At a Glance

• Hasakah Governor Noureddin Ahmed issued an urgent appeal for peace and restraint.
• The Governor stressed that vandalism and confrontations harm society and sideline legitimate goals.
• Heavy security forces deployed across the city to contain escalating ethnic tensions.
• Syrian General Security forces are blocking Arab protesters from entering Kurdish neighborhoods to prevent chaos.

Governor Noureddin Ahmed issued an urgent appeal for calm in Hasakah, calling on citizens to maintain peaceful demonstrations and refrain from property damage or clashes as heavy security forces deployed to the city to contain escalating tension.

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Key Statements and Focus Area

• The Hasakah Governor stated, “With a sense of responsibility and concern for your collective security and peace, we appeal to you. Your right to express your thoughts and demand your rights is a legitimate right to which we listen with great respect and importance.”
• “We must all act with awareness and responsibility, so that we do not allow any party to exploit your feelings and plunge our region into turmoil,” he stressed.
• Channel8 correspondent in Hasakah confirmed that a large number of security forces have been deployed across the city to prevent tensions from escalating.

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Hasakah Governor Noureddin Ahmed urged public calm in a statement on X, stating that citizens must protect peaceful activities to ensure their collective voice remains strong and effective.

Ahmed stressed that destroying public or private property, or engaging in confrontations, never serves your cause; “on the contrary, it harms the security of our society and sidelines your legitimate goals.”

He noted, “Therefore, we call upon all our people, especially our alert youth, to act with wisdom and great responsibility. The security forces on the streets are your children and brothers, and their primary duty is to protect you and our people's institutions.”

Ahmed called on the public to act with wisdom and a deep sense of responsibility during the current situation.

He emphasized that the security forces on the streets are fellow citizens whose primary duty is to protect both the people and public institutions.

Following Thursday's clashes, in which a number of Kurdish youths were injured by gunfire from the Syrian government's General Security forces, hundreds of people in dozens of vehicles entered the city from the Shaddadi region today after Friday prayers.

They intended to join other Arabs in the city to attack Kurdish neighborhoods such as Mufti, Tal Hajar, and Salhiyah.

Before the protesters could approach the Kurdish neighborhoods, they were blocked by the General Security forces and dispersed with tear gas.

Simultaneously, a large number of Hasakah Internal Security Forces belonging to the Autonomous Administration have deployed in Peace (Kavok) Square and Kurdish neighborhoods, and have been placed on high alert.

Channel8 correspondent in the city said that Syrian General Security forces are preventing Arabs from entering Kurdish neighborhoods to prevent further chaos.

A Kurdish resident told Channel8 that Arab protesters want to enter Kurdish neighborhoods to create conflict between Kurds and Arabs, adding, "we are blocking them and are ready to do whatever it takes for our people."

The Channel8 correspondent also reported that several people have been injured as a result of the unrest involving individuals attempting to protest; however, no official figures have been released yet.

FYI

For the past two days, Hasakah Governorate in Rojava (Western Kurdistan) has been passing through a complex security situation.

These tensions follow the historic August 2026 dissolution of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) as they integrate into the central Syrian state.

Severe tensions and widespread protests erupted across Kobani, Qamishlo, and Amuda on September 11 following the brutal abduction and murder of Sami Sheikhmous Hasso (known locally as Sipan Hizni).

The rallies have reignited severe Kurdish-Arab friction across the province. During the initial October 2 rallies, some Arab demonstrators publicly burned the Kurdish flag, triggering immediate outrage and subsequent counter-protests by Kurdish residents defending their cultural symbols. 

Arab demonstrators today marched to demand that the central government assume administrative and military control over the entire province. 

Arab citizens from the Ghuwayran neighborhood and other areas of Hasakah have launched attacks and assaults on Kurdish neighborhoods and symbols in the city, aiming to eliminate signs of the Autonomous Administration and enforce state authority.

This sparked strong counter-protests from Kurdish residents, particularly after some demonstrators publicly burned the Kurdish flag, prompting eight Kurdish political parties to warn against dangerous social conflict.

In response, Internal Security Forces have set up strict cordons to separate communities, blocking Arab demonstrators from entering Kurdish-majority neighborhoods. 

Despite these containment efforts, localized clashes and acts of vandalism by Arab demonstrators have broken out, leading to multiple injuries and arrests.

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