Daily Brief

Thursday, October 29

Education protests grow in Syria and Jordan opens its border

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Student and teacher protests against education decisions

0:18

Kamîran: After the decision to restrict the Kurdish language in schools, tension has now also emerged over universities.

Ronahî: The Syrian Transitional Government's Ministry of Higher Education issued a decision regarding the University of the West and the University of Kobani. According to the decision, the University of the West has been designated as a branch of the Euphrates University and many faculties of the University of Kobani have been reduced.

Ronahî: Students of the University of Kobani issued a statement against this move and rejected the decision. Mizgin Hesen, a lecturer at the University of the West, also reacted and compared this decision to Arab Belt policies.

Kamîran: On the school side, the protests have not stopped either.

Ronahî: Students in the city of Derik also took to the streets against the restriction of Kurdish lessons. They held a demonstration in front of the School Administration building and then marched towards the Regional Directorate to convey their demands to the authorities.

Joint security committee between Syria and Jordan

1:13

Kamîran: Yesterday we discussed Jordan's military tension in southern Syria; today there is a new step from both sides.

Ronahî: The foreign ministries of Syria and Jordan agreed to establish a joint security committee. This committee will meet within two days to examine the details of Jordan's military operations in the Deraa countryside.

Ronahî: At the same time, the Nasib border crossing opposite Jordan's Jabir crossing has been reopened for the passage of travellers and cargo. The General Administration of Ports and Customs announced that this crossing had been temporarily closed due to the bombardments in Deraya.

Call for investigation into the Tell Abyad incidents

1:47

Kamîran: The issue of displaced people who wanted to return to Tell Abyad is still on the agenda.

Ronahî: The Qamishlo People's Initiative issued a statement in the Martyrs' Square and condemned the attacks on displaced people. The statement called for an independent and transparent investigation into the violations in Raqqa and Tell Abyad.

Ronahî: According to information from Sabri Mustafa, a member of the Tell Abyad Displaced Persons Committee, more than one hundred families who wanted to return to their homes had been surrounded in the Regional Directorate building.

A serious family incident in Derbasiyah

2:17

Kamîran: There is also serious news of violence from Derbasiyah.

Ronahî: According to initial information from the region, a person named Jiwan Muhammad Amin Ali opened fire on his family members in the city of Derbasiyah.

Ronahî: As a result, his mother Aziza, his brother Agid and two of his daughters lost their lives; afterwards, the person also ended his own life.

Preliminary results of the Israeli elections

2:41

Kamîran: In Israel, preliminary results are emerging after the general elections.

Ronahî: According to the results in which eighty-five point six percent of the votes have been counted, Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc obtained fifty-three seats and Gadi Eisenkot's bloc obtained forty-eight seats.

Ronahî: Arab parties also won a total of nineteen seats; of these, the Joint List obtained twelve seats and the Raam party obtained seven seats.

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