Update December 4: Northern Syria Offensive

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Highlights - As displaced families continue to pour in to NES, the DAANES estimates that numbers of IDPs will soon reach 120,000. - Critical shortages of essential supplies, food, water, medicines and accommodation for IDPs. - SNA commits…

Germans are fighting against IS for syrian Kurds- Saarbrücker Zeitung, Germany

Original article by DPA staff For more pictures see Twitter and Instagram @rojavaic Damaskus. Auch der syrischen Kurden-Miliz YPG haben sich viele Ausländer angeschlossen. Diese pflegt allerdings enge Kontakte zur verbotenen PKK. …

In northern Syria, a society prepares for war against Turkey – Middle East Eye, UK

Original article by Sylvain Mercadier, Middle East Eye, UK, Feb 23, 2019 A group of female volunteers from the HPC-Jin organisation (Civilian Defence Forces - Women) are meeting with other women from the community and are giving…

What do we do with the foreign ISIS fighters? – Cadena SER, Spain

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Original article by Oriol Andrés Gallart, Cadena SER, Spain, Feb 23, 2019 see more on Twitter @rojavaic Cientos de extranjeros viajaron a Siria e Irak para luchar en las filas de Estado Islámico. Ahora que el autoproclamado "califato"…

The last spot of IS – Wochenzeitung, Switzerland

Original article by Julia Wartmann, Wochenzeitung, Feb 21, 2019 Schon bald dürfte der sogenannte Islamische Staat in Syrien militärisch besiegt sein. Umso dringender stellt sich die Frage: Was geschieht nun mit den Menschen in den zurückeroberten…

RIC researcher in interview with BBC

Chloe Troadec spokes to Joseph Shephard, BBC Radio, about current situation in Deir-ez-Zor region, Feb 21, 2019

‘Taking their last breath’: IS hides among Syrian civilians – ITV News, UK

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Original article by ITV, 17 Feb, 2019 see more on twitter @rojavaic From a self-proclaimed caliphate that once spread across much of Syria and Iraq, the Islamic State group has been knocked back to a speck of land on the countries'…

Isis fighters surrounded in ‘tent city’ in Syria as final offensive imminent – The Independent, UK

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Original article by Richard Hall, Independent, Feb 15, 2019 SDF forces return across the Syrian desert after a long day fighting the last remnants of ISIS - Twitter @rojavaic The Isis caliphate has been reduced to a few dozen tents in…

Syria, an Italian photographer injured in Deir Ezzor – The Post Internazionale, Italy

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Original article by Futura D'Aprile, The Post Internazionale, Italy Gabriele Micalizzi si trovava nella zona per documentare l'offensiva delle forze curdo-arabe contro l'Isis: le sue condizioni non sembrano gravi. Un fotografo italiano,…

Italian photographer hurt in Syria – ANSA, Italy

Original article by ANSA, Italy, Feb 11, 2019 (ANSA) - Rome, February 11 - An Italian photographer has been hurt in a battle at Syria's last ISIS bastion and is already returning to Italy, sources said Monday.Milan-born Gabriele Micalizzi,…

In northern Syria, volunteers are trying to establish an independent media center – Neues Deutschland, Germany

Original article by Gamze Kafar, Neues Deutschland, Feb 10, 2019. Im Osten Syriens kämpfen die Syrischen Demokratischen Kräfte (SDF) gegen die letzten Bastionen des »Islamischen Staates«. Wie immer in diesem Krieg ist es für internationale…