The PYD sought to forge contradictory alliances with various actors in the Syrian conflict (Washington, Moscow and Damascus), which could not last.The YPGs have come much too close to the Americans ...

The silhouette of a hand indicates a “Victory” sign behind a Kurdish flag in Kobane, Syria, in February 2015. (Photo by Antonio Pampliega / picture-alliance / dpa / AP Images) Turkish armed forces ...

Power vacuum left by the war has allowed Kurds to create a secular, multicultural community As world leaders grapple with how to end the Syrian war, most people in the west are struggling to look ...

THE KURDS have their own name for northern Syria: Rojava, which means where the sun sets. For decades that seemed fitting. Arab nationalists pushed them off their land and suppressed their language.

The resilience of the Kurdish people who fight for their survival and autonomy serves as a testament to the enduring battle against colonialism, fundamentalism, and authoritarianism in this region and ...

As Turkey launches an aerial and ground assault on northern Syria targeting Kurdish-controlled areas, we look at how the offensive threatens the Kurdish region of Rojava with Debbie Bookchin, ...

At long last, the operation to liberate Mosul from the Islamic State (ISIS) has begun. As an unlikely and uneasy coalition of the Iraqi Army, Shia militias, and Kurdish peshmerga grinds toward the ...

Lost in the discussions of Donald Trump’s abrupt announcement of the withdrawal of United States troops from Rojava is the possible fate of the democratic and cooperative experiment of the Syrian ...

Learn some basic Kurdish, don’t travel to Syria via Turkey, bring warm socks, and learn about Abdullah Ocalan, the head of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). These are some of the tips being shared ...

A coalition of women’s organisations in North and East Syria (Rojava) launched a mass campaign, “We are all YPJ — Self-defence is our natural right”, on April 26, demanding that the Rojava ...

The silhouette of a hand indicates a “Victory” sign behind a Kurdish flag in Kobane, Syria, in February 2015.(Photo by Antonio Pampliega / picture-alliance / dpa / AP Images) Turkish armed forces have ...