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  1. Northern Syria's two wars

    northern Syria. First is the war in Idlib province between the Bashar al-Assad dictatorship and various ... been a centre of opposition to the regime since the upsurge of popular protest throughout Syria in ... and occupation of a large part of northern Syria. Turkey aims to crush the democratic revolution, ...

  2. Syria: People of Idlib resist Assad, Islamists

    ISIL) A popular uprising has broken out in Idlib, a province in the north of Syria, against the ... groups that were religiously sectarian and/or racist towards Syria's Kurdish minority. In 2014, ... Syria. There had been a series of deals between Russia, which has consistently backed the Assad regime, ...

  3. Turkish attacks continue during ‘ceasefire’ in Northern Syria

    the Russian city of Sochi, which established a 150-hour ceasefire in Northern Syria from October ... social model is considered exemplary worldwide. People have come from Iraq, Syria and many other ...

  4. Syria: Assad fails to recapture Idlib

    Syria. Rebels continue to control most of Idlib and parts of adjacent provinces. The Assad regime with ... repressive regime. Charles Lister, a conservative but well-informed commentator on Syria, said: "For ... are the defence force of the democratic movement in northern and eastern Syria. This movement ...

  5. 'A chemical bomb on the Kurdish foundation': Marking 100 years of the Treaty of Lausanne

    Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran. The seminar, hosted by NSW Greens MLC Abigail Boyd, heard from UNSW Law ...

  6. Crisis within the modern imperial system

    aggression. While NATO missiles encircle Russia, Russia continues to deploy troops to Syria and export ...

  7. Why has Australia made a ‘significant deployment’ to the Middle East?

    struck military infrastructure in Lebanon and Syria.  Defence minister Richard Marles  announced on ...

  8. Turkey threatens northeast Syria

    president Donald Trump announced by tweet on December 19 his intention to withdraw US troops from Syria ... stated his intention to invade north-eastern Syria.  Trump’s announcement was widely seen as giving ... when, the withdrawal will occur. US troops were sent to Syria to help the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) ...

  9. Miko Peled: ‘Now is the time to demand a real political solution for the Palestinians’

    Heights and the Sinai from Egypt, Jordan and Syria. When he retired, Matti Peled became part of a group of ...

  10. Turkey launches new aggression against Iraq and Syria

    Middle East National liberation Chris Slee Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria ... by the Turkish army against the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria (DFNS). The DFNS is ... Turkish army occupies large areas in Syria and Iraq, and has established many bases in both countries. ...

  11. Syria: Will the Russia/Turkey deal on Idlib hold?

    Idlib Rojava Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) Afrin Russian president Vladimir ... on the future of Idlib, a province in northern Syria. Idlib has been a rebel stronghold since the ... forced to withdraw from other parts of Syria. The rebels control most of Idlib and parts of adjacent ...

  12. In Syria, Idlib defies Assad

    September 14 in response to the threat by the Assad regime to invade the province in Syria’s north-west. ... carried the Syrian independence flag that was adopted when Syria became independent of France in 1946. It ... democracy in Syria. Rebel groups backed by Turkey are generally reactionary and oppressive. Turkey has used ...

  13. Eyewitness to northern Syria’s feminist, democratic revolution

    Kurdish forces in northern Syria observing the democratic and feminist revolution unfolding in the region. ... I looked over the borders of Turkey to other Kurdish areas in Iran, Iraq and Syria. I started travelling to ... Iraqi Kurdistan and Syrian Kurdistan. I met the movement in the north of Syria that is trying to set up ...

  14. Syria: Assad threatens Idlib while Afrin resists Turkish occupation

    their forces around the rebel-held Idlib province, in Syria’s north-west, in preparation for a major ... army and its militia allies in the Afrin canton, a predominantly Kurdish area of northern Syria. The ... SDF is the military alliance of forces that supports a secular, democratic and federal Syria, based on ...

  15. Video: Protests against Turkey's air strikes on Kurdistan take place across Europe

    liberation Rojava Turkey's war on Kurdistan Northern Iraq North East Syria November 22, 2022 Europe 1370 ... Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan World After Turkey carried out intense air strikes on North and East Syria and ...

  16. Rojava revolution will democratise Syria

    organisations in Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran that adhere to the ideology of Kurdish revolutionary leader ... lead the Rojava Revolution in Syria’s north, which marked its sixth anniversary on July 19, the day ... period for the peoples of Kurdistan, Syria and the Middle East in July 2012, and we remember with respect ...

  17. Video: Turkish dictator Erdogan weaponises earthquake disaster against Kurds

    Peter Boyle Zerebar Karimi International solidarity Kurdistan Turkey Syria Rojava February 15, ...  can be made here.] Kurds appeal for urgent aid in wake of earthquakes in Turkey and Syria ...

  18. Music, poetry and protest: 'Breath of Revolutions' live event

    Palestine, Sudan, Syria, Iran, Algeria, Egypt, Greece, Lebanon. FREE ADMISSION Live Music, Resistance Talks, ...

  19. Syria: Turkey’s aims are ethnic cleansing, spreading terror

    Middle East Rojava Northern Syria Kurdistan Turkey The Democratic Autonomous Administration of ... Afrin Canton in Syria’s north, which is resisting Turkey’s occupation, has warned all Syrians that ... regards to the Turkish state’s goals in Afrin and Northern Syria. *** In the ongoing civil war, northern ...

  20. Glenn Greenwald: Revving up US war machine won't help Syria's suffering civilians

    but Syria denied having any role. The chemical attack came one day after Syrian forces launched an air ... Syria, where Israeli F-15 bomber jets have reportedly bombed a Syrian air base used by Iranian forces. ... attacks, but Syria denied having any role. The chemical attack came one day after Syrian forces launched an ...

  21. Rising powers in a world of ‘diminished dependency’

    Eastern Europe but also in the Middle East, as we saw in Syria. By invading Ukraine, it has become the ...

  22. Corbyn: ‘No legal basis for Syria strikes’

    on April 14 that there was no legal basis for British strikes against Syria and such action would ... into Syria. “I believe the action was legally questionable, and this morning the UN secretary general ... Jeremy Corbyn condemned Teresa May's decision to bomb Syria. Jeremy Corbyn World ...

  23. Afrin invasion: Turkey attacks northern Syria’s democratic revolution — with Russian and US approval

    captured the world’s imagination — the democratic, multi-ethnic and feminist revolution in Syria’s north is ... launched an invasion of the Afrin Canton of the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria (DFNS), in its ... declared the war in Syria, which began in 2011, was almost over. But on January 20, Turkey’s attacks ...

  24. Syria: Behind the great powers’ games in Afrin

    Middle East Rojava revolution Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) Northern ... Syria Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) Turkey Turkey's attack on Afrin On January 20, Turkey ... Syria (also known as Rojava), the site of a profound, Kurdish-led social revolution based on ...

  25. As Syria's conflict intensifies, where do democratic hopes lie?

    North and East Syria (AANES) The defeat of ISIS in Syria last year raised hopes that the long-running ... Syria provided evidence of Turkish use of illegal chemical weapons, and called for an international ... least half the population are refugees from other parts of Syria, mostly not Kurdish. They have settled ...

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