Kamîran: Yesterday we spoke about the discontent, but today that discontent has spread across several cities. What happened?

Ronahî: Thousands of residents in four cities in the Jazira region — in Derik, Girke Lege, Chil Axa, and Tirbespi — took to the streets. They are protesting against the decision of the Syrian transitional government's Ministry of Education, which limits the number of Kurdish language lessons per week to just three.

Ronahî: In all four protests, a joint statement was read. Participants said they would not give up their right to education in their mother tongue.

Kamîran: And it is not only the public — political parties also raised their voices.

Ronahî: Yes. The Democratic Union Party's representation announced that it does not accept this decision. In Qamishli, parties and political forces also stated in writing that over twelve years of administration, the Kurdish people have seen education in their own language, and this decision violates their natural right.

Ronahî: Zuleikha Abde, a member of the Education Research Administration, said the decision is not in line with the thirteenth decree — the hope had been that the Kurdish language would become an official language in the region, but this decision does not meet the right to education in the mother tongue.

Kamîran: Ronahi, this is the other piece of news you mentioned that is grave — let's have the details.

Ronahî: According to the Syrian Human Rights Monitoring Centre, since the beginning of the year, two hundred forty-nine people have lost their life across Syria due to the explosion of war remnants.

Ronahî: Of these, ninety-two are children, nine are women, and one hundred forty-eight are men. In addition, three hundred eighty-eight people were also injured, many of whom were left with lasting disabilities.

Kamîran: Ninety-two children — that number is almost three tenths of the total for children.

Ronahî: Correct. The monitoring centre noted that two hundred twenty-eight people died in areas under the control of the transitional government, and another number in North and East Syria. These remnants are unexploded but still remain in the ground and in villages.

Ronahî: Kamiran, in the same region people are also on the streets for another reason — living conditions. In Qamishli, dozens of residents and shopkeepers today demanded a solution: regular electricity, the return of support, and improvement of livelihoods.

Ronahî: In the south-west of Derik, at Tel Adas which is nineteen kilometres away, protesters blocked oil tankers. They are protesting against the lifting of diesel support and the shortage of services.

Kamîran: So there are several points, but they all point to the same crisis.

Ronahî: Exactly — it is an accumulated economic and social crisis that encompasses electricity, diesel, and daily livelihood.

Kamîran: And education is not only a language issue — in some areas the schools themselves are not functioning.

Ronahî: Yes. In the Til Temir district, with the start of the 2026–2027 school year, one thousand five hundred students were left without education. The reason is the damage that attacks and shelling in recent years caused to the schools, especially those on the front line.

Ronahî: There is also another protest in the same district: farmers. Because the transitional government has not yet paid the money for the wheat they delivered to the silos, many farmers say that if the situation does not change, they will not plant wheat next season.

Kamîran: News that carries both pain and hope — the return of refugee families.

Ronahî: The first group of refugees from Serê Kaniyê is trying to return to their villages and land. But those who have settled in their homes blocked many and prevented them from entering the towns and villages.

Ronahî: Thousands of families have been living in camps for years under difficult conditions. They are demanding a safe return and the rebuilding of their homes before winter arrives.

Kamîran: Before winter — this shows how urgent it is.

Kamîran: We close with a topic whose anniversary falls this week.

Ronahî: With the approach of the fourth anniversary of the 'Woman, Life, Freedom' uprising, seventeen organisations and institutions for women's and human rights issued a statement. They described the uprising as a turning point and emphasised solidarity between women and different groups.

Ronahî: At the same time, in Iran, the Hana Human Rights Organisation reported that in the village of Kesnezan in the city of Saqqez, a woman named Nahid Kesnezani — forty-eight years old — was detained without a judicial order and beaten, and three other women were also punished.

Kamîran: So the message and the situation on the ground are still standing against each other.

Ronahî: Yes, this is exactly the contradiction that the statement is linked to.