Interview: “They may take our braids, but our dignity and our ideas cannot be eradicated” – Ruksen Mohamed, spokesperson of the Women’s Protection Units (YPJ)

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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),…

Interview: “After all the martyrs, sacrifices, and coexistence, how could we suddenly switch sides and ally with parties whose mentality we do not believe in?” Sheikh Akram Mashoush

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Q: What is the history of your tribe in this region? How was it during the Assad government? The tribal connections between different tribes and communities go back decades, not only to the Assad era, but even to the Ottoman Empire. In particular,…

Interview: “This does not mean building a new Syria, it means ethnic cleansing.” Mkrtich Varoujanm, Armenian Civilian

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  RIC spoke to three Armenian civilians. They gave their analysis on the current situation and shared historical background. Nairi Antranik: The current situation is a result of Turkish policies. The Turkish-backed factions, along with…

Interview: “They were attacking and burning the camp offices” Jihan Hanna, al-Hol Camp manager

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Jihan Hanna, al-Hol Camp manager January 2025   "We were working in the camp until Sunday [18 January]. On Monday [19 January], we couldn’t make it to the camp, because the road was dangerous, there were attacks on checkpoints.…

Entrevista: Lonjin Abdo y la Asociación Lelun

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Lonjin Abdo es cofundadora de la Asociación Lelun para las Víctimas. Fue detenida y torturada en prisiones secretas gestionadas por facciones del Ejército Nacional Sirio (SNA), respaldado por Turquía, en Afrin, y fundó Lelun tras su liberación.…

Interview: Lonjin Abdo with Lelun Association

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Lonjin Abdo is the co-founder of Lelun Association for Victims. She was detained and tortured in the secret prisons run by factions of the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) in Afrin, and established Lelun after her release. Lonjin also…

Interview: “In talk there was a ceasefire. In practice we witnessed nothing like this” – YPJ Commander-in-Chief, Rohilat Afrin

As all eyes were on the HTS-led forces sweeping across Syria with Assad crumbling, the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) launched an attack on North and East Syria (NES), seizing Shehba and Manbij from the Syrian Democratic Forces…

Interview: “The question lies in how much the HTS leaders are open for democracy” – Gherib Hasso, Democratic Union Party co-chair

Gherib Hasso - the new co-chair of the Democratic Union Party, one of the main political parties in North and East Syria - discusses options going forward for peace in Syria, prospects for dialogue with HTS and the issue of foreign forces in…

Interview: “They were even firing indiscriminately” – IDP Hassan Hassan after the Turkish-backed SNA’s attack on Shehba

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Hassan Hassan is an English teacher and works with the NGO S.O.S. Afrin.  He is originally from Afrin and lived almost seven years in Shehba. His family and he were displaced to North and East Syria following the Turkish-backed Syrian National…

Interview: “We need dialogue. So that a better future can be built” – DAANES Executive Council co-chair on developments in Syria

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Evin Sweid, co-chair of the Executive Council of the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (DAANES) talks about the developments across Syria in the past two weeks, covering HTS, potential paths ahead in the country, Turkish…