Statement from the General Command of the Syrian Democratic Forces
To our resilient people:
Since 6 January, our regions and our people have been directly subjected to brutal and barbaric attacks. In the face of these assaults, our fighters are resisting with courage and great sacrifice, continuing their struggle with dignity and honour.
Today, the Turkish state and its mercenaries, who carry the mentality of the ISIS organisation, are escalating their attacks on our people, believing that they can break our will and crush our resistance.
We affirm, with firm resolve and unwavering determination, that just as our comrades waged a historic resistance in Kobane in 2014 and turned Kobane into a graveyard for ISIS, which was supported by Turkey, today—with the same will—we declare that we will turn our cities, from Derik to Hasakah and Kobane, into a graveyard for the new bearers of the ISIS mentality, whose movements are directed and orchestrated by the Turkish state.
On this basis, we issue a call to all our youth—women and men—in Rojava, Bakur, Bashur, and Rojhilat of Kurdistan, as well as in Europe, to unite together, break the borders imposed by the occupiers, and join the ranks of the resistance.
Today is the day of dignity.
Today is the day of historical responsibility.
And today, once again, we affirm that the will of peoples is stronger than all forms of attack and occupation.
19 January 2026