-At least 85,000 displaced individuals from Aleppo and environs have reached North and East Syria (NES), as the DAANES estimates that IDP numbers will soon reach 120,000
–IDPs arriving in Tabqa tell of verbal abuse, property theft, kidnapping, physical violence from the SNA while on the road out of Shehba, with many travelling for days on foot.
–Thousands sleeping outside in freezing conditions, multiple deaths reported, urgent need for shelter and other humanitarian relief.
“The situation is terrible, the people are all outside, it’s freezing. You can’t imagine what these people are going through. The people are all in the street, mostly without a house. Supplies have come, but the numbers of people are such that things don’t reach everyone, such as a blanket to sleep with at night.” – Nuda, Afrin IDP
—Meanwhile, many families from Shehba have been unable to reach safety, with numerous reports of SNA attacks on civilians seeking to flee. A convoy of 50 buses that set out from NES to collect IDPs from Shehba was blocked on the road by the SNA. Souad Hasso, from the Syrian Yazidi Union, told RIC that concern was mounting for the 450 Yazidi families who lived in Shehba prior to the SNA’s ongoing attack, particularly given the SNA’s track record of atrocities against Yazidis:
-Grave risk of imminent Turkish-backed assault against DAANES-governed Manbij, with multi-ethnic population of c.300K, creating further destabilization.
-Aleppo city’s Kurdish neighbourhoods, Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyeh, remain calm with no fighting reported today, while still encircled by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham.
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Kurdish Forces Occupy Deir Ezzor Under Deal With Syrian Army (Videos)
South Front (https://southfront.press/kurdish-forces-enter-deir-ezzor-under-deal-with-syrian-army-videos/) The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), entered on December 6 government-held areas in the eastern Syrian governorate of Deir Ezzor under a deal with the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) to ‘prevent ISIS expansion’ as militants led by al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) continued to advance in the north and center of the country.
SDF has seized the west bank of the Euphrates to prevent an ISIS takeover. Deir ez-zor, Mayadin and Al-Bukamal (all west of the Euphrates) are now under SDF control:
🟣 – Purple: territory recently captured by the SDF
Clashes between the SDF and the SNA took place west of the Euphrates on the night of December 4 to Thursday, December 5. Several sources speak of advances and territorial gains for the SDF.
The area lies south of the Minbic region. In recent days, both Turkish media and the SNA have announced their intention to advance on Minbic. The first attempts were successfully repelled in the last few days.
In addition to Minbic, the symbolic town of Kobane, which is close to the border, could also be in Turkey’s sights.
No one will leave the field without a fight
It is not only in the Euphrates region that the Turkish state attacks the Self-Administration on a daily basis. On December 4, an Arab youth, Ebdullah Elî El Ehmed, and a Kurdish youth, Enas Temam Mihemed, were killed in a drone strike in the small town of Dêrik in the east of the Self-Administration.
International anarchist and leftist groups rally behind the Syrian Democratic Forces as Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and Turkish-backed factions escalate their offensives, deepening the region’s humanitarian crisis..
This conflict, characterised by widespread displacement and suffering, has increased instability in the region and drawn international condemnation.
The Syrian conflict has escalated as Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), alongside Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) forces, launched a major offensive in northern Syria, seizing parts of Aleppo and deepening the humanitarian crisis.
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have mobilised reinforcements to protect key areas, particularly Kurdish neighbourhoods in Aleppo and refugee camps in the Shahba region.
The offensive, coordinated between HTS and SNA forces, comes amid wider regional instability.
The International League of Peoples’ Struggle and the anarchist group Tekoşina Anarşist (Anarchist Struggle) have expressed strong support for the SDF.
– Around 75K IDP refugees so far displaced from Aleppo and environs into North and East Syria. Up to 100,000 still trapped in now occupied Shehba at the mercy of rampaging Turkish directed SNA jihadi mercenaries
– Grave risk of imminent Turkish-backed assault against DAANES-governed Manbij, with multi-ethnic population of c.300K, creating further destabilization.
– Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyeh neighborhoods remain under a state of siege by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, as violence targets Yezidis and Kurds attempting to flee Islamist forces.
– C. 75,000 people displaced from Aleppo and environs into North and East Syria, primarily Kurds alongside other minorities, as well as Arabs (OCHA: 10K family groups; DAANES: 75-100K individuals; MEE; 120K individuals).
– Thousands slept outside across the past two nights in freezing temperatures, with at least three deaths of elderly people reported by RIC sources.
– Tens of thousands have been transferred out of Shehba/Tel Rifaat region, seized two days ago by the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army militias which previously drove the bulk of the Kurdish population and all Yazidis and Christians out of the Afrin region in 2018.
– Thousands more Arab IDPs have arrived fleeing generalized violence across north-west Syria
– Two reception centers have been set up in Raqqa and Tabqa. In addition to the temporary camps, schools and gymnasiums have been prepared to host IDPs.
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– Dozens arrived with injuries from attacks by the Syrian National Army (SNA), as humanitarian organizations call on the international community to help.
Arrival of the first group of displaced people from Tell-Rifaat in Qamishlo, amidst a reception and invitations to welcome them
– Buses will be deployed from Tabqa to go back and retrieve any civilians who have not evacuated the Shehba region. He said the buses will be under protection to ensure the civilians can be transported safely.
– The Co-chair of Afrin and Shahba Council, Muhammad Sheikho, said: “The IDPs who have arrived have been sleeping outside for the past 48-72 hours.
There is no room for them, until shelter has been set up. Others have been unable to leave, and there’s no information from them, while others are stuck on the way here, as their cars have broken down.
All DAANES hospitals have been directed to offer care for free, but there remains an urgent need for medical support, particularly due to the extreme cold.”
Situation in Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyeh, isolated Kurdish neighborhoods
IDPs sheltering in Raqqa Stadium. Convoy now reaches Qamishlo
– Isolated Kurdish neighborhoods continue to suffer conditions of siege after remainder of Aleppo was captured by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS).
– Negotiations between the SDF/DAANES and surrounding HTS forces continue, with SDF representatives stating that locals will decide whether to leave or remain.
Violence against civilians
– DAANES officials warn of a grave risk of a Turkish assault against Manbij, a multi-ethnic city west of the Euphrates and home to 300,000+ individuals forming an integral part of the multi-ethnic DAANES model of governance.
-Attacks continued by the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army in the Euphrates canton of DAANES along the line of contact near Manbij and Kobane, with advances.
On Monday evening, the first of 150,ooo Afrin refugee IDPs , escaping a Turkish ordered Jihadi invasion from Tel Rifaat in Shahba region arrived in Tabqa and Raqqa through a humanitarian corridor secured by the multi-ethnic Rojava defense SDF.
Displaced Kurds sleeping in the open in the city of Tabqa, northern Syria – North Press
RAQQA, Syria (North Press) – After a grueling and perilous journey on a motorcycle, Shahdar finally reached the city of Tabqa in northern Syria, unsure of how he had survived. Upon arrival, he asked the locals waiting for displaced persons, “Where am I?”
Shahdar Osso, a dentist from the town of Tel Rifaat in northern Aleppo, fled alongside a convoy of displaced residents from Tel Rifaat and northern Aleppo, locally known as Shahba region, to the city of Tabqa after Turkish-backed opposition factions, took control of the area. Lost and disoriented, he recalls the arduous details of his escape on a motorcycle.
Sheikhmos Ahmed, head of the camps office of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES), tells North Press that an estimated 120,000 people are expected to flee from northern Aleppo to northeastern Syria.
“They will kill us all”
The displaced doctor recounts to North Press, “An hour before the Syrian National Army factions entered Tel Rifaat, we headed toward the al-Ahdath village.”
He described how, upon reaching al-Ahdath, “The factions surrounded us and demanded we head to Afrin. But the people refused—we were thousands in number.”
Returning to Afrin, he explains, “was equivalent to suicide. They would kill us all, as they had done to the residents of Nubl and Zahraa.”
Shahdar recalls the terrifying moment when they realized they were trapped. “As we approached al-Ahdath, I stood with three others and learned that we were encircled. The SNA factions behind us and al-Nusra Front militants ahead of us.”
December 2nd 2024- Turkiye’s jihadis s have conquered part of Tel Rifaat (Shahba,Syria) Rojava’s (PYD) said on X the area is “witnessing massacres” by the Jihadis. The SDF is trying to evacuate up to 180K Kurdish refugees
In a surprise move on 3oth November a large force of Kurdish SDF from Rojava crossed SAA territory and entered Aleppo in support of Syrian State forces and to defend the Kurdish neigbourhoods in Aleppo and the Shehba/Tel Rifaat enclave.
The Jihadi HTS and other Turkish funded forces seized most of Aleppo city of 2 million by default as the unprepared State forces fled..
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Thousands of Kurds, previously displaced from Afrin, are stuck in their cars and on roads while trying to leave the Shahba area of Aleppo province as Turkey-backed militants ramp up their attacks in a bid to take the area from Kurdish forces..RUDAW
‘The 100,000 strongSyrian_Democratic_Forces, SDF revolutionary coalition, (which ironically is still backed by the United States after being adopted to defeat ISIS ) rushed thousands of heavily armed fighters from its areas of control in Rojava, through the government-held territory of Deir Haif, to briefly occupy Aleppo International Airport, then to the Kurdish-held district of Sheikh Maqsoud in the city and even to the desperately threatened enclave of Tel Rifaat/Shehba by the Turkish border .
On Sunday a General Mobilisation was declared in Rojava amid heavier Turkish backed attacks
The daring breakout from Rojava by the autonomous SDF Rojava multi-ethnic coalition of militias could even led to military reconciliation with Damascus as Assad forces fled.
Disaster in Tel Rifaat as Turkey lets Jihadis swarm into enclave- SDF fighting back and begins massive evacuation of refugee IDPs
december 2nd -20.00- ‘The Turkish jihadi mercenaries have “conquered” part of the enclave of Tel Rifaat (Syria).
Tel Rifaat is a town and small enclave in the Shehba district which was left as a dumping ground for destitute refugees after Turkey’s invasion, ethnic cleansing and resettlement with its Islamic proxies of the nearby Afrin area.
Tel Rifaat is isolated and right beside the Turkish Invasion HQ in Azaz. /see map. It is defended precariously under shelling by the local YPG/J-SDF and has various IDF refugee camps like Shebha still holding up to 180 thousand Kurds from NATO/ Turkey’s invasion and ethnic cleansing of nearby Afrin, totally abandoned by the responsible international West.
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region 2/12/24- The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Monday said it is working with “relevant parties” in Syria to safely evacuate the people of the strategic town of Tal Rifaat in northern Aleppo province to northeast Syria (Rojava) amid intense attacks by Turkish-backed militants.“Our forces have bravely defended our people in Aleppo, Tal Rifaat, and the Shahba region. We are coordinating with all relevant parties in Syria to ensure the safety of our people and facilitate their evacuation from Tal Rifaat and Shahba to our secure regions in northeastern Syria,” said a statement from Mazloum Abdi, commander-in-chief of the SDF.While the Kurdish-led force is still in control of the Sheikh Maqsood and Ashrafiyeh neighborhoods in Aleppo city, its attempts to establish a corridor connecting Rojava with Aleppo and Tal Rifaat were “disrupted” by Turkish-backed militants, according to Abdi.- RUDAW
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Having looted and destroyed Afrin the Islamic militia’s have agitated for years for permission to attack the Kurdish refugees in Shehba/Tel Rifaat.
Thousands of women refugees joined a demonstration in Tel Rifaat town of the Shehba Canton on Sunday 10th Nov 2019 in protest at the Turkish state’s invasion and genocidal practices in northern Syria. 40% of the population of Efrin (Afrin) now survive in this semi no-man’s land, defended by the multi-ethnic SDF of AANES, after expulsion by the Turkish invasion, plantation and Turkification of their homes and properties
Finally on 28th Nov 2024 the Syrian State forces on the border fled. Next day Kurdish SDF forces arrived to attempt a defense of the refugees and begin evacuation. But the order had already been given.
On Sunday 1st December 2024, 20.00 hours we receive the first news that Tel Rifaat has been occupied by the Jihadis, amid serious fears for the safety of tens of thousands of Kurdish families via the fascist imperialist Turkish/NATO genocidal regime.
2022.. ASSORTED TURKISH PAID JIHADIS ARRIVED, HOPING TO ATTACK TEL RIFAAT
Previous attempt to invade Tel Rifaat in 2022. On the left Turkish kids confront Jihadis awaiting attack permission on the border. On right 58 meter long mass mural painting organised by revolutionary women in Shahba Camp.
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SDF reinforcements aim to hold back the jihadi/Al Qaeda offensive until the Damascus/Russian/ Irani counter offensive arrives.
video of huge Kurdish Rescue Convoy which crossed Syria to Aleppo
The aim of the Kurdish expedition is to protect the 2 Kurdish districts in Aleppo city from massacre by the Jihadi terrorists, as well as the people of the Tel Rifaat enclave, where
While the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and its Russian support withdrew from the entire front, Kurdish forces maintain it where they have a presence.
Not only that, but the SDF has created a corridor that has allowed them to contact the two Kurdish neighbourhoods of Aleppo.
The Kurds also occupied the Aleppo International Airport, which State forced had also fled from, possibly along with Russian troops.
The current situation is developing on several fronts:
Syria, Russia and Iran have already rushed to confront the Turkish and US (and probably Israeli) funded HTS/Al Qaeda warlord’s breakout from the Idlib statelet. The Rojava multi-ethnic SDF forces have also broken out and are confronting the Jihadis in Aleppo city and Tel Rifaat
Rebel factions successfully seized control of most of the city of Aleppo, Syria, on November 30, 2024, after intense clashes and fierce battles with Assad regime forces. (Photo by Rami Alsayed/NurPhoto) (Photo by Rami Alsayed / NurPhoto / NurPhoto via AFP)
The interplay of external forces mirrors broader trends of rivalry among major powers, increasing the likelihood of a large-scale conflict
In recent days, northern Syria has witnessed intense fighting, marking the most violent clashes since March 2020, when a ceasefire was brokered with the involvement of Russia and Turkey.
On the morning of November 27, anti-government groups launched an offensive in the Aleppo and Idlib provinces. According to reports, the operation involves Islamist factions, including Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a group banned in Russia, as well as armed opposition forces such as the US and Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army.
Infiltrators celebrate in Aleppo City as Clashes continue between government forces and the ex Al Qaeda armed group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in the provinces of Aleppo and Idlib, Syria, November 29, 2024
By the morning of November 28, opposition forces declared the capture of about a dozen settlements, including strategically significant areas such as Urm al-Sughra, Anjara, and Al-Houta, located west of Aleppo..
Additionally, they claimed to have seized the 46th Brigade Base, the largest military base of the Syrian army. Rebel sources reported capturing five tanks, an infantry fighting vehicle, and a stockpile of missiles.
On the same day, insurgents conducted a precision strike on a helicopter at the An-Nayrab airbase. Reports from Anadolu and CNN indicated that key positions, including Kafr Basma, Urum al-Kubra, and several strategic highlands, fell under rebel control.
On November 28, the group Al-Fateh al-Mubin announced the capture of Khan al-Assal, located just 7 kilometers from Aleppo, along with ten tanks.
The rebels claimed that panic and declining morale were spreading among President Bashar Assad’s forces.
Meanwhile, the offensive also advanced south and east of Idlib, a rebel stronghold since 2015. The rebels reported taking Dadikh and Kafr Batikh, and dozens of villages near the vital M5 highway.
Over the course of three days, militants reportedly captured at least 70 settlements, spanning approximately 400 square kilometers across both provinces.
By the evening of November 29, participants in the operation declared the capture of Aleppo, Syria’s second-largest city.
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