Siria: agguato a collega Hevrin Khalaf

Ferita gravemente da uomini armati nella sua casa il 17 novembre Original article by ANSA, November 22nd, 2019 (ANSAmed) - BEIRUT, 22 NOV - Un'attivista politica curdo-siriana è stata gravemente ferita da non meglio precisati uomini…

U.K. Takes Back Children From Former ISIS Territory

The Kurdish authorities said three children in Syria had been handed over to British officials. Women and children who had fled  areas controlled by the Islamic State in southern Syria are shown at the Al Hol detention camp in Kurdish-controlled…

Death of a Democracy

The US Commission of International Religious Freedom’s 2019 Annual report included Syria as a “country of particular concern.” While ISIS was ostensibly defeated in 2017, it continued to be a threat to religious minorities; along with the growing presence of Hay’at Tahrir al Sham (HTS), there is an emerging a-Qaeda affiliate in northwest Syria.

How Syrian women are resisting patriarchy, the nation-state and the Turkish invasion

Photography by HPC Original article by Rosel Jackson Stern, Gal Dem, November 20th, 2019 Out of the Syrian civil war, a revolution has flourished in a de-facto autonomous region north-east of the country: Rojava. The Kurdish nation has…

These Kurdish Women Fought on the Frontlines Against ISIS. Now They’re the No. 1 Target in Syria

Female fighters symbolized the feminist revolution in the Kurdish enclave of Rojava. But since the Turkish invasion in October, they’re increasingly vulnerable to sexual violence on the frontline. Original article by Shaina Oppenheimer,  Haaretz,…

Pro-Turkish militias sweep Rojava as Trump welcomes ‘good friend’ Erdogan

Analysis. There has been a substantial increase in the number of people displaced from Tel Temer to Hasakeh, a city that at first welcomed the people running from the border areas, and now finds itself in the crosshairs of Islamists who…

Women and Children First: Repatriating the Westerners Affiliated with ISIS

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and President Trump hold a joint press conference following their meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., on November 13, 2019.HALIL SAGIRKAYA / ANADOLU AGENCY VIA GETTY IMAGES Original article…

Die christlichen Kämpferinnen von Tell Tamer

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Im Norden Syriens leiden Minderheiten wie die Christen unter der türkischen Offensive. Auch sie fühlen sich verraten. Nicht nur Männer bereiten sich auf den Kampf vor. Nisha Gorie, die Sprecherin der Fraueneinheit des Militärrats der…

Russians enter US air base near Kobani after US forces left: SDF official

Original article by Wladimir van Wilgenburg, Kurdistan 24, November 14th, 2019 ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – US-led Coalition forces on Thursday finalized their withdrawal from the Kobani region, a Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) official told…

Nordsyrien: Der Exodus der Christen und Armenier

Bombardements bei Tel Tamer. Bild: ANF Original article by Elke Dangeleit, Telepolis, November 13th, 2019 Von Waffenruhe kann keine Rede sein, die Angriffe gehen täglich weiter Der Nahe Osten ist eines der großen Herkunftsgebiete…