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Gulf Insider
5 days ago
- General
- Gulf Insider
Resurgent ISIS? Terror Cells Launch Deadly Attacks On Syria's Kurds
At least three members of the Kurdish Asayish security forces were killed on Sunday in northeastern Syria, according to the group. They said they were targeted by an ISIS cell during a patrol on the road between Raqqa and Hasakeh. The patrol was targeted with a landmine, according to some sources. The official statement from Asayish also reported one person wounded in the attack, who is still receiving medical treatment. ISIS has been launching an escalating number of attacks against northeast Syria, mostly targeting the Kurdish SDF and other Kurdish forces. It has been reported that they carried out 104 attacks so far in 2025. Regional media details the following recent developments: The resurgence is not limited to Kurdish-administered areas. On May 30, ISIS claimed responsibility for its first attack on the forces of Syria's new transitional government, which took power following the ouster of Bashar al-Assad in December 2024. That attack, in Suwayda province, involved an improvised explosive device targeting a patrol from the Syrian Army's 70th Division, killing one soldier and injuring three others. The SITE Intelligence Group and SOHR confirmed the operation as ISIS's first publicly acknowledged assault on the new regime. Asayish said that 'sweep operations and investigations' are being launches in the area to try to find those responsible for the latest attack. Operations against ISIS have also been on the rise in recent weeks, with the HTS government joining in on some operations targeting them. The SDF reported that late last week they captured an ISIS cell in Deir Ezzor Governorate. They also reported that they had thwarted an ISIS attempt to plant a landmine in that area, killing one 'ISIS mercenary.' ISIS has claimed two attacks in the past two weeks targeting Syrian government forces, which are being presented as the first ISIS attacks against the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) government since they took power in December. Meanwhile, HTS itself is not much removed from ISIS… The current Syrian government are mix Isis with Al Qaeda (Bin Laden soldiers) that declared war on the west many times before they took overBut now they will deceive the west and play moderate to lift sanctions and get funding to build themselves and prepare for offensive — Bob (@Shariakill) February 23, 2025 ISIS said the first attack was in Suwayda Governorate, and that it killed or wounded seven soldiers. The second attack was near the first one but a week later, and targeted the US-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA), killing one and wounding three.
Rudaw Net
21-02-2025
- Politics
- Rudaw Net
Kurds say individuals invited to Syrian dialogue don't represent them
Also in Syria ENKS condemns exclusion from Hasaka dialogue session Kurdish tribal leader urges unity to safeguard rights in Syria Kurds to be engaged in Syria's National Dialogue Conference: Spox Rabbi returns to Damascus after 33 years in exile A+ A- ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Individuals from Hasaka appointed to represent their province in Syria's National Dialogue Conference do not represent Kurds, Kurdish activists and politicians said as discontent grows over their exclusion from discussions about the country's future. The preparatory committee of the National Dialogue Conference on Thursday met with several people from Hasaka province in Damascus and appointed them as representatives of the province. Hasaka is located in the Kurdish-administered northeast (Rojava). Representatives of Kurdish parties were not invited. 'Those who are participating here have come on their own behalf and do not represent the Kurds,' Ahmad Hilal, a Kurdish activist from Hasaka, told Rudaw. The Kurdish National Council (ENKS/KNC), an umbrella of opposition parties, in a statement on Thursday said that the national dialogue is key to shaping the country's future, but condemned the marginalization of Kurdish political parties from the process. 'The absence of the Kurdish political movements from the national dialogue sessions represents a breach of the principle of national partnership,' ENKS spokesperson Faisal Youssef said in a statement. 'Any national dialogue concerned with the future of Syria cannot be serious or fruitful unless it ensures the genuine participation of the various components, foremost among them the Kurdish people, represented by their political forces,' he stated. Youssef told Rudaw that the Syrian transitional authority had not invited any Kurdish parties to the February 20 meeting on Hasaka province. "Only a few Kurdish figures have been invited as individuals, which is marginalizing Kurdish parties, so we call for the participation of Kurdish parties because the Kurds should not be marginalized in shaping the future of Syria," Youssef said. Other Kurdish figures agree. "The invaders… have always wanted to divide and marginalize the Kurds. They are doing this through giving roles to some people," Saadeddin Mullah, a Kurdish politician from Rojava who currently lives in Sweden, told Rudaw. Naif Jibero, a Kurdish writer from Hasakah who attended the congress, said that he gave the committee a letter that read 'If you want to find a solution for Syria, the Kurdish political parties must be the true representatives of the Kurds and you must negotiate with them.' Earlier, Hassan Dighem, head of the preparatory committee for the National Dialogue Conference told Rudaw that parties, institutions, and organizations would not be invited to the congress. Only social figures, elders, politicians, and intellectuals would be invited. Following his appointment as Syria's interim president on January 29, Ahmed al-Sharaa, vowed to hold a National Dialogue Conference that would pave the way for 'free and fair elections.' The preparatory committee was set up on February 11 and tasked with laying the groundwork for the conference. However, the committee was quick to draw criticism over the absence of Kurdish representation. Kurdish ruling and opposition parties are working to overcome their differences in order to have a united front in dealings with Damascus. In late January, ENKS and Rojava's ruling Democratic Union Party (PYD) agreed to send a joint delegation to Damascus to discuss the future of Kurds in Syria.
