Hawar News Agency Plan 16/5/2026

Women in the city of Çil Axa affirmed that the freedom of leader Abdullah Ocalan represents an essential step toward achieving security and peace in the region, stressing that his ideas and philosophy have played a significant role in promoting coexistence and defending the rights of peoples and women amid the challenges and crises facing the region (photos and video attached).

Residents of five villages in the southern countryside of Çil Axa expressed their dissatisfaction with the Public Security forces affiliated with the interim Syrian government, stationed in the village of Al-Safa, for preventing electricity maintenance teams from repairing a damaged power line supplying their villages, despite improvements in electricity services across most areas of the city  and its countryside. They called for urgent intervention to restore electricity and ease their daily suffering (photos and video attached).

The suffering of residents in the camp for displaced people from Serêkaniyê continues with the arrival of summer, as the displaced complain about difficulties in securing water, electricity, and healthcare. Women in the camp confirmed that psychological and living pressures are worsening day by day, stressing that their only hope lies in returning to their city and living safely away from the harsh conditions of displacement (photos and video attached).

Students and families of students stressed the necessity of guaranteeing recognition of the Kurdish language in the Syrian constitution, noting that the Kurdish language represents their identity and existence (photos and video attached).

Families from the city of Al-Darbasiyah appealed to the concerned authorities and human rights organizations to reveal the fate of their missing and captive sons, amid conflicting reports regarding martyrdom or captivity, and demanded their return to their families (photos and video attached).

The Director of Education in Hasakah, Adnan Bari, revealed that the process of integrating the education sector is proceeding on two tracks — administrative and educational — confirming that the Directorate has become the sole reference authority in the governorate, and that the integration of educational complexes is nearly complete in preparation for moving toward unifying curricula mechanisms and languages at the beginning of the next academic year (photos attached).

An incident that occurred in the city of Homs has reopened the issue of the safety of water networks in residential neighborhoods and highlighted the need to move from emergency responses toward a sustainable preventive approach. Between immediate repairs and health reassurances, the deeper challenges remain linked to the resilience of infrastructure and the level of public awareness in dealing with a vital resource that cannot tolerate mistakes (photos attached).

Kongra Star, in coordination with the Women’s Council in Democratic Islam and Women's Protection Units, is organizing a dialogue seminar in support of the Women’s Protection Units under the slogan “YPJ Represents Us” at 10:00 at Mashwar Café (photos and video attached).

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