### [2026-09-12](/feed/2026/09/12/index.md) ##### Riot # Several residents are arrested after riots erupted yesterday in Kobani, Syria, over the murder of a Kurdish citizen that was blamed on an Arab man, while a prison riot at Kobani prison leaves seven inmates dead. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports the violence erupted over plans to transfer some prisoners to another prison in Aleppo. ### Sources: 1. [AP](https://apnews.com/article/syria-kurds-prison-kobani-fire-5d8f8b6c2b93ca5d3a079251ffd1d77c) ### Changes: 1. Several residents are arrested after riots erupted yesterday in Kobani, Syria, over a murder of a Kurdish citizen that was blamed on an Arab man, while a prison riot at Kobani prison leaves seven inmates dead. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports the violence erupted over plans to transfer some prisoners to another prison in Aleppo. _2026-09-12 18:06:22 (First version)_ 1. Several residents are arrested after riots erupted yesterday in Kobani, Syria, over the murder of a Kurdish citizen that was blamed on an Arab man, while a prison riot at Kobani prison leaves seven inmates dead. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports the violence erupted over plans to transfer some prisoners to another prison in Aleppo. _(Current version)_ ### Related: 1. [The People's Defense Units and the Syrian transitional government accuse each other of ceasefire violations as reports of resuming clashes near Kobani and Qamishli emerge. ](/feed/2026/01/26/the-people-s-defense-units-and-the-syrian-transitional-government-accuse-each-other-of-ceasefire-violations-as-reports-o.md) _Context: Kobani, Syria_ 2. [The Syrian defense ministry declares a ceasefire in the Ashrafiyah, Bani Zeid, and Sheikh Maqsood districts of Aleppo after several days of armed conflict between government forces and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces that killed at least 21 people. ](/feed/2026/01/9/the-syrian-defense-ministry-declares-a-ceasefire-in-the-ashrafiyah-bani-zeid-and-sheikh-maqsood-districts-of-aleppo-af.md) _Context: Aleppo, Syria_ 3. [An Islamic State suicide bomber blows himself up near a checkpoint in Aleppo, Syria, after attempting to reach an Orthodox church, killing one security force member and wounding two more. ](/feed/2025/12/31/an-islamic-state-suicide-bomber-blows-himself-up-near-a-checkpoint-in-aleppo-syria-after-attempting-to-reach-an-orthod.md) _Context: Aleppo, Syria_ 4. [The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports that a Syrian civilian woman was killed after a drone strikes her home in rural Tartus Governorate, Syria, which the group says was likely an Iranian drone. ](/feed/2025/06/15/the-syrian-observatory-for-human-rights-reports-that-a-syrian-civilian-woman-was-killed-after-a-drone-strikes-her-home-i.md) _Context: Syria, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights_ 5. [The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reports a marked re-escalation of extrajudicial killings of civilians in Alawite-dominated coastal Syrian regions, with sixteen civilians executed in 72 hours. Several civilian homes in Tartus Governorate are seized by government-affiliated forces. ](/feed/2025/04/10/the-syrian-observatory-for-human-rights-sohr-reports-a-marked-re-escalation-of-extrajudicial-killings-of-civilians-in.md) _Context: Syria, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights_ 6. [Groups of Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) militants withdraw from the two neighborhoods of Sheikh Maqsood and Achrafieh in Aleppo, Syria, as part of a deal with the Syrian government, which will eventually merge the SDF and the Syrian Armed Forces under one command. ](/feed/2025/04/4/groups-of-kurdish-led-syrian-democratic-forces-sdf-militants-withdraw-from-the-two-neighborhoods-of-sheikh-maqsood-and.md) _Context: Aleppo, Kurdish citizen, Syria_ 7. [The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documents three further reprisal massacres of Alawite minority communities on 12 March in which 158 civilians were killed, totaling 1,383 civilian deaths as a result of fifty separate massacres conducted in western Syria since March 6. ](/feed/2025/03/12/the-syrian-observatory-for-human-rights-documents-three-further-reprisal-massacres-of-alawite-minority-communities-on-12.md) _Context: Syria, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights_ 8. [The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports the killings of 132 Alawite civilians, totaling 1,225 civilian deaths as a result of forty-seven separate massacres in western Syria since 6 March. ](/feed/2025/03/11/the-syrian-observatory-for-human-rights-reports-the-killings-of-132-alawite-civilians-totaling-1225-civilian-deaths-as.md) _Context: Syria, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights_ 9. [Clashes between the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army escalate near the Tishrin Dam in Aleppo Governorate, Syria. The Turkish Air Force also conducts airstrikes on SDF positions. ](/feed/2025/01/3/clashes-between-the-kurdish-led-syrian-democratic-forces-sdf-and-the-turkish-backed-syrian-national-army-escalate-near.md) _Context: Kurdish citizen, Syria_ 10. [According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, U.S. forces are deploying a new convoy to areas controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces in Kobani, Aleppo Governorate, as part of operations to establish a new US military base in north-eastern Syria. ](/feed/2025/01/2/according-to-the-syrian-observatory-for-human-rights-us-forces-are-deploying-a-new-convoy-to-areas-controlled-by-the.md) _Context: Kobani, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights_