Rojava Pushed to the Brink as Syrian Government Advances
The Syrian government initiated a full-scale invasion of Rojava, starting with the Kurdish-dominated neighborhoods of Sheikh Maqsood and Ashrafiyah in Aleppo city.
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Questions Remain After Syria – Rojava Integration Deal
On March 10, 2025 the Syrian transitional government inked a deal with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) that will have them integrated into the Syrian military by the end of 2025. The agreement is part of wider efforts to unify and integrate all of…
Shahba, Syria: Survival as Resistance
Shahba and the wider Aleppo area have been the most damaged by the ongoing war, as it was the worst-hit during the clashes between warring parties. For years subjected to infrastructure bombing, the 2023 earthquake made it even worse.
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Looking Beyond the Rubble: Aiding the Kurds After the Syria, Türkiye Earthquake
On Feb. 1, 2023, two major earthquakes struck Türkiye and Syria in less than 24 hours, demolishing buildings and crushing people beneath their weight. To date, more than 50,000 people have died and more than 100,000 are injured; numbers which, till this day, are still growing.
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Origins of the PKK and the ‘Rojava’ Revolution: Part Two
An autonomous region in northern Syria where governance is based on cooperative economics, radical ecology and women’s rights has been crafted over the last decade. This region was initially called “Rojava” (Western Kurdistan) and is now officially known as the Autonomous Administration of North and…
Origins of the PKK and the ‘Rojava’ Revolution: Part One
The Arab Spring movement of 2011 – 2012 initiated one of the largest and most impactful international waves of protest in recent world history. This movement began in the small North African country of Tunisia, which soon toppled its longtime dictator, Zine El Abidine Ben…
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Police, Trump Supporters Clash with Anti-Trump Protesters in Minneapolis
Minneapolis, MN – Police used pepper spray and horses to violently disperse anti-Trump protesters from around the streets of the Target Center on Thursday night. Many thousands were in attendance at the Trump rally in Minneapolis with additional thousands out in the streets protesting Trump’s…
Kobane Rebuilds as ISIL Control Diminishes in Syria
Democratic Federation of Northern Syria – Communities across northern Syria have begun to rebuild following the cessation of six years’ worth of conflict that transformed once-thriving areas into bombed-out ghost cities.
Battles between hardened fighters from the Islamic State of the Levant (ISIL) continue around…
As Course of War Turns, Turkey Challenges Democratic Federation of Northern Syria (Rojava)
Democratic Federation of Northern Syria (Rojava Cantons) – A Unicorn Riot contributor reports from Syria the quiet aftermath scene of an April 2017 attack by Turkish armed forces on a media center and military base operated by the YPG (People’s Protection Units, KU: Yekîneyên Parastina…
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Solecast #20 Rojava Special w/ Janet Biehl
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A discussion with Janet Biehl on Rojava and the works of Murray Bookchin. We go in-depth on how people in this Kurdish region are developing an autonomous, democratic, stateless society in the midst of a warzone. Fighters from…
NATO Member Turkey Bombs PKK Rebels Fighting ISIL – Deprogram Ep. 13
Last week we talked about the tragedy in #Suruc. In the following days, members of the PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) allegedly killed 3 Turkish police in response to perceived Turkish support of ISIL. Turkey then retaliated with mobilizing its (NATO-supported) air force to bomb both…
Youth Press Conference Bombed in Turkey – Deprogram Ep. 12
Horrible news on the heels of the 3 year anniversary of the Rojava Revolution comes as 32 members of the Socialist Federation of Youth Associations (SGDF) were killed in a suicide bomb attack. They were having a press conference announcing their trip to Kobane to…