and Aleppo.
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Definite reports that several ISIS and Ghuraba’ al-Sham fighters were killed during clashes between the two factions in the Jabal Badru neighbourhood and Tariq Sheikh Najjar in Aleppo city. These clashes came after the ISIS executed the leader of Ghuraba’ al-Sham and 6 of his men in al-Atarib city.
Reports that 3 civilians who worked in the electricity company, in the area between Qara and Deir Attiya, were killed during the clashes taking place in the area.
The SOHR documented the earlier death of a pregnant woman who was killed by the regime bombardment on the Sakan al-Shababi neighbourhood of Aleppo. 1 man was documented killed by the regime bombardment on the Tariq al-Bab neighbourhood of Aleppo. 4 fighters were killed by the regime bombardment on the city of Darayya.
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Damages caused by the surface-to-surface rocket that fell near a government building.
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Guardian: Syria’s refugee children forced into work by poverty and family breakdown – interactive
Interactive, 29 Nov 2013:
The Syrian refugee crisis is taking a huge toll on children. Of the 2.2 million people who have left Syria since the war began, more than a million of them are under 18. In Jordan, children can be found working in cafes or selling drinks or flowers by the side of the road ….
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BBC: Warning over Syria war’s child cost
The war in Syria is creating a generation of damaged refugee children, many of whom are forced to work to survive, a UN reports says.