Tag: Northern Syria

In the Syrian Civil War there exists an international unit of the People's Protection Units (YPG International), which has operated in the war against ISIS and more recently against Turkish invasions of the region. A unit of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), YPG International is comprised of fighters from...

(All photos: The Renegade/Atlas News) Assyrian-Syriac-Chaldean peoples, the original inhabitants of modern-day Syria which the state owes its name to, have lived in the region for millennia. Today they reside mostly in the northeast of Syria, where they have autonomous social and political structures as part of the Autonomous Administration...

For a while now I’ve followed the instagram account woman_life_freedom . She is a journalist currently in Rojava, Syria. I’ve loved her work as it gives a fantastic look into the cultural/societal aspects of not just Rojava, but also Syria and even the Middle East at large. Her work...

Last night, announcements were made over mosque intercoms in Gaziantep region near the Syrian border stating “The Turkish Army will soon carry out an operation against the terrorist organization PKK. Please do not leave your homes.” This was followed by an immediate investigation launched by the Turkish state to...

Since 2019, the Turkish ultranationalist bloc and Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA/TFSA) have been waiting restlessly for the Turkish state to announce a fourth invasion of Syria. Yesterday, they got the complete opposite of what they wanted to hear. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told the press in Ankara on...

Overview of repercussions for Rojava (Northern Syria) following the July 19 “Tripartite Summit” in Tehran: Russian state: -Putin stated to press there are “a lot of questions” regarding Syria that have not been answered. -Putin stated: “Syria’s future must be determined by Syrians themselves and without any dictation from the outside,” countering...