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Meghan Bodette

Turkey is Helping Spread the Coronavirus in Syria

2020-05-24
By: Meghan Bodette

Turkey appears to be weaponizing the coronavirus crisis against Syrians who have few means to fight it.Continue Reading

Syrian Women’s Leadership in a Fractured State

2020-04-29
By: Meghan Bodette

Greater understanding is essential for ensuring that women can play the role they deserve in Syria’s future.Continue Reading

Turkey’s Illegal Resettlement Program

2020-01-25
By: Meghan Bodette

Forced demographic change by the Turkish government is illegal, immoral, and inhumane.Continue Reading

Ethnic Cleansing in Afrin, Blood on Turkey’s Hands

2019-08-02
By: Meghan Bodette

These details paint a disturbing picture of the conditions that forced Afrin’s Kurdish population to flee — and make it clear what would happen were Turkey allowed to attack SDF-held territory again.Continue Reading

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  • SDF and Asayish Launch Security Operation

    For nearly two weeks, the SDF and Asayish, with full support from the Coalition to Defeat ISIS, has been conducting an enormous security operation in the sprawling al-Hawl Camp, dubbed “Operation Humanity and Security.”  The rising threat from ISIS sleeper cells, and the continuing threat of al-Hawl as an “incubator

  • SDF and Coalition Conduct Joint Military Exercises Near Turkish Border

    The Syrian Democratic Forces and US military personnel of the International Coalition to Defeat ISIS conducted military exercises near the village of Teqil Beqil, in the Derik region of North and East Syria.  The military exercises are the closest to be conducted to the Turkish border, in this case in

  • Yazidi Woman Rescued in Al-Hawl Camp

    On September 3, 2022 SDF and Asayish forces conducting “Operation Humanity and Security” in al-Hawl Camp discovered and rescued a Yazidi woman who was being forcibly held in the camp.  The woman’s name is Wafaa Abbas and she is originally from Kocho, Sinjar. Now 18, she was originally kidnapped by

  • Autonomous Administration Marks Fourth Anniversary Since Establishment

    The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria celebrated its fourth anniversary on September 6, 2022 with AANES officials meeting in Raqqa to commemorate the anniversary, remember those who have been killed while serving the region, and to discuss the greatest issues facing it. Farhad Shibli, the Deputy Co-Chair of

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  • SDF and Coalition Conduct Joint Military Exercises Near Turkish Border
  • SDF and Asayish Launch Security Operation
  • Yazidi Woman Rescued in Al-Hawl Camp
  • Autonomous Administration Marks Fourth Anniversary Since Establishment
  • Turkish Leaders Signal Shift In Approach To Relations with Syria

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