Hawar News Agency Plan – 13, 12,  2025

The co-chair of the General Council of the Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh neighborhoods, Nuri Sheikho, clarified that while the Autonomous Administration embodies national sentiment and the values of unity and humanity, the Transitional Government in Syria continues to impose its blockade on the Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh neighborhoods in Aleppo—a dangerous approach that contradicts the principles of national unity and completely departs from humanitarian values (photos and video attached).

Since last March, tensions have escalated in the Syrian coastal regions amid local and human rights testimonies about violations affecting civilians—women, children, and the elderly—while official bodies remain silent, increasing the fears of residents (photos attached).

The co-chair of the Relations Office in the Syrian Democratic Council (SDC) stated that the negotiations between the Autonomous Administration and the Transitional Government in Syria represent the most decisive opportunity. He stressed the importance of the participation of all components of the Syrian people in determining the country’s future, noting that the essence of the negotiation process—not the final deadline—is what will determine the course (photos and video attached).

Displaced people from Tel Abyad/Girê Spî expressed their commitment to their right to safely return to their city after the withdrawal of the Turkish occupation and its mercenaries, amid the harsh conditions they currently endure, especially with the onset of winter (photos and video attached).

Intensive efforts continue to resolve the Syrian crisis and begin the reconstruction phase, while debate grows over the nature of the future political system. As various parties compete over the structure of the coming governance model, a central question emerges: What democratic model can encompass the complexities of the Syrian social fabric and achieve stability, justice, and the aspirations of its people? (photos attached).

A decision to separate male and female students at “Al-Mutafawiqeen Second School” in Damascus—enforced through coercion and threats by an “influential official” in the Transitional Government’s Damascus Education Directorate—has sparked widespread anger among students and parents, threatening the future of more than 600 students and creating chaos and a decline in academic performance (photos attached).

Farmers in the Autonomous Administration regions of North and East Syria have begun planting their strategic crops, hoping that the current season will be more fruitful and compensate them for the losses of previous years (photos and video attached).

The Democratic Society Movement (TEV-DEM) in Jazira Canton is organizing the second conference of the Drivers’ Union under the slogan “Through organization and joint work, we move toward a safe and orderly future.” The event will take place in the city of Hasakah at 10:00 (photos and video attached).

The Syrian Democratic Council is organizing a celebration marking the 10th anniversary of its founding and the first anniversary of the fall of the former regime, honoring the joint struggle for freedom and building a democratic, pluralistic, decentralized Syria. The event will take place in Hasakah at 10:00 (photos and video attached).

Women lawyers of the Union of Lawyers in North and East Syria are holding a legal symposium titled “From Displacement to Dignity” at the union hall in the city of Hasakah at 10:00 (photos and video attached).

Residents of Raqqa Canton will hold the funeral for SDF fighter and martyr Rami Muhammad Khalaf, escorting him to his final resting place in the Martyrs’ Cemetery in the town of Al-Hukumiya at 11:00 (photos and video attached).

ANHA