Regional NGOs Call for Help in Coronavirus Crisis
121 nonprofit organizations issued an urgent call for help.Continue Reading
The Forgotten, Facing the Invisible Enemy
“This common threat cynically laughs at our borders and fortresses…”Continue Reading
No Coronavirus Tests in North and East Syria, No Water, No UN Aid
A dire humanitarian situation is being compounded by deliberate political choices.Continue Reading
Update on Coronavirus Measures in North and East Syria
Despite the lack of Coronavirus testing, serious precautions have been taken.Continue Reading
Coronavirus in the Time of Modernity
The values that allow us to survive Coronavirus will govern the world.Continue Reading
Against the Odds, a Stable Economy in Syria
The seeds are planted for a pluralistic, feminist, and democratic economy — and also a democratic society.Continue Reading
Women’s Day in North and East Syria
“Our struggle is freedom. Our resistance is victory,” was the banner many women marched under this weekend.Continue Reading
Policy Snapshot: Idlib, Jeffrey, Congress
US Congress wants to do something for North and East Syria — if Mitch McConnell will allow it.Continue Reading
SDC at Women’s Day Event, George Washington University
Sinam Sherkany Mohamad discussed the empowered status of women in AANES.Continue Reading
Women, Resistance, Solidarity
The women’s movement of North and East Syria is an example to the world.Continue Reading
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
Religious Freedom is What the Middle East Needs
The social contract of the Syrian Democratic Council guarantees religious freedom.Continue Reading
Policy Snapshot: US Presidential Election Primer
By popular request, a primer for beginners, to help you understand the election.Continue Reading
A Safe Zone for Whom?
We are fighting for democracy and justice against the greatest evils of our time.Continue Reading
Syriana and The Mega Deal of The Century!
What better chance for all concerned parties to work hand in hand toward Syria’s resurrection?Continue Reading
Policy Snapshot: “We Stand With Him”
Ambassador Jeffrey’s recent remarks on US-Syria policy and bills in US Congress.Continue Reading
Two Years of Silence… and Occupation
We hope that the international community will end its silence on the Turkish occupation of Afrin.Continue Reading
2019 Year in Review for North and East Syria
Events and statements from 2019 to understand the full picture of how we got here.Continue Reading
SDC Responds to US Policy Crisis
An intense series of meetings and negotiations occurred in response to the crisis.Continue Reading
Turkey’s Illegal Resettlement Program
Forced demographic change by the Turkish government is illegal, immoral, and inhumane.Continue Reading
Policy Snapshot: Relevant Bills
A guide to bills in US Congress that are relevant to North and East SyriaContinue Reading
Ethnic Cleansing in Afrin, Blood on Turkey’s Hands
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
Shared Dreams of Peace in the Middle East
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
Turkey, NATO’s Elephant in the Room
The Turkey that Erdoğan has built is incompatible with the values of the West and has proven itself unwilling to accommodate the core tenets of NATO.Continue Reading
Policy Snapshot
A “robust discussion” and “open dispute” occurred between Trump and Senator James Risch following Turkey’s S-400 purchase.Continue Reading
Women, the Peacemakers, the Leaders
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
SDC at the Table
Despite the many accolades that would position the SDC as a serious partner at the table for any negotiations on the future of Syria, they have been excluded from all discussions — including the constitutional committee to be hosted in Geneva.Continue Reading
SDC Participates in US State Department Ministerial on International Religious Freedom
This week two senior diplomats with the Syrian Democratic Council (SDC) spoke in a panel discussion that was part of the 2019 Ministerial on International Religious Freedom hosted by the US State Department. Continue Reading
Policy Snapshot
There’s fresh talk of the Turkish threat to North and East Syria, as Turkey moves more troops and equipment to the Syria border in an apparent move to intimidate US troops stationed in Syria. This once again poses a grave threat to the people of the North and East Syria.Continue Reading
Recommendations from Conference on ISIS Terrorism in Northeast Syria
Over the course of three days, the participants discussed various aspects of ISIS terrorism.Continue Reading
Economic Terrorism in Syria
The economic lives of Syrians will take years to recover. In the meantime, the suffering continues.Continue Reading
SDC cannot release ISIS militants without trial
“Simply freeing the militants …is inhumane, and legally and morally irresponsible.”Continue Reading
US Defense Spending Bill Could Authorize Funds for ISIS Detainees
The Senate’s version of the NDAA includes funding authority to address ISIS detainees.Continue Reading
Displacement in Turkish-occupied areas higher than SDF-held areas
Turkish occupation, as well as occupation by the opposition, has led to significantly more displacement than control by AANES.Continue Reading
Policy Snapshot
Latest US-Syria policy news impacting North and East SyriaContinue Reading
Independence Day Remarks
SDC acknowledges “our mutual commitment to peace, equality, liberty, and justice, and a world free from terror.”Continue Reading
Ideas Do Not Die By Bullets
Our international attention has turned away from ISIS as a threat. But this is premature.Continue Reading
Burnt Farm Fields Are Economic Terrorism
So far, seven people have lost their lives battling these fires.Continue Reading
What’s After the Military Defeat of ISIS
We need a counter ideology and a counter moral vision.Continue Reading
Policy Snapshot
AANES continues to get the short shrift by its allies in the US.Continue Reading



























