"We're going to Rojava to defend every centimetre of the land of Kurdistan," the 58-year-old teacher said of the semi-autonomous Kurdish territory in northeast Syria. On Tuesday, around 20 buses left the city of Sulaimaniyah despite the wintry weather, after Kurdish forces urged their comrades in Syria and other countries to unite and join the "resistance". The Syrian army took control of Raqa and Deir Ezzor provinces in the north and northeast after the SDF withdrew, and has massed troops on the outskirts of Kurdish areas in Hasakeh province, where SDF fighters have now fallen back.
Published at: 2026-01-21 23:51:02
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