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High-Level Delegation Led By PUK Leader and Head of CJTFOIR Visits North and East Syria

By: Managing Editor

In a first for the region, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), Autonomous Administration (AANES), and Democratic Union Party (PYD) received a high-level delegation from the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Bafel Talabani, the head of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Party, Commander of Combined Joint Task Forces – Operation Inherent ResolveContinue Reading

Statement by Jinwar Council: We Are Determined to Shape Our Future

By: Special Contributor

We call upon all the women of the world to join us, to spin dreams of a life of solidarity, to weave a solid and colorful fabric of resistance, because every woman, every child, all people can contribute.Continue Reading

AANES Congratulates the US on the Fourth of July

By: Sinam Mohamad

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

Eid Al-Fitr Blessings In Hard Times

By: Sinam Mohamad

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

Caesar Act Sanctions May Lead to ISIS Resurgence

By: Syrian Democratic Times

“By imposing sanctions and impacting our regions, the Caesar Act will directly impact anti-terrorism efforts,” said AANES.Continue Reading

Regional NGOs Call for Help in Coronavirus Crisis

By: Syrian Democratic Times

121 nonprofit organizations issued an urgent call for help.Continue Reading

Recommendations from Conference on ISIS Terrorism in Northeast Syria

By: Syrian Democratic Times

Over the course of three days, the participants discussed various aspects of ISIS terrorism.Continue Reading

Independence Day Remarks

By: Syrian Democratic Times

SDC acknowledges “our mutual commitment to peace, equality, liberty, and justice, and a world free from terror.”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