Kamîran: Yesterday we spoke about protests against the restriction of Kurdish lessons. Today the discussion moves one step further.

Ronahî: According to reports, the Ministry of Education of Syria's transitional government decided on the twenty-seventh of August that the Kurdish language would be taught in state schools for only three hours a week. This decision led to protests in areas where Kurds are the majority.

Ronahî: At the same time, according to the same reports, more than one hundred and eighty-five thousand Syrian students have chosen education in the Kurdish language.

Kamîran: But are these three lessons really a reduction, or a step towards recognition?

Ronahî: Reports describe it in two ways. Some call it a reduction; others say the government accepted the teaching of three lessons and their grades will be included in students' overall average. Lawyer Bashira Jamaleddin says these three lessons should not be seen as diminishing the value of the language, but she wants all lessons to be offered in Kurdish at every stage of education.

Ronahî: Jamaleddin calls on Kurdish parties and language experts to unite their efforts to make Kurdish official. Zuleikha Abdi from the Academy of Educational Research also said this right must be guaranteed in the constitution, and noted that women's role in language preservation, that is, mothers, teachers and students, is important.

Ronahî: On Friday night into Saturday, in Ras El Mearra in the mountainous Qalamoun region near Damascus, an armed attack was carried out on a vehicle.

Ronahî: In the shooting on the vehicle three people lost their lives, and seven others, including small children, were wounded.

Kamîran: Children are also among the wounded. And the attackers?

Ronahî: Reports do not say who carried out the shooting and the motive is also unknown. The numbers are also not consistent: the headline mentions four people, but the text says three.

Ronahî: United States Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said the United States military mission in Iran would not last long and all options are on the table. According to him, Donald Trump gave Iran several opportunities, and he called on Tehran to make the 'right decision'.

Ronahî: Hegseth also claimed that Iran does not control the Strait of Hormuz, but the United States does.

Kamîran: And on the same day another report comes from the same strait.

Ronahî: Yes. An Iranian news agency reported that a large explosion was heard near Qeshm Island. But neither the cause of the explosion nor any damage was reported. No connection between this explosion and Hegseth's remarks is made in the reports.

Ronahî: In Quneitra Israeli forces entered the village of Hamidiya and detained a young man. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, he was taken to an unknown location and released after several hours. The reason for the detention was not known.

Ronahî: In southern Quneitra a patrol of two tanks and three military vehicles entered Sayda Hanout and set up a temporary checkpoint near it. In another raid a young man was also detained in the village of Meiriya in the Yarmouk Basin.

Kamîran: So in one day two detentions in two different villages, and in both cases the reason is unknown.

Ronahî: Nearby, in northern Daraa as well, a young man was wounded by the explosion of a mine left over from the war and taken to hospital.

Kamîran: Let's leave Syria and go to Europe, where talks were about the place of Kurds in the United Nations.

Ronahî: At the invitation of the Kurdistan National Congress, a conference was held at a university in Brussels. Party representatives, academics and legal experts from the four parts of Kurdistan and from different countries took part. Iceland's former Foreign Minister Ogmundur Jonasson also spoke.

Ronahî: The final statement called for Kurds to be recognised as a nation in the United Nations and to take observer status in its affiliated bodies. It was announced that a committee would be established, and it was said that this work would take time.

Ronahî: In Switzerland the National Council yesterday passed a motion without a single opposing vote. It asks the federal government to prepare a compulsory plan for asylum and return and to implement deportation decisions for Syrians.

Kamîran: What does this mean for Syrians who currently live there?

Ronahî: The motion also calls for existing protection decisions to be reviewed again. So it is not only new applications; those who have already received protection are also subject to this review.

Ronahî: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he would not target civilian sites in Russia, but would respond to the increase in Russian attacks by striking oil refineries. He mentioned attacks on residential buildings, railway lines and energy facilities.

Ronahî: On the other side, the Russian Defence Ministry announced it had taken control of the town of Novaya Kazachya in the Kharkiv region. According to the ministry, in the last twenty-four hours six guided bombs and six hundred and eighty Ukrainian drones were shot down.

Kamîran: Those figures come only from the Russian side, and both sides speak of responding to each other's attacks.