Hawar News Agency Plan – 19 October 2026

Community figures in Girkê Legê stressed the importance of raising community awareness and standing against attempts to incite discord among the region’s communities. They emphasized the need to protect the fraternal relations between Kurds and Arabs, maintain security and stability, and thwart schemes targeting the unity of Syrian society. (Photos and video attached.)

The issue of the return of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) fighters to Turkey has resurfaced within the framework of the Peace and Democratic Society Process, 16 years after the 2009 experience of the Peace Group in Habur. Against the backdrop of lessons from the past and the requirements of the current phase, legal guarantees stand out as a decisive factor in determining the course of their return and ensuring that the previous experience’s shortcomings are not repeated.

A political researcher warned of the dangers of recruiting Syrians for conflicts abroad, stressing that exploiting religion and memories of war deepens divisions and threatens social cohesion and the independence of national decision-making. He called for protecting national interests and rejecting sectarian incitement.

Administrative challenges and disparities in salaries and benefits have raised questions about job security among employees in Syria and how administrative changes are influencing some employees’ decisions to resign or retire. This comes amid the restructuring of government institutions and the need to retain accumulated expertise.

Journalist Arkeş Şengalî said that the Shengal administration emphasizes that military integration alone is insufficient and that comprehensive steps must also be taken at the political and administrative levels.

Tribal elders from the Sharabin tribe and elders of the village of al-Subayhiyah, in coordination with the Arar village council in the Girkê Legê countryside, will organize an equestrian festival in al-Subayhiyah village at 8:00 a.m. (Photos and video attached.)

The Mesopotamia Democratic Culture and Arts Movement will hold a memorial ceremony for its martyrs at the Martyr Delil Sarokhan Shrine at 5:00 p.m. (Photos and video attached.)

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