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Know Our Cities: Kobane

A global symbol of the Kurdish resistance against ISIS and an important site for artistic and cultural work telling the story of struggle.Continue Reading

A Struggle Within a Struggle: Kurdish Women in Diplomacy
In honor of International Women in Diplomacy Day, the Kurdish Peace Institute in Washington DC held a panel with Kurdish representatives from Syria, Iraq, and Turkey. The panel included Ceylan Akca, a parliamentarian from Turkey, Treefa Aziz, the Representative of the Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq, and the Syrian Democratic
Entrenchment of Afrin’s Occupation Continues
The Afrin region of North-East Syria continues to suffer under the Turkish occupation, as the demographic change in the region is further entrenched. After cutting down hundreds of trees, a Turkish NGO, the Istanbul-based Humanitarian Relief Foundation, helped fund the construction of a 300 house settlement in the al-Zaydiyah neighborhood.
Arrival of Summer Exacerbates Devastating Water Crisis in Syria’s Northeast
North and East Syria has faced an increasingly existential threat in a water crisis that refuses to abate. Through a combination of climate change and Turkish weaponization of water, Syria’s Northeast has seen the water levels of the Euphrates River reach historic lows, and some parts, such as the Khabur
ISIS Activity Surges in Government-held Syria
The sprawling, hostile environment of Central Syria’s desert has proven itself to be an ideal sanctuary for ISIS militants seeking to reestablish the terrorist organization’s brutal rule over the region. Syrian military forces, backed by their Iranian and Russian sponsors, have so far found themselves failing to effectively combat the