Turkish airstrikes deprive 600 villages of water in Syria’s Kobani
On Jan. 14, Turkey targeted the two stations in Kobani and Ain Issa by drones, knocking them out of service.
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Family law protects rights of women and children in NE Syria
One of the achievements of women’s struggle in North and East Syria is the “Family Law” that protects the rights of women and children and spreads the idea of common life in society.
Ecology conference in Qamişlo: We must return to the nature of humanity
Alongside grassroots democracy and women’s freedom, social ecology is one of the pillars of the Rojava revolution, which is based on the paradigm of Abdullah Öcalan.
Kongra Star Economy Committee creates new workplaces for women
Kongra Star Economy Committee provides employment opportunities to women by creating new workplaces for women in the city of Hasakah, northeastern Syria.
Deir ez-Zor Canton Economic Committee offers support to 23 workplaces
Within the framework of economic development, the Deir ez-Zor Canton Economic Committee supported 235 workplaces in industrial zones.
Turkey continues to cut off water supply to Alouk Station in Hesekê
The Turkish state continues to cut off the water supply to Alouk Station in Hesekê. The Autonomous Administration, on the other hand, is making great efforts to provide water for the people.
‘Cinema work in Rojava will continue despite all attacks’
Numan Yiğit, co-chairman of the Rojava Film Commune, which continues its work amidst the attacks, told ETHA (Etkin Haber, news agency in Turkey/North Kurdistan) about his perspectives on cinema and the importance of the art. Noting that governments use film as a tool to manipulate society, Yiğit stated that the RFC aims to create the visual language of libertarian life. Reminding that director Mensûr Kerîmîyan, who was martyred in an attack carried out by the occupying Turkish state in December, proclaimed himself and fought as a people’s artist, Yiğit said that they will strengthen Kerîmîyan’s legacy. Kurdish cinema will resist, just like the Kurdish people.
Access to kindergarten increases women’s labor force participation in NE Syria
The kindergartens opened in the Euphrates Canton of North and East Syria by the Women’s Council aim to increase women’s labor force participation and provide safe and healthy spaces to children.
“We will defend this life, we will resist on this land”
The history of the Kurdistan, the ecological way of life of the people, the effects of the attacks, and the methods of resistance, are intrinsically related. In order to make them more understandable, we focused our report on the area of Koçerata. This region, its people and civil infrastructures in particular, were heavily targeted by Turkish airstrikes in winter 2023-2024.
Oil leakage into rivers threatens NE Syria
Environmental and agricultural engineers and doctors warned about a potential disaster that could harm the northeastern areas of Syria in the long term following oil leakage into two main river streams, amid efforts to prevent its spread. The Agriculture and Irrigation Board affiliated with the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) announced on
Hope and Contradictions: My Year in Rojava
This libertarian socialist experiment, established in the middle of one of the world’s most brutal and politically complex war zones, has tried to build a new social order rooted in feminism, ecology, direct democracy, and cooperative self-management of industry. It has survived confrontations against two separate forms of fascism and the evolving schemes and counter-schemes of the imperialist great powers that dominate the region. AANES provides a home for refugees and an island of stability in a country torn to pieces by the civil war that followed President Bashar al-Assad’s suppression of the 2011 Arab Spring revolution in Syria. But the revolution is not without its problems and limitations, which Pye will explore in a series of essays exploring the war front, the deliberative councils, the feminist spaces, the military, the factions, and the economy of this nascent society beyond the state where millions of people have lived under a form of revolutionary self-government for over ten years.
On April 4, people plant trees all over Rojava; let’s follow their example!
Every year on April 4th, people, municipalities, and self-government councils plant trees all over Rojava. People come together; from young to old, everyone takes part in these events. It is an act of ecological as well as anti-colonial struggle and gained a place in the consciousness of the people of whole Kurdistan and beyond. Also this year, despite all the attacks on the people and nature of Rojava by the Turkish state, thousands of trees are going to be planted in the region on this date.
