fascism. In recent months, especially since November 27, there have been heavy clashes in the area around the dam between the Syrian Democratic Forces (the council of self-defense units of the people of northeastern Syria) and the Syrian National Army(SNA) militias, who are armed by the Turkish state to attack the Autonomous Administration and continue the genocide of the Kurdish people. In early December, when SNA militias attacked Mambij and the Shehba region, hundreds of thousands of people were displaced and had to flee to escape the militiamen entering houses to loot and rape, and massacre patients in hospitals. These people fled east towards safer cities of the Autonomous Administration, far from the front line forming along the Euphrates' banks. The dam itself was in danger of collapsing, which would have resulted in a devastating humanitarian, ecological, and economic disaster. For this reason, on January 8, the people of Rojava organized a peace vigil as a form of civil protest. However, the first convoy of cars was attacked by Turkish warplanes, killing five people before they could reach the dam. Resistance grew, and more convoys came to help, defend, and protest at the peace vigil. As the resistance grew, attacks continued and friends and comrades fell as martyrs. Martyrs embody resistance and demonstrate the great sacrifice made for the struggle for existence and life. "Berxwedan Jiyane" means "resistance is life," indicating that one can only have a life based on dignity and freedom through resistance. Berxwedan Jiyane!