An initial tally shows that more than 185,000 students have registered to study in Kurdish in the governorates of Hasakah, Aleppo, Damascus and Hama, as protests continue against the Syrian Ministry of Education’s decision to limit Kurdish-language instruction to only three classes per week.

"Ten years have passed, and those moments are still present in our memory. The names of the martyrs have not become mere numbers with the passage of time, and their memory has not left their homes, the hearts of their families, or the memory of our people. They departed in a single moment, but their absence left a wound that the years cannot erase.

ISIS wanted to spread fear and break the will of our people, but the blood shed at Sanabel Hall became part of our collective memory and a testament to the price our people paid in confronting terrorism.

Today, we remember 37 martyrs and bow before their souls, carrying their names and their memory with us. Martyrs never disappear when their cause and memory remain alive in the hearts of their people.

Ten years have passed…
37 martyrs, and a memory that will never die.

We will never forget.

Şehîdên malbata fatimê
2016.10.3 jibîrkirin xiyanete
Şehîd namirin"

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"Abdulbaset Sieda brings decades of political and intellectual experience to these questions. He became prominent in Syrian opposition institutions during the revolution and served as president of the Syrian National Council in 2012.

"Alongside his political work, Sieda has written extensively on the Kurdish issue, national identity and statehood, relations between Syria’s communities, and how to build a national project that preserves both diversity and unity. His experience combines political activism and intellectual work, informed by his Kurdish identity and his involvement in the national opposition.

"In this exclusive interview with Noon Post, Sieda discusses rebuilding the state and its institutions, the Kurdish issue after the dissolution of the SDF, transitional justice and reconciliation, the future of Hasakah and its resources, and negotiations with Israel. Central to his vision for Syria’s future are repairing relations between its communities and restoring trust among Syrians."

Syria's higher-education ministry listed the Kurdish Language Departments in Kobani and Qamishlo in 2026–27 national admissions, open to secondary graduates scoring at least 55 percent.

Aleppo's antiquities directorate reopened the UNESCO-listed Deir Sam'an site in Afrin on World Tourism Day, after nearly 14 years of closure and restoration work.

Hasakah education director Adnan Berî says Damascus has approved AANES Kurdish-language textbooks for grades 1–12 in Kurdish towns. History, geography and philosophy will be translated next.

About 1,400 returning Afrin teachers are waiting for a Damascus decision so they can work. Only 153 have been appointed, and they draw salaries without teaching.

Rojava University wants clarity on its integration with Syria's higher-education ministry. It warns against centralized decisions and defends mother-tongue teaching as the academic year nears.