Kamîran: Yesterday we talked about the actions for the Kurdish language. Today those actions have grown larger.

Ronahî: Yes. In Rimelan of Girke Lege, parents of students at a district school set up tents in front of the school building today. Their demand is that education be entirely in the Kurdish language and that the decision of the Ministry of Education of the interim government dated twenty-seventh of August be withdrawn.

Ronahî: That decision limits the teaching of Kurdish to three lessons per week. In Chilakha, students and their families also stated that learning in the mother tongue is a natural right and they reject this limitation.

Kamîran: So it is not only teachers; the parents themselves have also joined this.

Ronahî: True. The discussion is also being held at a higher level: in Til Hejar of Hasaka a panel was held on changing Kurdish from a national language to an official language. Intellectuals, academics and writers took part.

Ronahî: In the village of El Helebiye of Deir Hafer, on the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, an armed clash broke out between two local families.

Ronahî: According to local sources, at least five people lost their life and several others were wounded in various ways. The figures are preliminary and have not been confirmed by another party.

Kamîran: Five people in one night, within two families — the cause is unclear.

Ronahî: No, the reports have not stated the cause. Remnants of war also continue to kill in other parts of Syria: in the town of Darya in the Damascus countryside a young man was wounded in the explosion of a war remnant and later lost their life at the hospital.

Ronahî: And in the village of El Huriye of Girê Spî, in the north of Raqqa, three soldiers of the Military Engineering Directorate of the Ministry of Defense were wounded in a mine explosion while clearing mines.

Kamîran: Let us move to Iran.

Ronahî: In the district of Selase Bavjani of Kermanshah province, a twenty-eight-year-old Kurdish kolbar, Muhammad Siddiq Awali, was shot at close range in the border area of Sheikh Salih early on Wednesday morning and lost their life. He was the father of two small children.

Kamîran: And this is not an isolated incident.

Ronahî: No. In the same period, the human-rights organisation HRANA stated in its monthly report that violence against women increased in September and twelve women were killed in Iran and in eastern Kurdistan — five of them by their husbands.

Kamîran: In Syria, workers face not only war but also prices.

Ronahî: Syrian markets are seeing continuous price increases. Producers are recalculating their costs — fuel prices, transport costs and profit margins — and this is passed directly on to prices.

Ronahî: At the same time, the Ministry of Energy of the interim government divided diesel into three different price categories. The aim is to stabilise the domestic market, but in Hasaka citizens say these categories still exist only on paper.

Kamîran: And winter is approaching.

Ronahî: True — as winter approaches, citizens’ concerns about fuel supplies are growing. This is even heavier for the displaced from Raqqa, Girê Spî and Manbij who are staying in the schools of Kobani; they live in critical conditions.

Ronahî: Member of the Imrali Delegation of the DEM Party, Pervin Buldan, visited the Mothers for Peace in Van. Buldan said that important developments will take place in the process ahead.

Kamîran: These words are close to what the party spokesperson also said.

Ronahî: Yes, spokesperson Aysegul Dogan also stated that they are waiting for new important developments and stressed that democratisation is needed in all areas. However, the statements did not specify what those developments are or when they are expected.

Ronahî: In Damascus, the office of the Democratic Syria Council welcomed the representative of the Democratic Struggle Movement, Firas Mini; both sides discussed the political situation and the prospects for a political solution.