Dear comrades,

We bring our self critic for the misguiding and unclear way we expressed in our last update about constitutional rights. To make it clear: The new Syrian constitution don't explicitly recognize Kurdish rights, but it acknowledge the diversity of Syria. The formal recognition of Kurdish rights is included in a presidential decree that was issued after the negotiations held between SDF and the transitional government. Thanks to comrades that pointed that out and helped to be more clear and precise! 🖤

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We also want to emphasize this statement from the general command of YPJ issued last month:

# KURDISH WOMEN ENSURE A FREE KURDISTAN

Kurdish women struggle to protect the rights of their people. They resist and pay a heavy price for the unity and cohesion of Kurdistan. In their fight for rights and justice, women play a leading role through great sacrifices. Therefore, respecting revolutionary women is a human and moral standard. Through their struggle, Kurdish women break the chains of occupation and reject divisive policies. For this reason, occupying forces target women throughout Kurdistan. Nevertheless, Kurdish women continue their struggle with strong determination and firm belief.
As the Women’s Protection Units (YPJ), we respectfully remember the Peshmerga fighters Ghazal Mulan, Nada Miri, and Samira Al-Ayari, and we affirm that the sound of Kurdish women’s rifles calls only for the freedom of women and the Kurdish people.
Women bravely resist the ruling mentality. We strongly condemn the attacks carried out by the Iranian state on Peshmerga bases in Komala in Eastern Kurdistan. As the Women’s Protection Units (YPJ), we affirm that the martyrdom of the three Peshmerga—Nada, Samira, and Ghazal—is a great and painful loss, not only for their families and organizations, but also for us, the people of Kurdistan, and all freedom-loving forces.
We particularly emphasize that attacks on women Peshmerga fighters are not merely military assaults, but political attempts to destroy the role of women in the struggle for freedom. These attacks aim to marginalize women’s voices and exclude their presence in political, military, and social spheres. However, as Kurdish women, we will continue our struggle for freedom with unwavering determination and strong faith, and we will not retreat even an inch.
Regardless of the reasons, we consider it unacceptable that hospitals in the Kurdistan Region refused to receive the body of Ghazal Mulan, and that the mosque remained open for religious purposes after her martyrdom. We call for an urgent investigation into this incident by the relevant authorities. Ghazal, who was seriously injured, could have been saved. This situation was psychologically and humanly difficult for all of us, as women and as the Kurdish people.
As a Kurdish woman, Ghazal chose to defend her land and homeland and fulfilled her national duty. In contrast, no political party should prioritize partisan interests over social and national interests, and all must respect the struggle of Kurdish women for the freedom of the country.
At a time when the Kurdish people are under attack from all sides, we must support one another regardless of differences among Kurdish organizations and parties.
We call on all political, social, and military forces in Kurdistan to unite in the face of these attacks and to strengthen national unity. Under such circumstances, the only way to protect the achievements of the people and the martyrs is through cooperation and unity. Any division will only increase the number of enemies.
We extend our sincere condolences to the family of Ghazal Mulan, her comrades in struggle, and the Kurdish people as a whole. Kurdish women have always fought for the freedom of their people with courage, selflessness, and leadership. Respecting women’s struggle is a human duty.
This is a global cause. We once again salute all women who love their homeland and struggle for freedom, represented in the martyr Ghazal Mulan, and we believe that a free and secure future will be ensured under the leadership of women.

General Command of the Women’s Protection Units (YPJ)
20.04.2026

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#Syria #NES #SDF #DAANES #AANES #SNA #SDF #PYD #YPJ #YPG #HTS #Rojava #Kurdistan #Revolution #DefendRojava #Anarchy #Anarchism #Comrades #Internationalism #AbdullahOcalan #Öcalan #PKK #WomenLifeFreedom #TekosinaAnarsist

"Ohne den gesellschaftlichen Abstieg der Frau zu untersuchen, kann man die grundlegenden Besonderheiten in der Kultur des Patriarchats nicht verstehen, kann auch die Institution Staat nicht verstehen. Man kann dann die Kultur von Krieg und Macht nicht richtig definieren. Ich gehe deshalb so intensiv auf dieses Thema ein, um wirkliche Klarheit über die grauenhaften " göttlichen Persönlichkeiten ", und alle Arten von Ausgrenzung, Ausbeutung und Massakern zu erlangen, die infolge der späteren Herausbildung von Klassen entstanden. Der Paradigmenwechsel, die politische Macht und der Staat, diesen Fluch der Menschheit, als heilig zu betrachten, bedeutet die schmutzigste Konterrevolution in der Geschichte der Menschheit."

Abdullah Öcalan - Jenseits von Staat, Macht und Gewalt

(Inspirierende Person, die half, der Rojavarevolution den Weg zu bereiten. Sitzt seit Ewigkeiten als "Terrorist" in Isolationshaft in einem Gefängnis der Türkei. )

#anarchie #öcalan #antikapitalismus #feminismus

Tausende fordern in Amed rechtliche Garantien für neuen Friedensprozess

Mit einer Großdemonstration in Amed hat die DEM-Partei rechtliche Schritte für einen neuen Friedensprozess gefordert. Tausende Menschen verlangten Garantien für Verhandlungen, ein Ende des Treuhänderregimes und neue Bedingungen für Abdullah Öcalan.

https://deutsch.anf-news.com/kurdistan/tausende-fordern-in-amed-rechtliche-garantien-fur-neuen-friedensprozess-51620

#Amed #Bakur #Kurdistan #Friedensprozess #Türkei #Öcalan

SDG Commander Mazloum #Abdi Says #Ankara Visit in Preparation, Meeting with #Öcalan Also Possible

#Kurds #Syria #Turkey

https://www.thelevantfiles.org/2026/05/sdg-commander-mazloum-abdi-says-ankara.html

Monthly higlights

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# YPJ CAMPAIGN

A campaign under the slogan "We are all YPJ" has been started and is gaining attention both nationally and internationally. The women's movement and organizations of Rojava started this campaign the 26th of April with the aim to have YPJ be part of the integration process.
As we have mentioned before, the role of YPJ and NES's women's organizations more generally, is and will continue to be a stickling point in the negotiations because women's struggle is a foundation of the revolution while at the same time al-Sharaa with his islamic fundamentalist ideology does not want to legitimize women's power and rightful place in society.

# UNREST AND REPRESSION UNDER STG

- Amid increasing living costs, protests took place in different cities of Syria, including Damascus. Prices of oil and gas are being raised by the government, reaching prices impossible to pay for most of the population. The government recently issued a decree announcing that every demonstration has to be approved by the government beforehand or it will be considered illegal.

- Following some clashes in Homs where a government soldier was killed by an Alawite man, a wave of attacks and raids against Alawite population once again took place in that region, not as big as before but still inflaming ethnic tensions and conflicts.

- In Haseke, after government forces removed the sign in Kurdish and arabic to change it for one in arabic and english, a wave of protests erupted around the building, removing the new sign and demanding the one that included kurdish language to be put back.

- In Idlib, a brigade of Uzbek radical islamists clashed with government forces after some of their members were arrested. This is the second incident involving foreign fighters in Idlib after in October some French islamist groups also clashed with government forces on the outskirts of their training camp close to the Turkish border.

# MIT AIDING ARAB TRIBAL FORCES

Reports are circulating about alleged meetings between MIT (Turkish intelligence) and some tribal leaders, to negotiate and build groups able to carry out attacks and killings in kurdish majority areas of north east Syria. Allegedly, MIT is providing weapons, training and funding to some men connected to what has been presented as "tribal armies", building an underground network able to carry out insurgent attacks on Kurdish regions. Those groups may be able to count with tacit government support while allowing government forces to deny any official links, building on tactics of paramilitary counter-guerrilla that the Turkish State has been using for decades against the kurdish movement.

# LARGEST CONVOY OF RETURNEES TO AFRIN

A fifth convoy of Afrin refugees departed from Haseke on May 10th, comprising an estimated 1,600 families of Kurds, who were forced to leave their homes in 2018 following the Olive Branch military operation. This has been the largest so far, bigger than the forth one that traveled on early May with around 1,000 families.
The first of these convoys went to Afrin on March 9, and consisted of around 400 displaced families. A second group of around 200 families arrived on April 4, followed by a third convoy of approximately 800 families that reached Afrin on April 14. So in total we are counting around 4000 families that returned to Afrin, even if the conditions there are still unclear as the influence of the Turkish state and its armed groups, comprised of former SNA, still have a heavy presence in the region.

# RESHUFFLING POWER POSITIONS ON SYRIA'S GOVERNMENT

Ahmad al‑Sharaa issued a series of presidential decrees introducing new appointments to senior positions within the Presidency and several ministries.
Under the decrees, Abdulrahman Badr al‑Din al‑A‘ma was appointed Secretary-General of the Presidency, replacing Maher al‑Sharaa, the brother of the president. Khaled Fawaz Zaarour succeeded Hamza Mustafa as Minister of Information. In the Agriculture Ministry, Bassel Hafez al‑Suweidan was named minister, replacing Amjad Badr.
The decrees further appointed new governors in several governorates; Ghassan Elias al‑Sayyed Ahmad as Governor of Quneitra, replacing Ahmad al‑Dalati, Murhaf Khaled al‑Naasan as Governor of Homs, Ahmad Ali Mustafa as Governor of Latakia, Ziyad Fawaz al‑Ayesh was appointed Governor of Deir ez‑Zor.

# STALLING OF PEACE PROCESS IN BAKUR

In recent declarations, leaders of the apoist movement stated that the peace initiative with Turkey has been effectively "frozen", since Ankara has failed to implement the necessary legal and political reforms to advance the process.
The Apoist Movement leadership also held a press conference marking the first anniversary of the PKK’s dissolution congress, were they evaluated the achievements of the Kurdish liberation movement. They remarked that the dissolution of PKK should be understood as a new beginning for the Kurdish liberation movement, opening space for political and democratic developments.

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# EVALUATION

In the last month we saw how the war tensions between US and Israel against Iran continue to cast their shadow over the whole Middle East. Western powers formalize their ties with the Syrian government, and today (May 11th) Syria and the EU will hold the first high-level political talks since the fall of the Assad regime. It is expected that the talks will focus on establishing a political framework for the relations between the EU and Syria and to assess EU support for economical recovery and political transition.

The project of the Autonomous Administration of NES as an official institution is ending, as talks about integration into the Syrian State are becoming the everyday life in NES. The revolutionary movement is working to defend the values and achievements of the revolution as the formal institutions dissolve, but the communes and the grassroots movement continue on its path. Many people ARE sad about those loses, but at the same time very aware of the reasons behind it.

The decisions of SDF and the DAANES prevented a bloodbath, and everyone on the ground is very aware of that. The lives of the people of NES were put in front of any political agenda, allowing for a relative peace and calm on the ground. The political and military bodies of NES maneuvered in the best way possible to avoid any massacres or long bloody battles. As prisoners exchange go on, families celebrate that their sons and daughters come back home, knowing that in other conditions they wouldn't be able to see them ever again.

At the same time, important political achievements have been reached for Kurds in Syria, with their rights formally recognized in the constitution and official decrees. That brings some hopes for political struggle instead of simply continuation of war, but everyone is aware that those agreements mean nothing if people are not organized and ready to fight when the state tries to walk back on any of those achievements. The means of self-defense have also been somewhat preserved, making sure that SDF didn't end up surrendering or simply giving up weapons.

Today is clear that al-Sharaa is a good strategist. He used his cards very well to achieve the central position he wanted. He is a pragmatist with no problems to compromise the ideological lines of his organization in order to strengthen his own grip on Syrian State power. How much he will try to return to his Islamist roots as he consolidates power, how much he will simply embrace western capitalist politics and play the role of responsible head of state for western powers is something that will become more clear in time to come.

Revolutionary greetings 🖤

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#Syria #NES #SDF #DAANES #AANES #SNA #SDF #PYD #YPJ #YPG #HTS #Rojava #Kurdistan #Revolution #DefendRojava #Anarchy #Anarchism #Comrades #Internationalism #AbdullahOcalan #Öcalan #PKK #WomenLifeFreedom #TekosinaAnarsist

From #Execution Calls to #Peace Talks: #Bahçeli’s #Öcalan Proposal Stuns #Ankara

#Turkey #Kurds #Peace

https://www.thelevantfiles.org/2026/05/from-execution-calls-to-peace-talks.html

Presentación del libro 'La civilización democrática. Una Solución a la Crisis de Civilización en Oriente Medio' de #AbdullahÖcalan

En el cuarto volumen de su 'Manifiesto por una civilización democrática', #Öcalan sugiere que la clave para superar la actual crisis global se encuentra en los orígenes de la civilización central.

📅 Martes, 5 de mayo
🕖 19:00 h
📍 Librería Suburbia - Calle de Anna Bernal, 4 #Málaga

Sobre el libro: https://descontrol.cat/portfolio/la-civilizacion-democratica/

Us leftie technologists have been talking about decentralization for a very long time. But it's obvious from a lot of experiments in decentralization that decentralization requires coordination, otherwise it turns into a nightmare of libertarian sovereign citizen.

See Lebanon's waste management problem across its 1000+ municipalities, for a glowing example of how decentralization without coordination fails miserably.

Of course, countless thinkers from Abdullah Öcalan to Murray Bookchin to Stafford Beer talked about levels of coordination among decentralized actors, giving it various names.

But could we make sure that every time we talk about decentralization, we always include coordination?

Could coordinated decentralization become our new term for decentralization?

#Ocalan #Bookchin #cybernetics #SocialEcology

@wauz aber erst vor kurzem durch diese #öcalan sachen, oder dachte das wwr ein deal. Oder wo hast du her, dass sich die pkk aufgelöst weil die rätestrukturen so geil sind dass es grund zu Selbstauflösung wurde?

Selbstverwaltung wird ja schon lange behauptet dass es da gemacht werden würde. Auch zu #pkk zeiten

Irgwlendwie hab ich noch nie einen glaubwürdigen vortrag/film über #rojava gesehen wo mal klar wird wie da wirklich alles geregelt wird. Und sieht auch nie geil aus tbh @carlamelee