In October 2013, the first talks to begin sketching a “Social Contract” for the newly-autonomous regions in northern Syria began and the outcomes were presented to the region’s people for their analysis. During 2014, over 50 organizations and political parties came together to discuss, resulting in various agreements and compromises on what the content of […]
On the night of October 4th, Turkey began a multi-day airstrike campaign in the autonomous region of North and East Syria (NES), systematically targeting essential civilian infrastructure, killing 48 people, including 9 civilians, and injuring 47, including 15 civilians. Turkey carried out 25 warplane strikes and 64 drone strikes, hitting oil fields, electricity plants, water […]
Personnel from the anti-terror branch of NES’ Internal Security Forces (HAT) during an operation briefing this month. Key Points 11 confirmed ISIS sleeper cell attacks across NES in November, a decrease from October’s 17 4 military personnel killed and 5 injured, 7 civilians injured in these attacks 10 raids conducted on ISIS sleeper cells, resulting […]
Capture of ISIS intelligence officer Muhannad al-Dandah on October 26th. Key Points 17 ISIS sleeper cell attacks across NES in October, almost a threefold rise from September 13 SDF and Asayish killed, 8 injured, 3 civilians killed, 1 injured in these attacks 8 SDF raids against ISIS sleeper cells, resulting in 28 arrests Russia repatriates […]
The Kurds have ‘no friends but the mountains’. Original article published on Novara Media by Dani Ellis on 6 November 2023 Funeral for police cadets and trainers killed in a Turkish airstrike in Derik, north east Syria, October 2023. Photo: Rojava Information Center On 5 October 2023, a major western ally began a ferocious air campaign against […]
Civilians Bearing the Brunt of Ongoing Attacks by Turkish Forces Original article published on Human Rights Watch by Myriam Whaibe on November 3, 2023. Rakza Salih Fawaz, 50, and her 14-year-old daughter, Farah Adnan Ramdan, were among a group of 30 daily laborers toiling away in cotton field on October 9 near the village of […]
Rojava’s restorative legal system offers a different model of community care, seeking to minimize police involvement. Original article published on Truthout by Ella Fassler on October 20, 2023 Kurdish women learn to write Kurdish at Mala Jin in Qamishlo, a city in northeast Syria, in 2023.Clara Moore via Instagram In the late 2000s, a group […]
Rojava, Westkurdistan Original article published on KONTEXT WOCHENZEITUNG by Florian Kaufmann on 18.10.202 Während die internationale Gemeinschaft schweigt, startet die Türkei neue Angriffe auf die mehrheitlich kurdisch bewohnte Autonomieregion Rojava in Nordostsyrien. Ihr Ziel: die Versorgung der Bevölkerung lahmzulegen. In Rojava versucht sich seit mehr als zehn Jahren eine Selbstverwaltung zu etablieren. Nach der Befreiung […]
On the 4th anniversary of the Turkish invasion and subsequent occupation of the ‘M4 Strip,’ RIC interviewed Berzan Abdullah, one of the members of the administration of Washokani camp, near Heseke city, and Souria Mohamed Hussain, a resident of this camp. Since 2019, many of the people that were displaced from the city of Sere […]
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