'Since 2017, following the liberation of Raqqa, [Department of State] figures who observe and lead stabilization programming have intentionally avoided support for projects located in the northern, mostly Kurdish-majority areas,' a local NGO worker said.
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Two civilian infrastructure sites in northeast Syria that received USAID support — an oxygen bottling plant and a power station supplying the critical Alouk Water Station — were destroyed in Turkish drone strikes in December 2023 and January 2024.
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'Since 2017, following the liberation of Raqqa, [Department of State] figures who observe and lead stabilization programming have intentionally avoided support for projects located in the northern, mostly Kurdish-majority areas,' a local NGO worker said.
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USAID They are two of just a handful of USAID projects in Kurdish-majority regions. An NGO worker estimated that “around 90%” of US assistance to NES goes to Arab-majority areas like Raqqa and Deir Ezzor, despite serious and growing needs in Kurdish areas.

.USAID set up the oxygen plant at a different location in Qamishlo as part of its COVID-19 response. usaid.gov/syria/news/sep…

The Darbasiyah station (which supplies power to Alouk water station) was restored with USAID support after a fire in 2021. oig.usaid.gov/sites/default/…

In March, we visited a medical oxygen bottling plant in Qamishlo, which was bombed by Turkey in December 2023, and the Darbasiyah power station, which was bombed by Turkey in January 2024. Both remained non-operational.

Proud to present our first report from Kurdish Peace Institute’s Qamishlo office — we visited USAID-supported infrastructure sites destroyed in Turkish drone strikes to cover the impact of 🇹🇷 threats on much-needed assistance to Kurdish-majority border areas.
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NEW: Among the targets of Turkey's campaign of attacks on critical civilian infrastructure in northeast Syria were two facilities that received USAID support — an escalation for Turkey's policy of opposition to international assistance to Kurdish areas.
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Kurdish human rights defenders brought the story of the 'Woman, Life, Freedom' uprising and the Islamic Republic's brutal response to the world. Now, they're under threat. Gordyaen B.Jermayi 🕎☀️ reports on Iran's tactics of transnational repression.
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Today marks 109 years since the start of the #ArmenianGenocide . In this analysis, Nisan Alıcı explains how Turkey can move towards democratization and pluralism by confronting the legacy of these atrocities through a transitional justice lens. kurdishpeace.org/research/confl…

In my latest piece for Kurdish Peace Institute I explained how the Iranian regime targets Kurdish human rights defenders and activists across the world.
Methods and tactics are discussed with testimonies from different Kurdish activists with different backgrounds.

NEW: Gordyaen B.Jermayi 🕎☀️ documents the tactics of transnational repression that the Islamic Republic of Iran uses to target Kurdish human rights defenders across the globe, featuring firsthand testimonies from Kurdish activists under threat.

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🎙️Ceylan Akça: “It’s quite crucial for opposition forces to have some sort of control in local administrations, because local administrations allow them to directly build connection with local communities and come up with local solutions.”
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In Turkey's March 31 local elections, pro-Kurdish candidates won dozens of municipalities back from state-appointed trustees. Could this lead to a revitalization of Kurdish-led local peacebuilding? Read Nisan Alıcı and Abdullah Zeytun's analysis.

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Turkish and Iranian state policies in Kurdish regions create instability, economic inequality, and assimilation that drive many Kurds to work with those very states against collective Kurdish interests, argues Gordyaen B.Jermayi 🕎☀️ in this analysis. kurdishpeace.org/research/gover…

So honored to have published this informative analysis at Kurdish Peace Institute! Please check it out.

The results of the 31 March elections are therefore an opportunity not only to strengthen local democracy but also to re-establish these links in order to open up space for peacebuilding work in the Kurdish region.

We argued that Kurdish local governments played a key role in supporting Kurdish civil society's peace, justice and human rights work while the trustees worked to break the links between civil society and local governments and to dismantle all democratic participation structures.

We focused on three examples: the participation of victims in the Lice massacre case, the demolition of the Roboski monument, and the exclusion of pro-peace civil society from governance.

Before the 31 March elections, Abdullah Zeytun and I wrote this article for Kurdish Peace Institute discussing how the removal of Kurdish mayors and the appointment of trustees had affected dealing with the past and the peacebuilding scene in Diyarbakır. kurdishpeace.org/research/confl…