An official in the Water Directorate of Kobani, northern Syria, said on 5 June that building works of a water reservoir have finished on Mashtanour hill and would be connected to the water system within a week to feed about a thousand houses in the city.
This year, the good agriculture season and the good levels of rainfall in winter and spring, along with the growth of wild plants, contributed to enhancing the situation for beekeepers in Kobani, which might compensate them for the losses they incurred in the past two years.
Young Women’s Union of North and East Syria provides vocational courses such as first aid, sewing and computer courses to women in Deir ez-Zor.
During the last three months we had many reasons to celebrate in Jinwar.
In Kobanê Canton, women have started harvesting legumes such as wheat, barley and lentils. Having a strong connection to lands, women thus achieve their economic independence.
The “Damsal Greenhouse” project was launched in 2015 and covers a large part of the needs of the local market for vegetables, especially in winter.
Amara Library, one of the first cultural achievements of the Rojava Revolution, became a must for language and literature lovers with 15 thousand books written in different languages.
Members of the Make Rojava Green Again Campaign took part in a cleaning action in the city of Derik in North East Syria. They published the photo post below.
A communal legal system has been established in North and East Syria that focuses on conflict resolution through grassroots social mediation. While justice committees play an important part in the judicial work, the high number of IS prisoners and the lack of international support in dealing with them poses a serious test to Rojava’s legal system.
Women, who were displaced to Shahba Canton after the Turkish state occupied Afrin, earn a living with their skills due to rising prices caused by the embargo imposed by the Syrian government on Shahba Canton.
Since the occupation of Afrin in March 2018, the Turkish state has established a regime of looting and exploitation. Olive and olive products were the main source of income in the region before the invasion. With the Turkish invasion, Afrin’s olive groves have been plundered and have become a source of funding for militiamen from the Turkish-established mercenary “Syrian National Army” (SNA). The SNA militias loot the region’s olive production and bring it to the world market via Turkey.
Leyla Saruxan, co-chair of Hasakah’s Economy Committee for the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, talks about how drought and war seriously affect agriculture, “We will overcome this crisis by developing new projects.”
