Key points: – RIC recorded only three sleeper-cell attacks in former NES territory, a 67% decrease from nine in April – Another attack was also recorded outside former NES territory, when a Sheikh was assassinated in the Damascus countryside. – A total of four military personnel were killed, and a further three were injured, and […]
In 2014, The Social Contract of the Autonomous Regions of Afrin, Jazira, and Kobane was created, forming the first constitution of the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (DAANES). At the same time, the Women’s Law was also established with the aim of enshrining women’s rights in the emerging legal system of […]
Key Points: RIC found ISIS sleeper-cells conducted a total of 240 attacks across North and East Syria (NES) in 2025, an 8% decrease compared to 260 attacks in 2024. The total number of attacks in 2025 was also slightly lower than the five-year average of 249.6 attacks per year. Consistent with previous years, a majority […]
Key Points: – A total of nine ISIS sleeper-cell attacks recorded in former DAANES territory, a 25% decrease from March – Only one raid took place, and arrests of suspected ISIS-affiliates dropped by 94% with only one recorded arrest compared to 12 in March – ISIS cells conducted an attack in Aleppo killing one military […]
This report shares the outcome of Rojava Information Center’s investigations into alleged violations of international humanitarian law (IHL) conducted largely by the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and affiliated forces in January 2026, when the latter attacked territory in North and East Syria (NES) formerly controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and governed by the […]
Key Points: 12 attacks in former DAANES territory injure three and kill two 16 suspected ISIS members arrested in former DAANES territory 10 attacks in the rest of Syria Iraqi prisons holding ISIS detainees hit by airstrikes In Depth After a declaration in mid-February by ISIS that they would be stepping up actions against […]
Background: From 2015, the neighborhoods of Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyeh in Aleppo were governed by the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria. The people there self-governed under a model of local governance, marked by a degree of relative autonomy from the rest of Aleppo. This autonomy came to an end in early January […]
Key Points: Nine attacks kill eight and injure six Three raids lead to nine arrests Coalition completes transfer of 5700 detainees from NES to Iraq Al-Hol Camp almost empty after releases and escapes In Depth With the Syrian transitional government now effectively in control of all north and east Syria, in February ISIS spokesman, […]
Ruksen Mohamed, spokesperson of the Women’s Protection Units (YPJ), speaks about the role of women taking up arms since the beginning of the revolution and YPJ’s future in the integration process with the Syrian Transitional Government (STG), in an interview from early February 2026. There’s a new agreement between the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and […]
Key Points: Invasion of NES sees hundreds of ISIS-affiliated detainees escape Four ISIS detention facilities and al-Hol camp now controlled by Syrian transitional government 6 attacks and 3 confirmed raids lead to one injured civilian and 11 arrests In Depth This month RIC recorded five ISIS sleeper cell attacks injuring one civilian and an […]