Kamîran: Yesterday we discussed the preparations for this return. Today the convoy set out.

Ronahî: Yes, the second convoy left the Ras al-Ayn camp in Hasaka this morning and a few hours ago reached around fifty-five villages in Ras al-Ayn, Zirgan and Tel Tamer. The convoy consisted of nearly seven hundred families, that is, nearly seven thousand people.

Ronahî: The first convoy, on the tenth of August, comprised around four hundred families. These families had left the villages since the ninth of October two thousand nineteen, after the Turkish army and the armed groups linked to it carried out their operation.

Kamîran: That means the number this time is almost double the previous convoy.

Ronahî: Correct. Mustafa Abdi, a member of the leadership team, said at the press conference that the logistical and security arrangements have been completed and stated that all displaced people will return and all roads will be opened. A delegation from the interim government and the Internal Security Forces also came to the camp.

Kamîran: Yet the promise of everyone’s return is still a political promise — beyond the figures of the two convoys, neither the timing nor the sequence of further returns has been announced.

Ronahî: Indeed, that information is not yet available.

Ronahî: Moving from the return to education: today is the second day of the new school year, and in Jazira discontent against the Ministry of Education’s decision continues. The decision, announced on the twenty-seventh of August, limits Kurdish-language classes to three hours per week.

Ronahî: In Kobani, at Azadi Women’s Square, Kongra Star issued a statement; the statement was read by Juri Temi and dozens of people were present. Kongra Star says education in the mother tongue is a fundamental and inalienable right.

Kamîran: And it is not only organisations — the students themselves have also come out.

Ronahî: In Qamishli, students and residents gathered with banners reading "We want our language" and "Kurdish must become an official language". In Derik, students at a city school say they will not go to school until Kurdish is accepted. In the Shiran district of Kobani, teachers, students and families also read statements in both Kurdish and Arabic.

Ronahî: On the administration’s side, Ilham Ahmed, co-chair of Foreign Affairs of the Autonomous Administration, says the new phase in Syria requires practical steps to protect the rights of students and teachers during the integration process of educational institutions.

Kamîran: So far we are only hearing discontent and appeals — no response from the Ministry of Education on changing the decision has been announced.

Ronahî: Correct.

Kamîran: Moving to Diyarbakır, where a name emerged after seven years.

Ronahî: Selçuk Mızraklı, the former mayor of the Greater City Municipality of Diyarbakır, was released from Edirne Prison after seven years. He was held in the same prison with Selahattin Demirtaş, the former co-chair of the HDP.

Ronahî: At the prison gate he was welcomed by Gülşah Kılıç Koçyiğit and Sezai Temelli, deputy chairs of the DEM Party Group, Ayşegül Doğan, the party spokesperson, and members of parliament and party officials.

Kamîran: And his first move was not a political meeting.

Ronahî: No — Mızraklı visited the grave of Sırrı Süreyya Önder.

Ronahî: In Hasaka the streets became the scene of daily protests. On Tuesday afternoon, at Peace Square, dozens of demonstrators gathered against the rise in fuel prices and the shortage of services, especially electricity.

Ronahî: Residents say the prices of food, fuel and basic services have risen rapidly and purchasing power has fallen. Along with that there is a sharp shortage of cash, a halt in commercial activity and disruption in bread supply.

Kamîran: These protests come after administrative authorities were reassigned to government institutions — so now who is responsible is also part of the question.

Ronahî: Yes, the demonstrators particularly want an increase in the hours of electricity supply.

Ronahî: The campaign "No to executions on Tuesdays" issued a statement in its one hundred and thirty-seventh week.

Ronahî: According to the statement, in the past seventeen days more than forty-five people have been executed in Rojhilat and Iran.

Kamîran: Forty-five people in less than three weeks — and this figure comes from the campaign, not from an official body.

Ronahî: Correct, the figure is limited to the campaign’s statement. It is also reported that Iran’s Supreme Court has approved the execution file of the political prisoner Alireza Sepahi.

Kamîran: And we close with a decision from outside that directly concerns Syria.

Ronahî: At its one hundred and sixty-sixth ministerial meeting, the Arab League Council decided to lift the sanctions on Syria — all political, economic and social sanctions.

Ronahî: But the decision does not apply to former state officials: the ban on their travel outside Syria remains in force and their assets are still registered.

Kamîran: So the lifting is general for the state, but not for individuals.