Hawar News Agency Center’s Daily 7-12-2021

- The people of Qamishlo and Tel Koçer march in commemoration and remembrance of the July 14 resistance and its martyrs (photos and videos are attached).

- Civil society organizations in Raqqa make a statement condemning the United Nations decision to continue closing the crossings in northeastern Syria while the Bab al-Hawa crossing in Idlib opens. The statement will be read in front of the civil society organizations building in Raqqa at 12:00 (attached with photos and videos).

- the Turkish occupation shelling on the villages inhabited by civilians in the countryside of Zarkan district caused great damage to their properties; they confirm that they will remain in their villages and resist the occupation. (photos and video attached).

- The writer and political researcher Sarkis suggested the decision to keep the Tel Koçer/Al Yaroubiya crossing closed for several reasons, most notably the lack of an actual settlement between the conflicting forces in Syria, and he did not rule out that the region would suffer a new setback. (photos and video attached).

- Hamdan al-Abed stressed that continuing to open Bab al-Hawa crossing while closing Tal Koçer crossing is evidence of international duplicity and understandings between Turkey, Russia and America, and added, "The Syrians did not and will not benefit from Bab al-Hawa crossing because it is under the control of mercenary groups backed by Turkey." (photos and video attached).

Kurdistan

Turkey is seeking to close and ban the HDP, in an attempt that many see as consistent with Turkey's "political genocide" efforts against the Kurds, but the popular attitude towards this policy in Bakur Kurdistan and Turkey may be an important factor in the success and failure of Turkish attempts. (photos and video attached).