ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A senior official from northeast Syria’s (Rojava) Kurdish-led administration warned on Thursday ...

Around seven ethnic Armenian fighters from the YPJ (Women’s Defense Unit) sit quietly on sofas around me, smiling gently when ...

Rojava—the Kurdish word for “west”—consists of three leftist enclaves making up an area slightly smaller than the state of Connecticut, in territory dominated by ISIS. In mid-2012, Assad’s forces ...

The Rojava revolution owes much to the ideas of Abdullah Öcalan, founder of the PKK, which has historically campaigned for an independent Kurdish nation-state in the region. In prison in Turkey since ...

30 Mobile Clinics for Delivery of Medical Services in The Rojava Districts of Syria Incl. Initial cost per 20ft. clinic is about $70k and shipping is $5k. This concept is designed to use thirty 20-ft ...

Before going into the reasons for the Erdoğan government's insistence on Rojava, it is necessary to clarify the following point: Within the KCK (Kurdistan Communities Union) system, which considers ...

Rojava’s project is grounded in decentralisation, gender equality, and direct democracy. These principles have led many to idealise Rojava as an anarchist or anti-capitalist utopia. However, it ...

Syria, and Rojava in particular, are at critical crossroads. This is the perhaps most dangerous moment of Rojava's tumultuous history, but after Assad's fall there's also a historic chance to end the ...

União Libertária, a group of young libertarians in Portugal, came into contact with militants of the Tekosîna Anarsîst (TA, Anarchist Struggle in Kurdish), present in Rojava, in northeastern Syria.

However, supporters say the SDF and the broader Rojava project are building a vibrant, democratic alternative to nation-states as authoritarianism rises in the Middle East and across the world.. More ...