Jenny Keesden

It's not as... Yeah, the military assault is not kept separate from the society here. The society is also under attack. Yeah. Indirectly. Attacks on infrastructure such as that, and directly by, like, drone strikes on many, many civilian targets, unfortunately. Yeah.

In recent times, that has increased, particularly in villages surrounding Bani, and we've seen, like, kids also hospitalised and killed as a part of that. So on the 8th of January...

In recent times, that has increased, particularly in villages surrounding Bani, and we've seen, like, kids also hospitalised and killed as a part of that. So on the 8th of January...

In recent times, that has increased, particularly in villages surrounding Bani, and we've seen, like, kids also hospitalised and killed as a part of that. So on the 8th of January...

What began was that what they call a convoy, like a big truck of different vehicles, got together and arranged and organized from different towns across northern Syria to go to Kishin Dam as this very big symbol, this very clear, important physical location and also very symbolic thing where war has also been fought before.

What began was that what they call a convoy, like a big truck of different vehicles, got together and arranged and organized from different towns across northern Syria to go to Kishin Dam as this very big symbol, this very clear, important physical location and also very symbolic thing where war has also been fought before.

What began was that what they call a convoy, like a big truck of different vehicles, got together and arranged and organized from different towns across northern Syria to go to Kishin Dam as this very big symbol, this very clear, important physical location and also very symbolic thing where war has also been fought before.

There's also in previous campaigns against ISIS, for example, there was fighting in the region. So People feel like, you know, their sons and daughters have fought for this river crossing before. It's still, you know, it's there in the historical memory as well.

There's also in previous campaigns against ISIS, for example, there was fighting in the region. So People feel like, you know, their sons and daughters have fought for this river crossing before. It's still, you know, it's there in the historical memory as well.

There's also in previous campaigns against ISIS, for example, there was fighting in the region. So People feel like, you know, their sons and daughters have fought for this river crossing before. It's still, you know, it's there in the historical memory as well.

And people went and since then, which is almost exactly two months, as we're recording this, we're right around the two months anniversary month. And there's been a constant presence there, a protest on the dam. And that's got several different kind of aspects to it. It is mostly to raise the voices and raise awareness and make visible what's happening.

And people went and since then, which is almost exactly two months, as we're recording this, we're right around the two months anniversary month. And there's been a constant presence there, a protest on the dam. And that's got several different kind of aspects to it. It is mostly to raise the voices and raise awareness and make visible what's happening.

And people went and since then, which is almost exactly two months, as we're recording this, we're right around the two months anniversary month. And there's been a constant presence there, a protest on the dam. And that's got several different kind of aspects to it. It is mostly to raise the voices and raise awareness and make visible what's happening.

And yeah, if it's hard to understand why like hundreds of people would go from their homes to somewhere that is closer to the active fighting to somewhere that's in a very unstable region, like, Yeah, first of all, you have to understand that nowhere in north of East Syria is actually safe. Right.

And yeah, if it's hard to understand why like hundreds of people would go from their homes to somewhere that is closer to the active fighting to somewhere that's in a very unstable region, like, Yeah, first of all, you have to understand that nowhere in north of East Syria is actually safe. Right.

And yeah, if it's hard to understand why like hundreds of people would go from their homes to somewhere that is closer to the active fighting to somewhere that's in a very unstable region, like, Yeah, first of all, you have to understand that nowhere in north of East Syria is actually safe. Right.

Like, in Kamaz of the city where I am, there's been residential buildings, bombs dropped on them from drones, like, within the last couple of months as well. It's not like... Yeah. And there's this, yeah, sense of safety wherever you are.

Like, in Kamaz of the city where I am, there's been residential buildings, bombs dropped on them from drones, like, within the last couple of months as well. It's not like... Yeah. And there's this, yeah, sense of safety wherever you are.

Like, in Kamaz of the city where I am, there's been residential buildings, bombs dropped on them from drones, like, within the last couple of months as well. It's not like... Yeah. And there's this, yeah, sense of safety wherever you are.

The difference is a sense of doing something about it and of standing together and coming together in these, like, amazingly brave and amazingly creative ways that only the communities of North East Syria can manage. So...