Hawar News Agency Plan – October 14, 2026

- Women in the city of Derbasiyah stressed that the mother tongue is a fundamental pillar of peoples’ identity, existence and culture. They emphasized the need to guarantee the Kurdish people’s right to receive education in their mother tongue in schools, preserve the language and pass it on to future generations. (Photos and video attached)

- The implementation of the laws and decisions issued by Syria’s transitional government to combat hate speech and incitement and protect civil peace remains in question, as divisive rhetoric and inflammatory content persist. This raises concerns about the effectiveness of accountability and whether the measures will be enforced without exception. (Photos and video attached)

- As pomegranates ripen in the Afrin region, families in its villages are reviving a longstanding traditional practice: making pomegranate molasses by hand using traditional methods. From picking and pressing the fruit to boiling the juice for hours, the process becomes a social ritual that brings family members together while providing a winter staple for local households. (Photos and video attached)

- With limited resources of their own, residents of the village of Rabea’t Gharbi have launched an initiative to clean and repair their damaged school, which serves 170 students. They hope to reopen it at the start of the school year after rehabilitation efforts stalled, despite the integration of Hasakah’s education sector into the institutions of Syria’s transitional government. (Photos and video attached)

- The Council of Martyrs’ Families will hold an absentee memorial ceremony for 26 martyrs, including men and women from the People's Defense Forces (HPG) and the Free Women's Units–Star (YJA Star), who were martyred during the years of struggle of the Kurdistan Freedom Movement. The ceremony will take place at Haytham Kajo Stadium in Qamishlo at 10:00 a.m. (Photos and video attached)