Mohammad Issa Sulaiman

Master in International Relations, Researcher (Middle East Studies, Kurdish Studies, Syrian Studies)and Translator (Kurdish, Arabic and English)

[Mohammad Issa Sulaiman @MohdShemdeen]

my thesis:
The Language Policy and the Linguistic Rights in Syria: The Kurdish Language a Pattern
#Syria, #Kurds, #Kurdish #Language, Language Rights, #Linguicide, #Liberalism

https://t.co/6V6pjkvEY2

[Benjamin Fève @BenjaminFeve]

I recently accessed European Commission archival documents from 1982 relating to an EC–European Investment Bank mission to Syria, and I was struck by how contemporary the diagnosis felt.

🔗 https://t.co/RSKEWv7kEU

More than four decades ago, the mission concluded that European support faced three main obstacles:
• Syrian institutions struggled to navigate European procedures;
• coordination between planning bodies and implementing agencies was weak; and
• European financing often lost out to partners offering faster and simpler alternatives.

More than four decades later, as the EU re-engages with post-Assad Syria through technical assistance, recovery support, and renewed cooperation, these same challenges continue to shape implementation.

My latest article shows how the problems identified in 1982 map onto today’s challenges. Following renewed engagement with Syria, the EU's main challenge is no longer whether it is willing to support Syria, but whether its instruments can be understood, absorbed, and effectively used inside a rebuilding state.

The piece combines archival research with interviews conducted over recent months with European officials, diplomats, and practitioners working on Syria.

[Mohammad Issa Sulaiman @MohdShemdeen]

Dream

[Simon Squibb @simonsquibb]

He just wants to go home… 😕

[Zanîngeha Rojava / Rojava University @RojavaUniv]

Vexwendin ji bo weşandina zanistî
​Kovara Rojava ya Zanist û Teknolojiyê, vekirina deriyê qebûlkirina...
دعوة للنشر العلمي
​تعلن مجلة روجآفا للعلو�� والتكنولوجيا عن فتح باب استقبال...
https://t.co/1tbRov7xp2

[Mohammad Issa Sulaiman @MohdShemdeen]

Pîroz be
Jîn dibe qet namirê
Zimanê Kurdî
#Kurdî
#Kurdistan

[Weqfa Mezopotamyayê @wmezopotamyaye]

Mizgînîya me li we...
Ferhenga Rastnivîsînê amade ye..
Koma Kurmancîyê ya Weqfa me ev heşt sal in li ser vê ferhengê dixebite. Komê heta niha ji 10.000î zêdetir bêje standard kirine.
Hûn dikarin ji vir xwe bigihînin Ferhenga Rastnivîsînê:
https://t.co/zCsWY6aRNL

[GermanForeignOffice @GermanyDiplo]

Germany supports the Jan 29 agreement between the Syrian government and the SDF, and encourages its implementation for peace and security in Syria, underlined @AussenMinDE in a meeting with @MazloumAbdi in Munich.

[The Telegraph @Telegraph]

🔴 ‘They will only get to our land over our dead bodies,’ YPJ vows as Kurds fight for de facto capital

Read the full story below 🔗
https://t.co/EUxIMEzjza

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Syrian #Kurds No-Fly, No-Drive Zone

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https://t.co/kILCZowHlh

[Gianni Vernetti🇪🇺🇺🇦🇮🇱 @GianniVernetti]

I Curdi sono stati la vera forza politica e militare che ha sconfitto ISIS fra l’Iraq e la Siria insieme alla Coalizione Globale contro il terrorismo. In questi anni nel nord dell’Iraq e nel nord della Siria sono riusciti a creare una società libera, tollerante, democratica e amica dell’Occidente. Ora in Rojava l’esercito dell’ex Al Qaeda, ed oggi presidente della Siria Al Jolani, ha dichiarato una guerra a tutto campo alle SDF, la coalizione fra curdi e altre minoranze. #Kobane è nuovamente sotto assedio nel silenzio della comunità internazionale e i curdi rischiano di essere spazzati via da terre che popolano da sempre. Come ha dichiarato il Gen.Mazloum Abdi Kobane (nella foto l'ho incontrato in Rojava due anni fa): chi condivide i nostri stessi valori di libertà e democrazia è il momento che faccia sentire forte la sua voce.
Non abbandoniamo i Curdi! #Kurdistan #Rojava

[FRANCE 24 @FRANCE24]

Turkish pro-Kurd DEM party warns of 'humanitarian tragedy' in siege on Syria's Kobane
➡️ https://t.co/bEunYrKFAM

[DEM Party English @DemPartyEnglish]

URGENT CALL: Prevent further humanitarian crisis in Kobani!

• Establish an immediate humanitarian corridor.
• Launch emergency life-saving airdrops.
• Provide energy for vital civilian facilities.

#HumanitarianCorridor4Kobane #DefendRojava #Kobane
https://t.co/5Ce5O8WzkA

[DEM Party English @DemPartyEnglish]

From the speech of our MP Sezai Temelli in Turkey's Parliament:

“This man is holding a woman’s braid in his hand, and says: ‘This was the only thing left intact of her.’

Who is this? First an ISIS member, then an HTS member, now a member of the Syrian army!”

#DefendRojava

[Rudaw عربية @rudaw_arabic]

وزارة التربية في إقليم كوردستان:
📌يُخصَّص غداً في جميع المؤسسات التعليمية الحكومية والأهلية الدرسُ الأول لإلقاء محاضرة خاصة دعماً لروجآفا، وعلى كل معلم داخل صفّه أن يؤكد بشكل خاص على ما يلي:

📌حبّ الوطن والحقّ المشروع لشعب كوردستان في الحرية

📌نحن مع السلام والتعايش المشترك�� لكننا ضد أي فعل يكون سبباً للظلم بحق شعبنا، وكلما وصل الأمر إلى الاعتداء على وجودنا ككُرد فنحن جميعًا واحد

[Bedel Boseli @bedelboseli]

#Kobani #Kurds #Rojava #Syria
Urgent Statement Addressed to the United Nations Regarding the Siege Imposed on the City of Kobani (Human Rights Organization in Syria Human Rights Organization in the Euphrates)

Our organization follows with grave concern the serious humanitarian developments resulting from the siege imposed on the city of Kobani and its countryside for several days. This siege places the lives of approximately half a million civilians at direct risk amid harsh living conditions that are deteriorating day by day.

The complete cutoff of water, electricity, and fuel, combined with the total lack of basic humanitarian aid—including food, medicine, infant formula, and heating supplies—has led to a sharp decline in the humanitarian situation. Furthermore, the Kurdish Red Crescent has reported fatalities among children due to extreme cold and the lack of medical care, serving as a dangerous indicator of an impending large-scale humanitarian catastrophe if immediate intervention is not undertaken.

The continuation of this siege constitutes a clear violation of International Humanitarian Law, particularly the obligations related to the protection of civilians and ensuring unhindered access to aid, in accordance with the Geneva Conventions and customary rules binding on all parties.

Accordingly, we issue this urgent appeal to: The United Nations, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), and all relevant international bodies to:

Take immediate action to lift the siege on the city of Kobani and its countryside.

Open safe humanitarian corridors to ensure the protection of civilians and the evacuation of the most vulnerable cases.

Deliver urgent humanitarian aid—including food, medicine, fuel, and heating materials—without any delay.

Secure access for international relief teams to assess needs and provide an emergency response.

Pressure all parties to ensure respect for International Humanitarian Law and prevent the imposition of any form of collective punishment on civilians.

We emphasize that the protection of civilians is a legal and moral responsibility of the international community. Any delay in intervention will exacerbate the suffering of the population and result in avoidable loss of life.

We demand urgent action before the current crisis turns into an uncontainable humanitarian disaster.

Human Rights Organization in Syria Human Rights Organization in the Euphrates, January 24, 2026

[Amberin Zaman @amberinzaman]

The Economist ⁦@TheEconomist⁩ latest from Syria.

[Heyva Sor a Kurdistanê e.V. ‎مانگی سووری کوردستان @Heyva__Sor]

#English

Due to the ongoing siege imposed on Kobani, five children (including infants) have tragically passed away so far as a result of the severe drop in temperatures and the acute shortage of heating fuel and essential medical supplies.

The continuation of this siege poses a grave and direct threat to the lives of children, the sick, and the elderly.
We urgently appeal to the international community, as well as humanitarian and human rights organizations, to intervene immediately to break the siege and secure fuel and relief materials before more lives are lost.

We confirm that our staff, relief teams, and aid trucks are in a state of maximum readiness to move immediately and provide medical and relief support to our people in Kobani as soon as the road is secured.

Furthermore, we call upon all international powers and parties to exert urgent pressure to open a safe humanitarian corridor without any further delay.
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#Kurdî

Ji ber dorpêça li ser Kobanê, heta niha pênc zarok (di nav wan de zarokên şîrmij hene) jiyana xwe ji dest dane. Ev yek ji ber daketina dijwar a germahiyê, nebûna sotemeniya germkirinê û kêmbûna pêdiviyên bijîşkî yên bingehîn pêk hatiye.
Berdewamiya dorpêçê rîskeke mezin û rasterast li ser jiyana zarok, nexweş û kal û pîran çêdike.
Em bang li civaka navneteweyî û rêxistinên mirovî û mafên mirovan dikin ku tavilê destwerdanê bikin ji bo şikandina dorpêçê û dabînkirina sotemenî û kelupelên hawarçûnê, berî ku em canên din winda bikin.
Em teqez dikin ku xebatkar, tîmên me yên hawarçûnê û barhilgirên alîkariyê di amadebaşiya herî bilind de ne ku tavilê tevbigerin û piştgiriya bijîşkî û mirovî bigihînin gelê me yê li Kobanê, her ku rê were ewlekirin.
Her wiha em bang li hemû hêz û aliyên navneteweyî dikin ku zextê bikin ji bo vekirina korîdoreke mirovî ya ewle bêyî ti derengmayînê.

#Rojava #Kobane

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[Mohammad Issa Sulaiman @MohdShemdeen]

Threateningthe deal to collapse
- ⁠help secure the prisons and remaining camps of #ISIS fighters.

[Mohammad Issa Sulaiman @MohdShemdeen]

- stop the siege on #Kobani, restore energy, water and communications
- ⁠humanitarian corridors to jazeera/ #Hasakah (open the routes )
- ⁠stop the attacks on #Kurdish regions and violations of seize fire ,

[Mohammad Issa Sulaiman @MohdShemdeen]

- ⁠extend the truce/ seize fire to a reasonable period to allow dialogue to take place about shape of the regions
- deploy international watchdogs and guarantors to seize fire and request #UK to join the mediation efforts formally, since the #US envoy is clearly biased.