Entries by Rojava IC

20/01 Emergency update – Government siege on Kurdish areas risks total collapse of ISIS prison system

Key developments Syrian army rapidly sweeps through North and East Syria (NES) as Syrian Defence Forces (SDF) withdraw from Arab-majority Tabqa, Raqqa, and Deir ez-Zor Syria’s Kurdish-majority towns besieged and facing an onslaught from government-controlled factions with track record of jihadism, rights violations and war crimes Newly announced20 January ceasefire deal opens door for 11th-hour […]

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Explainer: Syrian Transitional Government Assault on Aleppo’s Kurdish Neighborhoods

Summary – Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyeh neighborhoods offered sanctuary to up to 200,000 Kurds, minorities and Arabs, primarily Internally Displaced People (IDPs) – Neighborhoods faced over a decade of deadly assaults and economic embargo from Islamist opposition factions and Assad regime, policies continued by the new Syrian government – New assault by the Syrian Transitional […]

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North and East Syria Post-Assad: Challenges and Opportunities

OVERVIEW Syria stands at a crossroads, One year on since the defeat of Bashar al-Assad and the unexpected rise to power of Ahmed al-Sharaa, the country remains divided between territories under the direct or partial control of the new government in Damascus, and the autonomous polity in North and East Syria (NES). The relationship between […]

Sleeper Cell Report August 2025 – ISIS persists in targeting security forces

Key Points: 22 sleeper cell attacks, three up from July Two civilians killed; 12 military personnel killed, nine injured Eight counter-ISIS raids conducted, 76 arrests Two women and five children repatriated from NES camps   In Depth In August, NES experienced an increase in ISIS sleeper cell activity, with 22 confirmed attacks compared to 19 […]

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از ادلب تا دمشق – تحول هیئت تحریر الشام (HTS) به دولت موقت سوریه (SCG)

در ۶ دسامبر ۲۰۲۴، در اوج یک تهاجم خیره‌کننده و پیروزمند که سقوط دمشق و فروپاشی حکومت اسد تقریباً قطعی به نظر می‌رسید، رهبر هیئت تحریر الشام به شکلی تازه خود را به جهان معرفی نمود. او در گفت‌وگویی با جومانا کرادشه از شبکه CNN نام جنگی خود «محمد الجولانی» را کنار گذاشت و این […]