The Syrian city of Kobani, also known as Ayn al-Arab, was placed under curfew Monday night, the country’s Internal Security Department announced after Kurdish protesters attacked several government-affiliated locations.
Aleppo’s Media Directorate said that internal security forces had been deployed, according to Sky News Arabia.
The curfew was announced “out of concern for the safety of citizens and to preserve security and stability” after unrest continued Monday night in a number of Kurdish areas.
Kurds in the Syrian city of Kobani reportedly burned a Syrian flag in front of a government office in Aleppo, i24NEWS reported on Monday.
Multiple cities saw attacks against government symbols
According to the Hasakah Media Directorate, groups attacked internal security headquarters in the cities of Al-Hasakah and Al-Qamishli, both of which contain a large number of Kurds.
“In the city of Al-Hasakah, those groups removed the flag of the Syrian Arab Republic from one of the internal security headquarters and assaulted it,” said the directorate in a post on X/Twitter on Tuesday morning.
مجموعات خارجة عن القانون تعتدي على مقار الأمن الداخلي وتثير التوتر في الحسكة والقامشلي
أقدمت مجموعات خارجة عن القانون، اليوم، على تنفيذ اعتداءات طالت عددًا من مقار الأمن الداخلي في مدينتي الحسكة والقامشلي، على خلفية الأحداث التي شهدتها مدينة رأس العين.
وفي مدينة الحسكة، أقدمت… pic.twitter.com/T5pN1A1WuU
— مديرية إعلام الحسكة (@McHasakah) August 10, 2026
“Other groups attacked security personnel stationed at one of the headquarters in Al-Qamishli, causing damage to several internal security vehicles,” it added.
As a result,” it said, “internal security forces reinforced their presence at several points in the two cities, aiming to contain the tension, control the security situation, and preserve the safety of citizens while protecting public and private property.”
Kurds have a complicated relationship with Syria’s new leadership following Bashar al-Assad’s loss of power in December 2024. Within months of President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s takeover, the new Syrian government effectively took control of the the Kurdish-led Autonomous Administration of North-East Syria.
Since then, sectarian tensions have become more heated, and serious attacks on national and ethnic minorities have occured.
