Original article by Amara Şervan, The Independent, 25 March 2019 I decided to join the YPJ in 2013. From the very start, Rimelan until Derik, Tel Kocer, Sere Kaniye, Manbij, Shengal, until now in Deir Ezzor, in every campaign, we went through so much. What I remember from the war against Isis is our will […]
Key events: – End of the so-called ISIS Caliphate. – Italian Internationalist volunteer killed in Baghouz. – Assassination of Bayram Namaz, MLKP leader in NES. – Clashes Between an Yezidi Militia and the Iraqi Army. End of ISIS: SDF led their final assault on the night of the 22-23 march, conducted mostly by special forces […]
Discussion between Ferran Barber and Karlos Zurutuza on the radio program Más que la palabras, broadcast by Euskal Irrati Telebista. Analizamos con dos reporteros de guerra, Karlos Zurutuza y Ferrán Barber, qué queda del DAESH y del ISIS tras el anuncio de la eliminación del Califato en Siria. ¿Ha sido derrotado el DAESH? Si es […]
Original article published by Yahoo News, 20 March 2019 Kurdish forces battling Islamic State in Baghuz lit fires and fired guns to celebrate the upcoming Kurdish new year, Rojava Information Center said. People across eastern and northern Syria prepared for Thursday’s celebrations of Newrozby lighting torches and candles, Kurdish media reported. The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces said on March 19 […]
Key events: The war against ISIS: According to info from captured ISIS fighters, SDF estimate 5000 ISIS fighters and family members remain in Baghouz as of 17 of March. Read more ISIS Suicide attack kills surrendering civilians in humanitarian corridor, wounds 3 SDF. Read more Women: Women’s Council of North and Eastern Syria founded at […]
In this research note we examine the make-up of the Turkish-backed “Free Syrian Army”, which Turkish government-linked sources have announced will participate in a threatened invasion of North-Eastern Syria following their invasion of Afrin one year ago. You can read the report above and find a link to view and download the full factsheet here, […]
Original article by Dani Ellis, Novara Media Once encompassing an area the size of England with a population of almost 10 million, the Islamic State of Syria and the Levant (Isis) now occupies just a small village near the Syria-Iraq border called Al-Baghouz. Here, Isis is besieged by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and a […]
Original article by Natalia Sancha, El País “El avance está siendo lento debido al enorme número de minas plantadas en el camino y por los ataques suicidas a los que hemos de hacer frente en un espacio muy reducido”, cuenta desde el frente de Baguz, vía WhatsApp, el comandante de las FDS Adnan Afrin. El […]
Key events: Spotlight: On the Sunday the deadline the SDF had given to ISIS to surrender passed and so operations resumed in the remaining enclave of Baghouz. Giving comment on the future, a spokesperson from the Syrian Democratic Council said that the international community has a duty to support the North Autonomous Authority and to […]
Original article by Ethel Bonet, Ara, 8 March 2019 ¿És possible construir una utopia feminista enmig de la devastació de la guerra? Les dones del poblat de Jinwar ho han fet realitat. Han estat dos anys treballant intensament per fer realitat el primer poble autogestionat per dones i exclusiu per a elles i els seus […]