Kl 20,00 07|01|2013 Dengê kurd
Christian Brothers celebrations of New Year's Eve was limited to religious ceremonies only…
Christmas, the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ, and New Year's Eve has arrived once again for our
Christian Brothers in Western Kurdistan and throughout Syria. This year it comes under a time when people are living under terrible circumstances in Western Kurdistan and Syria, there is a siege imposed upon us by all parties.
Due to the harsh conditions currently experienced by the people of Syria, and the blockade imposed on Western Kurdistan, a dire economic situation has arisen. There is shortage of medicines, baby milk, bread, diesel, gasoline and so on. Because of the current situation and the hardship our people are facing there were no celebrations, there were no fireworks or people in the streets to welcome the coming of the New Year.
Kurdish Women And The New Year - 2012 was a year marked by struggle and sacrifices.
It has been an eventful year and the developments that were initiated at the beginning of the year are starting to reveal themselves to Kurdish people in Western Kurdistan. There has been significant progress on the level of organization of Kurdish women. Awareness has been raised thanks to educational- and women rehabilitation centers which have been organized by the Federation STAR, these centers have been inaugurated in all cities and Kurdish areas, informing women of their rights to be able to have an active role in community leadership and for the revolution to guarantee the legitimate rights of the Kurdish people.
Women in the cities confirmed that they as women have partaken in the struggle in a considerable way during 2012 and they have made great efforts for the development of the struggle of Kurdish women, doing everything they can to move forward and achieve their goals of freedom. In 2013 women will invest all of their energy to continue the struggle and resistance to guarantee the legitimate rights of the Kurdish people and to make sure that victory will be ours.
Kurdish – Arab brotherhood Council in Afrin: How can the Kurdistan Regional Government closes the border in our peoples’ face..
The closing of the border in the face of the Kurdish people in western Kurdistan by the Government of Southern Kurdistan (KRG) coincided with the blockade imposed by the Baathist government and the armed opposition in Syria on western Kurdistan, this has created a shortage of food, petroleum, and electricity, without which people cannot go on about their daily life. As a result to this The Kurdish - Arab Brotherhood Council issued a statement to the press about the closure of the border between the West and the South Kurdistan by the Kurdistan Regional Government.
The statement "on behalf of The Kurdish - Arab Brotherhood Council in Afrin protest the closure of the border and call the Kurdistan Regional Government to open it as soon as possible, we the people are struggling in a revolution to recover our dignity, we do not want subsidies, relief or assistance from anybody, we demand our legitimate rights. How does the regional government of Kurdistan impose this border closure in our face during this difficult period that our people is undergoing in the Western regions of Kurdistan?
It was an appeal directed to all relevant persons and we wished to stress, that there are no gains of power or anything else in the exploitation of the situation. We are the people and we rely on ourselves, we do not want anything but the legitimate right for us actively participate in the economic market through trade.
The statement mentioned "Now we are going through a stifling economic crisis that the Baathist government and the armed opposition groups are held responsible for. We see that the closure of the border in the region of Derek between western Kurdistan and Southern Kurdistan is wrong and we criticize it strongly because it cuts all our needs of medical supplies and foodstuffs such as milk, sugar and other essential supplies. The situation for the Kurdish people in western Kurdistan continue to deteriorate, especially in economic terms. It is the responsibility of the Kurdish people in South Kurdistan and its government to provide assistance in all respects to their brothers in Western Kurdistan and to open the border. We who welcomed and offered them help in all respects, both morally, material wise and even humanitarian during their war against the Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein when he attacked Southern Kurdistan.
The Residents of Sere Kaniye are blaming the Kurdistan Regional Government for the suffering that they are experiencing due to the closure of the boarders
The people of the city Sere Kaniye are in a difficult situation with no electrical power, gas being scarce and poor living conditions. Due to these circumstances they suffer great difficulties in securing the necessities of life. They stress the active role of the People's Council of the City of Sere Kaniye to provide them with the necessary materials available within their possible power. They are largely blaming the deteriorating living conditions on the South Kurdistan Regional Government and its decision to close its border to Western Kurdistan.
The closing of the border has meant that there is a general lack of food, medicine and other necessities in Western Kurdistan. It is only when you can provide food, medicine and other necessities of life in the western Kurdistan that the people can realize their goals as citizens Sere Kaniye is a city that is perhaps affected the worst by the blockade.
Fuel vendors on the pavements assert that the Free Syrian Army is the reason for the high cost of fuel
It was made clear by fuel vendors scattered on the pavements in the city of Derbassiye that the Free Syrian Army is behind the non-arrival of fuel to the western regions of Kurdistan, they are preventing all fuel trucks to enter the regions of Western Kurdistan, instead they confiscate them. The Free Syrian Army is selling fuel at high prices on the black market, people are forced to buy gasoline from the Free Syrian Army to price of 240 Syrian pounds per liter. This makes it considerably more expensive than the normal price 190 Syrian pounds per liter.
The Peoples Protection Units discovered a depot of diesel fuel in the Derik region and could only then deliver diesel to committees that responsible of distributing this to all furnaces and bakeries in the area. The distribution was made by the Service Commision of the Peoples Council and it was distributed among all peoples equally and without discriminating among; Kurds, Arabs and Christians. The crisis has affected all people of Syria and everyone will be helped.
Forestry Commission distributed firewood to Kurds in Afrin
As a result of the difficult living conditions experienced by the Kurdish areas under the siege by the Baathist regime and armed opposition groups that belongs to the free army, preventing the arrival of food and fuel to the Kurdish areas in the west of Kurdistan, and also the closure of the boarder by Kurdistan Regional Government with western Kurdistan and as a result of the winter period that is known to be very severe in Afrin. The Forestry and enviroment Commission in parts of Janderese and Shara area of Afrin distributed firewood to the citizens at nominal prices to eliminate the phenomenon of indiscriminate cutting of forests in the region. A delegation from the Kurdish Supreme Council visited the village "Jaman" in the area of Shara and met citizens and looked at their living conditions closely, assessed the situation and in turn thanked the Forestry Commission, which supervises the process of pruning the trees and distributing it to the Kurds.
Culture and arts center in the village of Halenj is a reference for children to learn of the Kurdish heritage
Within the activities undertaken by the Foundation for Culture and Art in the Kubani area, a centre of culture and art in the village Halnj has been opened which belongs to the city, it includes all artistic activities such as singing, dancing and playing musical instruments. These musical instruments include the Aude, violin, etc., the center has been very popular and parents and people of all age groups has showcased their talents.
Regional Government of Kurdistan is working on the fragmentation of Kurdistan, as it has extended barbed wire between the south and west of Kurdistan
Peshmerga forces are extending wire along the border between South and West Kurdistan, starting from the village of Al Waleed "Tause " to the waters of the Tigris river. This is to close every port point between southern and western Kurdistan
The Kurdish media sites linked to the Kurdistan Democratic Party have fabricated news that has been circulating around that the Kurdistan Regional Government has opened the borders of the south of Kurdistan and western Kurdistan. This is the first time in Kurdish history that a Kurdish authority is dividing the territory of Kurdistan by putting barbed wire cross it. Despite the bad relations between the Syrian Baathist regime and the Iraqi Baathist, they did not put any kind of barbed wire on that border.
Qamishlo...National Security "police" carries on with the protection of the city's markets
Enforcing democratic self-governing system, day after day we see the formation of more unions and institutions that manage the citizen issues and society in general.
As a result of the deteriorating security situation in Syria and western Kurdistan, the formation of several forces organized to protect the peoples in western Kurdistan from attacks from outside on one hand and on the other hand to control the security inside towns and villages, these police forces operate under the Kurdish Supreme Council which is guaranteeing the safety and security of citizens. The forces are also responsible for protection and civil security, safety on the markets and shoppers in the city, along with traffic patrols to regulate the flow of vehicle entries as well as the rapid intervention in the event of any emergency or any exposed robbery or looting of the shops banks and companies.
Despite the Siege.. The Kurds are inventing new machines from the intent time to continue in the life
As result of the siege imposed on the Kurdish region from all sides, the Kurdish people’s and the rest of the peoples situation in Western Kurdistan is getting worse as the electricity is in the city is on and off , fuel is not available and ration of materials and telecommunications and mobile phone networks and Internet networks are not available.
The citizens started replacing electricity bulbs with kerosene lanterns and candles and replaced diesel heaters and conditioners on gas with heaters that are working on firewood replaced devices to prepare the cooking devices that used to run on gas to "dried animal dung" and gasoline cooker. Instead of standing in queues for bread in front of furnaces or bakeries for dozens of hours in total darkness in the bitter cold they began to make a tandoor oven for every House to make the bread, and replacing cars with bicycles.
These are old equipment and probably unsafe to use but useful in this current difficult times and are available in the city of Qamishlo markets and all over western Kurdistan area. These are sold at lower prices instead of the usual ones or as an exchange of the other equipment that they had.
Qamishlo markets are witnessing the birth of these small factories that are manufacturing these machines.
The People's Councils, unisons and organizations of the democratic society movement which are working tirelessly in order to provide what can be secured and provided for the Kurdish people and all peoples of western Kurdistan.
The formation of the Teachers Federation in Gerke Lege town and in the surrounding villages of Alia region.
At the People’s Council’s house in Gerke Lage, a lengthy meeting was held by the teachers' union, in order to form a union for teachers particularly in Gerke Lage and surrounding villages of Alia region. After expanding their duties in the region, there was call for the need to form a Special Union under the authority of the General Union of the Teachers in western Kurdistan, where dozens of practical teachers and teachers of the Kurdish language attended the meeting.
The Police forces arrest a gang of robbers that were trying to rob commercial warehouses in Aleppo
Police forces arrested a number of members of a gang of 16 people in Alshqief neighborhood of Aleppo stealing from shops in the area.
Those groups were arrested after a few days of monitoring the complex, which included a number of auto parts exchange stores in the Alshqief area, Police forces managed to arrest six people from a gang of 16 people, including children, while trying to steal from one of the warehouses.
During the investigation done by the Police with gang members it appeared that the volume of the loot that was stolen was estimated to be around one million and a half Syrian Pounds.
The police forces confiscated the goods that were stolen and the investigation is still ongoing to arrest all the wanted people.