This didn't make it into the podcast but here is a photo of the view from Jinwar, an all women's village in North East Syria. You can find more information about the village here: https://womendefendrojava.net/en/2025/06/04/jinwar-a-womens-village-full-of-change-and-hope-in-north-and-east-syria/ #Rojava #Syria #DAANES

This didn't make it into the podcast but here is a photo of the view from Jinwar, an all women's village in North East Syria. You can find more information about the village here: https://womendefendrojava.net/en/2025/06/04/jinwar-a-womens-village-full-of-change-and-hope-in-north-and-east-syria/ #Rojava #Syria #DAANES

List of the main acronyms:

#HTS: Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham, that now hold the Interim Government

#SDF: Syrian Democratic Forces, military coalition of defense forces in NES

#SNA: Syrian National Army, Islamist Turkish proxy forces

#FSA: Free Syrian Army, old name that was used as an umbrella for opposition groups against Assad

#MMC: Manbij Military council, local military branch of SDF

#SSG: Syrian Salvation Government, political front of HTS

#SIG: Syrian Interim Government: political front of SNA and Turkey

#DAANES: Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, political body in cooperation with SDF

#IDF: Israeli Defense Forces

#KRG: Kurdish Regional government of north Iraq

KDP/PDK: Kurdish Democratic Party, governing party in KRG, linked to Barzani clan.

#YNK/#PUK: Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, opposition party in KRG, linked to Talabani clan

#PYD: Partiya Yekitiya Democratic - Democratic Union Party, leading political party of DAANES

#ENKS: Kurdish national union party, a party in Rojava that is closely connected to KRG and Turkey

“In a statement issued today [thursday], the Social Affairs and Labor Authority of the Democratic Autonomous Administration for North and East Syria announced the dispatch of a batch of urgent humanitarian aid to Sweida Governorate, in direct response to the deteriorating humanitarian situation caused by recent developments on the ground.”

https://hawarnews.com/en/daa-sends-urgent-humanitarian-aid-to-sweida-calls-for-national-unity-efforts

#Sweida#Syria#DAANES

“In a statement issued today [thursday], the Social Affairs and Labor Authority of the Democratic Autonomous Administration for North and East Syria announced the dispatch of a batch of urgent humanitarian aid to Sweida Governorate, in direct response to the deteriorating humanitarian situation caused by recent developments on the ground.”

https://hawarnews.com/en/daa-sends-urgent-humanitarian-aid-to-sweida-calls-for-national-unity-efforts

#Sweida#Syria#DAANES

List of the main acronyms:

#HTS: Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham, that now hold the Interim Government

#SDF: Syrian Democratic Forces, military coalition of defense forces in NES

#SNA: Syrian National Army, Islamist Turkish proxy forces

#FSA: Free Syrian Army, old name that was used as an umbrella for opposition groups against Assad

#MMC: Manbij Military council, local military branch of SDF

#SSG: Syrian Salvation Government, political front of HTS

#SIG: Syrian Interim Government: political front of SNA and Turkey

#DAANES: Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, political body in cooperation with SDF

#IDF: Israeli Defense Forces

#KRG: Kurdish Regional government of north Iraq

KDP/PDK: Kurdish Democratic Party, governing party in KRG, linked to Barzani clan.

#YNK/#PUK: Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, opposition party in KRG, linked to Talabani clan

#PYD: Partiya Yekitiya Democratic - Democratic Union Party, leading political party of DAANES

#ENKS: Kurdish national union party, a party in Rojava that is closely connected to KRG and Turkey