Rojava

Street in Aleppo

Rojava Information Center spoke to Aleppo journalist Hamude, who said the deal 鈥渋s like a test-run of decentralisation. If it works well, maybe it can be implemented in other regions.鈥

Nilufer Koc speaking

Nil眉fer Ko莽 is the spokesperson for the Commission on Foreign Relations of the Kurdistan National Congress, a coalition of political parties and civil society organisations from Kurdistan and the Kurdish diaspora. She spoke to聽91自拍论坛聽about the challenges ahead following the historic call by imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah 脰calan for the disarmament and dissolution of the Kurdistan Workers鈥 Party.

Syrian dictator Basar al Assad鈥檚 fall should be celebrated 鈥 but we should now be very concerned about the plight of the Kurds, argues Sarah Glynn.

woman patrolling with a gun

Following the takeover of most of Aleppo by the Turkish-backed Islamist militia group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and its allies, fighting between them, the Assad regime forces and Kurdish-led forces is escalating, reports Peter Boyle.

mourners at a funeral, headshot of a woman

Turkey carried out a devastating string of airstrikes on North East Syria (NES) over Christmas, targeting civilian service facilities and infrastructure. The Rojava Information Center (RIC) spoke with Kurdish politician and former Syrian Democratic Council co-chair, Ilham Ahmed, about the latest attacks.

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Turkey escalated its bombing of civilian targets in North East Syria (in the region known as Rojava) on October 5, reports Susan Price.

Solidarity Minded

Peter Boyle spoke to Ryan Capozzi from Solidarity Minded, a mutual aid group specialising in mental health that is planning to work with Yezidi survivors of the Daesh (Islamic State) massacre in Iraqi Kurdistan nine years ago.

HDP-YSP joint media conference

Recep Tayyip Erdo臒an鈥檚 win in the May 28 second round of the Turkish presidential elections has sent a wave of concern and dread through democratic circles and the large Kurdish minority, reports Peter Boyle.

An exhibition of photographs in the Stirrup Gallery at聽the Addison Road Community Centre聽will raise聽funds for earthquake relief in Rojava. Peter Boyle reports.

Turkish dictator President Recep Tayyip Erdo臒an is using the earthquake disaster as a weapon in his ongoing war on the Kurdish people聽according to Zerebar Karimi.

Twin earthquakes have devastated Kurdish towns and cities in Turkey and Syria. But the Turkish and Syrian governments have not been providing desperately needed emergency aid,聽explains聽Gulfer Olan.

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Turkey has struck more than 90 villages and towns in North East Syria since November 19, reports Susan Price. Meanwhile, international voices of condemnation are growing.