KOBANI, SYRIA – One out of five Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) soldiers died in battles since the 2011 uprisings in Syria, with most of them dying while liberating the area from ISIS rule. That ...

In the chaos of Syria’s war, in a region called Rojava, a revolution took shape. Women some of whom were within the SDF (Syria Defense Forces) built a radically different political system based on ...

Rojava, the Kurdish-majority liberated zone in northern Syria, is the location of a unique experiment in grassroots, participatory democracy. It is undergoing a profound social revolution that ...

Funerals of 13 YPG/YPJ members were delivered to their families while 11 funerals are still being kept in Mürşitpınar border gate, near Syria. At 11 o’clock in the morning, autopsies were performed on ...

18-year-old YPJ (Women's Protection Unit) fighter Torin Khairegi: “We live in a world where women are dominated by men. We are here to take control of our future. I injured an ISIS jihadi in Kobani.

Details have emerged of how women in towns and villages across northern Syria have defied the fierce oppression of President Bashar Al-Assad's Ba'ath regime to come together and create a women's ...

Amira Mohammed, one of the commanders of the Women’s Protection Units (YPJ) in North East Syria (Rojava), spoke to Firat News Agency’s (ANF) Cûdî Îbrahîm about the role of women in Syria and the ...

"To Keep Funerals Waiting is Illegal” Funerals of 13 YPG and YPJ members have been kept waiting for 10 days near Habur Border Gate and aren’t allowed to enter Turkey. Officials say it’s the decision ...

There’s an old adage: The Kurds have no friends but the mountains. The Chicago Committee for Solidarity with Kurdistan and Rojava and local anarchist group Black Rose Chicago came together Saturday in ...

Error occured during this request! Please try again later. ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The spokesperson of the Women’s Protection Units (YPJ) told Rudaw on Tuesday ...

The autonomous region of Rojava, as it exists today, is one of few bright spots – albeit a very bright one – to emerge from the tragedy of the Syrian revolution. David Graeber[1] In the last decades ...