Israeli forces set up checkpoint and restrict movement of passers-by in Daraa countryside Damascus denies deporting 700,000 Syrians from Germany and outlines talks with Berlin Ruken Ahmed: Building democratic Syria Requires abandoning policies of exclusion Jwan Eiso calls for accelerating return of Serêkaniyê IDPs Hasakah students: Kurdish language is essential part of our identity German prosecutors charge 4 Iraqis with membership in ISIS Depreciation of Turkish Lira to its lowest level Syrian Ministry of Higher Education delegation visits Kobanê University Israel releases young man from rural Quneitra after more than 16 months in detention Abdullah Öcalan: main goal is to build democratic society Hasakah meeting discusses lawyers' integration, outstanding cases Mazloum Abdi's message on Kurdish-language education Kongra Star calls for Kurdish-language education Besê Hozat: No democratic integration without changing Damascus’s centralist approach