Qamishli

Celebratory gunfire has become a worrying phenomenon in northeastern Syria [Getty]
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Three people have been killed in celebratory gunfire in the cities of Hasakah and Qamishli in northeastern Syria amid an unstable security situation.

The New Arab Staff
21 March, 2026
	Syrian security forces start entering Qamishli as part of agreement with SDF
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	Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) member flashes the V for victory sign during a demonstration by Syrian Kurds in the city of Hasakeh in northeastern Syria, on February 1, 2026 (Photo by Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP via Getty Images)
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Mourners attend the funeral of members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), killed during clashes with the Syrian army, in Qamishli, northeastern Syria, on January 28, 2026. (Photo by Amjad Kurdo / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images)
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Russia has a naval facility in Tartous and an air base in Hmeimim near Latakia [Getty]
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The Syrian regime controls a 'security square' in Qamishli [Getty]
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A view of Aleppo's Sheikh Maqsoud neighbourhood
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Funerals were held in Qamishli for the four people killed in the Turkish drone strike [Getty]
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Sheikh Maqsoud, a neighbourhood in Syria's city of Aleppo, from a high vantage point
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