When I first visited Raqqa in 2022 with friends from the Internationalist Commune in Rojava, the consequences of the fight against the Islamic State were still evident everywhere: collapsed houses between the open rows of shops in the city center and bullet holes in the walls of many buildings. But the city also radiated something
At the 2nd Mesopotamia Water Forum held in Amed, participants developed proposals addressing the obstruction of access to water, ecological destruction, and the protection of water resources.
Ecologist Beyaz Üstün said that the global climate crisis is in fact a water crisis and warned that if it is not stopped it will lead to greater disasters.
Women are writing new chapters of success after eight years of continuous struggle in Raqqa. Today, women are taking the lead in communes, councils, and institutions, actively participating in areas of protection, security, and politics. Their testimonies confirm that what has been achieved in North and East Syria should serve as a launching point for a nationwide women’s revolution across the entire country.
The Fez’a tradition in Deir ez-Zor builds unity and strengthens social solidarity.
Days after Turkey’s invasion of Rojava, Kurdish politician Hevrin Khalaf was assassinated. In this interview from 2018 she shares her thoughts on the Rojava revolution.
The Free Women’s Foundation, through the plaster handicrafts trainings it organizes in Raqqa, aims both to provide young women with a profession and to revive the cultural heritage of the region.
Stating that the first communes conference was held in Qamishlo, Hêvî Ehmed announced that preparations for a congress are underway to establish healthy communes, emphasizing that lovers of freedom must protect and strengthen them.
In the Jazira region of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, women play an active role in municipal work, contributing to the protection of the environment and life through a democratic administrative model.
Farmer Mehmet Sıddık Evin said that the Ilısu Dam, along with other dams built across the province, has destroyed the productivity of pistachio orchards: “These dams brought us nothing but poverty,” he said.
A new seed processing center equipped with laser technology has been opened in Hesekê. The facility is intended to supply farmers in northeast Syria with high-quality seeds and modernize agriculture. Its daily capacity is up to 60 tons. In the city of Hesekê, the Seed Institute of North and East Syria has launched its first
KOBANI, Syria (North Press) – An official of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) said on Monday that preparations are underway to open an environmental analysis laboratory in the city of Kobani, northern Syria, to monitor and address pollution. Ahin Hussein, head of the Laboratories Department at the Kobani Environment Board, told North
