I am here in NE #Syria to see how the community is doing after 200+ airstrikes from #Turkey targeting water & electrical plants, schools, hospitals & other critical civilian infrastructure. As you can see, they destroyed this electrical plant. Because of bombings like this, over 2 million people are without water or electricity, with 48…
David L. Phillips Turkey attacked locations in Kurdish-controlled Northeast Syria following a bomb attack in Ankara, for which the PKK was allegedly responsible. Instead of trying to minimize civilian casualties, Turkey struck near camp for displaced people and several villages, citing Article 51 of the UN Charter to justify its actions. Turkey’s Ministry of Defense…
Over the past five years, Daraa governorate has suffered from a state of tension and security chaos, especially after the settlement process was conducted for the opposition factions of the people of the province in 2018 and the withdrawal of weapons from them after a siege that lasted for several days before the announcement of…
In the absence of security and the spread of chaos and lawlessness, the areas under the control of armed factions in northwestern Syria continue to suffer from many humanitarian violations as well as murders, kidnappings and arbitrary arrests in the northern countryside of Aleppo. In this report, we will shed light on many of the…
The Syrian Democratic Council follows the dangerous developments and tragic events in the Gaza Strip and the humanitarian catastrophe it is experiencing and condemns in the strongest terms the horrific massacres committed against civilians since the seventh of October until today, the latest of which was the brutal targeting of the Baptist Hospital. The Syrian…
“Since the morning of October 5, the Turkish state has launched a series of attacks on our areas with more than dozen Drones penetrating the airspace of northern and eastern Syria, and again targeted many points, infrastructure, service facilities, gas and oil stations, resulting in injuries and victims, as well as its aggression against populated…
European parliamentarians denounced the Turkish attacks on the northern and eastern regions of Syria, “Any attempts to target security and stability in the areas of the Autonomous Administration would prolong the conflict.” European officials stressed that any escalation against the region will be exploited by “extremist organizations, whose cells are still active in several areas…
The Syrian Democratic Council (SDC) condemns and strongly denounces the hostile attacks by the Turkish state, known for terrorism and occupation, on areas in northeastern Syria. These attacks have persisted since yesterday until this moment, and conducted through aerial and drone strikes on energy facilities and vital installations in an unprecedented hostile and brutal manner,…
Syria is witnessing a significant wave of violence and an unprecedented escalation on the targeting of civilians. In this painful context, the Syrian Democratic Council (SDC) strongly condemns the attack suffered by the Military College in Homs yesterday, on Thursday, carried out by drones, resulting in dozens of casualties including civilians and military personnel. Meanwhile,…
Once again, the livelihoods of civilians in northern and eastern Syria are under the fire of the Turkish occupation, whose drones launched several strikes on factories, farms, water and electricity stations, and residential areas in Hasakah, Amudah, Qamishli, Malikiyah, Derik and Kobani. The shelling, which also targeted civilian cars and the Washokani camp for forcibly…
