2021 is the year that the people of North and East Syria are calling upon the international community for inclusion in talks on the future of Syria. We ask to be recognized as a key player in the solution to the Syrian crisis.Continue Reading
Little is known about the wellbeing of its 240,000 people. Shehba is in peril, and the international community is not paying attention.Continue Reading
In Syria, the SDF has played the lead role as a reliable and effective partner for the United States in their war against ISIS and Islamic extremism.Continue Reading
The radical inclusion of our co-leadership model is the step that the women of our region needed. No matter what happens to our model, we will endure as an inspiration and an example of what happens when women claim their power.Continue Reading
Human rights violations are committed each day. Our people live in fear. The bombs and the violence never stopped. “Ceasefire” seems like nothing more than an empty word, a word that means nothing to Turkey.Continue Reading
Before Turkey and Turkish-backed militias commit even more war crimes and human rights atrocities, uproot our communities, and cause our culture to go extinct, we must have meaningful action from the global community.Continue Reading
By Sinam Sherkany Mohamad Water is the source of life. To North and East Syria, there is no source of water more vital than the Euphrates river. The Euphrates river has been used to power critical hydroelectric dams, irrigate farmland, provide transportation, maintain the many ecosystems of the region, andContinue Reading
The women’s movement in North and East Syria works every day to fight all of the forms of violence that women and girls face. Continue Reading
The principles that the American people remember on Independence Day are the same principles that we have fought for — democracy, freedom, and dignity.Continue Reading
Those who kidnap and torture the women of Syria today should not be allowed to call for support at the UN tomorrow.Continue Reading
We congratulate you on the blessed Eid Al-Fitr and bless your sacrifices, hoping that we will achieve equality in a peaceful Syria.Continue Reading
We call upon the international parties to show solidarity with us in order for our people return to their homes, for the occupier to leave our lands…Continue Reading
The women’s movement of North and East Syria is an example to the world.Continue Reading
The social contract of the Syrian Democratic Council guarantees religious freedom.Continue Reading
We are fighting for democracy and justice against the greatest evils of our time.Continue Reading
We hope that the international community will end its silence on the Turkish occupation of Afrin.Continue Reading
The people of our region do not work together because of fear, threats, or any other external factor, but rather because of a shared dream of peace, stability and coexistence.Continue Reading
Women are often the peacemakers — not the makers — of war. So the women of Northeast Syria have been tireless participants, working toward democracy. They see their participation in the struggle for democracy as a key to their liberation.Continue Reading
Our international attention has turned away from ISIS as a threat. But this is premature.Continue Reading