Interview with a internationalist health worker in Northern and Eastern Syria
“How do you treat the nature, how people are treated, how our interior is treated, that is where the health debate starts.”
“How do you treat the nature, how people are treated, how our interior is treated, that is where the health debate starts.”
Turkey is once again using the “international weapon” of international waters, the most important natural and economic resource, against the Syrians in the northeast of the country, in addition to bombing agricultural crops this summer to burn them, violating international covenants and laws.
Turkey’s war is directed at the achievements of women. Interview with the Council of Jinwar (Meclisa Jinwar).
Millions dealing with sporadic water shortages, crippled health services in north-east Syria.
More than a million people in Kurdish-held areas of north-east Syria are being put at risk of a mass Coronavirus outbreak as Turkish-backed groups repeatedly cut off the water supply to a region in which health services are already severely damaged by almost a decade of war.
In an interview with Sozdar Ehmed, representative of the Institute for Water Affairs in the Hesekê region, we talked about the current water situation in the region in times of the Covid-19 pandemic, after the water supply was interrupted for the fifth time by Turkey.
“We are the people of Mesopotamia, one of the most remarkable areas of the world, known as the cradle of civilization. We are the people of Hasankeyf in Turkey and of the Marshes in Iraq. We are connected and combined by the Tigris River. The Tigris is our common root, our common lifeline and our common future.”
The Rojava revolution is under attack. Debbie Bookchin and Emre Şahin share their thoughts on this unique revolutionary process after recently visiting the region.
In the women’s village of Jinwar in northern Syria, the residents are preparing fields and gardens for the next growing season. In times of crisis it becomes clear how fundamental the possibility of self-sufficiency is.
Women are leading the campaign to make Raqqa green.
The cultivation of vegetable project in Tirbespiyê area contributes in fulfilling part of the region’s need for seasonal vegetables, in addition to securing jobs for women.
On May 1st, both Kongra Star and the Executive Council of the Autonomous Administration in al-Jazeera region congratulated all workers on this occasion.