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War against Isis: More than 2,000 civilians freed as militants driven out of Syrian city of Manbij [UPDATES]

Syrian women are burning their burqas after their village was freed from Isis

The US-led coalition has been supporting the two-month advance on the city

The US-led coalition has been supporting the two-month advance on the city…

RELATED: Local Forces Clear Manbij in Syria After Seizing Control From ISIL

https://www.inherentresolve.mil/NEWSROOM/News-Articles/Stories-Display/Article/916806/local-forces-clear-manbij-in-syria-after-seizing-control-from-isil/

RELATED: Al-Qaeda's Propaganda in the Virtual Turkey

Al-Qaeda's Propaganda in the Virtual Turkey

Ariel Koch analyzes al-Qaeda's online activity in Turkey.

RELATED: Aydar at EP: Kurdish movement is the most appropriate alternative

Aydar at EP: Kurdish movement is the most appropriate alternative

Speaking at the Conference 'The EU, Turkey and the Kurds', Zubeyir Aydar, Executive Council Member of the Kurdistan National Congress (KNK),

RELATED: US Defense Intelligence Agency says Turkey, Qatar supported al-Nusra Front

US Defense Intelligence Agency says Turkey, Qatar supported al-Nusra Front - Nordic Monitor

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RELATED: Report on Government Militarization in Kurdistan on the 'Jin, Jiyan, Azadi' Movement Anniversary

RELATED: Kongra Star: Join the struggle to defend Women’s Revolution in Rojava and build a democratic Syria

Kongra Star: Join the struggle to defend Women’s Revolution in Rojava and build a democratic Syria

The Northern and Eastern Syrian women’s movement Kongra Star issued a written statement calling on everyone to defend the Rojava Revolution

RELATED: Turkey’s Trail of Terror and American Foreign Policy

Turkey’s Trail of Terror and American Foreign Policy

There are limits to how long Washington can turn a blind eye to Ankara’s longstanding support to jihadi terror groups. Terrorism sanctions a

RELATED: Syrian government, Kurdish-led SDF exchange accusations over northern Syria attack

Syrian government, Kurdish-led SDF exchange accusations over northern Syria attack

Syria’s defence ministry and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) exchanged blame on Saturday following an attack in the northern

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Rest in Power Anna Campbell. Şehid namirin! 🌻🌹🌿

"International Commune of Rohava confirmed that Campell was killed on March 16. The commune tweeted: “Our friend Helin (Anna Campbell) became şehid fighting in #Afrin. We will always remember her brave and unbreakable spirit of resistance. She was also the voice of our video against G20, and now her message became an immortal call. Şehid namirin! (Martyrs are immortal)”.

Anna Campbell is the first British woman martyr of the internationalist battalion." https://anfenglish.com/rojava/british-women-fighter-killed-in-turkish-airstrike-in-afrin-25584 ~ Crowdfund in honour of Anna Campbell, the money raised will go to support the victims of the Turkish invasion in Northern Syria. https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/annacampbell ~ ‘Our hearts are heavy with sadness today as this weekend we learned of the death of our friend and comrade, Anna Campbell.  Anna was killed in a missile strike in Afrin while fighting with the YPG. Anna was a core member of the Empty Cages Collective and an active organiser in many anti-prison projects and campaigns, including Community Action on Prison Expansion, Smash IPP as well as Bristol Anarchist Black Cross. She made organising a joy.  She was a dedicated anarchist deeply committed to fighting for liberation. Her list of engagement in social struggles is long, from hunt sabotage to student occupations. She was a passionate feminist and proudly queer. Like, Louise Michel, her favourite historical anarchist, social revolution was the deepest of her desires and is what took her to Kurdistan.  Anna died on the frontlines where she wanted to be - defending a revolutionary movement. She will be deeply and desperately missed by friends and family. Her courage inspires us to keep fighting for liberation, and for the destruction of the state and its prisons. "We revolutionaries aren't just chasing a scarlet flag. What we pursue is an awakening of liberty, old or new. It is the ancient Communes of France, it is 1703; it is June 1848; it is 1871. Most especially it is the next revolution which is advancing under this dawn." - Louise Michel’ Empty Cages Collective, https://www.facebook.com/EmptyCagesCollective/posts/941264632691177

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Why Is the Syrian Civil War Still Raging? [UPDATES]

Why Is the Syrian Civil War Still Raging? (Published 2018)

After nearly seven years, the war in Syria continues to defy attempts at resolution. It may continue for years.

After nearly seven years and hundreds of thousands of deaths, the war in Syria continues to defy attempts at a resolution, and it has reached a new level of intensity in recent weeks…

RELATED UPDATE: Aydar at EP: Kurdish movement is the most appropriate alternative

Aydar at EP: Kurdish movement is the most appropriate alternative

Speaking at the Conference 'The EU, Turkey and the Kurds', Zubeyir Aydar, Executive Council Member of the Kurdistan National Congress (KNK),

RELATED UPDATE: Battle rages for last Islamic State Syria enclave

Battle rages for last Islamic State Syria enclave

BAGHOUZ, Syria (Reuters) - Falling bombs raised smoke over Islamic State's last enclave in east Syria on Sunday, obscuring the huddle of veh

RELATED UPDATE: Battle for Islamic State's last enclave

https://www.reuters.com/news/picture/battle-for-islamic-states-last-enclave-idJPRTS2DOVI/

RELATED UPDATE: Crop fires, a weapon of war, ruin harvests in Iraq and Syria

Crop fires, a weapon of war, ruin harvests in Iraq and Syria – www.israelhayom.com

It was looking to be a good year for farmers across parts of Syria and Iraq. The wettest in generations, it brought rich, golden fields of w

RELATED UPDATE: Gov’t-critic Gülen indicted for saying Erdoğan aided and abetted ISIL, al-Nusra in Syria

Abdullah Bozkurt

RELATED UPDATE: US troops are still in Syria and nobody can give a good answer as to why

US troops are still in Syria and nobody can give a good answer as to why

The U.S. military’s presence in Syria is a mission looking for a strategy.

RELATED UPDATE: Jin, Jiyan, Azadî: The Appeal for Kurdish Self-Determination in Eastern Kurdistan

Jin, Jiyan, Azadî: The Appeal for Kurdish Self-Determination in Eastern Kurdistan | Washington Kurdish Institute

Washington Kurdish Institute Dr. Loqman Radpey January 14, 2023 The outrage sparked by the brutal murder of Jina Amini at the hands of the…

RELATED UPDATE: Racist attack injures Green Left Party voters in Lyon

Racist attack injures Green Left Party voters in Lyon

The Green Left Party reported that they had received many threats against party poll watchers and representatives before the May 14 election

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Why Is the Syrian Civil War Still Raging? [UPDATES] https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/02/08/world/middleeast/war-in-syria-maps.html

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YPJ: Women’s Protection Units [UPDATES]

YPJ: Kurdish Women's Protection Units | The Kurdish Project

The Kurdish YPJ, Women's Protection Units, is an all-female Kurdish fighting force. The YPJ may be the first all-female combat unit in the w

The YPJ is an acronym whose translation means “Women’s Protection Units.” It is the all-female brigade of the YPG, the armed forces of the Syrian region of Kurdistan, known as Rojava (meaning Western) Kurdistan…

RELATED UPDATE: Al-Qaeda in Idlib? Examining bonds between Syria’s largest jihadi groups

Al-Qaeda in Idlib? The bonds between Syria's largest jihadi groups

Connections between al-Qaeda, Jabhat Fateh al-Sham and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham in Syria demand close scrutiny

RELATED UPDATE: Statement and call to action by the Internationalist Commune of Rojava

Statement and call to action by the Internationalist Commune of Rojava

Less than a year after the start of the criminal war of aggression against the canton Afrin, the people of North-Eastern Syria are again con

RELATED UPDATE: One year of Turkish occupation in Afrin

One year of Turkish occupation in Afrin

In Afrin, a human tragedy has been taking place before the eyes of the world. Cases of destruction, kidnapping, ransom, sexual violence and

RELATED UPDATE: Is Trump More Concerned With Erdoğan Relationship Than With Kurdish Lives?

Is Trump More Concerned With Erdoğan Relationship Than With Kurdish Lives?

The future of Rojava’s secular, feminist democracy is increasingly unclear.

RELATED UPDATE: Turkey’s Overreach in Syria: Erdogan Is ‘Playing with Fire’

Turkey’s Overreach in Syria: Erdogan Is ‘Playing with Fire’

In a recent Foreign Policy article, Steven Cook and I highlighted how Turkey may be overplaying its hand in Syria. With events evolving rapi

RELATED UPDATE: Patrice Franceschi: If Kurds lose, we all lose

Patrice Franceschi: If Kurds lose, we all lose

Researcher and writer Patrice Franceschi told ANF that Western democracies are currently relatively weak and Turkey's NATO membership compli

RELATED UPDATE: Update from the Kurdish Liberation Movement

https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/04/19/update-from-the-kurdish-liberation-movement/

RELATED UPDATE: Al-Qaeda–Linked Cleric Operates from Idlib Under Protection of Turkish Intelligence Agency

Al-Qaeda–Linked Cleric Operates from Idlib Under Protection of Turkish Intelligence Agency

Musa Abu Jafar Is a Salafist Cleric Who Has Long Promoted Jihadist Causes Across Multiple Countries

RELATED UPDATE: Women of Qamishlo Step to the Frontlines in Defense of the Women’s Revolution

Women of Qamishlo Step to the Frontlines in Defense of the Women’s Revolution

Qamishlo — The women of Qamishlo emphasized that protecting the achievements of Rojava is a collective responsibility, and that the voice of

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YPJ: Women’s Protection Units [UPDATES] https://thekurdishproject.org/history-and-culture/kurdish-women/ypj/ The YPJ is an acronym whose t

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Islamic State Keeps Christians Under Siege in Raqqa [UPDATES]

Islamic State Keeps Christians Under Siege in Raqqa

When IS militants seized Raqqa in Jan. 2014, they gave Christians three options: convert to Islam, leave the city, or face death

Islamic State militants are cracking down on the few remaining Christians and preventing them from leaving Raqqa, Syria, local activists tell VOA…

RELATED UPDATE: Syriac Christian fighter killed in Raqqa operation

https://ishtartv.com/en/viewarticle,38135.html

RELATED UPDATE: US-backed force enters Syria’s Isis-held Raqqa from south, says monitor

US-backed force enters Syria’s Isis-held Raqqa from south, says monitor

Arab-Kurd alliance seals off the jihadists’ last escape route on southern bank of the Euphrates

RELATED UPDATE: IS facing imminent collapse in Syria's Raqqa

IS facing imminent collapse in Syria's Raqqa

US-backed coalition forces claim they are about to drive the "Islamic State" completely out of Raqqa. Local officials and tribal leaders hav

RELATED UPDATE: Geopolitics of Syrian Kurds and military cooperation with the US

Geopolitics of Syrian Kurds and military cooperation with the US

How did the US end up supporting the Kurds in Rojava? Since October 2014 the Syrian Kurds and their non-Kurdish Allies have discussed milit

RELATED UPDATE: Tulsi Gabbard slams 'Islamist megalomaniac' Erdogan over Syrian proxies

Tulsi Gabbard slams 'Islamist megalomaniac' - i24NEWS

Hawaii rep takes jab at Turkish leader as US-Turkey relations strained over action in northeast Syria

RELATED UPDATE: Brothers in Arms

Brothers in Arms

David Harding, “Panicked Qatar shoppers stock up as Gulf rift bites,” Yahoo News, June 5, 2017. (https://www.yahoo.com/news/panicked-qatar-s

RELATED UPDATE: Al-Qaeda offshoot HTS abducts six civilians in Turkish-occupied Afrin

Al-Qaeda offshoot HTS abducts six civilians in Turkish-occupied Afrin

According to the ANHA news agency, the jihadist militia Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) abducted a total of six civilians from the villages of Ba

RELATED UPDATE: Iran: Jin, Jiyan, Azadi. Women, life, freedom.

Iran: Jin, Jiyan, Azadi. Women, life, freedom.

The time for press releases is long gone — it is time for European leaders to act.

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Has SADAT Become Erdogan’s Revolutionary Guards? [UPDATES]

Has SADAT Become Erdogan’s Revolutionary Guards?

It’s all well and good for NATO to talk about Turkey’s military with all the diplomatic niceties of decades past but, alas, the face of Turk

As the one year anniversary of last summer’s coup attempt in Turkey nears, many problems remain with the narrative of events put forward by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the Turkish media which he tightly controls. Among the most important questions yet unanswered, however, revolves around the activities of SADAT, a private paramilitary group which emerged from the shadows on the evening of the coup: Eyewitnesses say SADAT members fired into crowds and Turkish military officers suspect SADAT snipers to be responsible for at least some of the casualties that occurred on the trans-Bosporus bridge…

RELATED UPDATE: Iran Demands U.S. Leave Syria, Damascus Threatens Its Ally

Iran Demands U.S. Leave Syria, Damascus Threatens Its Ally

BEIRUT, March 18 (Reuters) - Iran and Syria on Monday demanded the United States withdraw its troops from Syria, and the Damascus government

RELATED UPDATE: ISIS remains active after al-Baghdadi's death

ISIS remains active after al-Baghdadi's death

Despite the death of ISIS leader al-Baghdadi two years ago, the group’s cells are still active in many regions of Syria and Iraq. Many state

RELATED UPDATE: Al-Qaeda offshoot HTS abducts six civilians in Turkish-occupied Afrin

Al-Qaeda offshoot HTS abducts six civilians in Turkish-occupied Afrin

According to the ANHA news agency, the jihadist militia Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) abducted a total of six civilians from the villages of Ba

RELATED UPDATE: Rojava Revolution: Women’s Liberation, Democracy and Ecology in North-East Syria

Rojava Revolution: Women’s Liberation, Democracy and Ecology in North-East Syria - Bioneers

Activists from the Emergency Committe for Rojava discuss the Rojava Revolution: a society rooted in principles of direct democracy, women’s

RELATED UPDATE: What Turkey Hopes to Gain From the HTS Offensive in Syria

https://www.stimson.org/2024/what-turkey-hopes-to-gain-from-the-hts-offensive-in-syria/

RELATED UPDATE: In the Syrian Regime’s Hour of Need, Its Patron Iran Makes an Exit

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/world/middleeast/iran-syria-rebels.html

RELATED UPDATE: Trump says Syria 'not our fight'. Staying out may not be so easy

Trump says Syria 'not our fight'. Staying out may not be so easy

The incoming US president has vowed not to involve America in foreign conflicts, but Assad's dramatic fall has upended the region's balance

RELATED UPDATE: Who's been funding the HTS rebels now in control of Syria?

Who's been funding the HTS rebels now in control of Syria?

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, made a lightning assault across Syria. Where did the rebels get the cash, weapons and training that made their

RELATED UPDATE: International call for solidarity with Rojava: All democrats must support the Kurdish revolution

International call for solidarity with Rojava: All democrats must support the Kurdish revolution

Academics, politicians, and intellectuals from all over the world continue to draw attention to the importance of the Rojava experience and

RELATED UPDATE: A US Withdrawal from Syria Will Reinvigorate the ISIS Terror Threat

A US Withdrawal from Syria Will Reinvigorate the ISIS Terror Threat

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The Brave Women Fighting ISIS [UPDATES]

"The Men Ran Away": The Brave Women Fighting ISIS

Seeham is her combat name, and for the past seven months, she has been preparing her unit of women to fight against ISIS.

Last February, soon after the Islamic State Group, also know as ISIS or ISIL, raided the Christian villages around Tel Tamer, Syria, it was clear to Seeham that it would be up to the women to lead the charge to take back their community…

RELATED UPDATE: Meet The Brave Women Fighting ISIS In Syria

Meet The Brave Women Fighting ISIS In Syria

Photographer Maryam Ashrafi lived with Kurdish female fighters in Syria, experiencing their pain, sorrow, joy and triumphs.

RELATED UPDATE: The Untold Story of the Afghan Women Who Hunted the Taliban

The Untold Story of the Afghan Women Who Hunted the Taliban

Trained by the U.S. Army, a group of trailblazing Afghan women turned into a formidable force in their homeland. They now live quietly scatt

RELATED UPDATE: I was a female soldier - I killed dozens of Isis fighters with a Kalashnikov

I was a female soldier - I killed dozens of Isis fighters with a Kalashnikov

Cicek Mustafa Zibo joined an all-female soldier unit at 17 and helped to fend off Isis. Now she is fighting for the right to get a job

RELATED UPDATE: YPJ: We are committed to making the dreams of our fallen comrades and our people a reality

YPJ: We are committed to making the dreams of our fallen comrades and our people a reality

The General Command of the Women’s Protection Units (YPJ) released a statement paying tribute to Tulay Mihemed (Avzem Çiya) and Xalîde Ebdul

RELATED UPDATE: Salih Muslim: Kurdish leader AP0’s call for disarmament does not apply to Rojava forces

Salih Muslim: Kurdish leader Öcalan’s call for disarmament does not apply to Rojava forces

Salih Muslim spoke to Green Left’s Peter Boyle about the significance for Rojava of imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan’s call for the

RELATED UPDATE: Sanandaj: Three Kurdish Women’s Rights activists summoned and threatened by Security Agencies Ahead of International Women’s Day

RELATED UPDATE: ‘Jin, Jiyan, Azadi’ protests spread across Turkey on 8 March as women defy repression

‘Jin, Jiyan, Azadi’ protests spread across Turkey on 8 March as women defy repression

Despite arrests, state restrictions and a heavy police presence, women in Turkey once again took to the streets on 8

RELATED UPDATE: ‘Jin Jiyan Azadi’ – women celebrate International Women’s Day with march through Manchester city centre

'Jin Jiyan Azadi' - women celebrate International Women’s Day with march through Manchester city centre - Mancunian Matters

A "loud, proud and colourful” women's march took over central manchester to mark international womens day. The international working women's

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