ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq – A recent offensive by Damascus-affiliated factions on Syria's Kurdish-led forces have displaced at least 350,000 people from Raqqa, Tabqa, and Deir ez-Zor, the Rojava (northeast Syria) autonomous administration said Wednesday, as Damascus-linked fighters continue attacks on Kurdish regions in Rojava. 

"Approximately 350,000 people have been displaced to the Hasakah, Qamishli, and Kobane regions as a result of the recent attacks launched by the Damascus government on the Raqqa, Tabqa, and Deir ez-Zor regions," the Rojava administration’s Office of Displaced Persons and Refugees told Rojava-affiliated media.

The office warned that "the region is experiencing dire humanitarian conditions due to the ongoing attacks and violations by the Syrian government."

Damascus has recently launched a brutal military offensive targeting Kurdish-held areas in Rojava, with factions linked to the Syrian transitional government rapidly advancing into territory the Kurdish-led forces liberated from the Islamic State (ISIS) a decade ago.

What started as a military campaign to drive out Kurdish-led forces from the Kurdish-majority quarters of Aleppo in early January, has now turned into what Rojava authorities have described as an “existential” war, with Syrian state forces rapidly approaching the Kurdish territories and declaring their intent to seize the areas and force the Kurdish institutions and security units into state apparatus by any means necessary.

Despite several ceasefires, the latest of which was announced on Saturday and is set to remain in effect for 15 days, the Damascus-affiliated forces have been accused of continuing their offensive on the Kurdish-held areas, particularly around Kobane's outskirts, with a suffocating siege imposed on the symbolic city itself.

Berivan Issa, co-chair of the Humanitarian Affairs Office in Kobane told The New Region on Saturday that the city currently hosts 200,000 displaced persons (IDPs) from its surrounding villages, with approximately 400,000 people having been under siege since January 19, when Syrian government forces took Ain Issa.

UNHCR Representative in Syria Gonzalo Vargas Llosa said Sunday morning that a convoy of 24 trucks carrying food, relief supplies and diesel had departed to provide life-saving and winter assistance, with local sources on the ground confirming to The New Region later on Sunday evening that the convoy had arrived in Kobane.

"The aid that recently entered the city of Kobane through the United Nations is limited and does not meet the needs," the Rojava administration's office for displaced and refugees noted, warning that "If the situation continues as it is, many essential institutions, such as bakeries and hospitals, may be forced to cease operations."

Syrian state TV announced Tuesday that the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Syrian government have reached an agreement to cease military operations, deploy Damascus-affiliated forces to Qamishli and Hasakah, and integrate the SDF into Syria’s state institutions.

Agreements and ceasefire deals have proven fragile between the two sides, as several ceasefires have been violated and agreements have failed to hold since the beginning of the skirmishes. 

Per the agreement, Kurdish-led forces are to remain in their current villages and areas of deployment, according to the sources.