Ronahî: According to initial counts, a temporary weapons depot belonging to the Transitional Government Defence Ministry exploded on the Sermeda road, in the northern countryside of Idlib, near the Kamuna camp.

Ronahî: Fourteen people lost their life, twelve were injured, and several others remain missing. The total number of dead and injured is twenty six.

Kamîran: So a military depot inside a civilian area, and missing persons still being searched for. The number can still change.

Ronahî: Yes. At first, witnesses spoke only of several explosions around Sermeda, and local sources circulated unconfirmed reports that the cause might be an ammunition depot. The cause of the explosion has still not been officially clarified.

Kamîran: Yesterday we also discussed the Kurdish language in schools. Today the issue re-emerged on the streets of several towns.

Ronahî: On the twenty seventh of August the Transitional Government decided that Kurdish would be taught three periods a week alongside Arabic and English. Today in Hasaka, in Kobani and in Girke Lege students, families and teachers protested against this decision.

Ronahî: In Hasaka, at the Judi roundabout in the Kelase neighbourhood, participants held placards reading "Our language is ancient, our language is our freedom and our existence" and "Education in the Kurdish language is our right". They say the decision treats Kurdish as an optional subject.

Kamîran: What do three periods achieve – is it enough or not?

Ronahî: Hemrin Hesen, spokesperson of the Kurdish Language Institute, says three periods are not enough for students to learn Kurdish grammar and literature, and calls for the decision to be revised in line with the progress of the last fourteen years.

Ronahî: Luqman Guldivê, lecturer at the University of Rojava, also told us that specific policy and planning for the Kurdish language are needed, and urged families and students not to wait for the state. The reaction of Kurds in Lebanon is the same: they say the decision weakens the right to mother-tongue education.

Ronahî: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today visited the Jabal al-Sheikh summit on Syrian territory together with Defence Minister Israel Katz. He said Israel maintains control over the area from Jabal al-Sheikh to the Yarmouk river and described the situation as "absolute sovereignty".

Kamîran: And Damascus responded.

Ronahî: The Foreign Ministry of the Transitional Government condemned the visit, describing it as blackmail and a clear violation of sovereignty and territorial integrity. Both descriptions come from the parties themselves.

Ronahî: In the same days Israeli forces released three civilians from the provinces of Daraa and Quneitra after several months in detention. On the seventeenth of August four young people were detained at the entrance to the village of Abidin; two of them have been released and the fate of the other two remains unknown.

Kamîran: Moving from Syria to Turkey – an August report places stark figures on the table.

Ronahî: The We Will Stop Femicide Platform released its August report. According to the report, twenty two women lost their life at the hands of men during August, and fourteen women were found dead under suspicious circumstances.

Ronahî: The report notes that the absence of official and systematic data prevents the true scale of the threat to women’s right to life from being seen – meaning even these figures are incomplete.

Kamîran: This also means that any official figure we hear could be lower than the reality.

Ronahî: Two economic crises are unfolding together in Hasaka. The Fuel Directorate stated that the Transitional Government has decided to cut service diesel to Hasaka province, and the diesel shortage is worsening.

Kamîran: And in the same town health workers are also waiting for their salaries.

Ronahî: Yes. Doctors, nurses, administrative staff and anaesthetists held an action in front of the National Hospital of Hasaka. They say they have not been paid for three months since they were attached to the Ministry of Health.

Kamîran: We close with two items from the fields of education and culture.

Ronahî: A delegation from Kobani University met the administration of Salahaddin University in Erbil. Both sides signed an academic cooperation agreement to develop scientific links and exchange education.

Ronahî: Also in Kobani, at the Baqi Khido Centre for Culture and Art, the seventh Fine Arts Exhibition opened with fifty works by seventeen artists; the works focus on Kurdish history.

Kamîran: Two items from the same town – one on knowledge, one on memory and art.