Kamîran: We begin with the topic we started yesterday: Kurdish lessons. Today voices came from many places.

Ronahî: Yes. The reactions are against the decision of the Syrian transitional government’s Ministry of Education, which limits Kurdish lessons to three classes per week. Young people in Dirbêsiyê issued a statement on Wednesday and demanded that the decision be reversed and that the Kurdish language be recognised in the constitution.

Ronahî: In Hesekê, students also condemned the decision. A student named Elîn Bûtî called for the protection of full education in the Kurdish language. In the village of Dêrna Axê in the Aliyan region, families also spoke. Xirûba Hesen said her children have studied in Kurdish from the beginning.

Ronahî: In Rimêlanê, students of a school also held a protest. They say the school director and some teachers treat them with favouritism and disrespect, and they also criticise the way the Kurdish lessons are organised.

Kamîran: So it is no longer only about the number of lessons; some students are also talking about the situation inside the schools.

Ronahî: That is right. On the other side, the Syrian Presidency’s Adviser Mazlûm Ebdî met with residents in Qamişloy, underlined the importance of internal peace and called on students to receive education in Kurdish. It must be said that the reports today contain only voices of objection; how the ministry explains the reason for the decision is not mentioned in them.

Kamîran: Now we go to the Hums countryside, from where we have difficult news.

Ronahî: This evening a vehicle carrying engineers and workers of the Metîn Company was targeted on the Misyaf bridge near Hewlê.

Ronahî: In the attack seven people lost their life and four others were wounded.

Kamîran: Who is behind this attack?

Ronahî: According to initial information, the attack was carried out by unknown persons. So far no party has claimed responsibility, and this information is still preliminary.

Ronahî: The President of the United States Donald Trump announced that the last United States forces are leaving Iraq today, thereby ending their military presence there. The withdrawal is taking place from the Hewlêr air base.

Ronahî: Trump said this withdrawal is orderly, unlike the withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Kamîran: And on the same day, another decision regarding Syria came from Washington.

Ronahî: Yes. The United States Department of State removed Syria from the list of countries to which the export of military equipment and defence services is prohibited. The decision takes effect from the first of October, that is, from today. However, this does not mean that weapons go directly; the department says it will evaluate every request on its own.

Ronahî: The Serêkaniyê issue, which we also discussed yesterday, returns today with a new development. After two convoys of displaced people returned to the Serêkaniyê countryside, other convoys were supposed to follow them, but the process was delayed.

Ronahî: The reason for the delay has not been disclosed. Jiwan Îsso called for the return of displaced people to be accelerated, and many parties also want the reason to be explained.

Kamîran: So those waiting for their turn now do not know when they will be able to go.

Kamîran: There is also military movement in southern Syria.

Ronahî: After midnight between Tuesday and Wednesday, Israeli forces consisting of several military vehicles and two tanks entered the road between Saysûn and Cemlay, in the Yermûk region west of the Dera’a countryside.

Ronahî: They set up a checkpoint there and restricted the movement of travellers. This information comes from local correspondents; there is no comment from the Israeli side in the report.

Ronahî: In Iran, two men who had been tried for participating in the January demonstrations were executed. The Supreme Court had upheld their sentences.

Kamîran: On what charges had they been accused?

Ronahî: This is not known; in the information released by the judiciary-affiliated institution, the charge clause and the details of the case were not specified.