Peoples action in Rojava
Today people in all cities of Rojava were gathering to go to Aleppo to follow the call of the inhabitants of Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiya to defend their neighbourhoods.

Update:
A big group of people reached Deir Hafir today. The city lies on the way from other parts of Rojava to Aleppo. The road leading from Deir Hafir to Aleppo is controlled by the Turkish backed groups. The people in the Video march in the direction of the first checkpoint of these groups. The goal of their action is to reach Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiya and to break the siege on the neighbourhoods.

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Aldar Xelil, member of the Presidential Council of the Democratic Union Party (PYD)

The Epic of Resistance in Al-Ashrafiyah and Sheikh Maqsoud

In a time when certain groups, backed by regional and international powers, foremost among them Turkey, a NATO member, claim to have achieved a “victory” in the name of what they call the “Syrian State,” this claim is nothing but an illusion devoid of any moral or realistic value.

A regime that ruled Syria for decades collapsed in eight days due to the absence of the will to resist, while the two small neighborhoods of Al-Ashrafiyah and Sheikh Maqsoud resisted for six days and continue to resist relentlessly, despite being besieged from four sides since the fall of the regime. This alone proves that any so-called “victory” over such will is nothing but self-mockery.

This people has faced multiple forces, supporting states, and various types of weapons, alongside massive Turkish support through drones, yet it has not surrendered. Its free will is immortal, renewing itself across time and place, affirming that resistance is not a temporary event but a continuous path toward freedom.

What has been achieved is a true victory for the Internal Security Forces (Asayish) and for our people in Sheikh Maqsoud and Al-Ashrafiyah, and a victory for the martyrs Ziyad and Fiyan, whose legacy will remain a beacon on the path of struggle until the greater victory is realized.

Long live our people, mercy to the martyrs.
Victory is ours.

Deputy of the co-chair of the executive council of the Autonomous Administration Hesen Koçer:
- The attacks taking place were planned before
- The attacks were planned by Turkey
- With the attacks they want to make a massacre on the Kurds
- The international forces are involved in the attacks
- The media of the STG is reporting with hostility
- With these attacks they want to eradicate the society
- The current resistance is a sacred resistance
- The gangs attacking Aleppo now are those who attacked Siweyda and the Alawis
- All Kurdish people have to support the resistance in Aleppo

"We sensed something was planned"

Sîpan Hemo (SDF) about the negotiations in Damascus on January 4

"It was a very positive meeting, because both sides had agreed on the articles. Just as we were discussing these matters, an official from another state entered the room. He took the intelligence chief and the Minister of Defense aside and left. When they returned, they said, ‘Let’s leave it until the 7th or 8th of the month.’

It was clear that some kind of game was going to unfold. Shortly afterward, the language of threats against Sheikh Maqsoud intensified. Naturally, the Sheikh Maqsoud Neighborhood Council decided to resist.

The press also knows well that the attack on Sheikh Maqsoud was not reported by Syrian media, but by foreign media, and we followed it that way. On the same day, officials from certain states were in Damascus and sent the message that they were standing by them. With this backing, they declared war against Sheikh Maqsoud.”

From Iran to Rojava: Jin, Jîyan, Azadî!

For 16 days the people of Iran are rising up. The protests spread to 186 cities. In fear of losing their power the Iranian regime shut down the internet and violently tries to suppress the protests, killing at hundreds and arresting thousands. Nevertheless the protest are continuing under the vanguardship of women. The Kurdish party PJAK declared that "We believe that the democratic protests will bring results for the Iranian people and that the day of freedom will rise on this land."

At the same time in Syria the people of Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiya fought a war against islamist gangs equipped by Turkey. Their enemy was nothing different than the continuation of ISIS in a new form. The line of women's freedom was expressed by fighters like Denîz Efrîn, who resisted 3 days in her position against hundreds of attackers. She became an example as a free woman.

From East-Kurdistan and Iran to Sheikh Maqsoud and Rojava: The women's revolution will be victorious!

SDF warns about fake narratives as reason to invade North- and East Syria

"Warning against attempts to mislead and drag the region towards escalation

Our forces are monitoring the misleading statements issued by the Damascus government's Ministry of Defence regarding the situation on the ground in the vicinity of Maskanah and Deir Hafer. We confirm that there have been no military movements or mobilisations by our forces in the aforementioned areas and that all allegations circulating are completely unfounded.
On the contrary, the movements on the ground are mainly attributable to the Damascus government factions themselves.

The repetition of these allegations by the Ministry of Defence for the second time constitutes an attempt to create tension and provide pretexts for escalation, and we hold those behind it fully responsible for any possible repercussions.

We warn against continuing this inflammatory approach and affirm our commitment to the option of de-escalation, while reserving our legitimate right to take whatever measures are necessary to defend the region and protect civilians."

Syrian Democratic Forces Media Centre
12 January 2026